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Why is the Ribbon Yellow?

Advantages: Good story, good acting, lovely scenery
Disadvantages: John Wayne!

...ribbon tied in her hair, she has two of the young men fighting over her and Nathan asks her if she knows the significance of wearing a yellow ribbon and when she says she does he asks who it if for. She will not tell him and he along with the two men are left in suspense. The patrol leaves the Fort and they are soon forced to make a diversion to get the ladies to their stage as they have come across the savage Comanche Indians and do not wish to ...
...interest but I don’t think she added much to the film apart from the side story with her trying to choose which man she wanted to spend her life with. I thought the two young men fighting over her was a bit over the top for this story but they were good actors and did very well with the script that they had to work with. The film was quite strange at times and when watching it I noticed that a lot of the film was shot on location but then a few minutes ...

sewbizzie 28.06.2009 · Read full review
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Guess What? John Wayne is a cowboy, Again!

Advantages: Lovely scenery, great music, average story
Disadvantages: John Wayne, a western

...his collection. This film being Chisum which was made in 1970. At the very start of this film we see John Chisum sitting on his horse looking out over his vast expanse of land and his cattle which are grazing on it. Next we meet a gang member and his gang who are paid by a man called Brady to go after Chisum and kill him so that his land will become available. The gang go after Chisum’s cattle and shoot it so Chisum goes to find them and after a ...
...the gang disappear. Chisum is then making his way to the town to collect his niece who is coming to stay with him but once he gets into town he finds that lots of the properties have been bought by a man called Murphy. Murphy is trying to take over the whole of the town and the surrounding land. Chisum is also introduced by Murphy to the new sheriff, which turns out to be Brady. Chisum goes to the US Calvary to sell his cattle as he has done every ...

sewbizzie 13.03.2009 · Read full review
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Advantages: A good western
Disadvantages: over the top storyline

...Pennell and for a while she seems to like the both of them but by the end it seemed she picked Cohill. While on the journey they come across a group of Arapaho indians but because of the women cannot attack for their safety. A little bit later the Scout Captain Tyree has been told to get to Sudro's Well to tell the people there that he has been delayed. By the time Captain Brittles arrives though the indians have attacked. That night the army sneak ...
...the river Captain Cohill stays behind with a number of men to fend off the indian attack wile the rest head back to the fort. At the Fort we see Brittles upset because he failed in getting the Women to the stage and also preventing guns from getting into the hands of the indians. The next day Lieutennat Pennell leads a company out to help Cohill as Nathan Brittles is upon retirement. However that night Brittles leaves the fort. Upon exiting the fort ...

irishlad20 24.07.2008 · Read full review
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Some say he's dead...some say he never will be

Advantages: Great acting, scenery
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...shift boat. The man is Jeremiah Johnson (played b Robert Redford) He is an ex-soldier, he has arrived in Utah to fulfil his ambition of becoming a mountain man. Jeremiah asks the local shop owner where he can go to hunt. The man gives him directions and Jeremiah sets off into the snowy mountains. Jeremiah comes across an old man who hunts bears. He teaches Jeremiah new skills. He tells Jeremiah that the territory he is heading for is indian territory. ...
...The Crows, are killers. Jeremiah again sets off. Along his route he survives treacherous weather and the fear of the indians. He comes across a house where he finds a hysterical woman. Her husband and son have been killed and scalped by the Crows. Jeremiah helps the woman bury her family. He goes into her house to find a small boy cowering in the corner. The woman insists that Jeremiah take the boy with him on his travels. The boy does not speak ...

rufusredcoat 01.12.2009 · Read full review
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Dunbar, not Dumb Bear!

Advantages: Fantastic visuals, Costner
Disadvantages: Can draw it out too long in places

...most powerful films to date, Dances With Wolves is a thoughtful and emotional tale that requires a bit of concentration. Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, it features KC as a war hero who is relocated to a post near a tribe of Sioux Indians. The initial grasp of the film makes you think it's going to be one with emphasis on the conflict involving the Sioux, and for the first part of the film, this is indeed how it is shown, particularly as ...
...Mary McDonnell as a love interest for Dunbar. Dances With Wolves is available from amazon.co.uk for £6.98. It's a film I recommend watching, but you need to focus and concentrate. It's not the sort of film you can have on in the background and completely understand. Recommended. ...

pmcds 26.11.2009 · Read full review
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