The Searchers

Times have most certainly changed. I'd never actually seen a Western before this one, so it's good exposure, but I really couldn't take the acting. Everything was robotic and comical, even if it wasn't supposed to be. Marty's figity desire to constantly get up and go somewhere made him look ridiculous in my eyes. That's just an example. I'm sure that this was a quality film in it's time, but now, with it's "special" effects and dialogue, seems like it should be a parody. I'm kind of mean to films like this, and I want to be able to justify it by saying that but I'm not sure that i can. If I take into account that the 1950s had very differet acting styles,and that this genre became the most popular one for a long time, so creativity didn't come into play as much as modern day films do...wait...this really doesn't make sense. There is no real justification for not liking this film except for the fact that I thought it was boring. I guess because it wasn't fictional enough to be a real fantasy, but wasn't realistic enough for present day with the cowboys and indians, there was no relationship for me to have with the characters.