Dances With Wolves

One of Kevin Costner's best movie's. It shows how difficult it was to survive during and after the Civil War. The Indians had their own culture. We carelessly trampled all over it and then killed them. We drove the buffalo to extinction. But the Indians have survived on their own... it is a beautiful story with humor.

I love the widescreen and extended version. It a terrific upgrade to a classic movie. I highly recommend it!

Dances With Wolves is an brilliant western film that is ever made. 😀👍🐺

Dances With Wolves is Kevin Costner's finest film to date, hands down. Nothing else comes close. While the actual story is a tad revisionistic, it is very entertaining. But before I get into this blu-ray release, I want to address an issue that I am surprised most critics did not catch onto. Dances With Wolves is the movie that James Cameron adapted to do Avatar. They are essentially the same stories, with the same character arcs and overall themes. I won't go blow for blow, but watch them back to back and tell me that Avatar is not a rip-off of Dances With Wolves. Now, this is not a review to bash Avatar, because I actually liked it. But I am surprised how much praise Cameron gets for the movie without acknowledging how much it owes to Dances With Wolves. Maybe he DID rip off Terminator from Harlon Ellison after all. Anyway, I am usually not a big fan of extended cuts recently, because they tend to tack on a couple of minutes of crappy outtakes that were edited out for a reason. Not so with Dances With Wolves. One of the biggest revelations of this cut is you find out what happened to the soldiers of Fort Sedgwick before Lt. Dunbar made it there. While the original theatrical cut works with an odd sense of mystery at the beginning, this is also an interesting addition adding an unnecessary, but fun cut that solves the mystery. The other big addition for me was the soliloquey that Dunbar makes in his journal after they find the slaughtered buffalo. He makes a mention that he could not sleep with them and there were no looks of blame. That never sat well with me until I saw this extended version which puts that scene into context. It turns out the scouts found the white guys who killed the buffalo, scalped and slaughtered them, and the dance you saw around the campfire was celebrating that. It was, to me, a very important piece of the puzzle and I finally understood what Costner meant in that scene. It is also a pivotal moment in Dunbar's development as he becomes separated from the Whahchichoo and becomes a different individual to the tribe and to himself. He is becoming a man who does not fit anywhere. This is a very key moment that, with this small addition in the film, makes the movie so much deeper and Dunbar's character arc much more compelling and real. This is one of the few movies that used their cut scenes to great effect, similar to the extended cuts of the Lord of the Rings. They are great for superfans, but also great for the regular viewer. Yes, most of the cuts were obviously cut out for a reason, and for the most part, are unnecessary to the core story. But if you like the story as much as I do, there are so many more delightful details to experience.

Great movie

Awesome movie! Costne is one great actor. JMO

"Dances With Wolves" is touching and well made, but at times it seems as if it's trying just a little too hard to exist. It has makings of a classic: full of drama and passion, understanding and communication, and violence and power, but perhaps they are emphasized a little too much. Kevin Costner directed, produced, and stars in this epic tale about John Dunbar, a Union lieutenant during the Civil War, who heads west to mark a post for pioneers and soldiers. He encounters some Sioux Indians who are portrayed rather savagely at first. We fear them and almost hate them as much as Dunbar. Can they make peace? Much of the story revolves around the Indian tribe as we learn they are just as afraid of the white man as he is of them. Dunbar makes his first real gesture for peace when he encounters an injured Indian woman and gives her medical attention. When he brings her back to her tribe, they are not thankful, instead they scare him away. Eventually, the two sides work together and communicate. Both Dunbar and Sioux wonder where all the Buffalo have gone, and this gives them their first conflict to solve together. Little happens in terms of plot and individual events. There isn't much dialogue because the two people cannot speak the same language. However, the body language and other forms of symbolic communication they use makes the story interesting. The characters show their emotions through their actions, they work together, hunt together and at least try to communicate with one another. But a film cannot depend on indirect communication, so a translator (and a lover) is provided. Mary McDonnell co-stars as Stands With A Fist, a white woman who has lived with the Sioux since she was a child. It is obvious she and Dunbar will fall in love, but it does not seem as cliche it sounds. Because we are experiencing a new culture here, the concept of love is different from what we are used to. This originality and sense of character is what makes the film so great and touching. At first we feared the Sioux, now they are our friends and our family. I didn't like the third act that much, but it's the entire point of the film. When Dunbar goes back to his cabin he is no longer John Dunbar, he is Dances With Wolves, and when the newly arrived Northern Army sees him, they mistake him for an Indian. These are the people we and Dunbar started out with, and now we see them in a completely different manner. The story almost becomes an adventure as we hope Dunbar will escape. It's exciting to watch, but it does seem a bit much. Despite a few flaws, "Dances With Wolves" is excellent for what it is. But it does have a vivid theme about maturity, tolerance, and war and peace.

Tolle Langversion. Schöne Edition.

Wow que gran pelicula, hace años la vi por primera vez y me gustó, ahora después de tanto tiempo me pareció una joya, casi 4 horas que se te hacen poco. Referente a las características de la Versión en Blu-ray Edición de 25 aniversario, incluye un solo disco con la versión extendida, no incluye la Cinematográfica y solo un par de extras, no incluye tampoco ningun codigo para copia digital. Asi que pese a ser una Edición de Aniversario viene extremadamente sencilla, incluso la caja es de reciclaje, de esas con perforaciones interiores en ambas caras que la hacen muy pero muy endeble y no tiene Slipcover, afortunadamente llegó en buen estado y como siempre antes de tiempo. Imagine que estarían disponibles las 2 versiones en esta presentación, el anuncio trae por ahí hay una dudosa descripción del contenido al momento de hacer la compra y te hace pensar que incluye 2 discos, pero después de leer y releer no hay nada que diga que incluye las dos versiones ni los dos discos. (Equivocación mia). Aún así, la película es Maravillosa que es todo lo que verdaderamente importa, es todo belleza y cuenta con una producción impactante de las de antaño, con cero CGI como las de ahora; La imagen es extraordinaria y el sonido más que decente para una película de estas características. Esta presentación no trae doblaje al Español, únicamente Subtitulos que para mi en lo particular esta bien con el sonido Original. Estoy más que satisfecho con la compra. Lo que si, como uno de mis nuevos tesoros en mi colección, le cambiaré el estuche. Quizás más adelante adquiera la Edición del 20 Aniversario que creo sólo incluye la versión cinematográfica para hacer la comparación de ambas. La Edición Steelbook incluye las 2 versiones es cierto, además de ser mil veces mas bonita, pero la versión extendida en esa presentación tengo entendido no incluye subtitulos en Español.

When you buy blueray disc on swedish amazon you assume it is with the region-code for europe, but no…..

Un film qui mérite d'être revu même si j'avais eu l'occasion de le voir au cinéma. Magnifique film qui mérite les Oscars qui lui ont été décernés.

90年代初め、今はもうなくなった新宿の劇場で鑑賞、時間が3時間近くあるのでたしか2回ぐらいしか映画館で観れませんでしたが、やはりこのころのコスナーは映画フィールドオブドリームスとならんで一番よかった作品です、4時間アナザー版は2回ぐらいに分けて鑑賞すると良いと思います。お勧めです。