LJGull

Overall, I liked the movie. All the skipping around made it awfully hard to follow, but by the end all the pieces came together. I DO realize this was vital to the storyline, to try and put the viewer in the same scattered frame of mind as the main character. But I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with a short attention span. It's probably a movie you'd have to see more than once to get the full effect.

This type movie really isn't my cup of tea, I'm a lot more interested in westerns, war flicks, prison movies...the standard favorites of the 30-45 yo male demographic. I rented this one based on it's high IMDb ranking, but I really wasn't expecting much. I figured it's high ranking was based mostly on the votes of adolescents who didn't share my taste in movies. But I've got to admit, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I went on to rent "The Two Towers", and I'm eagerly awaiting the release of the next chapter.

This is probably my all time favorite movie. The part of the Schofield Kid was a bit over-acted, but I think the performances of Eastwood, Freeman, & Hackman were the best of their respective careers. The movie was great from beginning to end, but it was the climax that set it apart from any other western I've ever seen.