Friday, March 20, 2015

The Searchers and High Noon

High noon is the tale of a recently wed sheriff who has recently learned that the notorious criminal Frank Miller has been released from custody, and is now seeking revenge. The searchers is tale of a man by the name of Ethan Edwards, who recently returned from the civil war, is now in search of his niece Debbie. Though, both of these seem to have great plots, neither of them peaked my interest and literally bored me to sleep. Of these two, High Noon, was by far the better one, but still horribly boring.


                                                                                 Film cover for High Noon


Debbie who Ethan Edwards is on the hunt for, has been captured by a tribe of Comanche Indians. Ethan suffers internally with choosing between killing Debbie, because she has turned into these Indians, or doing the right thing and keeping her in the family, and in his life. Many theories have circulated about Ethan and Debbie's relationship, one claims that he had left for the civil war because of supposed previous relations he had  with Debbie's mother. Making Debbie his daughter,and explaining why he had left for the Civil War and then made a sudden unexpected appearance.


                                                                              Film cover for The Searchers


Both of these movies are said to be cinematic marvels, and the greatest movies of history, but they are nothing but an hour and about thirty minutes of sleep. Neither have any excitement, or exciting storyline. These movies are said to of paved the way for all westerns in film history, which is probably accurate considering westerns, or dreadfully tedious and dull films, are a dying art.

Pride of the Yankees

Lou Gehrig, a major league baseball player who at the time of a series of unfortunate events, adopted a disease that happened to be the first who had been discovered with Lou Gehrig's disease. This is a documentation film about the life of Lou. With a heart breaking end where he bids farewell to 62,00 of his fans on July 4, 1939.Though this was tragic, the most tragic part of the movie was the forbidden knowledge that his wife knew of his soon to come death, which he didn't know that she knew.


                                                                        Movie Cover for Pride of the Yankees


This film has its ups and downs throughout the movie. The ups being the perfect relationship he shares with his beloved mother, the marriage of he and his wife, and his abduction into the Yankees. The downs are truly the entire ending. Those being when he is diagnosed, when his wife figures about his disease, but doesn't let him know to spare his feelings,  and when he bids farewell to his fans and teammates. 



                                                       Lou Gerif (Gary Cooper) and Babe Ruth



Gary cooper plays the triumphant Lou Gerig, the famous renowned baseball player. Babe Ruth, is portrayed of course by Babe Ruth. Teresa Wright plays Eleanor, his adored wife, with whom he had always liked and possibly loved.