Too neat
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Silverado
wpcoop2000 — 13 years ago(September 06, 2012 07:35 AM)
I have tried to like this movie, but was distracted by the tidiness. Most of the clothes looked like they just came from the dry cleaners and the people looked as if they had just stepped out of the shower. Even the buidings looked new. I like my westerns gritty, and this one didn't make the cut.
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vestdennis — 13 years ago(January 12, 2013 11:44 AM)
I actually like this movie (I love Westerns) but don't really love it. It does lack the gritty element you would expect in the old West. You would not have seen as many cleanly shaven men. Even those that had beards were too neat.
I look for dusty clothes, hats gritty surroundings, and the normal scene you'd expect in the old Western towns. That said, it's a fun movie to watch, but not like the old style Clint Eastwood Western -
mcgill_j — 12 years ago(December 25, 2013 08:17 AM)
Technically then wouldn't this be kind of a throwback to the much neater earlier westerns? The kind of westerns made fun of in back to the future III for the red cowboy boots. I would say the majority of characters are a bit too neat and I think our is something that bugged me on first viewing too. But the main characters aren't really the shiftless nomadic kind of wanderers and had access to water. This is kind of the more civilized old west if you were.
Just look at slot of the westerns a decade previous to Eastwoods Leone era westerns. Heck even his own work on Rawhide a decade or so earlier. Then again it always bugged me how these outlaws always seemed to have a killer dental plan. Lol -
signlady — 11 years ago(January 28, 2015 08:53 PM)
I interpreted this 'cleaner' western as in the style of the old Maverick series, and the Maverick movie with Mel Gibson, just less silly - more drama, but the same wholesome feeling of the 60's western genre when a little comedy was added
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residentevil6901 — 10 years ago(May 22, 2015 03:25 PM)
It has parts that look gritty and the only way I think they can truly make it gritty is to film it with an old process like they filmed in the 60's (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly for example) but it's always about how much better of a filming process the newer movies seem to go after. Take Tombstone for example, I love that movie but that one does look all bright and tidy like you say about this movie. I'd love to see some new westerns come out but filmed to look like they came out in the 60's, that would totally fit with the western look. IMO
I love this movie by the way, I watch it all the time. One of my favorites.