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one of the BEST WESTERNS EVER MADE,ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME
robert duvall and tommy lee jones star in this fantastic and landmark western that is the benchmark for all western movies that have come after it. based on the prize winning novel this story of a cattle drive to montana is so much more than what it sounds like. this is the great american western told as it must have really been. nothing you have ever seen will get you ready for this slice of western life. the best ever put out on t.v.

Disappointing
I should qualify my comments by saying I watched maybe an hour before I gave up and turned it off. So to anyone who wants to take my opinion with a grain of salt, that's fair.

"Lonesome Dove" is gritty and dirty, and I'm not just talking about the Texas dust. It is definitely not for "family viewing." Here, even the "heroes," portrayed in a sympathetic, likable way, display some very questionable behavior: Stealing cattle, shooting people (accidentally) and laughing about it, taking turns with the town prostitute. I'm not saying this wasn't reality in the old west, but it wasn't THE only reality.

Call me old-fashioned, but I love a story where the protagonists aren't necessarily perfect, but are still admirable, even from the beginning. They may make mistakes, but they learn from them. They have honor, and respect for life and women. (There was none of that here.) This film seemed to wallow in all that was cheap and tawdry ... AND enjoy going there. I'm not looking for a Disney-fied picture of the West, but at least part one of "Dove" showed little heart or soul.

I wasn't overly impressed with the quality of the film either. The acting wasn't awful, but it was formulaic. The script was just one line of bland dialogue after another. There was very little humor, and what humor there is (two cute and nosy pigs, a cook that stubbornly rings an annoying bell at suppertime despite orders not to) is recycled over and over. The pace was very slow, which is fine, but after one hour, very little had developed with the plot or the characters in a substantial way.

"Lonesome Dove" can't hold a candle to "The Big Country" or "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" and other classic westerns. There is something endearing about performers like John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart that Duvall and Jones don't have. "Lonseome Dove" may have some redeeming qualities, but I don't have the patience to wait 9 hours to see them. Sorry.

My Favorite Mini Series of All Time
I could never say enough good things about this mini series! I absolutely loved every minute of it. Normally I stick to thrillers and suspense films but do like a good western on occasion and this one delivered. The cast was phenominal and so was the story line. The "acting chemistry" between Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones as two old friends and former Texas Rangers could not have been performed any better by anyone else. The greatest disappointment for me was that Tommy Lee Jones did not reprise his role in "Return to Lonesome Dove" - a role in my humble opinion that he was born to play. But, as they say, that's another story.....

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