Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

chreghan This film seemed to bridge the epic cinematics of the 60's with the grit of the 70's. It was a portrayal of a stupid love interest wrapped in historical context... However, this film's dialogue is incorrect.In the beginning scenes with Cresta and Honus (after the "socks" scene), Honus mentions that his father was killed at Little Bighorn. Cresta's reply mentions Custer. The Little Bighorn massacre happened in 1876. This film is based on events in 1864. No one caught this?

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . is a Must-See for ALL Americans desiring entertaining insights into Trump World and the Citizens thereof. Anyone exposed to the six months of crazed "Lock Her Up !" chants will recognize the exact same emotion behind those Trump cheers as they witness the ancestors of these same Deplorables gleefully chortling in the guise of U.S. Servicemen beheading Cheyenne toddlers while waving the severed privates of their Daddies (not to mention slicing off Mommy's Mammaries, pictured 106 minutes into the fun of SOLDIER BLUE). Lawyers for Present-Day assault rifle-wielding U.S. Border Guards argued last week to the Supreme Court that it must remain Open Season on Mexicans INSIDE Mexico, stipulating that Real Live foreigners make for much better target practice than paper silhouettes at a shooting range. (Dozens have been murdered already, which number will surely skyrocket, given the shooting platforms of Trump's Towering Wall, observation balloons, and high-flying drones equipped with Hellfire Missiles; however, Mexicans situated in Mexico City on South are safe for the time being from being slain by fire across our "friendly" border). SOLDIER BLUE teaches viewers that "America First!" policies will "Make America Great Again" by continuing to eradicate any lingering remnants of Native Americans. This is why Trump emphasized his Executive Order to bull-doze through Indian Burial Grounds for the purpose of poisoning their remaining water supply with oil spills.

Leofwine_draca For the first two thirds of the running time, this is an unremarkable love story-cum-western, interspersed with some rather bloody scenes of action and death which are rather surprising for the time in which this film was released. The drama is slow-paced and takes a rather long time to unfold; most of the running time is taken up with characterisation between the two central protagonists. The first is Cresta, a woman (but definitely not a lady) with bad habits, a foul tongue, and a love of the Native American Indians, which is not shared by her companion, a young, jingoistic soldier by the name of Honus Gent. The two young actors taking the lead roles, Candice Bergen and Peter Strauss, put in strong roles and in part make the viewing experience worthwhile.Although the pacing is slow, the script is witty and offers some nice wordplay between the two leads as their initial hostility turns to friendship and eventually something more. Plus, Ralph Nelson makes great use of the untamed American landscape, which is nicely shot, and there's another oddball character performance from Donald Pleasence playing a gun trader. Then all of a sudden, the film's unforgettable climax changes track as it depicts the wholesale slaughter of an Indian village by the American troops; suddenly it becomes deadly serious and often hard to watch. The gore effects are horrific and in-your-face and at this point, the true carnage and bloodshed of warfare is portrayed with guts, unlike anything ever seen before by the viewing public at the time of release. Since then, advances in special effects have resulted in far gorier films, but few share the disturbing realism of this movie's climax, which itself is based on the true story of the Sand Creek Massacre by Colorado soldiers led by one Colonel Chivington. Not a great movie, but perhaps one to remember, and a story with a moral is always one worth watching.

TankGuy Private Honus Gent and Cresta Lee are the sole survivors of a U.S cavalry platoon which was massacred by the Cheyenne. Cresta has been a prisoner of the Indians and has come to sympathise with their struggle, whereas Honus is a naïve soldier who has a robust faith in the army's Indian policy. Together they embark on an arduous journey to Fort Reunion and develop a strained love/hate relationship along the way. Despite finding it hard to accept Cresta's liberal beliefs, Honus soon finds himself falling for her. Upon reaching Fort Reunion, both of them find Colonel Iverson and his troops preparing to attack a peaceful Cheyenne village and their lives are changed forever...The "wild west" takes a chillingly bitter look at itself in Ralph Nelson's highly controversial gorefest. Firstly, I believe Soldier Blue to be one of the most definitive anti war movies due to it's shocking parallels to late 60s America. Made at the height of the Vietnam war and the peace movement when anti war sentiment was rife, Soldier Blue borrows heavily from the mindset behind both. The film is a social commentary. We have the two main characters, the radical young woman who despises war and the conservative young soldier who vows to carry pout his orders whether or not the cause is just. Then there is the military who have their own ideas on how to deal with the so called "enemy". Rooted in historical fact, the finale of Soldier Blue was inspired by one of the most disturbing and forgotten genocides in American history, the Sand Creek massacre of 1864. This atrocity was perpetrated by the Colorado Territory Militia under Colonel John Chivington, most of it's victims were defenceless women and children. The climatic battle(or should I say massacre)is probably the most horrific action sequence ever committed to film!. It's nothing more than an orgy of wanton brutality. The scene wasn't as graphic as I had thought(the region 2 DVD print seemed to be cut), but that didn't make it any less harrowing. The shots of women being beheaded, raped and mutilated and children being indiscriminately trampled and gunned down will be imprinted on my mind for years to come. Cinema-goers must have been puking into their popcorn boxes back in 1970. Furthermore, the myth behind the cavalry riding to the rescue is eternally destroyed in 5 minutes. Now the "boys in blue" were the savages, bloodthirsty sadists who indulge in mass murder. Despite the ferocious nature of this sequence, I did think some of the special effects were impressively realistic. Even more alarming is how the soldiers are laughing as they murder the Cheyenne, to them the chaos is just a bit of fun. Overall, the entire sequence itself seems to allude to the My Lai massacre. Ironically, the middle of Soldier Blue focuses on the humorous but tender affection that blossoms between Honus and Cresta before the depraved bloodbath is forced upon the viewer.The movie featured amazing performances all round. Candice Bergen nearly stole the show as Cresta but Peter Strauss was truly fantastic as Honus. His enraged disgust with the army as he powerlessly observes the carnage of the climatic atrocity was absolutely invigorating. The chemistry between himself and Bergen was also brilliantly constructed. British actor Donald Pleasence was superb as Isaac Q. Cumber(yes that's right)as was John Anderson as Colonel Iverson. The irony of his character is that he is supposed to be upholding law, order and peace but instead gets pleasure from butchering the helpless Cheyenne. The Colonel makes two speeches in the movie before and after the massacre which, thanks to the masterful writing, convey(unashamedly)the hypocrisy of war. The soundtrack was very late 60s but the film had an inspiring title song thanks to Buffy Sainte-Marie.After watching Soldier Blue I will never look at another Indians vs. cavalry western in the same way again. The movie will solely be remembered for it's nauseating climax, although amongst the severe barbarity is a profound moral statement. Some will say that Soldier Blue should never have been made, but it's a story that needed to be told and for once, I'm glad they got it right.9/10.