The Way West
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Movie Reviews of The Way West
Movie Review: A Good Film As I saw It
Summary: 4 Stars
The one thing I have learned about the so-called "professional" reviewers of films is that they have built in prejudices and ideas just like the rest of us...so I really do not pay that much attention to a review, good or bad. As for The Way West" I have seen this film at least twice. I enjoyed it both times. While I like The Big Sky better, that is not to say I did not enjoy this film. Probably the one negative I have is Sally Fields portraying a young tramp who causes problems for others along the way. But then I was never a Sally Fields fan. I have nothing personal against her, but I liked other actresses much better. I did enjoy watching Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark and Kirk Douglas; I consider all of them to be great actors, so what is not to like? And I liked Lola Albright's performance as well. The Way West is worth watching as far as I am concerned, the professionals' criticisms notwithstanding. If memory serves me correct, most of them hated John Wayne and frankly I think he was one of the best! Of course, I am not a professional film reviewer, Thank God. Oh yes, the snide remark about Andrew McGlagen's directing was not needed; but what can one expect from those those think they know it all?Movie Review: the way west
Summary: 4 Stars
three great actors loved everything about this movie one we will enjoy time and time again bob AustraliaMovie Review: Much better than expected
Summary: 3 Stars
Despite the lukewarm reviews, and maybe because I've never heard of the book it's based on, I thought this movie was a real hoot. Widmark, Mitchum and especially Douglas ham it up pretty good but that just adds to the fun of this sprawling epic about pioneer settlers determined to make it to Oregon. It's fun to see Widmark playing against type as a boozy, happy-go-lucky farmer with a beautiful wife and a serious case of wanderlust and Mitchum hilariously underplays his role as the requisite indian-wannabee trail guide, but this is Kirk's show through and through. He plays the hard edged ruthless tycoon, determined to reach Oregon at all costs so that he can fulfill his dream of empire building and it's always a delight to see him going fullstop, as he does here. Sally Field plays a raunchy southern girl too, a character that seems a bit daring for the times. Not a great western by any means, but a very entertaining flick and a worthy addition to any classic film library.Movie Review: Wild-West soap opera
Summary: 2 Stars
This hilariously awful turkey is the perfect film for inviting friends over to throw popcorn at the screen. It's one soap-opera cliché after another -- vile diseases, unwanted pregnancy+attempted suicide+shotgun wedding, insanity+murder (KD is cut from his breach chair and falls to his death, courtesy of a certifiable nut case). All of it set to stirring and uplifting music. The only missing cliché is amnesia -- though you might want to have forgotten having seen this film.
I'm particularly fond of the scene in the which the wagon being lowered over the cliff falls to its destruction, and you can see that the man in it is a stuffed-sack of clothes. Such movie pleasures are rare.
Of the principal actors, only Jack Elam comes off unscathed, with an over-the-top performance as a minister. He's the only character (other than the Sioux chief who wants the murder of #7 son avenged) who's halfway believable.
At the current price, it's a bit to pricey to recommend simply for laughs. Perhaps, when it drops...
Movie Review: The Biggest Waste Of Panavision Stock Ever.
Summary: 1 Stars
This is an absolutely horrible film. More so than any Western I've ever seen, I've never been so conscience that I was watching a poorly directed Hollywood-cliché ridden farce. EVERYONE walks through their roles (and I am a fan of all three lead actors) no doubt because they know that the script is childish, pretentious, and just plain stupid. "The Big Trail" is twice the film this is.
"Glory be" "this'n" "ain't a-worth-a" watchin' "a'tall"!
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