Distant Drums
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Movie Reviews of Distant Drums
Movie Review: Old fashioned story with interesting location.
Summary: 3 Stars
DD is a corny, old-fashioned movie that wins points for color location photography and a decent amount of action. The portrayal of the Seminole Indians is not particulary offensive, as they are seen as being excellent in battle tactics. The love interest bogs down the story and none of the characters really come to life, but there's a fight in a cool old Spanish fort, a great grassfire scene, and that underwater knife battle with Gary Cooper and the Seminole Chief. So far, nobody has mentioned the rubber alligator. I'm surprised the filmakers couldn't find one shot of an alligator swimming underwater so they pulled a rubber one along with a string. They even show it twice. We all hooted over that. As far as the DVD goes, the sound quality is poor with lots of distortion in the musical score. Most of the print looks good, but there are two times when inferior washed out footage is spliced in for several minutes. Still its a fun movie!Movie Review: Good actioner. Remade plot.
Summary: 3 Stars
DISTANT DRUMS is good action entertainment and worth a viewing. the Actor/director combination of Gary Cooper & Raoul Walsh is hard to beat.
The basic plot (accomplishing the objective is easier than GETTING BACK from it) is a reworking of Errol Flynn's OBJECTIVE BUMRA (1945) which, not coincidentally, was also directed by the colorful Raoul Walsh, who came up with a different story every time he was asked about how he lost an eye.
Movie Review: why have to tell lie?
Summary: 3 Stars
well i bought it at the mall store. it said it has closed captioned on it back then i started to on my dvd on tv and didn't apear at all just blank. you know that i am deaf guy i can't hear at all. you got that. huh just let me know here my e-mail address is cecilo57@webtv.net.Movie Review: Sound quality
Summary: 3 Stars
I was very disappointed at the sound quality of this video. The sound goes up and down and buzzes in various places.Have returned for replacement twice and so I have to believe the problem is with the Master Disc.Movie Review: Great for Gary Cooper Fans
Summary: 2 Stars
Wolf reminds us we cannot go home again. I am reminded at 70 you can't get the same enjoyment from a movie you saw at 11. Two things stuck in my memory from this movie:
1. I remember Cooper climbing the wall of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine. It was a year later I saw the old fort. Looking at those walls I lost my desire to scale them. I realized Gary had been paid a lot of money for doing it and the most I could expect is being jailed.
2. The other thing that stuck in my memory, and my flesh for a while, was that Cooper shaved with a hunting knife sans soap. I lifted my grandfather's pocket knife and tried it as my hero had done. When there is no beard the knife takes away skin. The grandfather's displeasure had other lasting effects.
I think I'm generous in giving two stars to this film. If you are a real Gary Cooper fan you will probably enjoy it some. It is a far cry from High Noon. The filmwriters did marvels with Florida geography. In one days march the the soldiers made it from St. Augustine to the Everglades. Oh I forgot. It wasn't St. Augustine where they attacked the fort. They cleaned the terrain remarkably. Where were the palmettos? They would have gotten in the way.
I suppose my wife's displeasure with the film's producers although she worshipped Cooper didn't add to the enjoyment later. She could not figure out why they would not take a bond haired, blue eyed, truly adorable little girl for a Seminole extra.
I make no claim to being a movie critic. All I can share with you are my impressions of the show. If you disagree, I don't blame you. Just don't wait sixty years between showings.