Tom Cruise – Far and Away – DVD
Tom Cruise – Far and AwayI really liked this movie but the reviews here are even more entertaining. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman had bad Irish accents? Vivian Leigh’s Scarlet O’Hara had the worst southern American accent imaginable. Her movie (….”Gone with something?… wasn’t it called?) managed to survive it.No story in Far and Away? Let’s see… Spoiled rich Irish Protestant girl meets poor Catholic Irish boy and romantic sparks fly as surface insults are traded. Both dream of a new life in America but for different reasons. The parents of the girl are each magnificently portrayed by fine actors. The manager of the wealthy father’s holdings, and Shannon’s would-be suitor, is a man you love to hate thanks to the fine acting of this character.The cinematography is magnificent. The story varies from epic to tragic to comic to Western in the way a true Irish immigrant’s life would unfold in the period. There’s action and humor. There’s an underlying dream driving the entire movie. There is a beautiful young woman and a handsome young man who both have the kind of drive an Irish immigrant would need to survive the rough and tumble life in America in the late 1800’s.The costumes and sets are great. The land rush scenes are magnificent and accurately portray what has been captured in still photos of the real Oklahoma land rushes.There are no gratuitous sex scenes though the bawdiness of life in an Irish Boston whorehouse is honestly portrayed.There is a triumphant scene at the end where love does prevail over the desire for material wealth through land ownership.For the life of me, I cannot see what is missing from this movie. I liked it. I bought it. I’m glad I’m not married to some of these reviewers who would complain the luxury car I just bought them as a gift did not have enough lighting around the visor vanity mirror.Shannon Christie, the spoiled rich girl in this movie, has nothing on some of these reviewers.
