tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post2010370858215747154..comments2024-02-21T20:51:54.249+00:00Comments on The Celluloid Highway: Soldier Blue (1970)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]http://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-56904504174561301812013-09-16T19:25:35.317+01:002013-09-16T19:25:35.317+01:00This film is brilliant and a one of kind depiction...This film is brilliant and a one of kind depiction of the horrors of the Indian wars (ask any Indian, yes there are some still alive). It's no surprise that the master Tarantino devotes so much screen time to this poster in Death Proof. Lee Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654708715296853702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-88884531805569221602013-03-05T00:07:40.637+00:002013-03-05T00:07:40.637+00:00FOr those who find the charcter of Iverson (Colone...FOr those who find the charcter of Iverson (Colonel John Chivington in real life) unbelievable or the violence over the top and cartoonish, the reality of what happened at Sand Creek (the massacre Soldier Blue portrays), is far worse then anything ever put on screen. teh majority of the Indians were women and children and old people, the warriors were out hunting. They raised a white flag of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-43301072162624830912012-10-12T02:13:45.135+01:002012-10-12T02:13:45.135+01:00I watched this film because I remember a friend ta...I watched this film because I remember a friend talking about it in junior high school when it came out. I found Ms. Bergen not too believable, Donald P. fun, as always, and the story of their journey through the country to be rather tedious and sentimental. And yes, Little Big Man was much more well done. <br /><br />Still, I can't dump on this film the way you and others have. I think Lichanoshttp://www.iamyouasheisme.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-32096978999051285212012-02-08T23:30:59.642+00:002012-02-08T23:30:59.642+00:00Soldier Blue is by no means a perfect film but I d...Soldier Blue is by no means a perfect film but I do have to say if anything it is one of my favorites as it turned my sense of American History as a teen on its head and made me go and read anything I could on Native Americans, granted Little Big Man did a much better job at it but you need to look at films in the context of when they were made.<br />In regards to the violence no one would say Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-85315638797284303052011-05-21T14:05:49.573+01:002011-05-21T14:05:49.573+01:00I haven't seen THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK Groggy,...I haven't seen THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK Groggy, but your view on SOLDIER BLUE is succinctly put, and in my view entirely accurate.<br /><br />I haven't a clue what the anonymous poster meant, but I do try to post all comments, even if they are an illiterate mess.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by :-)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-89910693313305585332011-05-21T06:05:47.069+01:002011-05-21T06:05:47.069+01:00This movie reminded me of The Trial of Billy Jack....This movie reminded me of The Trial of Billy Jack. Painfully long, unintentionally funny, message applied with the subtlety of a steamroller, and capped off with a ludicrous massacre designed to beat the audience into submission.<br /><br />BTW what does Anonymous mean by "so-called United States of America"? The Civil War ended quite awhile ago.Groggy Dundeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14990254767008162244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-27752589013391328732011-05-07T00:20:44.364+01:002011-05-07T00:20:44.364+01:00SOLDIER BLUE WAS FOR ADULTS, NOT CHILDREN TO WATCH...SOLDIER BLUE WAS FOR ADULTS, NOT CHILDREN TO WATCH IT WAS RIGHT THAT IT WAS BLOOD FIRSTY THATS WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, WASINT IT, I THINK USA CRITICS WERE TOLD TO GIVE IT A BAD RAP, IN THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY , AND NOT COME BACK AND BITE THEM IN THE BACKSIDE , WELL ITS KEPT COMMING BACK , AND CEEPS BITINGTHE BACKSIDE OF THE SO CALLED UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-37214251489869077032010-09-11T16:07:04.723+01:002010-09-11T16:07:04.723+01:00Thanks for that informative comment Venom - it was...Thanks for that informative comment Venom - it was most appreciated. I do think that the intentions of the filmmakers were noble, but somewhere along the way it just doesnt gel into a cohesive whole. I think my main problem is that I had no emotional investment in any aspect of the film. I havent seen 'The Hunting Party', but Hackman and Reed in a film together has sold me already...I Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-7217784626895776962010-09-11T01:55:47.352+01:002010-09-11T01:55:47.352+01:00I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Nelson said in an ...I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Nelson said in an interview he intentionally wanted the film to be less less serious till the ending arrived so as to make it more grim for the audience. <br /><br />Actually, according to Nelson, the original version of the movie was far more nasty than what's there now. I have a book on the making of the film and the level of violence was incredible. At firstvenoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-52131827624204221002010-09-10T18:26:17.446+01:002010-09-10T18:26:17.446+01:00Thanks for dropping by Ben - I was surprised to se...Thanks for dropping by Ben - I was surprised to see this rated a 6.8 on IMDB, so there are people out there who think a great deal of it. I guess a film like this is meant to be divisive. I just felt it didnt have the courage of its convictions. The characters ultimately fail the premise, in the right hands this could have been a monumental western.Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-89241612424148967812010-09-10T16:12:43.123+01:002010-09-10T16:12:43.123+01:00Oddly enough, my dad is always going on about this...Oddly enough, my dad is always going on about this film and how shocking and harrowing he found it - the way he talks about it, you'd think it was an earth-shattering masterpiece, so I've always wondered why it's so rarely talked about or screened... I guess your review gives me the answer Shaun!Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.com