Jane Got a Gun

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.. a ranch and a bunch of other stuff (including something attributed to men when they are fearless/a lot of courage). While many have seen or rather predicted the death of the Western "genre" (some might argue it's not a genre itself, just putting this out there), it's still alive and kicking and this movie is testament to that fact. Natalie Portman is a great actress and she saw something in the character here, that made her want to play the role. It had to do with both the toughness and the vulnerability of her. The script may be predictable (the flashbacks give out bits and peaces, but you can put it together far ahead of the time, so I don't think there are too many surprises, except maybe for the ending), but you can't fault the setups and everything the film does to portray what is going on. Some might feel it's too long and there is definitely not enough action for others, but those who stick with it get a nice story

This movie was like watching appaloosa is was slow right up to the last 17 minutes and even thou it didn't have that much action it was OK because it was telling a story about her life using flash backs on and off if you had any other actress play Jane i don't know if it would have been better kinda like will smith in Iam legend. the story is nice I found my self glued to the to the TV not wanting to move to make sure i wasn't missing anything, I also had to make sure the volume was high enough so i could here since some of the movie it was kind of quiet, and Ewan Mcgregor played his character we'll, for some this movie might not be for them since most people look a westerns ti have lots of action but if you want a nice drama with a good story then this movie is for you To me i think this deserves more then just a 6/10 but that me

It's the New Mexico Territory in 1871. Jane (Natalie Portman) is hounded by the Bishop boys after her husband Bill "Ham" Hammond (Noah Emmerich) got severely injured by them. She gets help from her former love Dan Frost (Joel Edgerton). She thought that he was killed during the civil war and she married Ham afterwards where they got entangled with the Bishop boys. It's a tale of lost, tragedy, and revenge. The first half is a muddle of unexplained situations, and confused flashbacks. The story finally gets some exposition in the second half. There is a compelling tragedy but it needs to be told better and earlier. The final act has good cold violence although it sometimes isn't as cold as it needs to be. There is definitely a good potential of a dark, stark western but it's too fuzzy. First, this may have started with the wrong character. It should follow Dan Frost as he searches for his love Jane. The audience can learn about the situation along with Dan. Also the ending is too happy for the tone of the movie. This is a dark revenge story and I would probably kill off Dan midway through. That way would allow Jane to get her killing on for the last act.

In 2011 director Gavin O'Connor delivered a very special film in the form of the on face value generic sporting themed family drama Warrior, a film that despite low end box office takings has since gone onto become a well-liked and respected tale featuring memorable turns by its three leads Nick Nolte, Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton. Warrior was a film with heart, relatable characters and a cinematic energy that burst out from the screen, it is in many ways then a completely opposite film to O'Connor's troubled remake Jane Got a Gun, a film completed in 2013 but only emerging this year to little to no fanfare. Taking over the reins at quite literally the last minute from the film's original director Lynne Ramsey (who perhaps realised there was no saving this sinking ship), O'Connor's take on the classic tale of farm girl Jane taking it to the gang out to kill her husband and ruin her life is so devoid of purpose and life that its mightily hard to even envisage what this film was aiming for and from the lacklustre start through to its long gestating yet disappointing fire fight finale, Jane Got a Gun struggles to make any form of impact on the viewer and bares all the hallmarks of a film that's behind the scenes actions impacted badly on its final product. O'Conner has for some time now with films like the aforementioned Warrior and others like Miracle and Pride and Glory has shown himself to be a fine director of both action and actors but Jane Got a Gun fails in both these elements. O'Connor try's hard to liven the film up with sporadic yet bloodthirsty violence but it's all played out in such a generic nature that it matters little while the films competent cast all fail to make a dent with Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton delivering some downright average performances as Jane and Dan respectively while the seemingly fake tanned Ewan McGregor stumbles his way along as the films big bad John Bishop. Devoid of any spirit, Jane Got a Gun is tiresome and impact free remake. It's hard to know who exactly is to blame for the end result here but all involved should've known better and have all done much better in the past and its likely all who were apart of this box office misfire (the film didn't even appear at Australian cinemas) are likely to erase this from their memories quicker than a you could draw a pistol. 1 hot air balloon out of 5

A nice, solid, little Western starring Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton. The two were engaged before Edgerton had to go off to war, but she took off west after not having heard from him in three years. She ended up in New Mexico married to a former outlaw (Noah Emmerich) who saved her from a white slaver (Ewan McGregor? That doesn't seem right; I definitely didn't recognize him if he was the villain, and the character name on IMDb seems wrong, too). Most of that history is told in flashbacks throughout the picture. The main bulk of the story has Emmerich wounded by McGregor and his men. Portman has to defend him, and she rounds up Edgerton, who settled in the area after he found out what happened to his former fiancée, to help her protect them. The story's simple, but Portman and Edgerton carry the film nicely. They have a believable sense of history between them. It's not an action-packed film, but it delivers well when it gets to the climax. There are some weaknesses in the details of the film, especially in the flashbacks, which often seem skeletal in their scripting (Joel Edgerton co-wrote the screenplay with two others). Not great, but good.

With such great actors, what can go wrong? This is a very poor western, not because the story has already been told, but because it is just very badly told. Too many clichés and too many botched up flashbacks. The directing is just very bad... a very forgettable movie, and music you'd like to forget as soon as you hear it. Makes you cringe. What a waste of good actors and beautiful scenery ! I saw O'Connor's "Warrior" a while ago, but I remember I enjoyed it... what happened here ? I believe westerns are quite a challenge for a director, it's like cooking a very simple and well-known recipe... If you don't have enough character to bring in your own touch, it's gonna taste like all the others... This one is worse than the others, though... Shallow and uncreative. Portman produced this... she should know better !

the whole plot is absolutely terrible. based in a day and age where hardship was so natural and common and dangers are ever prevalent Jane, the main character the movie is based around, decided that instead of waiting for the father of her only child and fiancée to come back from a damn war she would join some random group of travelers, in order to chase a ferry tell town in the then territory of new Mexico. Then the group murders her 5 year old daughter by drowning her and turns Jane into a * by forcibly raping her. She then decided that it would be a good idea to shack up with one of the bandits that just so happen to disagree with rape and child murder and marries AND has another child with him. She then proceeds to spend the rest of the film guilt-tripping her veteran and original lover and basically stating that all that happened is his fault because he went to war. All in all if i was the ex i would have shot her the moment i found out she got my child killed and i would have shot the new husband just for being apart of it. really who the HELL writes this crap.