Change Your Image
tchick
Reviews
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
This story is like a time machine, dropping you into 1949 Texas and Mexico for an entirely believable adventure.
For me, this movie was like going back home again to the days of ranch living of my youth. John Grady Cole(Matt Damon) is a young, carefree cowboy , suddenly cut adrift by the death of his guardian and grandfather and the subsequent sale of the ranch. Having lost his home, which is probably the only place he had ever lived, John recruits a friend to strike out for Mexico, where there are still some big spreads. Thus begins a gripping adventure and an unforgettable love story with a Mexican rancher's lovely daughter, Alejandra de la Rocha(Penélope Cruz. My hat is off to Billy Bob Thornton.
The Gentleman from Arizona (1939)
A classic western movie.
I have known about this movie all my life but had never seen it until recently. It is a classic western story; good cowboy vs bad Easterner, good looking cowboy trying to get beautiful girl, desperate rancher trying to save the ranch, innocent little girl trying to stay with her animal friends, and last, but not least, the beautiful stallion who wins the big race and thereby makes everything else happen.
In the end, the ranch is saved, the cowboy gets the girl, the bad guy is defeated and goes away, and the stallion returns to the wild where he whinnies his thanks while silhouetted against an Arizona evening sky before disappearing over the hill. Cowboy, beautiful girl and charming little girl smile and wave goodbye.
More than just a old movie, this film is a time capsule that gives us a glimpse back to another time and a way of life that we would know nothing of otherwise.
Thank you Earl J Haley...
Tom Chick