This is a western so far from reality as Moscow is from Phoenix, Arizona, although it is no comedy. Or is it? And that is why I write a comment of protest. Time and again the hero, which is certainly also an anti-hero, is sweeping through the landscape, never really knowing what to do, which is really funny to a certain degree. But it is as well totally unrealistic. Who wrote that screen-play and in what mental condition? All the figures in the story behave totally mad. I wonder whether the horses should have been more intelligent!
I give an example. Randy, Pecos and the Mexican overwhelm the three little helpers of the sheriff who came to either kill or arrest them for a later hanging in a hut outside town. And what are these three guys doing? They take three lassos and bind them. Then Randy wants to go back to town to get his money which the sheriff had stolen,and the the other two ride to the Mexicans home. So far so good. Now starts the nonsense: no funny, just ridiculous: 1. the three villains get free from the three tons of binding material within approximately 10 seconds. Is this the way cowboys bind cows? They should know how to bind knots!
2. next likability: You won't believe it, Randy and his two buddies let the horses of the villains parked right outside the hut! Why? Of course to make the persecution possible in case the villains get free! How foolish those poor fellows are! But it comes even better: 3.because being hunted without a shotgun aiming at one's a.. is no fun, nobody of our 3 (THREE!) cow-men thought of taking the guns of the villains along with them! 4. The Mexican and Pecos had just now a narrow escape! The Mexican waited for his hanging. He was set free but knows that the sheriff and the whole town is after him. So what will he do? He will ride home! Yes, but very, very slowly! I have never seen a western movie where two men rode so slowly across the wild wild west. It is clear what happened. The three villains got rid of the silky spiderweb, took thankfully their horses and their guns, caught within a minute the clever Mexican who had wasted so much time and shot clever Pecos who had wasted so much life. And of course Buchanan was caught too. I could give You more examples. The film is a total continuation of question marks and doubtful looks. I assume, this is not the way to make people in the American West believe that they stem from intelligent or capable forefathers (which they certainly do). Western movies are seldom very realistic, true, but too much exaggeration of (possible?) actions that make sense is too much I can bear. I found this movie in parts ridiculous. I wonder how anybody could decide to make it! I need hardly a day to write a better screenplay.
I give an example. Randy, Pecos and the Mexican overwhelm the three little helpers of the sheriff who came to either kill or arrest them for a later hanging in a hut outside town. And what are these three guys doing? They take three lassos and bind them. Then Randy wants to go back to town to get his money which the sheriff had stolen,and the the other two ride to the Mexicans home. So far so good. Now starts the nonsense: no funny, just ridiculous: 1. the three villains get free from the three tons of binding material within approximately 10 seconds. Is this the way cowboys bind cows? They should know how to bind knots!
2. next likability: You won't believe it, Randy and his two buddies let the horses of the villains parked right outside the hut! Why? Of course to make the persecution possible in case the villains get free! How foolish those poor fellows are! But it comes even better: 3.because being hunted without a shotgun aiming at one's a.. is no fun, nobody of our 3 (THREE!) cow-men thought of taking the guns of the villains along with them! 4. The Mexican and Pecos had just now a narrow escape! The Mexican waited for his hanging. He was set free but knows that the sheriff and the whole town is after him. So what will he do? He will ride home! Yes, but very, very slowly! I have never seen a western movie where two men rode so slowly across the wild wild west. It is clear what happened. The three villains got rid of the silky spiderweb, took thankfully their horses and their guns, caught within a minute the clever Mexican who had wasted so much time and shot clever Pecos who had wasted so much life. And of course Buchanan was caught too. I could give You more examples. The film is a total continuation of question marks and doubtful looks. I assume, this is not the way to make people in the American West believe that they stem from intelligent or capable forefathers (which they certainly do). Western movies are seldom very realistic, true, but too much exaggeration of (possible?) actions that make sense is too much I can bear. I found this movie in parts ridiculous. I wonder how anybody could decide to make it! I need hardly a day to write a better screenplay.