"Something Big" is a very strange western starring Dean Martin. How is it strange? Well, first, Martin plays Joe Baker...the leader of a gang of outlaws who carries his doggy along with him on their various raids. Second, apparently Baker is planning 'something big'...and has agreed to kidnap a woman (Honor Blackman) and trade her to some other rogue for a Gatling Gun (sort of an early version of a machine gun)! Not surprisingly, the woman's husband, Cavalry leader Colonel Morgan (Brian Keith), is bent on catching Baker and rescuing his wife! Talk about a strange plot!
If you are looking for a western that is believable and realistic, well, you certainly should consider watching a different movie! Now this doesn't mean the film is terrible...but you really have to suspend disbelief if you do decide to watch it.
So is it any good? Well, yes and no. Often the humor falls pretty flat but occasionally it connects. This, combined with the utter ridiculousness of the plot make it a movie that clearly isn't for everyone (the reviews on this site run the full gamut). I see it as a time-passer more than anything else.
By the way, if you do watch the film, when Baker meets with Estevez....and Estevez's two dozen(or so) men open fire on Baker and are only a few feet away...how does he possibly survive?!?!?! And when he later opens fire on them with the Gatling Gun...why did they all just stand there...waiting to be killed?!?! This is another reason I wasn't bowled over by "Something Big".
If you are looking for a western that is believable and realistic, well, you certainly should consider watching a different movie! Now this doesn't mean the film is terrible...but you really have to suspend disbelief if you do decide to watch it.
So is it any good? Well, yes and no. Often the humor falls pretty flat but occasionally it connects. This, combined with the utter ridiculousness of the plot make it a movie that clearly isn't for everyone (the reviews on this site run the full gamut). I see it as a time-passer more than anything else.
By the way, if you do watch the film, when Baker meets with Estevez....and Estevez's two dozen(or so) men open fire on Baker and are only a few feet away...how does he possibly survive?!?!?! And when he later opens fire on them with the Gatling Gun...why did they all just stand there...waiting to be killed?!?! This is another reason I wasn't bowled over by "Something Big".