Chow Yun Fat, The 1st Wives, & a western.....

Over the last weekend I watched the long mini-series:

Lonesome Dove (1989-TV mini-series) Robert Duvall, Tommie Lee Jones, Angelica Huston. Western with great scenery, but after all these years of not seeing it and hearing so much about it being great, I was dissapointed. The most interesting character and acting honors go to Angelica Houston, IMO. For her time on screen, she delivers a nuanced portrait of a frontier woman, not poor, but because of her husbands accident, in charge of a large working ranch/farm. For my money, more of her story would have been good. This was an edited version seen on AMC. Not sure I want to see the whole 6 hour version. No rating. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096639/

Also watched Chow in a very good film that shows his sensitive side:

All About Ah-Long (1989 HongKong "A Lang de gi shi) Chow Yun Fat, Sylvia Chang, Kwan Yuen Wong. Story of a poor man and his little boy living day by day, a lower working class life. The relationship between father and son is warm but who is looking out for who? A big chance for the boy comes and changes everything. Ah-long tries to do what is right for his little boy and finds out it is not easy to find the right solution to life's dilemmas.This is a fine film and Chow Yun-Fat is perfect as the ne'r do well who becomes a man for his son. Highly recommended.
I grade it down for the poor quality of the video tape whitch I bought in 1999. Poor transfer and Amazon should have had something about it in the online page for this film. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098694/

And a favorite comedy with a point-of-view:

First Wives Club (1996) Diane Keaton, Goldey Hawn, Bette Midler. This is a film for women and from their point-of-view. Three women who went to college together are at middle-age and dumped by their cheating husbands for younger women. At first it is all about getting back at the lugs. But as they find more and more of their power as women, they decide to expand their vision to help all women with problems with men, in marriages, careers, life. Great lines. Farsical at times and still very funny. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116313/