Horizon: An American Saga now on Max

I'll wait til part 2 or maybe part 3 to check it out and split it up into episodes of a series if it's any good.

Watch 2 hours last night and the rest this AM. I liked it but I left it feeling completely unfulfilled for my 3 hours. My biggest problem was the slow character development. Even after 3 hours (though there are multiple sets of characters) I was just beginning to have an investment in anyone. So much of the drama and death felt like it was happening to NPCs. One example was who the hell is Hayes Ellington (Costner) and why did he turn Captain Save-a-ho within minutes of meeting him. It is fine to drag that out a bit but if I have to watch 12 hours over multiple years to unlock him I am not amused.

There is a lot right but my lack of emotional attachment to anyone leaves me cold. I am not saying there was no sparks of attachment by the end but it was minimal, especially for 3 hours of movie. I hope he is able to finish the saga because not getting the full story will irk me even more.

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I really can’t fathom why the reviews were so bad except that the critics either didn’t know it was only part 1 of a continuing story or they were “offended” that the Indians killed people.

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I think they were bad b/c it's clear as fricking day this should have been a TV series.

You can't expect people to want to sit through a 4 part 12 hour+ epic western in theaters and you sure as shite can't start everything off w/a 3 hour movie that can't stand on it's own when it's not based on any existing IP w/zero built in fanbase to support it.

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Ideally, it’s a hit on Max, and rest of the saga is moved from theatrical releases onto MAX. It could be a win-win-win for Costner, audiences, and Max.

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It has taken a massive loss in theaters, estimates near 100 million after expenses. Guessing budgets for the remaining movies will be slashed bigly as it targets a streaming only release.

The movie was a disjointed mess where not much happened. Hard to get hooked on a series of movies when the first one jumps all over the place with very little story to hook the audience to come back

I'm about half in

I'm not bored FWIW. Have mostly enjoyed it. I like slow burn stuff though. Switching between storylines has been a bit annoying but nothing terrible.

Definitely should have been a series but I do regret not seeing some of the scenery and backdrop in the theater

I give it about a 6.5/10. I enjoyed it but it was so hard to follow for most of it. I anticipate rewatching it soon and enjoying it much more. I want to be invested.

As someone else said already, the fast forward time lapse scenes at the end were unnecessary and only stood to confuse.

I finished it this weekend, I enjoyed it. My biggest complaints were the plot / characters switching, and the length. I would not be able to watch it in theaters, I probably paused it and got up to do something 5-6 times. Also the swapping between story’s, it was just random to me, although after seeing the ending and realizing all the story lines lead to the same town on the pamphlet. The journeys it takes to get there and start the town it kind of makes sense.

She was definitely the worst character in the whole thing along with the two wasting the water