There's so much depth to those two lines. I like that Al knows him well enough to make this criticism and Seth now knows himself well enough to not only acknowledge it, but has seemingly also made peace with it. You can tell this is a conversation they've had many times.
Sums up these two men perfectly in so few words. Both always trying to protect the community in their own way, clashing freqeuently along the way, but begrudgingly respecting and understanding each other....maybe more than anyone else. And when shit hits the fan they immediately put their differences aside and seek each other out to figure out what's next.
That's true... but they're all getting old. It's best we actually got some closure to this masterpiece of world building. Plus, i don't think Milch can do long-form series anymore with his condition unfortunately. I do miss powers boothe though... his gravitas as Cy Tolliver was something man.
I gotta say this movie strikes me in an unusual way. There are a lot of scenes I love. Everyone is bringing their A game, as if it were back in the actual series' run. It's shot well, the music is great, and as a fan of the series, I SHOULD love it as a whole. But I just can't. Because when you get right down to it, the whole thing seems like an abridged version of Season 3. - Hearst comes to town - Hearst has his eyes on a plot of land that a Deadwood resident won't sell - After his offer is refused, Hearst has the owner of the land killed - Deadwood residents rally to stand up to Hearst - Bullock arrests Hearst, even taking him in view of the public Personally, I would've liked it if it were just a story about the characters we loved all these years later, welcoming a new chapter of the town with South Dakota's formal statehood. In the end, it came off as a REALLY high-end production of those reunion specials that tv shows used to have.
It makes sense though. The movie is only 2 hours long and having it be as melancholic and grim in tone as the show, would've felt wrong after all those years. The movie feels more like a love-letter to the show and its characters, which is fine by me. It didn't have the time to be like the show. It was much too late for that. Instead, Milch decided to just give us a glimpse of these characters, one last time. And he probably decided to give the film a more hopeful tone and ending. Because the fans deserved that much.
Second to last point I don’t agree with. The entire third season was Al on the back foot, trying to establish the camp’s autonomy from outside interests while trying to placate Hurst and minimize damage to the camp’s reputation and legitimacy, and ultimately Hurst still won in the end after our beloved characters got kicked in the teeth multiple times and the most moral character in the show taking one behind the ear. The bad guy won in the final season, but he lost here, giving us some closure.
I don't agree with anyone who thinks the dialogue is bad. But writing also includes the plot of the movie. In that case, I would agree it's not terribly creative. It's kind of a truncated version of Season 3, with Hearst being the villain again and several repeated elements of that season as well.
I have to disagree with you there. El Camino was totally different in tone, given Walts demise and the decapitated network of criminals- it was Jesse's story. Deadwood on the other hand has always been, and still was in the movie, a story of people coexisting. It's much different from the breaking bad format- almost seems as though there are more than five main characters to track-- where as BB was much more linear. Breaking Bad may be the best TV show ever. But Deadwood is a classic I watch alongside Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, The Searchers-- It's a solid representation.
@@mikeroth5039 I wish Deadwood had had at least six seasons. In some ways it was better than BB. Don't get me wrong, both movies are still very good; but many of those episodes are a very tough act to follow.
