When I see these old movies from the 40s, I have to wonder if an adult audience, at the that time, saw them with any critical thought, or just accepted them as being realistic. Example: Eddy Dean wears pristine pants, a clean and pressed totally Hollywood style "cowboy" shirt, modern style hat, a cute little frilly scarf and a double holster rig that was never used in the old west. Everything about it was so unreal. And then he rides his horse around the countryside with his friends singing.
I do like Western movies, but please give me a little bit of reality. And the script. As the stagecoach rumples into town causing people to move out of the street, our leading lady says, "The stage is coming!" Dah? Brilliant observation.
In typical Hollywood fashion, guns are fired (inside buildings) and no one even flinches, saloon girls are supper good looking and wear dresses fit for the London opera and the good guys can hit any target they aim at.
All in all, just not a very good monie.
I do like Western movies, but please give me a little bit of reality. And the script. As the stagecoach rumples into town causing people to move out of the street, our leading lady says, "The stage is coming!" Dah? Brilliant observation.
In typical Hollywood fashion, guns are fired (inside buildings) and no one even flinches, saloon girls are supper good looking and wear dresses fit for the London opera and the good guys can hit any target they aim at.
All in all, just not a very good monie.