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Summary: A waste of time!
Review: Do not try to remake a masterpiece. I like Tom Skeritt, but he is no Gary Cooper. Original "High Noon" cannot be remade--so leave it alone. The music help make the tension in the original, the new version has hadly any music at all. Very poor don't waste your time-- watch "Dumb and Dumber" instead....
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Summary: Better than the original!
Review: Finally, they made it. I did not believe until I watched this DVD. This movie is really better than the Fred Zinnemann original. Why? Because this movie does not claim to be a classic in each take. Gary Cooper, of course, is unmatched in his splendid performance. Nevertheless, you see and feel his urge to contribute to a movie that wants nothing but to dominate the oscar show. Zinnemann and his cast succeeded. But what Skerritt and the other striking actors achieved is a modern classic. The scenery in Canada is far better than the 1952-background. This movie has a relaxed pace and Skerritt here is at the height of his art. The only other nowadays actor I can imagine in that role would be Sam Shepard. The story sticks very closely to Carl Foreman's original, many dialogues you can thus be directly compared. But now, the shootout was improved a lot. I simply love it...
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Summary: The best Western of all time
Review: High Noon is a film that is suspenseful from beginning to end. It tells the fascinating tale of a man who is abandoned by everyone in his life when news arrives that a man who was his enemy was coming back to town on the noon train. Aside from being an incredible story, the film serves an excellent purpose by communicating the fact that many people are only your friend when things are easy, but when "the chips are down," people sometimes bolt, and one has to look at what one can truly count on in this world.
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Summary: Why not?
Review: I haven't watched the original, but I think it is a good movie... Specially for people who does not follow very much westerns...I loved it...
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Summary: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPROVE ON PERFECTION
Review: I saw this DVD in the bargain bin at my local Wal-Mart for $4.99. At that price, and being a big fan of the original, I was intrigued. I am also a fan of Tom Skerritt who stars in this one as Will Kane, the hapless marshal whose integrity and honor force him to make a solitary stand against four bad guys and an apathetic town.
I am sorry to say that, despite a valiant effort by Skerritt, this remake and the rest of the cast fall woefully short. Even at bargain price I would pass on this one if I were you. It's just an impossible task to do what is attempted here: remaking or improving on perfection. Gary Cooper defined the role of Will Kane. Period. You might as well attempt a remake of THE COWBOYS, TRUE GRIT, THE SHOOTIST or THE SEARCHERS with someone other than John Wayne in the lead.
THE HORSEMAN
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Summary: Don't even bother
Review: In fact, don't even think about it. That's the advice someone should have given to the producers of this remake. The original "High Noon" is a movie that cannot be improved upon. No one could possibly bring more to the film than Gary Cooper did. Tom Skerritt brings only a pale imitation. I rank this as the second-stupidest remake of all time. It's not horribly awful, like the laughably awful remake of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" with counter-culture kung fu star Tom Laughlin ("Billy Jack Goes to Washington"). It's simply bland and generally inoffensive. That is an offense in itself, however, considering what you could have bought with the same money. Okay, the producers of this film made a mistake, but you don't have to. Get the original and skip this tepid made-for-TV travesty.
Rating: 
Summary: NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL
Review: Not too bad a movie, but I would choose the original over this one anytime. If you must have color it's good, but there was a good reason the original was shot in B & W.
Rating:
Summary: NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL
Review: Not too bad a movie, but I would choose the original over this one anytime. If you must have color it's good, but there was a good reason the original was shot in B & W.
Rating:
Summary: Yes, it's better than the original
Review: Really nice remake. More arts, less politics, less fairy tale, more life. Characters are more believable, the crew is more even, more balanced. The original version was revolving around Cooper da Star, cocky, pretentious, almost snobbish; playing not a frontier lawman but a Hollywood "star" (TM) who graciously accepted a role of a lawman but still can't let his star shine fade for one second. In the original, unbelievably beautiful bride, un-humanly evil bad guy etc. In the remake the actors team is better balanced, there is no protruding lump of a leading star they make you stare at any time he pops on the screen. Looks more like a good theatrical (in good sense) than movie-wise.
Rating: 
Summary: A disgrace to the original
Review: The acting is horrible, Tom Skerritt gives the only good performance out of all the actors. My full review can be seen at gamenikki.com
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