I had heard of this movie several times in the past and even heard people joke about Native American names citing "dances with wolves" as an example; however it always seemed like it would be too boring for my taste. To my surprise, it was quite the contrary. This action packed movie not only was exciting and deep, but it made me feel all kinds of emotions, but the most prominent was wonder-about what it must have been like to live in the time where America was first being discovered. The amazing landscapes captured in this film make it almost impossible not to fall in love with the West-and with Kevin Costner.
I liked that this movie wasn't made to simply tell a love story, but to evoke the spirit of America in a way that hasn't been portrayed in many other films. Before digital arts were used to create real-as-life looking scenes, Dances With Wolves was filmed with only the most real and raw camera techniques, capturing the great outdoors and simplest parts of nature that make this film so dynamic. The progression of time through the seasons gives you a sense of how tough it must have been to live back then. As Dances with Wolves becomes more and more a part of the Souix tribe, it seems the people of the land are shown in a different light so as to portray their spirit through the colors in the lighting, and the music that fits into the background.
My favorite scenes in this movie was the one when Kevin Costner is riding through the terrain with a stampede of buffalo, and toward the end when the white snow covered the land in great contrast to the entire beginning of the movie. This movie wouldn't nearly have been as authentic if made today with digitally created scenes.I thought the scene cuts were an important part of this film. Showing how desolate the land was, and how secluded the main character really was.
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