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<blockquote data-quote="Vamoose" data-source="post: 1880037" data-attributes="member: 19470"><p>It&#039;s definitely well above average and some of it is fantastical. A little weak at the end but who cares. The ending looks like Cimino had about another hour worth of movie he wanted to make and had to crunch it all into 20 minutes. Best I remember, what sunk Heaven&#039;s Gate and Michael Cimino along with it and was responsible for the bad press was the outrageous expense of the movie, the fact that Comino was given free reign based on his success with The Deer Hunter and the fact it didn&#039;t make its cost back at the box office. But heck, I watch it every few years because I like the good way more than the little bit of bad. I think it&#039;s the best overall character Kris Kristofferson has done, definitely the best western character Christopher Walken has done as well as the best western character John Hurt had played up until The Proposition. In the top 25% of westerns ever made.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Vamoose, post: 1880037, member: 19470"] It's definitely well above average and some of it is fantastical. A little weak at the end but who cares. The ending looks like Cimino had about another hour worth of movie he wanted to make and had to crunch it all into 20 minutes. Best I remember, what sunk Heaven's Gate and Michael Cimino along with it and was responsible for the bad press was the outrageous expense of the movie, the fact that Comino was given free reign based on his success with The Deer Hunter and the fact it didn't make its cost back at the box office. But heck, I watch it every few years because I like the good way more than the little bit of bad. I think it's the best overall character Kris Kristofferson has done, definitely the best western character Christopher Walken has done as well as the best western character John Hurt had played up until The Proposition. In the top 25% of westerns ever made. [/QUOTE]

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