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The entire part of the mother being found and the interaction with the army was literally one of the most impactful acting I've ever seen.
My heart dropped.
VIP3Visually beautiful film and the performances are great, especially from Bale. However, the pace is slow as molasses in the first 3/4s of the movie.
A lot of folks commentin' its a slow movie and that there's not much going on... I say it is a slow burn but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot going on. If you were to diagram out all the dynamics going between the relationships of the characters and how that changes during the film I think you'd see an intricate tapestry. There's many call backs to Classic Western films, Stagecoach (1939), Unforgiven (1992) come to mind. I would like to give this film a higher rating and may do so later but a couple of plot points seemed a bit wonky to me ... like if escorting the Chief was so important, why give it to Ross with his background? Maybe I missed that. ... So I gave it an "8" meaning I'd gladly watch it again; it's a film that deserves further investigation, critique and therefore, praise.
This movie is so bad, that it made me do something I usually don't do - comment on it publicly. I mean there are probably people like me who think that any movie with Christian Bale is worth watching. People who appreciate a movie that is demanding and takes up a serious topic. People who are patient and understand that sometimes the director wants you to immerse in the movie, take it slowly, to feel it and be touched by it. People who believe, that there is a reason for all that, because at the end there is that rewarding feeling, that you have just witnessed something great. Watching Hostiles you will feel anticipation that will never be appeased. It's a boring, epic wannabe flick, that you will forget 5 minutes after watching and will be mad at yourself that you didn't stare into a fishtank instead. I have seen movies with mediocre actors and a great script, that saved the day. But there is not one movie worth remembering, that had even the greatest of the great actors playing, but a bad script. That said, I'll now pretend that this movie and those two long hours never happened. You have been warned.
Christian Bale is really good and there are a lot of familiar faces in the supporting cast too. The movie is too long and slow though. There are some tense moments and man, can they be brutal, but there is too much time between them.
very classy movie, beautiful scenery, good acting but overall not exciting enough for my taste
I really enjoyed this movie. Christian Bale was phenomenal. The script had few words for him, but he spoke volumes without saying a word. It truly shows the effects of war on a man's soul and the carnage that affects innocent victims on both sides.
A slow boring just talking Western movie..
This movie is Superb!! Great acting and storyline. Tells the story of the metamorphosis of the human condition, And the evil in men's souls!! Not for the faint of heart though, but if you can handle the truth, it will set you free!!
A strong film with a lot of deep moments with a slow pace and a good job from all cast..
Bale is awesome and Wes looks and sounds so unique. I love to watch and listen to him. More of a drama western, some action more of an emotional ride
This movie is 100% predictable trash!
The main character in this movie is a Captain Joseph Blocker (portrayed by Christian Bale) , a veteran in the wild west, who is a living legend for his merits in the American Indian Wars with an reputation as a ruthless killer. Waiting for his retirement he gets one last mission, that goes against his entire believes and that he only attends because he would be court marshalled and lose his pension if he doesn't: After 7 years of imprisonment the Cheyenne war chief and arch enemy Yellow Hawk should be brought to a reservoir, and Blocker and his company are task with safely escorting the war chief through enemy territory controlled by warring Comanche Indians.
This movie has totally conviced me. The storytelling is sensitive and precise, and is supported by really great imagery of the landscape - if you can, watch it on the big screen. This visually stunning picture is supported by a great and fitting score. Even though the movie is really long and mostly really slowly, it is not boring at any time. There are a few action scenes but they are sparse and most scenes are slow and quiet, as the main focus of this movie is what our characters go through emotionally and how they are believes are challenged during this mission, as well as how they cope with the things happening to then during this mission.
For this to work, the movie needs good actors and of course with Christian Bale we get a high class actor that delivers an absolutely great performance: Wow. He's supported by Rosamund Pike who actingwise is his equal. Both of them have a great chemistry going on, and it is ingenious how often they converse just with looks and gestures, without seeing a word - yet the viewer gets exactly what's going on, what the characters feel and think. They do this so well that at the end I had goosebumps when for instance Pike looks thoughtful and melancholic, then tears starts running over her face and in the next moment, she wipes them away, contains herself and puts on a natural smile. Wow.
It is really seldom that I feel like clapping in cinemas, but here I did. This is an absolute recommendation beyond the typical blockbuster mainstream, absolutely worth watching. Great movie!
Hey Mom, Dad...rent Hostiles.. pretty decent Western....rents Hostel by mistake...WTF was that?! Bahahaha priceless
Fantastic movie. The scene before the ending scene was amazing, as was the ending scene. The ending scene was perfect, especially with the music. The soundtrack was amazing as well.
This was absolutely amazing. This is not a western. It's simply an amazing movie. It's so much more than what you might think. I was blown away. The score is amazing too.
It is the story of white Americans during the conquest of the West who find themselves scarred by wars with Native American tribes. The two main characters are a captain traumatized by the war, who saw his friends being tortured and killed by the Indians, as well as a woman who saw her entire family being massacred, including her three children, by the Comanches. During the film, we really observe a crescendo in the hatred of white people which will go very far.
These characters will find themselves in a situation where they will have to escort an Indian chief to his territory, an Indian chief whose crimes are clearly mentioned against the Europeans in the film. You see it coming, despite the initial hostilities, there will be forgiveness for the crimes committed. But it's not going to stop there. And to give a simple example and get to the point of what I found most shocking: the woman who saw her children being killed by Indians will go so far as to forgive, but also take the side of the Indians, and turn against the other Europeans, whom she will even help kill at the end of the film. That is to say that while this woman is the absolute victim, she will still have to follow a whole path of repentance, to the point of committing abominable things, that is to say the murder of her compatriots, acts which will be presented... as positive.
A terrible film, a rubbish, with a very large cast, a big budget, which must be seen as it says a lot of things about this point of view. A moralistic but deeply immoral film, which goes beyond all limits.
Slow it's not, if taken in context..
I thought Hostiles was epic. The story telling was spot on.
If anything, I thought probably Bale saw the errors of his ways a little too quickly. I could have easily lapped up another hour to really dive into the characters.
Cinema is losing its way but films like this give me hope.
History needs to be told and wrongs were made by both sides. When is the Battle of the Little Big Horn going to be tackled? Come on American it's time to start owning its history. Only then can it make amends..
I enjoyed it and thought the pacing was just right.
Was that train moving off a little lopsided to the left or is it just me?
A decent but slow paced western that features some beautiful location scenery. When we get the dialogue and action scenes the film comes to life, trouble is they are few and far between.
Loved it. Ending scene was nice too.
visually excellent with a moving story. well acted characters.
I don't understand how this film can seriously end with the only surviving native American (young boy) being dressed up all mannerly and "white", with our main character white Joe handing him a book by Julius Caesar as a gift, commenting that he was one of the bravest men in history. without any irony? I mean common!
there are other things problematic about this film, not just on the "white saviour" front, but this is the one thing that really baffles me.
Excellent C.Bale .
Wild West in all its glory!
The movie is very beautiful and high quality - everything looks real and believable, and acting is first class as you can expect from Christian Bale. However it feels very long and the pace is extremely slow that it made me fall asleep and I had to continue watching the next day.
Its a depressing film and overall, though I appreciate it very much, I can't say i enjoyed it and I just wanted it to be over.
I'm giving it 7, though it deserves 8, but I'm actually not recommending it.
Christian Bale gives one of the best performances I've seen from him in a good long while. It's a slow burn Western, that deals with racism and acceptance in a rather poignant way.
Fantastic movie! We saw the many levels of their character and how things are not always black and white. Christian Bale is my favorite actor. I was very moved by Rosamund Pike's performance.
I was looking forward to this movie but after watching it I am not sure what to make of it.
On the plus sides are good performances from Bale and Pike and a beautiful scenery that acts like another character. But the writing is rather listless and uninspiring. A lot of time it feels like random events put together and the plot drags along way too slow. So at the time when I reached the finale I lost interest. Quite frankly I lost Interest the moment Bale and Pikes characters went into the tent together because that one was obvious from the second they met.
Hostiles is an apology. An overly long, heavy handed and totally necessary apology. A rambling, repetitive and required apology. It's so damn sorry that, after the 2-hour mark you kind of just want to forgive it and tell it to go home.
But if the story is lacking in direction, at least we have Christian Bale, Jesse Plemons, Ben Foster, Timothée Chalamet, and Wes Studi to take the ride with us. The cinematography is often stunning and the film works well enough as a bookend to Unforgiven but, in the end, it needs a little more care to make it worth the epic this apology to the treatment of Native Americans deserves.
A Western that thinks it is better than it is. It isn't Unforgiven and is so overwelmingly sullen that it never gets a life spark. It just plods along and maps the characters on an arc you knew they were going to have going in, but doesn't earn any of the redemption, any of the changes in heart that the characters experience. I think the screenwriter/director just shrugged his shoulders and said casually, "Well, you know what I mean. You've seen this a million times already," and moved on. Disappointing.
Thought this was great. Don't like how westerns a lot of the time are over-the-top or cliche on various aspects of the time period, whether the hero, Indians or brutality. This movie has some of that, but I thought balanced decently with originality. Christian Bale was very good. Made me wish it was a Netflix original TV series that went on, exploring that world with the same quality as the movie.
VIP4Slow the film may be, but its never boring. Brutal when it needs to be, gentle when it can, this is a superior western that doesn't rely on the usual genre conventions.
Shout by Steven FarrellBlockedParent2018-05-20T14:29:42Z
Nice scenery but a depressing movie