I understand this is based on a true story, but this film needed a lot of tightening up. First the good stuff. Representing the early 20s was flawlessly done from sets to costumes to hairstyles. The acting is well done, as you might expect. Now for the stuff that detracted from the film. Why were people still wearing WWI uniforms in the 20s when the war had been over for 2 years? They obviously didn't just get back from the war. It wasn't clear why they kept killing all the Native Americans, jealousy? They made sure to emphasize that the tribe members were getting rich from the oil on their land, and robbing them would make basic sense, but why kill them? And the plot that they would murder 4 members of a family while being married to the last surviving member to get their money is tenuous at best. One second DeNiro is killing people, the next he is super religious, and back and forth, makes no sense.
While I appreciate them making all the effort to stage a full blown live band and actors fake radio drama to provide an epilogue for the resulting jail sentences etc. But it seems really forced and the movie is already WAY too long to drag it out, just give us a few text screens to read.. It was also kind of strange to see Jack White in that radio show scene. So technically a very well done movie, but not worth over 3 hours of my time.
While I appreciate them making all the effort to stage a full blown live band and actors fake radio drama to provide an epilogue for the resulting jail sentences etc. But it seems really forced and the movie is already WAY too long to drag it out, just give us a few text screens to read.. It was also kind of strange to see Jack White in that radio show scene. So technically a very well done movie, but not worth over 3 hours of my time.
