Dodge City
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Movie Reviews of Dodge City
Movie Review: Errol Flynn - In His First Western
Summary: 4 Stars
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Haviland together -- this time in a western. Westerns were not Errol's favorite genre. The chemistry between the two stars is great, though the story is not as strong as some of his other movies. It is the smaller characters like Alan Hale that make this movie. An interesting tidbit is that the group "Pure Prairie League" got its name from a scene in this movie; see if you can figure out from where. Again, a fun movie for everyone.Movie Review: errol flynn as a cowboy? cmon ?????
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, errol certainly sits nicely on a horse, so whats the big deal? Flynn is a pretty decent cowhand, and if he had wanted to, could probably made a fair amount of westerns if he had wanted to work for that kind of money. Anyway, he sashays through this oater very nicely, wins the pretty gal, vanquishes the baddies, and goes home to balboa and jumps on his yacht..with a few ladies...no bad language and everone speaks clearly and ???? whats not to like??Movie Review: 4 Star Movie....2 Star transfer= 3 star rating
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a splendid movie....one of the very best early westerns. I have no hesitation recommending it for fans of Flynn/De haviland and Westerns in general.
It was a big budget movie and shot in glorious Technicolor...and there is the reason for the lower rating. If you watch The Robin Hood DVD andn the Wizard of OZ ...there are excellent bonus features on Technicolor. The technicolor process is a multi-layer process and over time the original elements can slightly change size due to age etc. In the case of the new version of Wizard of Oz they took the original film elements..and scanned them digitally...then sized them perfectly and remarried them. So without any artificial enhancement...the new DVD and film is spectacularly sharp and with colour that is remarkable! With Dodge City and The PRivate Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (another Flynn colour epic) they have obviously not gone to those extents. There are sections of the movie with startling sharpness and exquisite colour...far surpassing the post technicolor age...but there are reels where sharpness is lacking and colour is off. So its a mixed blessing....much of the movie is stunning and only makes the sections that are "out of register" for lack of a better term...all the more sad.
The bonus features are very well done and informative ...this is a nice package...I'd just have loved to seen the film restored.
It is truly a grand early western...but when the Wizard of Oz and even the Adventures of Robin Hood are held up as 5 star DVD presentations...this has to be a 3..IMHO.
Movie Review: Enjoyable but not quite a classic
Summary: 3 Stars
Dodge City doesn't hold up as well as other Errol Flynn classics, partially because the film seems to be trying a little too hard to throw everything into the mix, with the through line of the story suffering as a consequence. In many ways it's really just a B-movie with A-movie production values, glorious Technicolor (albeit somewhat inconsistent in the new DVD due to the mastering problems with the old three-strip system elements) and a great supporting cast, and never quite catches fire the way it should despite being more than entertaining enough.
Still, the DVD does include among its plentiful extras the superb Tex Avery cartoon The Shooting of Dan McFoo, so I didn't feel shortchanged. Also included is the original trailer built around colour footage of the film's Dodge City premiere, a retrospective featurette 'Go West, Errol Flynn,' short historical drama 'Sons of Liberty,' brief newsreel extract and a trailer for Jimmy Cagney Western The Oklahoma Kid.
Movie Review: They should have ducked as well as dodged
Summary: 3 Stars
A few scattered thoughts while watching this movie again: Alan Hale easily stole it from the bigger stars, Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland. The barroom brawl alone makes this a must see (that it's next door to a temperance gathering, hysterical). Victor Jory has to be the quintessential henchman worthy of a hiss or two. Great cinematography. Loads of action.
On the down side, Errol Flynn wasn't really the best choice, most of the killings took place off screen yet they showed the death of a little boy in detail (that's always bothered me), and on occassion the color print was out of register making for some fuzzy scenes. Other than that, not bad. I didn't, however, keep it for my DVD collection.