Hmmm.. Where to begin.
It took a while for me to get into the first episode, I enjoyed the second, then the third just ticked me off. The acting was fairly good throughout.
Costner was very good. Paxton didn't really have very much to work with. He had several scenes, but he was only given a few notes to play during the entire series. The cinematography was fine, but not special.
The strangest parts to me where how how inconsistent the directing seemed to be. The edit was sloppy at times. It also seemed like audio was occasionally not syncing up. There wasn't a steady feel to the entire film/series, which is on the director. The story had issues which i attributed to the fact that maybe they were sticking with the actual facts, but since then I've heard they strayed from the actual history, so they really have no excuse.
Halfway during episode two I noticed there was no longer anyone that I cared about. Tons of characters were left, but why should I care about any of them. I couldn't connect. The "I kill, you kill, I kill, you kill" theme got old extremely quick. You may say that that is the entire point of the feud. If so, i would have suggested they just not make it into a film. I'll refrain from getting into how much I disliked the ending and the "recaps."
It took a while for me to get into the first episode, I enjoyed the second, then the third just ticked me off. The acting was fairly good throughout.
Costner was very good. Paxton didn't really have very much to work with. He had several scenes, but he was only given a few notes to play during the entire series. The cinematography was fine, but not special.
The strangest parts to me where how how inconsistent the directing seemed to be. The edit was sloppy at times. It also seemed like audio was occasionally not syncing up. There wasn't a steady feel to the entire film/series, which is on the director. The story had issues which i attributed to the fact that maybe they were sticking with the actual facts, but since then I've heard they strayed from the actual history, so they really have no excuse.
Halfway during episode two I noticed there was no longer anyone that I cared about. Tons of characters were left, but why should I care about any of them. I couldn't connect. The "I kill, you kill, I kill, you kill" theme got old extremely quick. You may say that that is the entire point of the feud. If so, i would have suggested they just not make it into a film. I'll refrain from getting into how much I disliked the ending and the "recaps."