Right, well I had actually never heard about the 1968 Western movie "Journey to Shiloh" from writer Gene L. Coon, nor had I heard about the book. And that is simply because I never really cared much about the Western genre, before just recently.
And stumbling upon this 1968 movie and seeing that the movie had the likes of James Caan, Don Stroud, Jan-Michael Vincent and Harrison Ford on the cast list, I have to say that I needed no persuasion to sit down and give it a go.
I made it halfway through the movie, then I just gave up. The narrative of the storyline told in "Journey to Shiloh", as written by Gene L. Coon, was just so insanely slow paced and uneventful that I wasn't even the least bit entertained. Sure, it was nice to see the young stars in the movie, but come on. Talk about a swing and a miss of a boring storyline.
The acting performances in the movie were good, despite the fact that the actors and actresses had so precious little to work with in terms of a proper script and storyline.
For a Western from 1968, then I found that "Journey to Shiloh" just didn't rise to the occasion in comparison to say the movies that Clint Eastwood was churning out.
My rating of "Journey to Shiloh" lands on a three out of ten stars. I just simply wasn't entertained by the lack of a properly paced storyline from director William Hale.
And stumbling upon this 1968 movie and seeing that the movie had the likes of James Caan, Don Stroud, Jan-Michael Vincent and Harrison Ford on the cast list, I have to say that I needed no persuasion to sit down and give it a go.
I made it halfway through the movie, then I just gave up. The narrative of the storyline told in "Journey to Shiloh", as written by Gene L. Coon, was just so insanely slow paced and uneventful that I wasn't even the least bit entertained. Sure, it was nice to see the young stars in the movie, but come on. Talk about a swing and a miss of a boring storyline.
The acting performances in the movie were good, despite the fact that the actors and actresses had so precious little to work with in terms of a proper script and storyline.
For a Western from 1968, then I found that "Journey to Shiloh" just didn't rise to the occasion in comparison to say the movies that Clint Eastwood was churning out.
My rating of "Journey to Shiloh" lands on a three out of ten stars. I just simply wasn't entertained by the lack of a properly paced storyline from director William Hale.