The past few weeks have been brutally busy and so a movie sounded like a good idea this weekend and "The Magnificent Seven" won the coin toss amongst the other releases.
The year is 1879 and in Rose Creek, a small community of farmers, people live simple and peaceful lives. However, corrupt industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard) has his sights on the little town and he offers a pittance to buy the land from the locals. Bogue threatens and follows up to prove his intent and Emma Cullen's husband is one of the few shot in cold blood. Bogue leaves with the threat of returning after 3 weeks to claim what he deems is now his.
Emma seeks revenge and she leaves town in search of someone who can help. She meets warrant officer Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) who initially declines to help but changes his mind when he hears about the gruesome murders. He begins a search for and gradually gathers a motley crew of talented gunslingers and fighters. Emma and the group return to Rose Creek and begin to train the townsfolk and create a plan of attack.
The day arrives and the dreaded roar of approaching horse's hooves heralds Bogue's arrival with his army. What starts out as a victory for the people of Rose Creek soon turns into a massacre when Bogue brings out the heavy artillery. The simple revolvers, colts and shotguns are no match ... Will the people of Rose Creek stand to lose it all - after all? Will Emma get her revenge?
I haven't watched the original from 1960 but I did love this movie and what came to mind were old Western classics that we would hire from the local video store when we were little - "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" (1966), "Hang 'Em High" (1968), "Mackenna's Gold" (1969) ... and so comparitively I found this movie a little too pretty, so visually appealing, as compared to the above mentioned classics. But I can't complain - Denzel dressed in black and donning a cowboy hat - has never looked more suave, Josh Faraday (Chris Pratt) the hustler looked debonair, Goodnight Robicheaux ( good ole Ethan Hawke) as the sniper, the religious Vincent D'Onofrio (Jack Horne) the tracker, Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee) the knife slinger, Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) and his beautiful accent is the Mexican outlaw and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier), the loner is the ace archer. Eye-Candy for the girls.
And as the French would say - " Tout simplement magnifique" ... And it's money well spent!
Word for the day :-
febrile - having or showing the symptoms of a fever
Emma seeks revenge and she leaves town in search of someone who can help. She meets warrant officer Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) who initially declines to help but changes his mind when he hears about the gruesome murders. He begins a search for and gradually gathers a motley crew of talented gunslingers and fighters. Emma and the group return to Rose Creek and begin to train the townsfolk and create a plan of attack.
The day arrives and the dreaded roar of approaching horse's hooves heralds Bogue's arrival with his army. What starts out as a victory for the people of Rose Creek soon turns into a massacre when Bogue brings out the heavy artillery. The simple revolvers, colts and shotguns are no match ... Will the people of Rose Creek stand to lose it all - after all? Will Emma get her revenge?
I haven't watched the original from 1960 but I did love this movie and what came to mind were old Western classics that we would hire from the local video store when we were little - "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" (1966), "Hang 'Em High" (1968), "Mackenna's Gold" (1969) ... and so comparitively I found this movie a little too pretty, so visually appealing, as compared to the above mentioned classics. But I can't complain - Denzel dressed in black and donning a cowboy hat - has never looked more suave, Josh Faraday (Chris Pratt) the hustler looked debonair, Goodnight Robicheaux ( good ole Ethan Hawke) as the sniper, the religious Vincent D'Onofrio (Jack Horne) the tracker, Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee) the knife slinger, Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) and his beautiful accent is the Mexican outlaw and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier), the loner is the ace archer. Eye-Candy for the girls.
And as the French would say - " Tout simplement magnifique" ... And it's money well spent!
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febrile - having or showing the symptoms of a fever
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