hell's bells, people...

It's a western. Westerns are not great 'art', they're simply storytelling... in a way, they're the closest the usa has to the myths and legends of other cultures. From pre-civil war to about 1900, a period spanning around fifty years, many amazing things happened, some well-recorded, some not so much. One thing is for sure, no other major world culture has as definitive a history as north america's. I have not read mobius's 'blueberry' comics, though, after seeing this film, I would like to*. Since americans retell the ancient legends of other cultures, it's only fair that other peoples make their own versions of our legends. Now, comic books are very much the modern american version of ancient myths**, after a fashion... and when comics are adapted into films, they often change the origins and storylines of previously existing characters. This film is a good example of that.

* what drew me to watch it was that was a western (I LOVE westerns, cowboys & injuns, tin stars, lever-action rifles and revolvers, WHOOOO!), starring vincent cassel, whom I had seen, and enjoyed very much, in both 'brotherhood of the wolf' and 'eastern promises'... I was unaware of the comic's existence prior to seeing this film.

** in particular, I refer to long-running comics, like batman, spider-man, superman, the x-men, etc...

"Cinema was made for fantasy, rather than normal types of stories." - Ray Harryhausen