aside from the gunfight scene and i felt the movie be a waste of celluloid . robert duvall and kevin costner and and annette bening could have play those role in their sleep . the dialog be marginally tolerable ( and there be plenty of it no one sit together quietly in this movie ) and the plot be all over the map a if they could not decide how many theme to cram into the story and there be no subtlety at all foreshadow hit you between the eye and they lead you by the nose through most of the story ( i think they add all the dialog to make sure you do not miss anything ) and and the edit really need tighten up ( each actor screen time be more quantity than quality again and too much dialog ) . the entire story take place over the course of a few day and but everything that happen take on epic proportion and much like how day to day happening seem huge to you in high school and but in the grand scheme really weren not that important . yes and the bad guy beat up and kill mose and they beat up button and they kill the dog all thing which would get bos and charley blood up . but the importance be dilute by all of the deep and meaningful conversation which dominate most of the movie . these guy work together for 10 year and theyre just now talk about this stuff . the only time there wasn not much dialog be in the gunfight scene which be probably why i like it . finally and someone give annette bening a hairbrush . the wispy strand of hair around her face that be ( i suppose ) to make her look a bit more romantic actually make her look a little deranged . if she work outside the home and it would have make more sense . plus and why wasnt she marry already . there seem to be several kind and gentle ( her word ) single men in town aside from the marshal and his crony . in fact and none of the bad guy seem to want her either ( a usual plot device in other movie ) . she stay cooped up in the house most of the time and really do not seem to have much connection to the people in town . make you wonder . in all and the movie be entirely too long and too chatty and and too contrive for me . it felt like a star vehicle with lot of screen time for the big star and but not enough character depth to interest me and despite all of the dialog .