We must not have watched the same movie (regarding the great reviews). I wasn't vaguely unsettled, nervous, scared, or anything other than bored wondering if there was a movie here or just recollections of a boring teen who is a very VERY boring ghost. I won't spoil anything, but I read Jordan Peele thought this was a terrifying movie. Waaa??? No really. I love indie horror (Cargo for example) but this wasn't... anything. I'm surprised I need more characters to submit this review. I would have a thought a paragraph sufficient. OK lastly, I didn't care for the docu filmaking style that we have seen so much of that now it just feels annoying and student film-like.
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Cowboy
(1958)
a great little gem
8 February 2005
I found this movie to be excellent. I think it did not find an audience because of its dark tone. It explores the concept of death in a unique way for a western. The light comedy interspersed was a nice relief. Definitely worth watching for any western fans. Glenn Ford was magnificent. Jack Lemmon, while showing his flair for comedy, was subtly profound. The movie itself is profound in a subtle way. We can relate to Lemmon's character easily-stuck in a boring job and wishing for something more. Finding something more however, doesn't bring the joy he thought it would. He changes and grows;his relationship with Ford is terrific. This is not a western that glorifies the life of the cowboy. Rather, you see the grim, hard life that tries to suck the sweetness of man out of him.
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