Monday, April 25, 2011

Art of the Cinema: Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo was definitely the definition of what a Western film is supposed to be like. Starting with the silent introduction, and the close-ups of certain things in a few scenes, it sets the bar high for the rest of the western films that were made after this one. Rio Bravo was awesome to watch, unlike some of the other movies (no judging) and I liked it a lot. John Wayne’s character was my favorite.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a western film this good. All of the action shots were perfect and the way the actors played their roles was excellent. John Wayne played an excellent cowboy and he definitely was a conventional westerner. I loved the isolated farmhouses and how they always carried their gun everywhere. Everything in this movie fit the iconography descriptions that we spoke about in class and the cowboys were awesome.

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