areatw 'Dances with Wolves' is a good example of how far a simple story can go. This slow-burning, low-key Western is a heartwarming tale of friendship and loyalty. It's a film with a purpose and a big heart. The focus on plot and character development is always refreshing to see and the stunning scenery and cinematography make it a pleasure to watch.While the film has a lot going for it, there are a few noticeable weak spots. I can't help but feel Kevin Costner is more comfortable behind the camera directing than on screen. While his performance in this film is okay, a better actor would have done Dunbar's character more justice. There's also the excessive running time, which is felt at times due to the slow nature of the film. That said, these are only minor points in what is a special and memorable film.

Sameir Ali Kevin Costner's directorial debut. The original movie was more than 5 hours long. The theatrical version was cut to 3 hours. There a Director's Cut available, that is almost 4 hours long.The film won 7 Oscars, including the Best film and Director from the 12 Nominations. It has a shower of Awards and nominations like Golden Globe, BAFTA and so on.Lt. John Dunbar does a heroic act in a war. Upon his wish, he was appointed western frontier. The place was deserted. He had a regular visitor, a Wolf, that soon became his friend. Later he discovers that he is not alone there. He finds a colony of Indians. They try to communicate with him with the help of a White girl, who was adopted by them when she was a kid.A beautiful movie. You will not feel the length of the film. A must watch for all film lovers. #KiduMovie.

iseeeliteinthesky Its a great movie and it had the potential to be a 10, but the movie tries hard to bash "the white man" and be very forgiving on the indians themselves, and propagates the white man as an invasive species in a really exaggerated form, although history has shown that indians themselves were invasive settlers on the American continent a couple of hundreds years ago. Otherwise its a great movie, the scenes are more amazing than in movies of todays and the lack of computer generated graphics is a bliss. Costner does a very good job in this movie as does his counterpart Mary McDonell. Quite fun to see Wes Studi as the bad guy Indian in this movie as well.

SquigglyCrunch Dances with Wolves follows a soldier who is posted in a largely isolated outpost and ultimately befriends the natives living in the area. The actors are all pretty good in their roles. Kevin Costner does really well, although for the first 10 or so minutes he just wanders around with his mouth open as if confused. He sort of portrayed my feelings for the first bit. I had no idea what was going on until a little ways into the movie. Graham Greene and Rodney A. Grant were both quite good in their roles as well, as as much as Costner but pretty close. Mary McDonnell was kind of over-the-top in this role, and while her performance wasn't bad, it wasn't great either. She seemed to be trying to pull off some kind of overdone insanity performance, but it didn't work in the context of the movie or just as a performance overall. The characters are pretty interesting, and it's really cool to see their relationships develop over a long period of time. By the last 1/3 of the movie the audience feels really attached to the characters, and it becomes just that much more investing. And considering the last hour is the best, it gives it a much more effective ending. The movie is, however, 3 hours long, the first 2 of which are the development stages. While it isn't necessarily boring, it's very long and definitely on the slow side. It was needed for the last hour to have the effect that it did, but it probably could have been just a little more engaging, or shorter even. The romantic aspect wasn't something I was very fond of. It came off as very rushed and a little forced, like it was happening simply because that was the expectation for movies. It seems that filmmakers sometimes think that if it's worth seeing, it has a love interest. That seems to be the case a lot of the time, but that doesn't mean that it always works. And in this case it doesn't really. Overall Dances with Wolves is an engaging character study that suffers from being on the slow side for the majority of it's runtime and a forced romance. In the end I'd still recommend this movie.