Bastard's Crossing

A great Western movie. Even in the South, they had to deal with the same things as they did out West.

A gaffe a minute, a poor sense of history, and a worse understanding of geography, make this film more distracting than entertaining. (A Wyoming fur trapper travels all the way to Memphis to sell his beaver pelts - in the post-war period.) Add in a hopelessly thrown together script, and a slow-moving western concept, and you have a truly bad movie.

Bit of a fourth wall film. Hard to tell if it's taking itself seriously or not. Good lord, watching paint dry never sounded so exciting.

A rather good film for the most part. Interestingly dark, psychotic, and wet with a splash of Dances With Wolves.

If you've ever had a rough time in your life and had to spend some time in your car with little go on, you might empathize a bit with the nature of this film.

The lighting here is one of the richest parts I enjoyed the most -- that mixed with the moody atmosphere. The horses used were well done as they almost seemed a character of themselves with many good riders.

The acting was moderate to good. I wasn't expecting A-list talent on a small budget, but there were a few notable performances. The Trapper and bounty hunter stuck out most with me.

The audio could have used a small face lift and sometimes, I felt, although, the music was great, sometimes a bit loud. There was one spot during a night scene with the Sailor and main actor where the lip reading and audio or ADR didn't match up.

Breaking the 4th wall towards the end kind of took me out of trance with the story. Figured that be something used in a comedy, but not a dark thriller type.

All in all it was a great film. Great usage of limited location and budget. Definitely worth a watch.

I didn't know what to expect, but glad I watched. Creative and surprising for sure.