Dances with Wolves

Šung'manitu Tanka O Waci!!! Do you not see that you are my friend!!!

I've seen _Dances with Wolves_ for the first time in cinema before it got all the accolades. I didn't knew much about it and wasn't even aware of the nominations. To put it frank, the main reason I went into it was it had the longest running time of all the movies. The most bang for the buck if you will.
I was completely blown away by the cinematography, the beautiful scenery and I was taken in by the story and deeply touched by the emotional impact. I didn't notice the three hours and I didn't mind at all having to read half of the dialogue. Everything falls together perfectly. This movie delivered on a level that very few movies did in the past, or do today. I consider this to be one of the greatest movies of all time. I am not giving it a definitive rank but it belongs in that category.
It still is an immensely powerful movie both in picture and in word. It is timeless, sadly I must add, in its topic. Althought this is about the Native Americans it works equally well in general terms. We all must learn to understand and accept each other for otherwise nothing will change.

A lovely slow burn movie... It's nostalgic to see a movie from the times around my birth.

I can't help but feel every healthy human with have taken the route of Dancing With Wolves under the same conditions. There's a certain peace to be observed in living in simpler ways.

I wonder if a newer generation has the patience to appreciate this type of movie.

There was very little dancing and only one wolf.

But seriously, this is great. A little long and slow, I watched the extended cut. Kevin Costner and Graham Greene are both good. Still a little upset this beat Goodfellas for best picture.

Loved it. Beautiful shots of the American prairie and its animals. The story is slow at times, but there are so many great scenes that it's worth it. The story is done many times (pocahontas and avatar come to mind), but this is an excellent effort, where I genuinely hated the army guys and got really intrigued by the Indian way of life. Of course there should've been more nuances (not every Indian should be a good guy, not every American should be violence-obsessed), and the movie should've been shorter, but overall it's a great movie, with many many great shots!

This movie is so good that the long runtime doesn’t bother me. Although I understand that the 4 hour version might be a bit much for some people, even for an amazing movie like this. Still, it’s such a well paced and beautiful story with an breathtaking scenery to top it all off. Even if you watch the longest version, you could do a lot worse with your time.

Although this was slowly paced, it was still beautifully told!

Wind In His Hair, Kicking Bird, and Smiles A Lot truly weaseled their way into my heart; they were such beautiful people❤

Good dramatic movie about beauty of central US nature, freedom and unfortunate unnecessary violence

A classic epic movie about the native Americans shortly before their culture was entirely obliterated by the European settlers. A must-see

Kevin Costner dancing with a bunch of Oscars.