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Oh Boy, Hubby's film choice!

Advantages: Good music and scenery
Disadvantages: John Wayne!

...his choice. His choice being The Cowboys which was when John Wayne was at his peak so I am told. The film sees John Wayne playing the role of William Anderson who is a 60 year old ranch owner who is trying to get his cattle to market as this will be his last year due to his age. He does not have any cowboys as they have all deserted him to go in search of gold. One of his friends suggests he goes to the town school and recruit the boys to help him ...
...he has 10 of the boys at his ranch and he is training them up to help him. During the training of the boys an older man turns up who I believe is called Nightingale and joins them. Nightingale helps with the teaching of the boys and soon finds himself as their role model. They are successful in training them and they soon set off on the 400 mile journey with the cattle to get to the market. Will they all arrive and sell the cattle and what life lessons ...

sewbizzie 06.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Cowboys (Deluxe Edition) (DVD)

You're Burnin' Daylight!

Advantages: Excellent story, fantastic cast
Disadvantages: for a western... none!

...I watched a lot of the Western Genre of films. They are my Mother's favorites, so of course she introduced them to me. I can still remember watching this film for the first time and absolutely loving it. As a kid I thought it was really cool to see a film where a lot of the characters were just about the same age as me, and they were doing things that adults thought they couldn't. Not only were they taking on adult roles, but they were successful ...
...evening. I showed him the section in my DVD case that had movies he was allowed to see, and he sat quietly on the floor looking through titles. Finally he said, "Can we watch this one?" In his hand was my copy of John Wayne and the Cowboys. It'd been ages since I'd seen the film, and truthfully I'd forgotten how much I really enjoyed it. I've also created another fan, because my nephew loved it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

Rahielli 10.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Cowboys (DVD)

Another Lone Gunslinger Tale - with a Twist

Advantages: Good performances from Stone, Hackman, Crowe; nice twist on gunslinger myth, interesting despite clichés.
Disadvantages: A few weak links; tighter plot needed perhaps?

...thought that 'The Quick and the Dead' was just another corny western chock-full of clichés. Seeing that Russell Crowe was in the cast piqued my curiosity, and I decided I'd see it anyway. Well, the film, indeed, had more than a fistful of western movie clichés, all especially familiar to fans of Sergio Leone and his goofy spaghetti westerns of the '60s and '70s. Contrary to expectations, 'The Quick and the Dead' would turn out to be a pleasant two ...
...plot that's morally satisfying in the good-triumphs-over-evil way. Oh, yes, I liked the film, and I'm certainly the last person you would call a fan of the genre. Young Ellen (Sharon Stone) arrives in the town of Redemption with vengeance on her mind. (The well-executed opening sequence is an effective little piece, and sets the tone for the rest of the film.) Redemption is a dusty, one-street town probably located at the US-Mexican border, populated ...

zerbine28 24.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Quick And The Dead (DVD)

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 ...

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Review of Jeremiah Johnson (DVD)

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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Review of Dances With Wolves (DVD)