Re: Highly recommended movies, you have yet to see...
Today I watched a classic movie that i've always wanted to see
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
What a great film! It's a western but in the loosest sense of the word as there's not that much cowboy kinda stuff. The movie is a little stagey at times but the acting makes up for it. Here's the IMDB plot summary:
Something the summary left out was the fact that Stoddard taught the towns folk to read and write so that they may be able to vote for statehood.
Anywho it's a great film with very good acting from Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, (very underrated actor at times) Lee Marvin, and Edmond O'brien.
The film does have some broad comedic flourishes to it that keeps the mood light and entertaining. My only complaint is that it got kinda preachy-like near the middle of the film but that's to be expected from a movie in the early '60s.
If you like good acting with a slight touch of comedy that also brings home a message then this is a pretty good flick. Either way I highly recommend it.
Today I watched a classic movie that i've always wanted to see
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
What a great film! It's a western but in the loosest sense of the word as there's not that much cowboy kinda stuff. The movie is a little stagey at times but the acting makes up for it. Here's the IMDB plot summary:
Senator Ranse Stoddard returns to the city Shinbone in the Wild West to go to the funeral of his friend, Tom Doniphon. To a journalist, who's wondering what the senator is doing in Shinbone, he tells how his career started as "the man who shot Liberty Valance". As a lawyer he went to Shinbone, where he met his wife Hallie and Tom Doniphon. He taught the people there to read and write. Then he met the greatest bandit of the region, Liberty Valance....
Anywho it's a great film with very good acting from Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, (very underrated actor at times) Lee Marvin, and Edmond O'brien.
The film does have some broad comedic flourishes to it that keeps the mood light and entertaining. My only complaint is that it got kinda preachy-like near the middle of the film but that's to be expected from a movie in the early '60s.
If you like good acting with a slight touch of comedy that also brings home a message then this is a pretty good flick. Either way I highly recommend it.
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