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Rating:  - Worst 'so called" Western of 2004
This has got to be the worst movie of 2004. Possibly the worst of the decade. I can see NO redeeming atributes what-so-ever. A total waste of film and a waste of your 2 hours.
Rating:  - SUPERB PSYCHEDELLIA
Renegade (aka Blueberry)SUPERB PSYCHEDELLIA- This film literally blew me away. It is the most accurate portrayal of a full blown high dose psychedellic experience that I have ever seen in a motion picture. Too bad Tim Leary isn't around on the physical plane to have caught this one. I am sure that he would have praised it to no end with his considerable mastery of the written word.
As a film, the cinematography is excellent and the editing places the visuals and story line into the realm of pure poetry. This is no ordinary western, but an epic mystical journey that harks back to the glory days of Carlos Casteneda's Don Juan novels. The film gives due reverence and respect to the American Southwestern Indians and their use of the peyote cactus as a healing tool for bringing wholeness to those who are wounded by their past and by the evil that is a part of life and that is responsible for those tramas.
It is interesting to note that Juliet Lewis appears in this film and that she also stared in NATURAL BORN KILLERS which also features and extremely well done and realistic mushroom trip involving snakes and the reptilian levels of consciousness that psychedellics activate deep in the brain.
I found that it took me many hours to fall asleep after watching this movie because I was so excited to discover that someone had suceeded in creating such a wonderful and faithfull vehicle for communicating the awsome mystery and healing properties of the psychedellic experience. I can only say that this one hit it's target and is truly a masterwork of cinematic and spiritual art!
Rating:  - Snakes!
From what I understand, the director managed to get the visions of the drug accurate. The drug they are using causes intense violent vomiting followed by curious hallucinations. The most common vision reported appears to be of snakes.... But also the drug of choice (the snakey drug) would not have been that common in the southwest. It would have more likely been a south american visitation.... But, hey, call it creative license.
So enjoy the film. It's a bizarre hoot... And it's got Ernie Borgnine. How cool! Oh, and it's French, so I take it to be a Franco fantasy take on American cowboy movies as transmitted through the medium of Italian westerns such as The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. What's not to love!
Rating: - Watch it again and again.
Simply put, the closest you'll get to seeing the other worlds of spirit and true reality without taking Ayahuasca or Peyote.
The director took over a hundred trips on Ayahuasca, helped by a real shaman (the old Indian in the film!). The effects portray as close as possible the reality of the experience.
Mind blowing stuff. The last time I watched it I fast forwarded through the slow parts, stopping at the key plot elements, and also stopping to savour the trippy parts. Madsen is great in this, and everyone acts well.
Anyone contemplating taking the shamanic journey would do well to watch this to get a taste of the heaven and hell it can lead to.
Rating: - SO much greater than one would expect
When one peruses the aisles of films at a movie rental shop or even online, he would most likely pass over this one with a recognition of indifference. Even for its genre (Western) it may not catch the eye of a potential viewer due to its fairly non enticing cover. I myself did not know what to expect. BUT YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT THIS MOVIE! It is so amazing! It is nothing like any western or any other film for that matter. It is SO well done in terms of its cinematography and visuals. The story is also very pleasing. Check it out!
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