via Daily Motion:
Roger Ebert gives it 3 1/2 out of 4 stars and opens with this:
"El Dorado" is a tightly directed, humorous, altogether successful Western, turned out almost effortlessly, it would seem, by three old pros: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and director Howard Hawks. You could call it, of course a "John Wayne Western." I guess that means it has the Duke in the saddle once again, drawl and all, making his laconic comments on the state of the universe and marching through old Western cliches. But "El Dorado" is more than that. It is a very good John Wayne Western.Rotten Tomatoes has a critics consensus score of 100%.
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I actually watched this one mn, many moons ago! Valerie
ReplyDeleteI don't know how I missed it...
Delete...three old pros for sure.
ReplyDeleteikr?!
DeleteI know this one. It has a great cast. Too bad women are always portrayed as tough enough to survive the west but weak too. It's the one flaw with most of those traditional westerns.
ReplyDeleteTry Johnny Guitar. Or True Grit.
DeleteNot a favorite. I'm not a fan of Robert Mitchum
ReplyDeleteI would watch Robert Mitchum doing anything. Those eyes!
DeleteYes, those eyes!
Deleteikr?!
DeleteWatched long ago even though not a John Wayne fan...back when the afternoon movies had westerns for a month and we only had five channels to watch--lol! That's when I saw a lot of the old westerns. ;)
ReplyDeleteWesterns were A Big Deal during my childhood. Sometimes it's all that was on.
DeleteI'm not a fan of John Wayne. He acted the same in nearly every film I ever saw of him. I think I saw this on TV, because I would never watch it in a theater.
ReplyDeleteAmen on John Wayne. He even played that same character in The Greatest Story Ever Told lol
DeleteI'm not a huge Western fan but Howard Hawks rarely disappoints.
ReplyDeleteHe did such a variety of films...
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