El Dorado
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Movie Reviews of El Dorado
Movie Review: Good - not great
Summary: 4 Stars
John Wayne plays Cole Thornton a hired gun who turns down a job to work for Bart Jason, as this would mean fighting his old mate J.P. (Robert Mitchum). In the end he fights with J.P. and Mississipi (James Caan) against Jason.
Essentially this is virtual remake of Rio Bravo, and it isn't as good. Mitchum takes the Dean Martin role and James Cann the Ricky Nelson role. However Howard Hawks was a great filmmaker and he manages to make this a worthwhile and very entertaining movie in its own right.
John Wayne is starting to show his age in this film. He was close to 60 when it was made, and Mitchum who was 10 years younger steals the film from Wayne. The kill or cure drunk cure for J.P. is probably the best scene in the film, and Mitchum plays it brilliantly. There are good supporting roles from the lovely Michele Carey as Joey and Arthur Hunnictt as 'Bull'.
So if you liked Rio Bravo, you'll like this. It isn't quite the masterpiece Rio Bravo was but its a lot better than most.
Movie Review: ice your drinks and get the popcorn ready
Summary: 4 Stars
What could be better...you get to see The Duke riding through beautiful western landscapes....with western towns populated with beautiful women...and bad guys in black hats....plus Robert Mitchum being Robert Mitchum and James Caan with that funny hat and big gun, and they play well with The Duke. The staging and the filming in technicolor plus the Olaf Wieghorst western art with the opening credits characteristic of the late fifties and early sixties took me back to some great memories of going to the movies as a kid. A side note...an acquaintance who was working on the set during filming says that John Wayne and Robert Mitchum were not talking to each other...who knows why, supposedly they were friends at one time..during the breaks Mitchum went off with the upper echelon while Duke would lunch with the crew....this is a great DVD to own for those Saturday nites when you feel like watching a fun shoot'm up western...you'll also love Rio Bravo..Movie Review: ONE OF WAYNE'S BETTER 1960'S WESTERNS
Summary: 4 Stars
El Dorado is basically a remake of 1959's Rio Bravo with Robert Mitchum playing the Dean Martin Role and James Caan playing the Rick Nelson role as a young gunman. The Trio are joined by Mitchums deputy "Bull" in trying to protect a family of rancers from an evil land baron trying to run them off their land.It's classic Wayne with lots of humor mixed in with the action. Wayne and Mitchum were very good together and Mitchums scenes playing the drunken sheriff are very funny.
Ed Asner plays the evil land baron with Christopher George as his hired gunslinger who wants to challenge the older Wayne to see who is faster on the draw.
Not as good as Rio Bravo but better than Rio Lobo which was basically yet another re-make of the same plot.
Movie Review: Decent remake
Summary: 4 Stars
I got the feeling that Hawks was sitting around one day wondering what movie to make next when he happened upon the Rio Bravo script and, as a joke, suggested making it all over again. The movie execs, sniffing money, said why not and so El Dorado was born.Wayne reprises the Wayne part, Mitchum the Martin, Caan the Nelson and Hunnicutt the Brennan. Wayne is noticeably older and paunchier and doesn't quite have the chemistry with Mitchum that he had with Martin but it's not a bad effort. Hunnicutt's deadpan delivery is almost as amusing as Brennan's moaning and shrieking. James Caan is a better actor than Nelson if perhaps not so easy on the eye.
Buy both movies, watch both and love both.
Movie Review: Very enjoyable , doesn't matter that it's a remake
Summary: 4 Stars
I had already seen Rio Bravo and then heard that this film was a remake of that , but wanted to see Robert Mitchum in the drunk role that Dean Martin played so well in Rio Bravo .
Mr Mitchum does very well .
This is a solid Western and like other reviewers I particularly enjoyed James Caan's character .
The story keeps the characters going as much as the audience - you feel they are making up their minds what to do as it goes along .
I hope we get a Special Edition of this film one day , but this one will do for now .
If you know Rio Bravo , you may well enjoy this film more .