Costner's passion project is off to a rough start.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Early reviews for the first chapter of Kevin Costner's long-gestating passion project Horizon: An American Saga have skewed sharply negative, which doesn't bode well for the continuation of the traditional Western epic. Horizon's interconnected story will be split into four parts, and is an ambitious chronicle of the American expansion into the West before, during, and after the Civil War.
7 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 Only Focuses On Setting Up The Next Chapters Many characters and locations are introduced with no follow-up Almost across the board, early reviewers of Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 criticized the movie for not seeing any actual resolution for the many characters and stories that are introduced.
5 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 Lacks Story Structure Basic structure is eschewed in favor of character introductions As little more than a stilted avalanche of character and location introductions, Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 supposedly lacks anything representing a cohesive story in the traditional sense.
Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com put an exclamation point on the notion that Horizon does a poor job of building its characters: "It gives us few memorable characters outside of Costner: I can’t remember the name of a single figure without looking at my notes." It's a severe misstep to not pay proper attention to any of the characters who are supposed to carry the narrative.
One of the most oft-praised scenes from the early reviews is the film's opening, which includes an Apache attack on the blossoming Horizon settlement. It received praise for how it was shot and its intensity, but as Ellwood further noted, "...in many ways, this extended sequence teases what the movie might have been." Costner didn't lean into some of the most exciting aspects of Westerns, and why they always have and likely will always appeal to American moviegoers.
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