An average movie

I already saw this movie but since it was ages ago, I thought I might as well check it out again. Back then, after his breakthrough performance in ‘Thelma & Louise’, Brad Pitt was groomed to become the next classic Hollywood star with his heartthrob good looks and, in the process, he ended up making such movies for a while. Well, coming back to our main feature, even though it was my cup of tea at all, I have to admit it was not bad though. Indeed, it was actually rather well made and there was a solid cast involved (Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas). However, I still had a hard time to really care about the damned thing though. Basically, they went for an epic romance and, I guess, it is all a matter of taste, and if you are really into such fluffy romance, you will probably love the damned thing but, as far as I was concerned, it was pretty much a soap opera mixed up the Western genre. Concerning Brad Pitt’s acting skills, to be honest, it was obvious that he still needed more practice and, except for looking really dashing, he didn’t do anything really impressive in the acting department for this movie. Furthermore, even though Julia Ormond never looked more lovely, her character did hook up with the 3 brothers through the course of this movie which did pretty much ruin this whole family in the process (killing herself probably didn’t help either) so I had a hard time to really root for her. Anyway, to conclude, even though I’m not a huge fan, I have to admit that it is still a decent romantic feature with an epic scope and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.