Gabriella Soliz

I understand that the common mindset in early 20th century America is different from what it is now, but this movie is just straight up ridiculous. The first half is tolerable: The Cameron family is the depiction of a quaint Southern family who slowly loses their will and possessions because of the Civil War. I’m fine with watching from the perspective of a Confederate sympathizer since there are both sides to a story but I must say it was very blatantly one sided when it came to who you should feel sorry for and who you should hate. What to say about part two... it’s a work of racist fictional dystopian propaganda. It begins after the assassination of Lincoln and into the Reconstruction Era. Freed African Americans quickly build themselves up after the war and eventually surpass whites to the point where they get to run the military and enforce new laws of equity. They abuse their power and become radical mobs who terrorize helpless whites and drive them out of their homes. The plot gets even crazier: The [Cameron] family flee to a small house in a prairie where they seek refuge with a retired Union soldier. As this is happening the eldest Cameron son’s lover is being forced into marriage with a man in charge of the black militia. He says, I quote the caption, “See! My people fill the streets. With them I will build a Black Empire and you as a Queen shall sit by my side.” Soon the KKK show up to her rescue and drives him and the black mobs out of the town. The eldest Cameron son, who is also the KKK leader, asks his lover to marry him. She agrees, his sister marries off to his best friend, the white families return to their homes, peace is restored, and they celebrate with a party in the name of Christ. If you haven’t seen the movie, I may have just saved you 3 hours and 13 minutes of your time.

I don't think Barbara gets enough credit, she has so much energy onscreen and it's fun to watch! Jodi was also very convincing playing two distinct characters. However compared to the popular 2000s remake, I did feel a little more uncomfortable with the "grown woman"-falling-for-teenage-boy thing. Like another review here I agree that the movie has become dated, and may not hold your attention as well as it could. Overall though I enjoyed it, and thought it was a pretty good movie.

This movie feels so simple but there's so much to say about it that I can't put into words. It's more than an indie flick with quirky dialogue. Derealization, loneliness, cynicism, toxic relationships -all are touched upon here. Might I add, that opening monologue is fantastic and really sets the tone for what you're about to watch

Michael & Dahlia were very interesting characters that this film actually had me rooting for the antagonists. The music score is great and so is the action/thrill aspect

It’s a cool, creative, light hearted skit that contributed to the development of filmmaking. The main protagonists are wacky and entertaining to watch and so are the alien people. One of the oldest movies to ever be made and restored, so you feel pretty special to be able to watch something that was produced over 100 years ago.

I seem to have an unpopular opinion when I say I did not like this movie. Reggie as a protagonist is unlikeable and the whole subplot with Lily & Ned that goes on for the entire movie, is resolved in the last 10 minutes without a word? Also that ending was just strange. The stars of the show were definitely the Hanson brothers and all the genuine hockey shots looked really good