Rio Bravo

John Wayne, creepy relationship with young woman who refuses to get on the train.

This film symbolises everything that is a traditional western. There's a slow build up to the action, then the action and then it's slow again. It's a slow film. It's all set around a few scenes, of which one of them is the sheriff's office, which conicidently looks a lot like the sheriff's office in Cowboys vs Aliens.




I'm going to use the same sheriff's office. #artisticlicence.

I also really like the darkness of the bar, and how the guy hides in the bar, that inspired the storyline of my narrative, and my bar scene is going to be super dark. And then you can have fun with the lighting too.

I also really like the necktie, I don't know if you noticed but my character wears a necktie too. and I've dressed Tommy and Verne like the two main guys out of Cowboy's vs Aliens. I guess it's better than them shooting native americans.

And there's a lot of sleeping and drinking in the Sheriff's office so this has inspired my end scene, this is a common thing with westerns, it also happens in Blazing Saddles.


I originally chose to watch this film because I read a review that it was "Warm and Absolutely Essential." http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rio-bravo-1959
I'm not sure I would use this description of it, but in context to the time, the fifties, it's a family film so it isn't supposed to be cutting edge which is probably why it's a little bland as to not to offend anyone and appeal to all the people that survived the war. At the time pride of your homeland was a massive thing and in this film when the "bad" who are frankly not bad just a little mean the town cower and John Wayne saves the day, and at the time people had pride of their home they probably knew or had fought in the war and could respect John Wayne's character and be antagonised by the "yellow-bellied" townsfolk. This is something that we can't really relate to as a storyline because it is quite weak and not really dramatic enough for a modern day audience. Give John Wayne's character lung cancer, and the boy save the day and maybe have an air strike and the remake might do alright. It's a historic and traditional piece of film-making but would I recommend you to watch it? Probably not, I need more depth, not some hot headed mansplainers on screen.