Dances With Wolves

I've never been much of a fan of romantic epics, but I can appreciate when they are well done. Kevin Costner makes a good one that is also relevant. Historical epics usually take a look at our European roots, but Dances With Wolves focuses on our Native situation. More importantly, it embraces the common truth that white men were members of Native American tribes. It is a lost dimension of history that white men and women did flee towns to join tribes for numerous reasons, which mainly was poverty and famine. The fact that Dances With Wolves has a dumb set up doesn't matter. Unlike Last of the Mohicans, the story is focused on the inherent differences between two cultures. I think a more in depth and serious film is to still be made, but if I'm going to view romantic epics with a generalized viewpoint, I'll take what Costner has to offer as far as uniqueness and relevancy is concerned. Costner also does a decent job directing. He plays with the scope of a John Ford Western and intimate drama well. Both viewpoints work well through out the story and Costner competently films it all.