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HeyItsMau t1_iy8af0x wrote

Reply to comment by ConcreteGardoki in come hell or high water is a pretty good western by Perseus_The_Great

I liked Hell of High Water enough, though I thought the third act escalated in a baffling way. But to me, Wind River is by far the better film. It's overlooked in comparison to Hell or High Water. And even though Hell or High Water looks more aesthetically like a western, Wind River has more of the soul of a western (whatever the hell that's supposed to mean).

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TheCosmicFailure t1_iy9dvm6 wrote

It didnt escalate in a baffling way. I felt it was pretty natural escalation. What didnt u like about it?

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HeyItsMau t1_iy9fiqh wrote

The movie kind of builds up the brothers as having a somewhat noble justification for their robberies, and by extension, they themselves are somewhat noble, even if Ben Foster is a bit of a loose cannon. The final shoot-out is just a matter of buying time for Chris Pine to get away, so I have a hard time buying the fact that Foster takes deadly aim at law enforcement and kills a cop.

I'm not claiming that that's a result that should never happen, but I guess I didn't feel like the movie did a good enough job showing us that Ben Foster had that much hate and ill-intent in him to do something like that.

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TheCosmicFailure t1_iy9nx04 wrote

I think they do show us when we find out that he killed his father when he was a child. Yes, he was defending his mother but it shows that he was capable of killing at a young age. He even tells the Comanche at the casino that hes enemies with everyone.

Tanner always planned on not making it by the end. His motive was to make sure his brother got away with enough money to save the house and help his kids. Killing the cops puts the focus on himself and not on Toby.

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HeyItsMau t1_iyd0ela wrote

Yeah, I remember those moments. Just wasn't convincing enough for me personally. And yeah, it's obvious that he was going for suicide by cop, but I think he's already got their full attention by pinning them down and delivering pot-shots from a high powered rifle. Still don't think there was strong enough justification to outright murder a cop. No point in debating further. We are both remembering the same facts, just interpreting it differently.

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Zeppelinman1 t1_iy92e50 wrote

I just hated the ending of Wind River, which I know puts me in a minority.

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