Michael Rooker has defended ‘Horizon’ after the film's poor box office opening. The 69-year-old actor plays Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan in Kevin Costner's Western epic 'Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1' and has blamed the underwhelming audience response to the three-hour-long picture on the lack of appreciation that viewers have for "real cinema".
Rooker told TMZ: "It’s real cinema, folks. Be prepared. We ain’t used to that s***.
"We’re used to 90 minute movies. Everything is 90 minutes. Give me a break.
Get over that s***. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. "Let’s watch a movie that actually tells a story where you learn about the people and grow to like them or hate them.
It’s not all fast and cut, cut cut." The 'Guardians of the Galaxy' actor also agreed with the theory that audiences have become "TikTok-ified" by watching short clips on the social media platform. He said: "Totally they are.
Of course they are. They got to get over that c***. They got to learn how to watch real cinema, please.
"Stop hanging, go see the movie. You’ll enjoy it. Go to the bathroom before you go in.
" The four-part saga is a passion project for Costner – who has self-financed the pictures – and Michael has praised the star's ability behind the camera. The 'Walking Dead' actor said: "He is brilliant in this, he's a brilliant director and he has the ability to pick absolutely the cream of the crop." Kevin claimed that he .
