A little hard to follow at times... ?

Atmospheric and true to the western style but also kind of self indulgent. Some of the characters' choices are illogical and Renee Zellweger is really annoying but the movie is worth watching for Viggo mortensen and Ed Harris' chemistry alone.

i enjoyed this thoroughly, partly because i have deep affection,( read obession), for viggo mortensen, and think ed harris is a wonderful actor. neither disappoint in this casually paced western. there are no shoot-outs aplenty, no cowboys and india... (read more) i enjoyed this thoroughly, partly because i have deep affection,( read obession), for viggo mortensen, and think ed harris is a wonderful actor. neither disappoint in this casually paced western. there are no shoot-outs aplenty, no cowboys and indians face off ( not the sort you are expecting anyway), but what makes the movie charming is the relationship between the two lead characters. even though the story line is fairly simple, its still entertaining to watch. renee zellweger could have stayed home in her terry robe and bunny slippers though. just saying!

It had most of the necessary components but didn't really come together for me. I would assuredly recommend it if one likes the genre though.

Kind of disappointing. Still good though don't get me wrong. Viggo and Ed were sexcellent to say the least. The problem though is that things moved kind of fast. It didn't give you enough time to appreciate the relationships cultivated in this movie.... (read more) Kind of disappointing. Still good though don't get me wrong. Viggo and Ed were sexcellent to say the least. The problem though is that things moved kind of fast. It didn't give you enough time to appreciate the relationships cultivated in this movie. So when something bad happens with it you don't really care all that much.
Also I can't really decide whether I even liked Ed Harris's character or not. I liked how they tried to play him as a man pretending at sophistication. They tried to show him as a man whose life is so enveloped by his job he doesn't really know anything else, but tries to any ways. My problem with it is that it kind of takes you by surprise at first, he seems to just jump into a new character. Although as the movie progresses you start to understand his sudden jumps in personalities a little more.

Pretty much a good film, just not good enough to survive through the ages.

From its first, mournful brass theme, Ed Harris's Appaloosa nails the look and feel of a classic Western. This is an old-style, laconically macho, six-shooting horse opera made with an obvious and unapologetic love of the genre.

What is seductive about Appaloosa is its easygoing rhythm.

This is an honest tale of the camaraderie between a pair of lawmen simply trying to do a job.

Can Ed Harris, of all people, save the Western for this generation?

Mannered, episodic and slow.