Rio Bravo (1959)
This is a new film that entered IMDB250 in August 2012. In this month, many movies have entered the list, and IMDB250 has been reshuffled.
The film tells the story of several police officers dealing with bad guys. In a small western town, the deputy sheriff was addicted to alcohol, causing a commotion in the bar, and the town's bully took the opportunity to kill a person. Subsequently, the sheriff and deputy sheriff put him in jail, awaiting the judge's ruling. In order to avoid prison robbery or other situations, the deputy police chief collected weapons at the entrance of the town. On this day, an old friend of the sheriff passed by. After learning about this, he planned to ask a young gunman under his staff to help, but the young gunman refused. That night, the old friend was shot and killed by those who were about to rob prison. At the same time, the sheriff also met a woman in the dust. The woman fell in love with the sheriff at first sight, so the woman watched him all night while the sheriff was sleeping. The next morning, the bully brother came to town and left after meeting and talking with the sheriff. That night, the sheriff found that the woman hadn't left, and was moved by her, and the scruffy deputy sheriff changed his appearance with the help of the woman. However, the deformed deputy sheriff was mistaken for a bad guy by the old guard in the prison and almost killed him. The frightened deputy sheriff became abnormal afterwards, and his hands trembled severely. In this way, the next morning, the deputy sheriff was subdued by the bully's brother who offered a reward, and they also subdued the sheriff. At this time, the young gunman appeared at the right time, drew his sword to help, and killed all the villains. The rescued deputy police chief was angry and wanted to resign, so the police chief asked the young gunman to become deputy police chief. After listening to the music for a while, the deputy sheriff's hand recovered, so he went back to being a policeman again. In the evening, after the police sang and entertained, they came to the bar to buy supplies and fell into the trap of bullies. The Deputy Sheriff's Ji Zhongshengzhi sent the bullies to jail, and they were quickly killed by the lurking young gunmen and old guards. When everyone rushed back, they found that the deputy sheriff had been taken away. For this reason, the sheriff sent a letter to the bully brother and agreed to exchange the bully with the deputy sheriff. In this way, during the exchange, the police and the bad guys started a gun battle. In the end, the police were victorious, and the bully and his men were put in prison. The sheriff embraced the beauty.
This movie is boring. Like my title, it tells an old-fashioned story—the police catch the bad guys. The theme of the film is very simple, that is, justice triumphs over evil, and evil can never triumph over righteousness! I really can’t figure out why such a movie would enter IMDB250. Is it because XX website said how good this film is? Or does a certain film critic say how good the film is? However, watching a movie can’t say anything about it, so I want to tell the essence of the film: from the current point of view, this film is a very mediocre movie, the theme is old-fashioned, the story is boring, the plot setting is blunt, the scene is single, and the dialogue is long-winded. , The only thing that is commendable is the beautiful picture in the film. In a word, the film has fallen behind the times and does not meet the appreciation level of modern audiences. It is an ugly movie.
Let’s talk about how ugly this film is. First of all, the movie story is not attractive. Several policemen catch bad guys. This is a type of story that children no longer like, let alone adults? Second, the plot setting of the film is very abrupt. In the riots after the film began, the bully killed someone, but the riot was caused by the deputy sheriff, and he stunned the sheriff. These are not in line with the behavior of the deputy police chief. One is the drunkard who can beat the boss for drinking at the beginning of the film, and the other is the controlling deputy chief. These are clearly two people! In addition, the appearance of the woman in the film has nothing to do with the plot, she just appeared inexplicably, then inexplicably fell in love with the sheriff, and then the sheriff also fell in love with her. This is too fast! Also, it is not common sense for the young gunman to join the police. He was unwilling at first, and then he was willing again. He became too fast! Is it really because of curiosity? Is he willing to take his own life out of curiosity? It can be seen from these that the story of the film is a "movie" for the film, and there are too many things that do not conform to common sense. Third, there are a lot of nonsense in the film's dialogue, such as the dialogue between the sheriff and the woman, and the chat between the deputy sheriff and the sheriff, which are all dispensable scenes. In order to express their character, they can use pictures instead of dialogue. Fifth, the scale of the shootout in the film is fake. Of course, this is also a common pattern in ordinary movies: good people can't be killed, bad people are killed by a single shot! However, the sheriff in the film is too miserable and needs someone to save him every time. In addition to these, the scale of the shootout in the film is also very small, and it seems not at all addictive. As a Western movie, its battle scenes are just passing. From the above, it can be seen that this film is a deliberate feature film. In order to have a story, a dispensable woman character is added, in order to be interesting, so that the good police can not be beaten to death, and even in order to be funny. The role of an old guard. Therefore, I can't like such a movie with obvious traces of artificial axes.
The only good thing about the movie is the picture under natural light. At sunset, sunrise, and early morning, the pictures of these fragments are beautiful like oil paintings, and they look particularly pleasing to the eye. This is also the only aspect of the film that has not suffered from the script! It can be seen that the photographer can become an independent art creator independent of the choreographer. I guess that most people who like this film like these beautiful images.
In addition, there are two songs sung by two supporting actors in the film which are pretty good. The following is my upload online.
The performance of the actors in this film is quite satisfactory. The leading actor is John Wayne, a typical hero in Western films. This time he plays a dull-headed sheriff in the film. Why is it slow? Because this character is always stunned and subdued, it is not like a clever person at all, which is very different from other characters played by John Wayne. One of the supporting actors, Dean Martin, is a famous singer, so the songs he sang in the film are amazing, but his acting skills are very average. The second supporting actor is Ricky Nelson, also an actor with a unique voice but mediocre acting. The only major actress in the film, Angie Dickinson, is impressive, because her beautiful legs are indeed charming, and she deserves to be known for her "beautiful legs". In my opinion, the pair of lace pants worn by Angie Dickinson at the end of the film is entirely set up to show her beautiful legs. Therefore, this once again proved the "deliberate" of the film. As for her acting skills, she is quite satisfactory, not brilliant, and has no major shortcomings.
in conclusion. This is a classic that has been eliminated by the times, and it does not have any point of view that conforms to the aesthetics of modern audiences, so it will still fall out of IMDB250 sooner or later.
Angie Dickinson
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RIO.BRAVO.1959.720p.BluRay.X264-MySiLU
2012-10-01
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