Call number
DVD-DRAMA 218
Collection
Publication
Paramount (2010)
Description
A man preparing to welcome his new wife to his home is killed, along with his entire family.
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LibraryThing member comfypants
A woman's new family is murdered, and various outlaws take an interest.
There are a number of great scenes - probably about half the movie - that stand up to the best bits of Leone's Clint Eastwood movies. A lot of the rest of it is dull, corny or misogynistic.
Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog:
Pacing: D
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: A
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 3.1/4
There are a number of great scenes - probably about half the movie - that stand up to the best bits of Leone's Clint Eastwood movies. A lot of the rest of it is dull, corny or misogynistic.
Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog:
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BPacing: D
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: A
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 3.1/4
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LibraryThing member gretchgriff
I've seen some of the Fistful of Dollars movies and they were fine. But this was a masterpiece, and the sort of inexplicable kind, where I find myself asking why I'm so completely engrossed despite the fact that it's moving at a crawl. One of its tricks is to leave a trail of unexplained questions
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at every turn of the plot, including a huge overarching mystery behind the presence of one of the three main outlaws. Which is resolved at the very end, without feeling at all random or shoehorned in. Show Less
UPC
097360774245