Rating: - Good novel well transfered to the screen
I agree with everybody that has posted reviews about this movie, but the ones that have only 1 or 2 stars. In the style of Gone With the Wind, the novel shows how families were at first united, then separated during the conflict. I am familiar with the historical facts and that is why I could follow the locations and time, but someone who has not read the book or know little about the true facts would be a little lost. I was lucky to get this movie on DVD. The sound and the colors are great, the photography is very good, the landscapes and the sets believable, picture is sharp except for the stolen ... Read More
Rating: - mediocre, underwhelming and American-biased
The Texas Revolution of 1835 to 1836, including the periods preceding and immediately following, are depicted in this 3-hour TV movie whose only redeeming value is shedding light and paying homage to Stephen Austin, the "Father of Texas" whose story and contribution to an Anglo-dominated Texas has been overshadowed by the legendary Sam Houston. The rest of the film is the usual "Santa Anna is a tyrant" storyline with short low-budget battle scenes and a weak attempt to show the Mexican perspective via a fictional Hispanic character displaying stereotypical Latin machismo. Anyone who knows Texan history ... Read More
Rating: - TEXAS
We are original orginal of this video and have watched it on tv once an then this set.
It is one of the best movies we havd seen on the Alamo and the start of Texas as a independant State.
Charle Heston really done a great job in his naration.
It is a solid 3 hr movie with lots of action, love story and other things that make it great.
I highly recommend seeing it, you will not forget it.
Rating: - Racist, Sexist, Untrue, and Boring to Boot
While I wouldn't be able to speak to Michener's original work, not having read it, I am nevertheless willing to say that the movie adaptation is the worst kind of media. While purporting to tell the history of Texas, it manages to tell only the story of a few wealthy white men. In the entire movie, there are only four women characters, only two of which have more than one line. In all four cases, their sole goal appears to be the subsumation of their selves in their husbands.
As for the "thirty thousand Indians... mostly Cherokee" that Heston's narration mentions at the beginning, ... Read More
Rating: - Historically accurate, maybe...
I am no expert on the history of Texas but as a standalone movie, this is laughable. Borrowed clips from old westerns (the battle of the Alamo being the worst offender), cheesy attempts at drama that go overboard (Houston being shot off his horse three times all in slow-mo only to dismount and stumble on the ground immediatly after being put back on horseback), and the predictability of some scenes made this movie feel more like a comedy than historical documentary. If you are looking for a history of Texas, something better must exist somewhere. As others have said this condenses alot into way too little ... Read More
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