Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Micitype Pretty Good

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Per Johnsen Appaloosa is a classical western in a modern suit. It seems like Ed Harris wanted to show the world that he could make a real good traditional western and that some producers, directors and casters have missed out not giving him the main part in such a movie. And right he did, also asking his favorite actors to join in, and Harris himself is shining. Seems like they had a lot of fun.The main subject in Appaloosa, besides the classical struggle between good and evil, is trust and betrayal in human relations. There are of course good guys and girls and the bad one's, but in this story none of the characters really seem to be either, except for one or two perhaps. So in the end, the only good guy gets to put and end to what ever is wrong or evil. If there's a moral, that's all there is to it.I'm writing this after watching the film for the third time, and I seem to forget how it goes and ends every time. I suppose that makes it quite a good film with a subtle story about love and hate, trust and betrayal.

dworldeater Appaloosa is an excellent western directed and starring Ed Harris. This is my favorite modern western to come out after Clint Eastwood's masterpiece Unforgiven. The film looks sharp and is a very original, intelligent western with a few interesting twists and turns, well developed characters, powerhouse performances and a story that flows very well. Ed Harris and Viggo Mortenson have great chemistry and work very well together as Sheriff Virgil Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch. Renee Zellweger gives a very good performance as love interest Ms. French. Jeremy Irons is a great villain and a very intelligent and interesting character. A brief, but memorable appearance is made by Lance Hendrikson(one of my favorite actors). While there is plenty of violence in this picture, it is not a shoot em' up western. However, Appaloosa is a remarkable film that is absolutely top shelf with lots of depth, psychology and is extremely well put together overall. This film is very under rated in my opinion and Ed Harris and company absolutely deserved some Academy awards nominations for making this remarkable film.

Dave Nielsen This movie is quite slow, but hey, its a western after all. My favorite part is when the whore tries to split up Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris' bromance and fails miserably. Also, that 10 gauge shotgun is a metaphor for his dong. The bad dude in the movie is also very well acted. The whole movie you're just begging for revenge on the guy (I won't spoil the ending for you though) The only reason I took off a star is because Renee Zelwigger is freakin weird looking and her character drives me nuts, which makes her numerous spankings (both verbal and physical) from Ed Harris all the more satisfying. Overall a great blend of a traditional western with the building vengeance and methodical pace, mixed with elements of the modern. I give the bromantic part 10/10, 9/10 overall

GeorgeSickler The cast is great and provided outstanding acting. Their characters are highly interesting. It's well worth watching once but the story-line becomes increasingly implausible as the movie unfolds.A small one-street one-horse town is having problems with Jeremy Irons, the rich cattle baron who thinks he owns the place and his men have no problems with shooting-up both the town and anybody they want at the drop of a hat.So, the town fathers hire Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen to bring law and order to the town.And along comes Renee Zellweger who arrives in town and needs a job, and she can play the piano and winds up with a job at the saloon.OK, so far a standard plot line.Here's where the spoilers start: Jeremy (the bad guy) also owns this elaborate and ornate saloon that no one-horse town in the middle of nowhere can support. But that's where Renee gets a job behind the piano.Jeremy murders a deputy marshal at his ranch. Ed and Viggo go out to arrest him. He's tried, convicted and sentenced to death.On his way by train to go to the place of execution, Jeremy's gang get's him released while the train is at a remote water stop, with Renee with them as a hostage.She'll be released when they're safely away. Well, O.K. But why can't the train just go forward until it's out of sight, they release Renee, ride away, and the train backs up to get her? After all, everyone knows that there are no horses in a freight car for them to pursue the bad guys and get Renee.Eventually, Ed and Viggo have the horses and supplies they need and finally have the bad guys in sight, along with a bunch of hostile Indians who are about to attack the bad guys for their horses and weapons.The Indians attack. One scene has Renee, in her underwear, kicking and screaming while slung over an Indians shoulder. However, for some miraculous reason, Renee and Jeremy survive. The rest of the bad guys were either dead or fled. (Maybe the Indians decided not to steal her because they didn't have a piano.) O.K. Jeremy is recaptured. The team arrives at the nearest town and Jeremy is placed in the local jail for safe keeping while they figure out what to do next. But Jeremy and the local sheriff are friends.To cut to the chase: Jeremy, the evil local sheriff and the sheriff's deputies have a shoot-out with Ed and Viggo. Everybody gets killed or wounded except Jeremy, who escapes out of town on a galloping horse.Later, back at the one-horse town, Ed gets a telegram that states President Chester A. Author has granted a pardon to Jeremy for murdering an officer of the law. Jeremy swaggers back to town as a free man.But what about his gang's kidnapping Renee to demand his release from the train? What about the shoot-out at the evil sheriff's town, where people were murdered? Why wasn't that sheriff brought to justice?Aren't they all crimes, too? I guess they didn't want all of that to interfere with the story-line and people just wouldn't notice or care.Anyway, by the end of the movie, bad guys never win.Again, I think the actors and the characters they portrayed are great. But, wow, there are also a bunch of "Huh?????? This doesn't make sense" moments to make this a higher rated movie.