I had to review this, if only for the summary.
Joking aside, a peculiar movie, don't really know what to make of it. Plays for the most part as harmless family fun accompanied by a playful soundtrack. Very nice scenery to look at, cinematography is pretty good all the way, except lighting on some scenes felt a bit unnatural.
Even tho it feels like a family comedy, there are a lot of strong scenes and brutal, bloody violence. May not be that extreme on today's standards, but back in the 80's a scene where a man get's his head chopped off was quite a lot to stomach.
The movie has a some real old school stunts, might not be a good idea to watch this if you're easily shocked by western style stunts involving horses. Or dogs, as there is a scene where Heston battles with wolves, nothing dramatic, but the wolves/dogs get hit with a few thrown objects. There's also a couple of stunt scenes where it looks as if the stuntman really gets hurt.
Old fashioned, light hearted fun, which sadly is ruined by too much violence. Don't know how accurate it is historically, but as a European, I don't think the movie makes everything quite as black and white as it could. "White men" are not portrayed all flawless. Disagreements seem to be more about horses and women this time.
To justify the summary, there is a lot of old men fooling around with young Indian women, which does feel a bit awkward and corny at times. The men also hunt beaver, so there you have it. Pun intended.
Joking aside, a peculiar movie, don't really know what to make of it. Plays for the most part as harmless family fun accompanied by a playful soundtrack. Very nice scenery to look at, cinematography is pretty good all the way, except lighting on some scenes felt a bit unnatural.
Even tho it feels like a family comedy, there are a lot of strong scenes and brutal, bloody violence. May not be that extreme on today's standards, but back in the 80's a scene where a man get's his head chopped off was quite a lot to stomach.
The movie has a some real old school stunts, might not be a good idea to watch this if you're easily shocked by western style stunts involving horses. Or dogs, as there is a scene where Heston battles with wolves, nothing dramatic, but the wolves/dogs get hit with a few thrown objects. There's also a couple of stunt scenes where it looks as if the stuntman really gets hurt.
Old fashioned, light hearted fun, which sadly is ruined by too much violence. Don't know how accurate it is historically, but as a European, I don't think the movie makes everything quite as black and white as it could. "White men" are not portrayed all flawless. Disagreements seem to be more about horses and women this time.
To justify the summary, there is a lot of old men fooling around with young Indian women, which does feel a bit awkward and corny at times. The men also hunt beaver, so there you have it. Pun intended.