![]() Well, obviously, no review of this movie will be complete without mentioning the star-studded cast. I suppose I should start out with the positives. Having said all of that, what'd I think about this movie? If I'm being honest, I certainly thought that while this film had its flaws, by and large, it's quite an entertaining western. That's perfectly fine, even if it's a little antiquated. You know who the heroes are and you know who the villains are and never the twain shall meet. And this movie, honestly, might be one of them. But a lot of these movies took a black and white approach to the genre and its characters. Now, of course, I'm certain there were a lot of old westerns that took a more realistic approach, where it's shades of grey and not black and white. And, honestly, there's genre out there that's more about the battles between good and evil than a good western. Not saying that this is my favorite film genre, because it's not even close, just that I'm more open to enjoy them than I would have before. But, as I've gotten older, I've come to appreciate a good western more than I probably would have before. Not to mention a racist, but, naturally, being an awful human being has nothing to do with his performances on-screen. Some people revere John Wayne as a western legend and, to be sure, he is, but he was a terrible actor who took this way too seriously. Not that I didn't enjoy them, just that the whole machismo, testosterone-driven affairs didn't really do much for me. For the longest time, though, I used to never really enjoy westerns that much. That's neither here nor there, of course. Unless I put it to a Twitter poll that nobody will vote on, who knows? Regardless, if I had seen Seven Samurai I'd be, roughly, familiar with this and the original, so that's my bad and something that, if not tonight, I hope to rectify by the end of the year. I mean, I'll know before you do, one way or another, I'm just trying to build the suspense for my loyal readers (ha!). I was thinking of watching The Chernobyl Diaries tonight, for one reason or another, I guess we'll see which movie I watch when I get to tomorrow's review. I'm thinking of, maybe, popping in the DVD tonight and trying to get through it because, as long as it is, I doubt I'll get through it in one sitting. I, sadly, have not yet seen Seven Samurai and I've had this DVD for a while too. In fact, if I look up to my left, I can see it at the bottom of the shelf, with several other DVDs on top of it. Here's the thing about Seven Samurai, I have the Criterion Collection special edition DVD (which is something like four discs), on a shelf right now. No, the reason I hate to say that I'm unfamiliar with it is simple and that is because the original movie is a remake of what is regarded as one of the finest movies ever made, as well as Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece, and that is, of course, Seven Samurai. I don't hate it for the reasons that you'd think, which that the Magnificent Seven is regarded as a top-notch western. You know, I hate to say that I'm unfamiliar with the original Magnificent Seven.
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