Legends of the Fall (1994)

Undescribable Perfection

Memorable, crazy movie

As Good As It Gets

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I used to watch this movie with my dad ( who has now passed away) and I just remember all the emotion i felt watching it and I've probably seen it 10 more times since then. I love the outdoors and native american story in there, its full of twists and turns and keeps you glued. Wonderful drama piece.

I still cant believe all the negative reviews and a low IMDb overall rating this film got, no matter how many times i watch it the quality of acting, direction and story never ceases to amaze me, this is a must watch and the music is heart wrenching, i salute James Horner for all the effort he's put in, This is truly a Hollywood classic!!! One of the best movies of all time and Tristan is <3 !! Brad Pitt's character wasn't that easy but he did complete justice to it!! Some scenes are so intense that no matter how many times you see it they're destined to bring tears to your eyes. (Spoiler) The movie is so realistic that it teaches us to listen to our elders (samuel and his war craze),(spoiler) corruption (isabel's death) that lies in the depth of all humanity. So at the end it teaches that in this world there is nothing more dearer and loyal to us than our family, if you stick for your family you will have all the happiness in the world.

More than 20 years after this film was made, here is my contribution to these wonderful comments. This story is transformative. It is simple yet complex, tragic but uplifting, flawed yet perfect. It is the story of all of us, for we will all have tombstones one day, but whilst we live, we make right and wrong choices or life makes them for us. Life also creates moments that we treasure when those we love are healthy and happy and youthful. This movie permits us to share these moments with the Ludlows, frozen in time, looping over and over. I watch it and imagine different life choices: what if Susannah really grew to love dear gentle Alfred, for what greater gift in life is there than to be truly and deeply loved? What if she said to Tristan in that cell, wounded and crushed as he was, that she and Alfred will care for his children until he is free? What if Tristan didn't bootleg? The tombstones will still be there, the bear may still have raged within Tristan, but life would have been richer and kinder for all.

I can understand why Legends of the Fall won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. The cinematography was certainly spectacular. Also the sets, and clothing were perfect. I can also understand why it didn't win the Academy Award for Best Picture.I don't mind slow videos, but this one was simply way too slow. Not only did it drag on and on, but it exceeded the usual 2 hour limit. Then there was the story.I held out hope all through the movie but it never picks up. I like formula movies, good in the beginning, problems pop up in the middle, problem solved and everyone is happy in the end. But this movie is more like bad in the beginning, worse in the middle, and a disaster in the end.I actually own this movie. I've had it for several years but never watched it until yesterday. Now it will go into the "sell" pile.