Just came back from #Horizon ... No significant spoilers ...
I can see why this movie is inaccessible. The central character is not a person. It's a place, a small town called Horizon.
Someone (we don't know who) is printing up flyers promoting a utopia Western town called Horizon. Why? We don't know.
This film, "Chapter I," is a series of tales related to Horizon. Some happen in Horizon. Some don't. But all these tales eventually link to Horizon. (1/x)
@WordsmithFL: And Costner and Rooker are all pissed off because audiences don't know grand, epic masterpieces when they are presented. That said, with all due respect to them as craftsmen of the trade, fuck them.
@thedisasterautist Was that Michael Rooker and not Woody Harrelson?! Wow, I *was* fooled.
@thedisasterautist Yeah, I know. It's not "Dances with Wolves." The closest analogy is "1883." #Horizon is all but humorless. That's not much to enjoy, other than the vistas. There wasn't anything particularly inspirational about the directing or the writing.
Maybe it all pays off in future chapters, but I left not particularly caring what happens to the characters or their plotlines. I do want to know who's behind the flyer scam, and why.