Open Range

I liked the movie Open Range. I think that Craig Storper did a great job in producing it. The only thing I saw that was'nt that good is sometimes you could tell the sky was fake. Besides that the only problem I had was Charlie fired about ten rounds out of an old colt revolver wich were six shooters. I liked the actors for the most part. Robert Duvall is one of my favorite actors and his characters are always good. I think that Kevin Costner did ok certain things about him bugged me but im really not sure what they were. Annette Bening was a good actress in the movie but I think that they needed to get a younger and pretty girl for the part. 
The plot of Open Range was good I liked it because over all the part about pepole not liking free grazers was realistic. The music in the film enhanced the film by making it more dramatic and allowing you to expect what would happen. Some times I like to watch movies that dont have music durring exciting parts because it makes it seem more realistic. I would recomend the film to people who like westerns and adventure.

Laughing

The last time that I have laughed untill I cried was in seventh grade at my grandparents cottage on Lake Erie. We were sitting at the dinner table listening to my great uncle Ted tell some funny storie and jokes. I can't remember what they were about all I remember is laughing the hardest I have ever laughed.

American Aspirations

I do not believe that Ivans family would have regretted letting him escape the hard life. I believe that they would have been proud of him for liveing a better life and getting an education, because parents whant to see their children succeed. I think that they would be proud of him knowing that he will be making money and leading a life with out the hardships of working on a ranch. I think that the American Dream effected the Doig family like almost every other settler family. The doig father and mother worked hard to make sure their child grew up stong and got a good education, even though the parents themselves were going through hard times. This is true about almost all of the peole living in the depression and after the depression.

American Drean

I do not think that Ivans family would have regretted pushing him to succeed. I think that Ivans grandmother and father were verry proud that Ivan went to college and escaped the hard life of homesteading, because most parents want to see their children have a better life than they had. The American dream caused the doig family to move west and try to start a better life. Though they might have enjoyed the life on the raches better than in the city it was harder and challenging, and they didnt do so well. what happened to the Doig family relates to most homesteader families because most of the time the parents had trouble getting started or starting their new life, but their children did better than they did.

mountains

The little Belt mountains are not as high as the Crazies. but that is just a guess because i have never been in the Little Belts i have only seen the m from the highway. the Little Belts look alittel more like big rolling hills indtead of sharp cliffs and drop offs jettin out. I do not think that the settlers coming into the mountains would have know what they were getting into, becasue most of them came from back east and the mnountains back east are as big as our foothills.