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Nashville Girl (1976)
Not the schlock people say it is.
I was expecting just a straight exploitation movie. And while there are moments that feel that way this picture is so much more. The performances are all top notch here with an especially great performance by Glenn Corbett. This movie has a good story about a girl trying to make it in the country music industry. It's sad to think that Nashville is as bad as this movie portrays but the director did spend an extensive time there researching for this movie. There is also a lot of great country music in this movie if you are a fan of the genre. There are some really unpleasant moments and themes but if your down for the ride a great story with great performances. Highly recommend it.
Madron (1970)
Starts off well, then kinda wanders.
I watched this film because I am a Richard Boone fan. Firstly let me say, he does a tremendous job in this movie. All the actors do a very good job. The story starts off very well, and then it loses direction. It just kinda of seems like they didn't know what to write. They had a great beginning it kinda gets lost, then they have an absolute downer of an ending. Witch also is a problem cause the first part of the movie had a bunch of humor I was in stitches after the the initial attack when the main characters meet it gets pretty humorous. So it keeps that tone until the end where it gets real dark real quick. It just didn't make a lot of sense tone wise. Overall though there are some very good performances and if your willing to deal with the problems it has some genuinely good moments.
The Alamo (1960)
Needed to be trimmed.
So let me say I do like this movie. The action scenes are very well shot. It certainly has a very epic feel to however, it doesn't hold ip very well due to being very over bloated and needing a lot more editing. This was a huge passion project for John Wayne and kudos to him for pursuing it and making it happen but he would have benefited greatly if perhaps he had someone else there to say no that's not a good idea or this is a good idea. John ford showed up to help him and he turned him down. Wayne's inexperience as a director is on full display. Highlights for me are Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie. And Laurence Harvey as Travis. Duke turns in a fine performance but nothing extraordinary. Everyone did the best they could but as I said needed more editing and also the dialogue was very cheesy and sappy in places it didn't need to be. If your a John Wayne fan you will find it entertaining if not you may want to skip it.
The Domino Principle (1977)
Bad Decisions
I actually did enjoy this movie and the premise, Richard Widmark and Eli Wallach were very good. The main problem with this movie is Gene Hackmans character and performance. Don't get me wrong. Gene Hackman is a terrific actor but even he said his performance was not good, to me he seemed bored. But the main issue was his character kept making choices that just made me facepalm and that were so obviously bad which is pretty bad writing. Which was pretty aggravating because all in all it was a very decent film to pass the time, not spectacular but passable. Mickey Rooney also did a terrific job in this film I loved his role. Decent film as long as you go into it knowing it's flawed.