Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: What's your review?

Homalosa · 05-28-2007, 08:19 PM

Okay, despite the fact that Adam Beach is my baby Daddy in a parallel universe, I still believe I can review this film objectively and the film was ..........................

THA BOMB!!!!!!

Everyone (especially baby daddy) did a wonderful job although my son who's been studying acting did catch fine @$$ Eddie Spears fall out of character when he walked up the hill at Wounded Knee Creek. He said, "ma, is that the guy from Dream Keeper?" I said yes and he came back with, "he's pretty good, but he still has that gangsta walk coming up that hill. I don't think the 1890 Lakotas were gangsta." Then again, maybe they had to be to deal with them damn soldiers!

Dat1NdnGuy · 05-29-2007, 02:12 AM

hhhmm, I didnt know what to make of it. Cuz for one, I know they didnt let the children just PICK their names in those boarding schools...not to mention that if the kids didnt cooperate they got the Holy livin SNOT beat outta them. Owno, alotta innacuracies...and such, but then in that respect its a typical hollywood movie, a romantisized inaccurate portrayal of a tragic time in history, Although I do think its STILL good that Ndn's are being put into sight. There should be more and MORE ndn movies, and or actors on the screen both BIG and Small. I thought it was SO kool when adam beach ended up on Law and order. So MORE ndn's EVERYWHERES!!!...lol.

Homalosa · 05-29-2007, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Dat1NdnGuy

hhhmm, I didnt know what to make of it. Cuz for one, I know they didnt let the children just PICK their names in those boarding schools...not to mention that if the kids didnt cooperate they got the Holy livin SNOT beat outta them. Owno, alotta innacuracies...and such, but then in that respect its a typical hollywood movie, a romantisized inaccurate portrayal of a tragic time in history, Although I do think its STILL good that Ndn's are being put into sight. There should be more and MORE ndn movies, and or actors on the screen both BIG and Small. I thought it was SO kool when adam beach ended up on Law and order. So MORE ndn's EVERYWHERES!!!...lol.

yeah, i thought about that too. i kept waiting for dude to get beat for speaking Lakota. Oh and what else was weird was when they first started ghost dancing. my son said, "that's a round dance. the round dance used to be the ghost dance?" dang, i hate it when kids see stuff we don't. to be honest, i've never seen it outside of film adaptations, so until they started doing something else that wasn't the rounddance, i just figured they had to put something in place and that maybe some of the traditional actors didn't want to do it for the camera? or was the second deal the real ghost dance?

sicanguwiyan · 05-30-2007, 07:54 PM

i saw the movie and was disapointed. there was a lot of stuff what was falsiefied. they used sundance and ceremonysongs as ghost dance songs. i read already several reactions in diferent forums about this movie. the nunkpapas from the standing rock rez are pretty upset that they showed sitting bull in a wrong way.

Homalosa · 05-30-2007, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sicanguwiyan

i saw the movie and was disapointed. there was a lot of stuff what was falsiefied. they used sundance and ceremonysongs as ghost dance songs. i read already several reactions in diferent forums about this movie. the nunkpapas from the standing rock rez are pretty upset that they showed sitting bull in a wrong way.

dayum, see when we don't know each other's ways it's hard to tell. didn't they use any consultants? one of my adopted grandmas has been called upon before about Lakota stuff, wonder why they didn't call her for this. If not her, somebody.

ndnlady1306 · 05-30-2007, 09:23 PM

i'm not Lakota - but i love it when they put natives in movies. especially to native parts. i was wondering if this movie was worth watching. would anyone recommend it?

subeeds · 06-02-2007, 10:08 PM

This was not the movie I expected it to be. My mom (a nice white woman) gave me this book for Christmas the year I was 10. I was expecting the movie to be more of a historical account like the book. Covering all tribes. It seemed to me to be more of an Eastman biography. Yeah, they messed up some stuff. I don't blame the Standing Rock folks for being upset. I want to see it a second time, just to be sure that I didn't miss anything.

jwashee · 06-02-2007, 10:45 PM

My wife and i were excited to see the movie and planned on it for a month, but after seeing it -we had no connection to it. My wife is one of the Yellewrobe decendants from wounded knee {she's Lakota} and she thought the "ghost dancing" was a round dance and that the movie didnt focus on the real meaning of the dance. It seemed like more of a Sitting Bull bio.. Where in the movie was the part that should have given us goosebumps?? All we got was road rash! AYEEEEE

Homalosa · 06-02-2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jwashee

My wife and i were excited to see the movie and planned on it for a month, but after seeing it -we had no connection to it. My wife is one of the Yellewrobe decendants from wounded knee {she's Lakota} and she thought the "ghost dancing" was a round dance and that the movie didnt focus on the real meaning of the dance. It seemed like more of a Sitting Bull bio.. Where in the movie was the part that should have given us goosebumps?? All we got was road rash! AYEEEEE

yeah i saw that round dance at first too. dang, all these northern folks coming on here and busting my bubble about how good the movie was.
well, i guess i have to admit it what some folks on this site already know about me.

I'd give and Oscar Mayer Weiner commercial an A+ as long as it has Adam Beach in it!

spring*7 · 06-26-2007, 06:17 PM

i thought the movie was great being a native seeng a modern movie that was updated not dances with wolves. But a movies that was reinacted, that actually took place to my people. This movie was very significant it just reminded me that i'm a native girl living in modern society striving to hold on to my traditions and a way of life. the actors were good!!

Dakota Sandz · 07-19-2007, 11:52 PM

yeah it was ok...but is it me, or is anyone else out there tired of seeing the SAME ndnz in every movie having to do with skinz??? seems like you watch an ndn movie and you already know who gonna be in it. Gordon tootoosis, gary farmer, prolly wes studi, adam beech, tantoo cardinal..ect ect. Us as a people need more actors out there, propz to the forefathers still doing there thing like gordon tootoosis n company, but dayum!!! lets get some fresh blood out there!

now....

about the movie, the acting was ho-hum, and the portrayal was pretty inaccurate. I did like that fact that they put in the way sitting bull died, cause alot of white folks and even natives still think he either killed custer himself and died at lil big horn or something else completely...overall though...it was aight.

Homalosa · 07-20-2007, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Dakota Sandz

yeah it was ok...but is it me, or is anyone else out there tired of seeing the SAME ndnz in every movie having to do with skinz??? seems like you watch an ndn movie and you already know who gonna be in it. Gordon tootoosis, gary farmer, prolly wes studi, adam beech, tantoo cardinal..ect ect. Us as a people need more actors out there, propz to the forefathers still doing there thing like gordon tootoosis n company, but dayum!!! lets get some fresh blood out there!

Dontcha know, it's not an Indin movie if everybody's not in it? I still can't believe they didn't find a part for Saginaw Grant!

05-28-2007, 08:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Homalosa Choc-lack-chick! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Dallas, Texas (where da powwows at?) Posts: 1,582	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: What's your review? Okay, despite the fact that Adam Beach is my baby Daddy in a parallel universe, I still believe I can review this film objectively and the film was .......................... THA BOMB!!!!!! Everyone (especially baby daddy) did a wonderful job although my son who's been studying acting did catch fine @$$ Eddie Spears fall out of character when he walked up the hill at Wounded Knee Creek. He said, "ma, is that the guy from Dream Keeper?" I said yes and he came back with, "he's pretty good, but he still has that gangsta walk coming up that hill. I don't think the 1890 Lakotas were gangsta." Then again, maybe they had to be to deal with them damn soldiers! __________________ Honor and respect your elders! "Until the lion learns to speak the tales of hunting will always favor the hunter." -K'Naan O-BAM-UH!!!! www.myspace.com/thobackmuzik www.myspace.com/asanicharles

05-29-2007, 02:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dat1NdnGuy Aint Dat Sumptin? Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,020	hhhmm, I didnt know what to make of it. Cuz for one, I know they didnt let the children just PICK their names in those boarding schools...not to mention that if the kids didnt cooperate they got the Holy livin SNOT beat outta them. Owno, alotta innacuracies...and such, but then in that respect its a typical hollywood movie, a romantisized inaccurate portrayal of a tragic time in history, Although I do think its STILL good that Ndn's are being put into sight. There should be more and MORE ndn movies, and or actors on the screen both BIG and Small. I thought it was SO kool when adam beach ended up on Law and order. So MORE ndn's EVERYWHERES!!!...lol. __________________ "Out greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us." "Never Compromise yourself, Your all you've got" "An eye for an eye will only lead to a blind world."

05-30-2007, 07:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
sicanguwiyan registered user Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: saint francis, south dakota Posts: 8	i saw the movie and was disapointed. there was a lot of stuff what was falsiefied. they used sundance and ceremonysongs as ghost dance songs. i read already several reactions in diferent forums about this movie. the nunkpapas from the standing rock rez are pretty upset that they showed sitting bull in a wrong way. __________________ greetings from the rosebud rez the home of the sicangu lakota oyate

05-30-2007, 09:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
ndnlady1306 ndnlady1306 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 35	i'm not Lakota - but i love it when they put natives in movies. especially to native parts. i was wondering if this movie was worth watching. would anyone recommend it? __________________ SING LIKE NO ONE IS LISTENING, DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATHCHING, LOVE LIKE YOU'LL NEVER GET HURT, AND LIVE LIKE IT'S HEAVEN ON EARTH.

06-02-2007, 10:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
subeeds subeeds Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern Georgia Posts: 270	This was not the movie I expected it to be. My mom (a nice white woman) gave me this book for Christmas the year I was 10. I was expecting the movie to be more of a historical account like the book. Covering all tribes. It seemed to me to be more of an Eastman biography. Yeah, they messed up some stuff. I don't blame the Standing Rock folks for being upset. I want to see it a second time, just to be sure that I didn't miss anything. __________________ Take nothing for granted. Life can change irrevocably in a heartbeat.

06-02-2007, 10:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
jwashee Ho-tem-ma-ha!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wichita/ Ks. Posts: 91	Not the movie we thought it would be My wife and i were excited to see the movie and planned on it for a month, but after seeing it -we had no connection to it. My wife is one of the Yellewrobe decendants from wounded knee {she's Lakota} and she thought the "ghost dancing" was a round dance and that the movie didnt focus on the real meaning of the dance. It seemed like more of a Sitting Bull bio.. Where in the movie was the part that should have given us goosebumps?? All we got was road rash! AYEEEEE

06-26-2007, 06:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
spring7 atawaisha7 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Yakima, Washington Posts: 4	i thought the movie was great being a native seeng a modern movie that was updated not dances with wolves. But a movies that was reinacted, that actually took place to my people. This movie was very significant it just reminded me that i'm a native girl living in modern society striving to hold on to my traditions and a way of life. the actors were good!!

07-19-2007, 11:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
Dakota Sandz Junior Dancer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: whitebear rez Posts: 155	yeah it was ok...but is it me, or is anyone else out there tired of seeing the SAME ndnz in every movie having to do with skinz??? seems like you watch an ndn movie and you already know who gonna be in it. Gordon tootoosis, gary farmer, prolly wes studi, adam beech, tantoo cardinal..ect ect. Us as a people need more actors out there, propz to the forefathers still doing there thing like gordon tootoosis n company, but dayum!!! lets get some fresh blood out there! now.... about the movie, the acting was ho-hum, and the portrayal was pretty inaccurate. I did like that fact that they put in the way sitting bull died, cause alot of white folks and even natives still think he either killed custer himself and died at lil big horn or something else completely...overall though...it was aight.