After watching the movie and hearing the ending song, I want to write some feelings.
As a film directed and acted by Ed Harris, the town of Appaloosa has also received a certain amount of attention, but in recent years, Western films have generally been sluggish, and this film has not received much response. But I think there are many places that can make it look new in many new westerns.
In recent years, Western films still follow these paths. One is relying on stories, paying tribute to classics, nostalgia, and exaggerating feelings, such as the liberated Jiang Ge, Rango, and Lone Ranger; the second is relying on bloody violence and pornography to win the audience. Eyeballs, such as the bloody battle in Tombstone; the third is spoofing and parody, such as one hundred ways to die in the west. If you want to return to the peak of the last century and enter the ranks of classics, these movies are rarely done, and it also needs time.
The title of Appaloosa Town is easy to make people feel boring, plus a few starring veterans who are over half a hundred years old, Jeremy Irons is considered the most handsome and has played many classic roles, but Domestic audiences don't know, for example, Lolita, the woman of the French lieutenant, the lover of fire, the land of water, no matter which movie, Irons's palace performance can be deeply remembered, but the performance in this film is mediocre. Ed Harris worked as a director once, and his level is average, similar to the acting in this film.
The development at the beginning of the story is very old-fashioned. The town that has been harassed by criminals decided to hire law enforcement officers/sheriffs to maintain law and order, and the sheriffs acted as soon as they took office. Like traditional Western films, the role of women is still weakened. The heroine didn't have any feeling of being ridiculous when she came out, but it was later discovered that she was actually a femme fatale in her heart, but after Mortensen's two saves, she finally returned to Harris. Compared with the traditional western movie, the setting of this role is slightly newer, adding the color of film noir. The heroine is pitiful and pathetic, but after all, as a western movie, the situation of the heroine will feel that this is normal. The anti-traditional point is that there is no big scene of the gun battle. One time, the other two bounty hunters were killed, and the last duel. The big scene that the audience expected the two male protagonists to join forces to annihilate the criminal gang has not arrived. In the end, Irons was pardoned, and Mortensen decided to use a duel to eliminate the hidden danger, save a big battle, and found a good reason for leaving. The times have changed, and this is more obscure in the end. New laws and orders require people to adjust their lifestyles and ideas. As a so-called conservative, Mortensen left the town of Appaloosa for freedom and survival, drawing a successful conclusion to the movie. Harris was single-handed at first, and after going through ups and downs with his partner, he returned to the state of being single-handed again, with one more woman, but he was still alone in his heart. This is the end of the Western movie, men will always stand alone in the world.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Robert B. Parker, but the domestic audience does not know this writer. He continued to write Poodle Springs, Chandler's posthumous work, and Penchant for Dream in the Marlowe series. He has not read his book, and should be just a popular crime novelist.
View more about Appaloosa reviews
