Stagecoach
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Movie Reviews of Stagecoach
Movie Review: Masoud Mirmomeni
Summary: 5 Stars
It is one of the greatest movies in Western genre. Like other Ford's movies, the ending is great.Movie Review: The father of all westerns
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched this good movie, here in Brazil.The music is amazing,but this a "normal" western in this time, where a good indian was a dead indian.Art is art forever and this movie shows this fact.Movie Review: Great classic western
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great classic movie and in my opinion one of the best John Wayne Movies. The performances by the supporting cast should not be overlooked or overshadowed by the Duke either.Movie Review: Stagecoach
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought dvd for a gift. It arrived after the birthday, but they enjoyed the gift.Movie Review: On rails
Summary: 3 Stars
This is about a stagecoach trip, but the movie might as well be "on rails." The plot is predictable in the extreme, and the characters are one dimensional. There's the whore with the heart of gold, although we are never told specifically what her calling is. There's the killer who is really a nice guy and deserves a break. There's a drunken doctor who sobers up at the crucial moment and comes through in spades. Etc. Subtlety is not to be found here.
The one redeeming quality is the almost poetic cimematography at times. As was often the case, director Ford used Monument Valley as a backdrop. In fact, the stage never quite gets out of the valley, town after town. Still, the backdrop is spectacular and wonderfully filmed.
I realize that this movie is revered as a cinema classic, but I don't understand why. Westerns of the era were so predictable, mostly B movies and Saturday matinee fare for the kiddies. Later westers would improve to give us "The Ox Bow Incident," and "True Grit" and best of all "Lonesome Dove." I will probably be criticised for mocking "Stagecoach," but that's the way I saw it.