korevette

It takes an acquired taste to appreciate this film. The novelty of a western taking place in the northwest during an oncoming blizzard was a welcome sight, compared to the usual 'out west' westerns. Among my beefs was the dialogue 'chewed' up by Beatty, with the usual cigareen. or whatever you called it, in his mouth. I barely could make out what he was saying. As for the so called romance between him and Christie, had about as much depth to it as him gulping down his 'egg nog' drinks, and for the little time she had on the screen compared to the town, she was nominated for an academy award?The scene with the oversexed cowboy and the wannabee gunslinger was too predictable. Now, if that cowboy had beat the guy to the draw, that would have liven the movie for me..but no, we had to show compassion to the innocent young man, that meant no harm. As for the fire in the church...did anyone ever go into it? Yet, that scene was made bigger than it deserved. It look like it was completely deserted with a lot of rubbish.

Actually, all these 'comic' movies are like watching a video game. The industry has gotten caught up with CGI, that they won't consider doing anything else. I could see kids might enjoy this type of fluff, and even childlike ( and there are many of those ) adults, enjoying it too. I was looking at the list of all the movies that have been made on comic heroe's, and left out my one time favorite as a kid. "Captain Marvel", the shazam wonder, but i read recently that Ann Bening signed on, I guess as C. M.'s mother for the debut of this character hero. Lord help us. I guess, we will never see the likes of a "Casablanca" again.

At this time of Wayne's career, every studio 'wanted a piece of him', he was getting so popular. Fortunately, after a long contract with Republic Studios, they gave him free rein, which he appreciated by always going back to this same small studio, that gave him his break. He never lost loyalty towards them and whenever they asked for his services, he was at their beck and call, which resulted in his last film with them, the academy award winner, "The Quiet MAn". As for this film, it was the typical Wayne movie, and always a tough acting female co-star, such as Maureen O' Hara type. This movie most likely set the tone for Maureen in future Wayne films, there were quite a few, that she copied Ella Raines type from this film. Ella, never made it big as far as stardom goes, though she was not a bad actress, and certainly her looking like Gene Tierney, didn't hurt. As for this film, I have to say that I find Gabby Hayes characters are a bit obnoxious with is toothless mouth gibberish. A little of him would have been sufficed.