When your child presents its newest painting, a parent often doesn't apply art critic standards, but just enjoys and applauds it. Funnily, I'm somehow feeling the same for Lone Star westerns.
I've started to discover them only yesterday, when I bought The Lucky Texan at the supermarket, for 2.99. I watched it, torn between disbelief and fascination.. and went back to the shop the same night, and bought all others they had, Diamond Valley, West of the Divide, Neath the Arizona Skies. And had an increasingly joyful weekend with them :) The more I watched, the more I got a warm fuzzy feeling, the cast of John Wayne, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt.. Up to and including the Ford Model T, which featured in the others, but not this one - and I already missed it.
But what Arizona Skies offers, in addition to the usual welcome fare, is the "Indian" girl (who happens to call for Daddy Chris in unsuitable situations), the lasso/elevator trick which made me laugh out loud, the cliff-to-river stunt.. The hostage exchange and the last bullet idea were good, too.
This is a different kind of cinema from what I normally watch. Somehow more resembling old TV serials, like Bonanza (and some 30 years older than that). I can only say it gave me a good fun time, and I'm looking forward to the next items I'll find.
I've started to discover them only yesterday, when I bought The Lucky Texan at the supermarket, for 2.99. I watched it, torn between disbelief and fascination.. and went back to the shop the same night, and bought all others they had, Diamond Valley, West of the Divide, Neath the Arizona Skies. And had an increasingly joyful weekend with them :) The more I watched, the more I got a warm fuzzy feeling, the cast of John Wayne, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt.. Up to and including the Ford Model T, which featured in the others, but not this one - and I already missed it.
But what Arizona Skies offers, in addition to the usual welcome fare, is the "Indian" girl (who happens to call for Daddy Chris in unsuitable situations), the lasso/elevator trick which made me laugh out loud, the cliff-to-river stunt.. The hostage exchange and the last bullet idea were good, too.
This is a different kind of cinema from what I normally watch. Somehow more resembling old TV serials, like Bonanza (and some 30 years older than that). I can only say it gave me a good fun time, and I'm looking forward to the next items I'll find.