Western ok musical stuff bad
Should have cut the songs out
shareI've often wondered if people judge the idea of this movie more than the actual movie. I just feel like if people had actually WATCHED the film there wouldn't be so much hate for it because it's actually a very good film. As far as the music, "Wandrin Star" is one of the best songs ever. In fact, I just heard it in an Amazon Prime commercial.
shareThe commercial brought me here also. I had just forgotten all about the panning that LM got for his rendition of "Wandrin Star", but I felt it was how he sang it that made the movie. Great film! I haven't seen it again since it was first released, so it's time to take another look lo these many 46 years later. Classic movie!
shareI'd cut 'Alisa,' 'I Talk to the Trees,' and 'A Home of My Own.' I enjoyed the rest of the soundtrack.
"You may have come on no bicycle, but that does not say that you know everything."
LOL! Some of the singing was comparable with the noises emanating from my bathroom of a morning.🐭
shareIn regards the film, I had the huge advantage of seeing it in roadshow presentation on release, age 7. Arguably perfect age, as I had no preconceptions as regards stars, genre etc. Without a TV then, I was probably limited even as to my conception as to what a film even was.
But it blew my mind then, and still does!
It isn't quite perfect, and I understand why some have issues with it, but I still love virtually every frame.
Yes, nostalgia plays a large part in my response,but I think the vast majority of people can only see it in context of genre, stars etc. Taken on its own, on a huge screen, one of my country's largest, with no pre-conceptions of a western, a musical, a Clint Eastwood or Lee Marvin film, or even what any of these things were, it was magical.
Again, I freely admit, nostalgia plays a huge part in my response. But I absolutely can look at films from that time, and I suddenly saw a lot, and wonder "What the hell?".But this isn't one. I thought it wonderful then and still do. It was the only musical that even my late Dad loved!
I'm not bragging, or trying to seem wise, but simply to say that it is one of those rare films which works so much better without pre-conceptions, and I think that was difficult for many viewers then, and near impossible for modern viewers. And I did share it with a friend recently who doesn't like westerns and is, at least, disinterested in Eastwood. And he loved it, or at least liked it, very much.
If anyone reading this hasn't seen it, try it with as open a mind as possible.
Despite various issues, I still think it a unique, magical film!