The Magnificant Seven

Seven Samurai was fun to watch, as was this remake. It included all the good markings of a great story, honor, love, banding together of unlikely allies for the good of the helpless. Really any plot choices I could critique I already did in Seven Samurai.

The real beauty in The Magnificent Seven is the scenery, and the bold use of scene shots. In the opening scene, where a still shot of mountains and village, showing the credits, then slowly action approaching, simply stunning. The three minutes that lacked dialogue in when the seven were traveling into the village, stunning, it also illustrated the story, of the men eating together while the hodgepodge character, Chico, ate fish alone.

The Magnificent Seven was the last of the great scene westerns, fitting since the last line was "Only the farmers won. We lost. We always lose.". This film discussed the drawbacks to the gunslinger lifestyle, the lack of binding that would tether them down, but also makes them drift like tumbleweed, having no family or nothing besides what they can carry.

Like Seven Samurai, this film also made great strides for film, showing that an action story can include love and lose.