So. The Searchers. I think the main thing I took from watching this is that I don’t actually like westerns all that much. To a certain extent I feel like they are something I would like - a lot of the themes that are common in westerns are thing that I find interesting, for example, but yet, I just don’t. The main problem with this movie wasn’t that I thought it was badly made - in fact, I would probably have thought it very well made if it had been able to keep my attention for more than about five minutes at a time. The main problem was that I just didn’t care about any of the characters, nor what happened to them. None of them were particularly interesting, or relatable, and other than suffering a tragedy at the beginning of the film, I wasn’t really sure why I was supposed to care about them.
One of the main things that seems to be mentioned about this film in the small amount of writing about it that I’ve read is its attitude towards race relations. While it may have been forward thinking for the time in which it was made (and for a western) I can’t say I found it particularly nuanced.
I also found the pacing extremely strange, which is an issue I’ve had with other films on the list. This may be a problem with me, but I do think that skipping ahead years at times was an odd choice.
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