The Legends of the Fall

Tiffany Lindsey
History 102- Movie Review
9-25-02

The movie that I choose to review was the movie Legends of the Fall. This movie is a story about a family that has three very different sons. This movie represents the passions of family values, of love, and of honor.

The family values begin with the father who is called throughout the movie as The Colonel. The Colonel fought in the army for many years. Toward the end of his career, he fought in the American-Indian War. He ended his career with seeing the slaughter of thousands of Indians. He said that there was no more horror then seeing the children and women slaughtered like pigs. The Colonel tried very hard to protect his sons from the politics of the world, which was one reason why the family lived out in the country. The wife of the Colonel said that the winters were getting too cold for her, and at that note, she left the countryside to go live in the city.

The three sons in the movie were all ...