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Summary: One of my all time favorites
Review: A western in the classic style with a little modern touches. Lots of heros, people in need, and mustasche twisting villains. Also a nice mix of talented awarding actors and some then unknown actors. Good Hurrah movie
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Summary: Back to Basics
Review: Now I tell you, I give my right arm for a western like this one. This is a modern day Classic by Lawrence Kasden, and he did a good job on this one. The Music Score is just great and if you remember, they used this opening music for one of the NBA's Alstar games years ago.
Add this to your collection of Westerns along side "John Wayne" and "Clint Eastwood" Classics. I like "Kevin Costner" in this one.
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Summary: Actors? What actors?
Review: The movie was so-so; but, the music is great. The french horn player, Richard Perissi, is one of the greatest studio artist with this instrument I have ever heard. You might also here him on albums of Frank Sinatra and Barbara Streisand, as well as others. His mastery of the instrument is exillerating! It's a shame that he has retired.
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Summary: A very great Western, lots of talent and stars in this one
Review: A truly great western and one of a few modern ones that can hold there own with any made in the John Wayne and early Eastwood era. Lots of stars in this flick with a very young looking Costner and a whole bunch of talent in small roles that will later appear as costars or stars in entire movies. The plot is very well written the characters believable and the shoot out scenes lots of fun to watch. The horse riding and cinematography are both very beautiful. I first saw this in the theaters and was impressed, it is still fun to watch. A very strong recommendation to any that like westerns but I would venture that any movie watcher would at the very least not feel they wasted time. A good movie to own can be watched multiple times.
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Summary: Really widescreen?
Review: Having rented the DVD from a local outlet, I was disappointed to behold an aspect ratio of 1:1.85 when I distinctly remember watching this great western on a super-wide screen at the theater AND believing the DVD package label which proclaimed it was presented in an aspect ratio of 1:2.35. Someone tell me....has this movie been re-issued in its proper version?
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Summary: Great example of re-mastering
Review: Having been a fan of this movie for many years, I knew what to expect from it, however, I was blown away with the quality of the transfer and audio re-mastering. Having watched this on worn VHS tape, it was an entirely new experience. The sound and video quality is fantastic. Don't even get me started on the wide screen! This is one for your collection.
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Summary: Silverado
Review: I love this movie..It's about 4 men who end up meeting and saving each others lives on their way to Silverado..There's killin' and great Saloon scenes and 1 really funny scene with Scott Glenn running through some theives hide out..U will really enjoy this cowboy flick..
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Summary: A Great Story Destined to Become a Classic
Review: "Modern" western films tend to be dark and depressing, but Silverado is a happy exception. A sterling cast and excellent director give new life to the standard story about big rancher versus little homesteader. This is a movie styled after the "old-time" westerns, where stalwart good guys defend the little folk before riding off into the sunset. Great action, a hefty dose of humor, and brilliant cinematography all help to make Silverado one of my all-time favorite films.
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Summary: New Wave Western
Review: I was watching the TV remake of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN a few weeks ago. For me it had no resemblance to the original 1960 film but instead looked like it was made from a blueprint from 1985's SILVERADO right down to the acting, costumes and production design. When I saw SILVERADO in the summer of 1985 I was not entirely pleased. It was directed, co-scripted and produced by Lawrence Kasdan. Kasdan had scripted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and beautifully captured and updated the adventure film genre from the 1940s. However, Kasdan did not direct RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. I feel that the look and experience of RAIDERS is really more the results of Spielberg's direction and visual approach to the script, not to mention the perfect casting of Ford as Indiana Jones. Unlike Spielberg's film, SILVERADO under Kasdan's direction looks more like a product of the 80s the decade in which it was directed. SILVERADO is not a bad film and in fact it is rather a unique one. It seems to have not influenced or spawned any future cinematic Westerns in the traditional sense of any great consequence. In fact UNFORGIVEN and DANCES WITH WOLVES which followed were two Westerns that went on to win the Oscars for Best Picture of their Year. These are both complete inversions of SILVERADO being more psychological and sociological studies of the Westward movement and experience. SILVERADO is an updated homage to the myth of the American West. SILVERADO is a very entertaining film and it did help rejuvenate interest in the Western but not in Kasdan's vision. The heroes Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover and Kevin Costner were very good. Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Brian Dennehy, Linda Hunt and Jeff Fahey were also good. The one performance that was critically overlooked was Jeff Goldblum as Slick. One normally does not associate Goldblum as a bad guy with the exception of his role as a sleazy street hood in the original DEATH WISH. There is no sleaze here. Goldblum in SILVERADO is definitely slick and a very smooth villain. One of the film's greatest and enduring assets was the score composed by Bruce Broughton. Broughton's score was a larger than life rousing tribute to the American Western. It's brilliant and very moving. When you look at Jerry Gatlin's stunts and Carol Littleton's and Mia Goldman's editing of John Bailey's cinematography combined with Broughton's score you are witnessing some great stand-up-and-cheer moments. Today I enjoy SILVERADO much better than when I first saw it. Like life in general, you never know where the good old days are until you think back on them.
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Summary: Forgettable
Review: Let's face it, Director Lawrence Kasdan is too much of a contemplate-your-navel film director to make a good Western. Like his intermidable "The Big Chill," "Silverado" is overly long, overly chatty and a total bore. Sure its got a great cast (though these days, the presence of Kevin Costner might make one reconsider the use of the term "great"), but they are wasted in the wake of an unnecessarily convoluted plot. If you want a great modern Western, try "Tombstone" or "Unforgiven" instead.
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