# Hostiles could have been a much better movie

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**Created:** [January 29, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostiles-could-have-been-a-much-better-movie/807755 "2018-01-29T19:07:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostiles-could-have-been-a-much-better-movie/807755/1 "2018-01-29T19:07:43Z")

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Thought provoking, yes… but the main thought it provoked in me was how it could have been better. Fleshing out the backstories of the characters would have helped alot.

Anybody else seen it and care to opine?