What Leo probably found it hard to fathom, was the idea of an older man in love with a woman his age, and not a child

Really like hearing Klavan opinion on movies and shows !! Ben makes stuff too political when he does it, Klavan talks about the movie first which is great!

Klavan is the only one with culture at DW. He understands how important the arts are. Unlike Ben who hates every movie made after 1950. Klavan admits how great boogie nights is and that’s something you’d never hear from Ben.

Much more interested in hearing Klavan's thoughts on it, than watching the movie myself.

Very good video, I love that you examined this through a mainly non-political view and saw it as an examination of the human experience, not as a "minority thing". Personally wasn't bothered by the long runtime, but to each their own.

I have watched a few youtube shorts where DW employees are asked which is the best show. None chose Klavan’s. He has made the only shows on DW that have made me cry. It’s the only show on DW with any depth. And I think, a 100 years from now, it will be Klavan’s show that will be most instructive and most valued.

The jail scene was filmed so good. Everything about that scene from the lighting to the camera angles was perfect.

This movie needed major editing. It would have been better at two hours. Klavan cheated by watching it at home; watching it in a theatre was torture for the last hour.

I didn’t mind how long it was. They should bring back the intermission!

I agree with you. So many conservative films or even worse Christian films do not show the complexity of human character. They good guys are too pristine and "Hallmark" like. The bad guys are so one dimensional. The difference is like the fashion sense of Melania Trump vs Jill Biden. It is ironic that the roles are reversed in that example, Liberal vs Conservative.

I agree, he should be in charge of all of the artistic projects from DW

I will watch Klavan's take on movies far more quickly than I'll ever bother watching said movie.

It's nice that someone at The Daily Wire understands modern movies. I agree with Ben on a lot of things, but I can't stand his insufferable movie reviews.

Klavan definitely has the most respectable taste out of all the DW crew. He seems the most honest.

Can you also do a review on Godzilla Minus One?

GREAT book that gets into a largely forgotten part of American history. I’m glad you did a review so I know it is worth my 3.5 hours.

It is humorous to watch Leonardo DiCaprio sit there and act baffled about a woman loving a duplicitous man.

This was my favourite movie of the year! I've also started to read the book. Good art is so important, and I'm happy that Klavan is here to point it out.

Good observation about too-long movies. Same with books. I recently had to give up on trying to get through the entire Gulag Archepelago because it is very tedious stuff and it's TWO THOUSAND PAGES long. Somebody should have told Solzhenitsyn that if he really wanted everybody in the world to understand how horrible the Soviet system was, he should have made the story a little more accessible. Say, three hundred fifty pages.

I can’t watch movies with either actor in it anymore. Love Klavan but not underwriting those hypocrites.

I really enjoyed this movie review and would love to see more of these. I hadn't thought about the lack of discipline in filmmakers leading to overly long films, and I have to agree. Marvel also needs more discipline, not necessarily in run-time but in the quantity of movies & TV show spin-offs they're releasing - it comes down to DISCIPLINE.

Great point about filmmakers losing their discipline due to streaming.

Klavan is the man.

I trust Scorsese as to his longer films. "Wolf of Wall Street" at 3 hours flew by for me. Honestly, when it finished I turned to my friend and said, "It's over? THAT was 3 hours?!" Fabulously entertaining, great storytelling. Similar with "Casino". "Silence" wasn't as long, but far more dark and intense. That was a grind, not meant as a criticism, though. Well worth it to sit through that depth of evil on display and the spirituality therein.

My problem with it is that it is too predictable. When it tells you the premise, you already know the end. And I don't get how someone can love and at the same time make her life a quite literal hell. It's a contradiction I can't accept. I understand that sometimes love turns to hate, but I can't understand hurting someone you love on purpose.

I was looking forward to seeing this movie. I had the release date marked on my calendar ahead of time. DIDN'T GO because of the long run time!

Please read the book and review. I’d love to hear your opinion.

I don’t know if I’ll see this movie, but it is good to know they still make serious movies now and then in Hollywood.

I loved the movie. Personally I am fine with longer movies as long as the plot keeps me interested in what’s going to happen next. Plus two of my favorite country singers Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell of Jason Isbell and the 400 Units did a phenomenal jobs acting in it.

An excellent review. Sounds like an interesting movie.

I read the book, but haven't seen the movie. The book was a page turner that was difficult to put down.

It's good but it's an hour too long. The plot doesn't warrant a 3 and a half hour movie. It feels too self congratulatory and doesn't respect the audience's time.

The opening was one of the best I've seen in a long time. I think I will like the film much more on a second viewing.

The opening scene reminds me of the arguments between Bubbles and Julian.

Godzilla Minus one reminded us of the lost art of “artistic discipline.”

I recommend Oklahoma Crude 1973 starring George C Scott.

I really enjoyed this movie, but I honestly wish I had seen it at home simply due to the long run time. I also didn't realize the movie's POV was so different from the book, but I'm glad they gave Gladstone the chance to show what she can do by focusing on her and DiCaprio's characters.

The book is so excellent I’ve read it twice. The film had a great authentic look and good acting yet adds nothing to the book or the story.

Hoping you review what is perhaps the best and most surprising film of 2023 with universal themes and values Godzilla Minus One!

"Hamlet" - the play (I'm not talking of the various movie adaptations of it) is - in its unabridged form - about 3 and three quarter hours in performance. "Hamlet" is considered by a good many people to represent the zenith in theatre (and, remember, it was written in or around the 1590s). I don't wish to sound elitist..... but ... what some people used to refer to as the "flicks" - do not generally aspire to any great philosophical statement or in-depth psychological examination - if a movie does happen to achieve that, then I would argue it's not a function of the movie's running time - maybe 120 mins or so is needed for such an outcome ....but 220 mins - come on !

Really thought this movie was very good. I really think it could've been 2 hours and 45 minutes or even 3 hours personally. Again, there's nothing I would really cut out but I would've condensed it as well. I think that's the only thing that may hurt this movie with audiences. Leonardo's acting was some of the best if not the best I've ever seen and Gladstone knocked it out of the park. I've seen her in a couple of smaller budget movies but she was spectacular in this film. Totally kept up, if not upstaged Leonardo and DeNiro. DeNiro was great as always cause, hey, it's DeNiro. I thought this was a great role for him to get back to more of the serious villainous characters he used to play a lot in the 80s and 90s and it was so nice to see him having fun doing that kind of stuff again. The music was great, the cinematography was great, costumes and setting was beautiful, and kept to the real life story very well. All in all, I'd give it a 7.5-8/10. I think the length just really kicked it down to be able to sit through and feel like it deserved its length to tell the story.

Read the book. Not vouching for its accuracy, but don't comment on the story as it relates to the book, which may be completely different than the movie. In the end, the movie is just a movie.

In the little bit of it I watched, I found it to be a "turn it up, turn it down" kind of movie. The story and characters didn't grab my interest at all.

Great work Andrew! Scooby snacks for you. Praying for Israel. My allegiance is to Liberty, the Republic, and Democracy. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

I wasn't interested in this movie but I don't regret watching it. Scorsese is still a great director.

I have not seen a movie "reviewer" with any actual substance, knowledge of film, and honest unbiased opinions for many years. The merit of the art as opposed to the projection of the self. Looking forward to more in the future.

To bad De Niro's in it. They could find someone who wasn't a douchebag?

Simply stated many times,the love of money is the root of evil.

You could point to exactly what they could have done, but that's editing, and you'd deserve money for your time.

Films show us things other characters cant see. But in the scenes, with the information available to the characters, theres enough info for the Native Americans to know who was behind all the murders.

Great review I can always tell who has a deep understanding of film. I do disagree with the statement that the movie could have been shorter. You can’t say there is not a scene you need to cut and in the same breath say the movie is to long it’s a huuuuge contradiction. a movie length is determined by each scene that is necessary to tell the story some long movies would work better if it was longer, and some movies would work better if they were shorter it depends on the story and the execution of the story. So to say a movie is to long for the simple fact that it is to long for audiences is a incorrect take. I also disagree with the statement that this movie is not a epic, the movie is very much a epic just a intimate epic.

"You know why the good guys are doing what they are doing, but you can't imagine why the bad guys are doing what they're doing" I think I would normally agree. But in this case it just seemed more like bad film-making to me. Neither of the main characters were given any real motivation to propel them through the story (Decaprio wants to be rich I guess, but he gets money early on, and from then on just kinda does what he's told for the rest of the movie. It's honestly a chore to watch a protagonist who just goes whichever way the winds blow him, and that's essentially what decaprio's character did for the whole movie. Deniro's character was more proactive, but he seemed to be just motivated by money, and he's an old man who won't be around much longer to spend it. I suppose he wants it for his children(?) but the movie doesn't do much to support this as a motivation. My guess is his actual motivation was that he's been ripping off the natives all his life, so he's just in the habit of doing so. To me that motivation is also really boring, and boils down to being plot driven. In a faster paced movie it would be fine, but this film is very self-indulgent and just drags on and on. I haven't seen all of scorcese's films, but they all seem to have this painful quality (with the exception of the departed which was apparently a shot-for-shot remake).

Did he just say "half-breed"?

This was a great film but the runtime was far too long

I was so disappointed by this movie. I had very high expectations, but it kinda sucked. I went to the movie with my mom and brother and they both fell asleep

Disagree that you can't tell a good story from the lawman's side, frankly, i don't know what the hell you're talking about. Scorsese has no interest in exploring that side for sure. But the beginning of the FBI is a story that can be told. I think Martin tried both sides in 'The Departed', but the real exploration in that was still the criminals.

You had me at “3 and a half hours” and the you had me again at “Scorsese”. 🤮

Love your movie reviews!

I'd take a review video over some TikTok reaction video LITERALLY EVERY TIME.

There weren’t enough black peoples in this movie. I was triggered the entire time. I had to spend the night in my safe space.

I'm from Oklahoma and our state history was never told about how the Indian was treated when oil was found , it was a terrible injustice an a black stain on my state . It was an evil manipulation of the legal system to steal .

Drew watch Reacher man

I personally disliked the movie. Always interesting to hear klavan.

The original version that had DiCaprio playing the FBI agent (the hero of the story) would have been a great movie. This version that's all about white men being evil didn't interest me much, even though the book was fantastic

This movie was absolutely painful to watch, and not due to the story. Lily did a wonderful job, but the rest - DiCaprio, DiNiro and Scorsese really shit the bed. Waaaaay too long, too predictable and too slow. I'm all for the eradication of inferior races, but this was a waste of time.

It O sayge not o sagee

its the matrix

A P.C. story told in a PC way

Money A, Money. 😮😢

I’m sure it is good but I’m boycotting the two lead actors. Their political activism is hurting America. I am supporting movies like Oppenheimer which was produced by James Wood who is doing a great deal of good for America.

This movie was the one of the most boring 3h of my life...

Thats how I felt about Oppenheimer. So many people loved it but there was no justification for it being that long. I was bored.

This thing was an an absolute chore to sit through. The most overrated and disappointing film of the year.

Isn't that the difference between "Conservatives", and "Liberals"? One sees the darkness in man and turns away, to God. The other sees the darkness and turns away from God. And no amount of money would get me to watch Robert Deniro in anything.

Incredibly slow and boring. They could have edited out an hour and had a much better film.

One movie that was 3 hours that I enjoy to this day is The Green Mile (and the book as well)

FFS if you’re going to do the review at least put the effort into learning how Osage is pronounced.

It's just a shame DiCaprio was made to play Ernest like 'Simple Jack'.

Why are u doing movie reviews?

Osaji? It's pronounced O sage.

Generally, when you claim a 3-hour film can be told in 2-hours, you can think of one example of something that can be cut. For example, Oppenheimer. I would say the final hour of security clearance hearings could have been cut at least by half if not completely because they had virtually no dramatic stakes and were insanely repetitive. Saying you don’t know what you would cut but it should be cut because reasons is a lazy populist cop out, especially in a time where people will binge through entire seasons of a TV show in a weekend.

Friendly reminder that Klavan wrote the screenplay for One Missed Call, one of the worst films ever made. So, take everything he says about whether a movie is good or bad with a grain of salt.

Scorcese crap. DiCrapio. Don't waste your time.

The movie was unnecessarily long, and extremely boring. I fell asleep twice due to the dry acting.

I mostly agree with his review. The story could have been told within 2 hours. I thought it would have been interesting to have the perspective of the Native Americans more within the film.

At least Israel are upfront about what they're doing.

It is not true that this review will have a cultural impact. This audience has already bought the product sold here. :)

I just can't watch a movie with DeNiro or DiCappicino in it. They both disgust me as human beings.

Sorry Andrew, but you're all over the map on this. It's "remarkable" but ....? You say it's too long, but you don't know what to cut. You say cut a minute here or there so you would have more than 90 cuts by that logic? A minute can convey a lot! You've fallen into the "instant gratification" trap. I waited to watch your review until I watched the movie. I don't go to theaters, so I waited until I could watch from the comfort of my home, just like you. Personally, I'm tired of Hollywood pumping out crap just to shove something into the theaters. No time to flesh out the characters. No requirement that the audience actually THINK about it. Maybe, just maybe the lack of "discipline" is actually the audience's. What would you say to someone who said your books were too long and that you needed to cut 10 pages from each chapter because your readers don't have the attention span of a gnat. I can guess. 👎

I used to think Robert De Niro was a tough guy. And then I remember he's just an actor 😂 Great video by the way thank you.

I like you Klavan… But MOST decent good people no longer give a rats a** about HOLLYWEIRD, especially DeCaprio and Bloward DeNiro. Thanks, but no thanks. Hard pass!!!