While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
不知道灾难创伤和两位女主之间非同寻常的情感导演到底更想表达哪一个（我显然更想看后者…），反正看起来哪个都浅浅掠过。塞了很多隐喻，但是没什么有效表达
作为剧情向的纪念东京海啸片确实很好看，岸井雪乃和滨边美波也很好看。下次别再内耗了。
海的意义是什么？对于堇是苦苦寻找自我，对于真奈是认识与接纳死亡？前面不知道讲了些什么，最终导向了很常见的地震海啸主题，今天天气晴朗，该放下的都放下吧。【“我喜欢走路。”“你记住回去的路了吗？”“我也喜欢迷路。”】莫名很喜欢这一段对话。没想到美波也有被衬得高大的一天。
深邃的眼眸
一个继续奔流，一个长眠海底
感觉叙事太意识流了 动画不错
立本人把电影拍明白到底有多难……除了百合线，在最后的动画里感到了深深的孤独（果然做动漫还是这个👍）。
野心确实很大，这场葬礼其实就是对东北这个行将就木的经济体的巨大缅怀，筹备过程中的所有行为都是对东北刻板印象的细致拆解，但是行至中端一切都不可预知的崩塌了，原本步调紧凑的节奏失控，演化成混乱的人物大杂烩。太可惜了。
好含蓄的蕾丝爱好闷的故事推进 二倍速都觉得节奏慢 故事尚且及格导演功力不够 只能说男导演不会拍拉拉
中间葬礼那段还挺精彩的，国内少有的讲白事的电影，刀爷真有故事真不简单。
在重国俺们老百姓默认一方长的不如一方，那肯定是长的不咋样的演技很厉害，但在日本是不存在的，滨边美波也没输多少相反还蛮放的开且漂亮太多就是有些角度越看越像姜宏波，其实古川琴音完全可以代替岸井雪乃演这类文艺角色。杉野遥亮在我这里就是康熙来了许建国系长相，古装剧里的年轻帅公公那款。
太慢了。。。其实能懂想表达什么，虽然内心知道要做自己但是假面戴了太久已经成为身体的一部分，摘下实在太难也太需要勇气，而且戴着也没有难受到非摘不可，像毛刺一样带来一次一次细微的委屈与无奈。感情的部分互相羡慕双向暗恋阴差阳错，有勇气的时候已经来不及了。很想你啊。你那边怎么样。
冲着二手月季看的，竟然还不错。可能东北情怀作祟吧！2.5⭐
按照网大的标准衡量本片完全是上乘佳作！十分完整的小视角剧情，一条操办巨额成本葬礼的主线，两个主题“愧疚-弥补-和解”和“接纳改过自新的人”贯穿其中，节奏由浅显的笑料逐步走向深入的感情倾泻，两大高潮点（甲乙双方的决裂、葬礼的反转）设置的时间点和发挥的作用刚刚好。结尾虽然略有拖沓不过看下来并非是强行凑时长、堆笑料的狗尾巴，反而处处反复点题。一众演员以东北籍搞笑常客们为主，还引入了快手平台搞笑视频红人客串，更别提还有二手玫瑰助阵，这演员阵容自由发挥完全就足够让人捧腹，老爷子作为演技担当也完全撑起了演技需求。可以说本作品应当成为喜剧类网大的标杆。
虽然有点虎头蛇尾，但还将就看。不过何时才能正正经经拍点喜剧片？现在喜剧片不整点伤感，社会问题啥的，都不能拍了？
“堇是个很有距离感的孩子，这样子（死后）才觉得似乎离她近了一些。”
老爷子张琪这演技，真是赞啊，想起好久不见的李保田
最后十分钟的动画蛮戳我泪点的，把拍不出来的片段都画进去了。敢把头发剪得越来越短，不敢说真心话。只好把对你的感情藏在一句句与海有关的比喻里，喜欢蓝色的大海，更喜欢你海边穿的那件蓝色长裙。节奏太慢了。
节奏太慢过于冗长，如果把视角聚焦在两个女生之间晦暗不明的心事会更好一点，中间突然插入一段遇难者家属的自白，让人摸不着头脑。堇这个角色的性格倒是挺有意思的，滨边美波的颜也没话说，就多给一颗星吧。
看着车站成了孤岛，堇奔入大海，与凌晨站在海岸的真奈“再会”，终于忍不住眼眶泛泪。片中两次大海航拍，一次她们很近，一次她们很远。
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