A Million Ways to Die in the West positive reviews
2021-12-30 17:20
Just as "Teddy Bear" subverts people's innocent and cute associations with plush toys, what McFarlane is going to subvert this time is people's romantic impression of Western movies. Desert yellow sand, lone cowboys exiled to small towns and beauties waiting for heroes to rescue. No, this is the west of Kevin Scottner, this is the west of Eastwood, but not the west of McFarlane. In his opinion, in the west where the weak and the strong, only heroes can save the town and the beautiful women, if you are not a tough guy, you will die. The romantic west is probably your burial place, and there may be a million. Kind of death!
Although the film spoofed one million ways to die in the West-shot to death by a pistol, killed by a bison, killed by ice, blown to death by a camera, bitten by a poisonous snake, killed by one's own fart, and killed by one's own fart. The tortoise was hit to death, killed by a mushroom, killed by a piranha, fell into a pit, and so on, but McFarlane did not intend to scratch the armpits of the audience, but to subvert the most mature Western type in the United States. piece. So in the film, you can see all kinds of spoofs of classic westerns: soft cowboys and beauty save heroes.
With two hours of hilarious laughter, McFarlane made the unbreakable western movies that have been rampant in the film industry for decades to disappear in the hearts of the audience, and used spoofs and subversions to build a new western world. The hidden feelings in it are-even if you die, Let the ideals of a small person be restored on the big screen. Comedy and farce are always separated by a gulf. Whether it is love rivals being drugged, or sham beatings with friends in a tavern, the jokes in the film are dependent on the plot, rather than being funny.
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A Million Ways to Die in the West quotes
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Edward: Hey, dude, you really shouldn't drink and horse.
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Albert: I'm not the hero. I'm the guy in the crowd making fun of the hero's shirt; that's who I am.