Dear John Sturges,
you had Elmore Leonard writing your movie. Lalo Schifrin scoring it. Clint, Duvall and Saxon facing off against each other. Yet you still managed to make an average film.
I don't know what went on behind the scenes. Leonard did come up with some great dialogs especially at the beginning. The film was off to a great start with Eastwood running circles around the judge, mouthing some tongue in cheek responses to his questions. And then Duvall and his gang make a great entry at the train station, decked up in suits. But it sort of fell apart after that. Some of the plot resolutions were quite uninteresting. The ending was nonsensical.
Lalo Schifrin's tense electronica tinged main theme was unlike anything composed for a Western. But its variations used over the rest of the film were quite tuneless. The title sequence was also quite unimaginative.
Clint had some great scenes but his character was quite badly etched. I mean, he is introduced as a hard drinking ruffian. But he soon turns into an upholder of the law. I guess you selected John Saxon to play the Mexican revolutionary after watching him in The Appaloosa. He was damn good in that one.
The film looks great on blu ray. And it does get over pretty soon. But so much more could have been done with it.
Best Regards, Pimpin.
(6/10)
you had Elmore Leonard writing your movie. Lalo Schifrin scoring it. Clint, Duvall and Saxon facing off against each other. Yet you still managed to make an average film.
I don't know what went on behind the scenes. Leonard did come up with some great dialogs especially at the beginning. The film was off to a great start with Eastwood running circles around the judge, mouthing some tongue in cheek responses to his questions. And then Duvall and his gang make a great entry at the train station, decked up in suits. But it sort of fell apart after that. Some of the plot resolutions were quite uninteresting. The ending was nonsensical.
Lalo Schifrin's tense electronica tinged main theme was unlike anything composed for a Western. But its variations used over the rest of the film were quite tuneless. The title sequence was also quite unimaginative.
Clint had some great scenes but his character was quite badly etched. I mean, he is introduced as a hard drinking ruffian. But he soon turns into an upholder of the law. I guess you selected John Saxon to play the Mexican revolutionary after watching him in The Appaloosa. He was damn good in that one.
The film looks great on blu ray. And it does get over pretty soon. But so much more could have been done with it.
Best Regards, Pimpin.
(6/10)