My favorite movie of all time
would be “The Lonesome Dove Saga”. I can remember when I was a child and first
saw this made for TV movie. I was fairly young and do not remember seeing the
whole movie. I do however remember seeing the part where the boy was attacked
by the water moccasins and killed. This horrified me, they showed the snake biting
the boy’s face! I was only 4 or 5 at the time and this may have been the
scariest thing I had ever seen on television (we did not have cable). Even
though I was scared by this I really enjoy the movie still today. “Lonesome
Dove” and “Dances with Wolves” can probably be accredited to my enjoyment of
westerns. I think we got a VHS version of “Dances with Wolves” from McDonalds
for some reason. As an adult when it is cold or rainy outside I will sit down
and watch “Lonesome Dove” even though I rarely make it through all six and a
half hours.
If you were to ask me “Why do you
like Lonesome Dove?” I would have to say it is because of the polarity Robert
Duvall (Augustus McCrae) and Tommy Lee Jones (Woodrow Call) brings to the
movie. Gus is very laid back and easy going he seems to move about and live
life with a smooth glide, while his good friend Woodrow is very rigid and all
business. These two characters but heads often but you can tell they both care
about one another as only lifelong friends can. The differences between these
two characters make them both likeable in my book. I like this film for the
different dynamics brought to the screen by these two actors I think it accents
the plot very well.
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