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To me, this movie is perfection.

hyped garbage

Beautiful, moving film.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

If you like Westerns, 1993's "Geronimo: An American Legend" is worth checking out; it's just not as good as you would expect from such an exemplary cast & crew.With the likes of Walter Hill, John Milius, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Jason Patric, Wes Studi and Matt Damon you'd expect greatness on the level of "Last of the Mohicans," "Dances with Wolves" or even "Wyatt Earp," instead it's merely watchable.This is likely because, more than anything else, it comes across as a humdrum history lesson. At the same time, it's not bad. So, if you're a fan of Westerns, I encourage you to add it too your collection. Just don't expect anything outstanding.The film runs 115 minutes and was shot mostly in Southern Utah, but also Old Tucson, Arizona.GRADE: C+

Wes Studi, so hateful in LAST OF THE MOHICANS, is about as sympathetic a character as you can get in GERONIMO, and Walter Hill's direction is about as tight as it gets (which is saying a lot for a director of Hill's caliber). The cinematography, if nothing else, should've won some kind of award. One thing I would've liked to have seen in a movie like this is the root cause of The American Indian Wars. According to Robert M. Utley, it all began when Indians were being starved by buffalo hunters out for furs, who decimated the great herds, leaving the meat to rot and the Natives to starve. At a meeting called between the townsfolk and the Indians, one townie reportedly said: "If they're hungry, let 'em eat grass." When the smoke cleared, the townie was found dead, with his mouth stuffed full of grass. A LOT of mythinformation came out of the genocide that followed. General Custer, a Civil War vet, was nicknamed "The Son of the Morning Star" because he liked to attack unguarded Indian villages at sunup. His preferred method was to wait for the braves to go off to hunt, leaving the women, children, and elderly alone and unarmed. Sherman, another vet who put the South to the torch, coined a popular phrase when he said that "the only GOOD Indian is a DEAD Indian." U.$. Army soldiers, foreshadowing the likes of the Nazis and Ed Gein, made purses from the genitalia of murdered Indian women (it's out there; look it up). GERONIMO is and isn't historically accurate; what it most definitely IS is a great movie.

Walter Hill's biopic of the Apache hero brings to life the political struggle between Native Americans and the US army in the 19th century. It's a fast paced, well made movie that's more educational than everything else; as a viewer to whom the story was completely new, I enjoyed learning about the tensions and situations along with the historical backdrop.However, I can't help but feel the film is lacking something: it has a made for TV feel and never has the 'bite' or heart that make other biopics so affecting. This one goes through the motions and utilises a powerful cast to bring the characters to life, but you watch it in the same way you watch a history documentary: to learn rather than feel. The blame has to go to John Milius's script, I think.Still, both Hackman and Duvall contribute seasoned turns as grizzled old war veterans, and it's great to see a fresh-faced Matt Damon taking on a leading role and handling it comfortably so early on in his career. What a surprise, too, to discover that Jason Patric (THE LOST BOYS) could actually act back in the day. The best cast member is Wes Studi as Geronimo himself: playing his character stony-faced most of the time, he gets the man's humility, strength and sense of quiet honour just right.

first let me say the this is a graphic movie lots of shootouts and bloody wounds its rated pg-13 for frontier violence witch i think it should have been rated R for frontier violence.the acting was wonderful by Gene Hackman and Wes Studi, now Jason Patric was mostly bull and boring.for people looking for a accurate history movie this isn't for you but if you like a good western drama like Dancing With Wolves this is for you. now Geronimo is in no way better than The Last Of The Mohicans or Dancing With Wolves but this is a good movie to relax, kick up your feet and lay on the couch for 2 hours with family member or friend and enjoy the movie about the legend of Geronimo