Really good cinematography, lighting and set pieces. Those are above the bar, in fact. Very very nice usage of Wide Open Spaces, and alot scenes even look like traditional Western paintings. The film is also pretty accurate when it comes to the fashion, architecture, food and weaponry of the 1880s West. Even the Kiowa outfits are realistically done, and their tribal map is accurate.
Props for historic accuracy in alot of frontier people being descended from civil war veterans and for actually using the Kiowa language. Also props for using the Henry Rifle as a family heirloom for the Civil War descended family, though most bandits out west were former Confederates, not Union. That being said, the geographical ignorance is outstanding; though the Kiowa were not in Wyoming, not the last time tribes are misplaced either, Shoshone are nowhere near Blackfoot Hills, The Apache and Commanche are nowhere near Wyoming and even mid-north Colorado. On that note, there are some serious geographic errors, the Blackfoot Hills are in Northern Wyoming...not on the way to New Mexico.
The plot is middling and pretty cliche. The writing/dialogue felt kinda bland and annoyingly modern at times. Alec Baldwin is a bad choice for a western protagonist, he feels like someone playing cowboy. The main reason people talked about this movie was Alec Baldwin's antics on set, and afterwards all interest evaporated. Which I'd say is a bit of a disservice because the movie isn't really terrible, it's actually pretty servicable. A major terminal error of this film at the end of the day; Alec Baldwin's involvement, in casting and tragedy.
It's all-in-all a great watch for aesthetics, but everything else...not so much. It tries to feel like an epic with it's two hour run-time, but the padding, casting and inaccuracies ruin what could have been a solid movie.