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I found the end to be something of a shock

posted 17 years ago by petekrug17
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This commentary talks about the film's end and should not be read by anyone who hasn't seen the film yet.

I was stunned when I saw this film and four of the magnificent seven ended up getting killed. I guess that does make the film more realistic, as in real life you don't tend to have conflicts like that without some people on both sides getting killed, but still...damn, that means that in this version the magnificent seven don't stay that way for very long after being formed before most are killed. Still, I think this is a really cool western, right up there with GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (made three years earlier with George Kennedy,) and the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN T.V. series with Michael Biehn.

[–] NickNameNotAllowed-2 17 years ago

The magnificent seven series started with the first film being a remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai"(Which is highly regarded as one of the greatest films ever) and in that film the ending also has only three of the samurai left standing. Its a great ending because the townspeople are all dancing and celebrating while the samurai stand in front of four mounds of dirt, sad for their loss.

If you haven't seen seven Samurai, check it out. Its in Japanese and over 3 hours long but an experience you'll never forget. I saw it in the theaters a few years ago(Film forum) and it was just as great as seeing Lawrence of Arabia in theaters.

[–] nomis234 17 years ago

More of a shock for me was the fact that all those women had just lost their husbands like a week before and then were ravaged by the outlaws, yet they're eager to get hitched to new men. Even Van Cleef found himself a new woman after being a widower for mere days. Wowza.

[–] Crimpo2 17 years ago

They didn't have counsellors in the Old West nomis! Instead they had beefcake and busty beauties!

Back on point - only 3 survive Guns of the Magnificent Seven too - so that was about par for the course...

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[–] glenn-ross1 17 years ago

Grief does make you grab onto the first person you come across because it's a case of you have to rather than want to.

[–] glenn-ross1 17 years ago

Back on point I agree with the comment. This was more a western version of The Dirty Dozen.

Lee Van Cleef was chosen because previously he'd done a spagetti western called Death rides a Horse, which was TMS where he defends a Mexican village terorized by bandits. Yul Brynner took over his role of Sabata in The Bounty Hunters which was The Magnificent Seven. This time dfending a Mexican village from Austrian and French soldiers the same as Clint Eastwood in Two Mules For Sister Sarah.

[–] mickya 17 years ago

I'm not sure why you are shocked about 4 of the 7 getting killed. That's pretty much the same format as in all of the M7 films.

[–] stagebandman 13 years ago

But wasn't The Dirty Dozen, basically, just a war version of Mag7?

If we all liked the same movie, there'd only be one movie!

[–] jdh1271 16 years ago

In every movie (except Return) four members have been killed you can't be shocked. The only thing I didn't like was that they didn't acknowledge the dead. They just showed Skinner getting his parden and Chris and Noah getting the girl.

[–] Movie_Piranha_1979 12 years ago

In every "Seven Magnificent" movie, part of the seven magnificent ae killed, except Chris and a couple of magnificent...

Prostitute: What the *beep* are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

Yes, par for the course. What's the big issue? I'd have been more surprised if those guys hadn't been killed.🐭