I give the movie 6 out of 10 simply for the music. The music is classic and exceptional. Some of the songs however, are terrible. The song, "I can't say no" is so bad that it is good, and was sung by Polly in a Fawlty Towers episode.
The acting, the characters and the plot made my stomach turn. The people we are meant to like in the film are cocky, arrogant, over-the-top and superficial. The women in the movie are mean-spirited and shallow. The guys have plastic smiles that scream of insincerity.
The only character with any personality and depth is Jud - the one who is vilified as a loser, and we are meant to hate and despise him. Yet watching the movie makes you feel sympathy for him - especially the scene where one of the cocky cowboys pays him an unwanted visit and sings about how Jud's life is doomed, and finds a knife in his shed,and says to him encouragingly, "You could kill yourself with this." What are Jud's main crimes? He is poor and gruff-looking. He is not wealthy and lives in a small shed as a farm labourer. One of the girls has a bad dream with him in it (all he does in the dream is hold out his hand towards her). He causes headaches for everyone at an auction by offering a few cents more in money than the other bidders. This is after the girl has left him stranded many miles away from the auction and offers him no apology.
The movie reaches it grand climax when the enraged Jud reaches his breaking point tries to burn them down. The cowboy jumps on him forcing him to stab himself and he dies. Everyone is comical and happy that Jud is gone and we are meant to laugh when the cowboy is cleared of charges.
In a nutshell, the heroes repulsed me, the villain gained my sympathy, and the movie was way to long, and there is nothing to like about a single character in the film.
Kudos for Richard Rogers for the great music, nothing can be said for anything else in the film
The acting, the characters and the plot made my stomach turn. The people we are meant to like in the film are cocky, arrogant, over-the-top and superficial. The women in the movie are mean-spirited and shallow. The guys have plastic smiles that scream of insincerity.
The only character with any personality and depth is Jud - the one who is vilified as a loser, and we are meant to hate and despise him. Yet watching the movie makes you feel sympathy for him - especially the scene where one of the cocky cowboys pays him an unwanted visit and sings about how Jud's life is doomed, and finds a knife in his shed,and says to him encouragingly, "You could kill yourself with this." What are Jud's main crimes? He is poor and gruff-looking. He is not wealthy and lives in a small shed as a farm labourer. One of the girls has a bad dream with him in it (all he does in the dream is hold out his hand towards her). He causes headaches for everyone at an auction by offering a few cents more in money than the other bidders. This is after the girl has left him stranded many miles away from the auction and offers him no apology.
The movie reaches it grand climax when the enraged Jud reaches his breaking point tries to burn them down. The cowboy jumps on him forcing him to stab himself and he dies. Everyone is comical and happy that Jud is gone and we are meant to laugh when the cowboy is cleared of charges.
In a nutshell, the heroes repulsed me, the villain gained my sympathy, and the movie was way to long, and there is nothing to like about a single character in the film.
Kudos for Richard Rogers for the great music, nothing can be said for anything else in the film