Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is a great film, a film that anyone who enjoys movies should go see! I loved the film, but it’s having a rough go at the box office and some people out there are celebrating the film’s failure.
Stephen King recently expressed his frustration over the way some people are reacting to Horizon’s box office results and he used a word that only exists in German to describe the commentary.
He said: “Schadenfreude is ‘taking pleasure in another’s misfortune.’ It perfectly describes many reactions I’ve read to Costner’s HORIZON. Why in God’s name would anyone luxuriate in the failure of a film that isn’t a sequel or part of the, God save us, ‘Marvel universe?’”
Schadenfreude is “taking pleasure in another’s misfortune.” It perfectly describes many reactions I’ve read to Costner s HORIZON. Why in God’s name would anyone luxuriate in the failure of a film that isn’t a sequel or part of the, God save us, “Marvel universe?”
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) July 1, 2024
Yeah, I don’t understand why people are doing this. Costner put everything on the line to make this epic Western saga. He funded the film himself using his own money and also got private investors on board to make the movie he wanted to make.
One response on X said of Costner’s film: “He squeezed blood from rocks to get this made. Without public support, that kind of passion for filmmaking will vanish. Soon there will be nothing but Marvel.”
He’s right, if people don’t support these original movies, filmmakers won’t be able to make them anymore! As someone who loves movies, especially original movies, this make me sad.
Horizon: An American Saga chronicles “a multi-faceted, 15-year span of pre-and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West.
Experienced through the eyes of many, the epic journey is fraught with peril and intrigue from the constant onslaught of natural elements to the interactions with the Indigenous peoples who lived on the land and the determination and at many times ruthlessness of those who sought to settle it.”
If you haven’t seen Horizon yet, head out to the theater and watch it! I plan on going again to watch it this weekend. Gotta support the great films!
