people who think heston was a ham

Mr. Heston is a fine actor, and a fine man. When I finally hear of his passing, I will truly mourn. Not many Hollywood types today have the kind of integrity and consistancy of character found in Charleton Heston.

Sadly, politics in our nation have gotten so vitriolic that a person who doesn't line up with all the PC from H'wood is immediately demonized, villified and minimized in every humilitaing way possible. This is what modern media outlets have done to Mr. Heston, simply because he stood up for what he believed in.

Does it matter that is was for the 2nd Amendment or against offensive, vulgar rap advocating the murder of policemen?
When leftist actors like Sean Penn or Ed Asner got arrested or protested standing up for what THEY believed in they were called heroic.

Charlton Heston has been called a nazi, a facist, a racist, inhuman, blah blah blah, all because what he stood up for wasn't the politically mandated garbage from Tinsletown.

He was a superb actor with great passion, energy and pathos. The weak little wimps of today (Clooney, Decaprio, etc) could learn a lot from a man like Mr. Heston. But of course they are too enlightened...



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I believe Charlton Heston said this was his favorite movie of any he had done. I think this movie is a pretty realistic portrayal of real life back then. For example, cowboy Will Penny, new man in the bunkhouse, is tested by another cowboy and Penny has to fight in order to be respected. I've been through that kind of thing. There were so many touches like that which made this movie work for me. There may be a romanticized view out there of the life of a "drifter" but this movie made such a life look realistic, if not depressing. (I may not have agreed with Heston's politics, but sure had to admire his movie work.)

I think "brutish" is too harsh a term. The character was simple natured (NOT simple witted), completely uneducated and lacking in any social skills/training. He behaved as the society in which he lived expected him to behave, but he didn't seem to be innately nasty.

"thought he was miscast in this. I've liked his work in other films, Ben-Hur and Planet of the Apes. He did not seem to be able to convey the Will Penny's combination of brutishness and compassion. He was reaching for it, but he never quite got there IMHO."

Oh come on, he was perfect in this. PERFECT. By far one of his best performances.

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Harry Belafonte, who commented in his recent book that Charlton Heston wasn't a good actor, obviously never saw this movie. He also never saw movies like Heston's farewell performance in "My Father". Since they haven't released that on DVD in America, few have unfortunately. As if playing Moses and Ben-Hur weren't enough.

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