Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman play the characters Joseph Donnelly
and Shannon Christie, both, with the film being set in Ireland, with Irish
accents. Throwing themselves in to the roles whole-heartedly.
The film is set against spectacular scenery, which adds to the
quality of the film. The battle between a rich landlord’s team of men and the
poor tenant farmers is played out. It is nice to see though that Mr Daniel
Christie (Robert Prosky) is not as bad as it seems, being unaware of what his
management team are up to.
A scene I found funny was after Joseph was injured and was laying
on the bed, Shannon being innocent and curious looks under the bowl. Shannon
has a rebellious nature and determination for getting away to the United States
of America to claim land that they are giving away in Oklahoma in 1893.
It is ok to have ambition, but the reality may not always be as
you would expect. When Joseph and Shannon find themselves in trouble once they
had made it across to America. There is a role reversal and Joseph becomes the
more knowledgeable one and sorts things out for them both.
The film is a bit gory in some places, when blood is splatted
around but it adds to the reality of the character’s situation and doesn’t last
long.
As the film plays out Joseph finds himself on the wrong road and
when you are on the wrong road you, as he did go to join the right road. This
is good to see as many people just stay where it is comfortable, but Joseph,
remembering the ambition of Shannon and the message from his dying father was
stronger than that and set out for some land.
The race scenes are some of the most epic scenes I have seen in a
film, however, it is sad to see some casualties along the way. It just goes to
show that using one horse could work out better in the end, and to not be
overburdened.
The Oklahoma land run is a great back story to a romantic film and
the scenery enhances the romance of it all.
At the end of the film, it is nice to see love on the land win out
in the end.
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