09-12-2011, 04:02 AM
Chakravartin wrote:
It was okay, but I think that it relied too much upon references to old movies for most of the entertainment value.
When you're sitting next to someone who isn't a movie buff and you have to explain why you laughed at something that actually looks pretty dumb or out of context to those who are unfamiliar with the other movies, that takes a lot of the fun out of it.
I'm not really a western buff. I feel like I got a lot of the references, but there were probably plenty I missed. Would I have liked it more if I got all of them? Maybe. Or maybe I would have been too fixated on them and not enjoyed it quite as much. Sometimes a little naivete makes things a little more enjoyable. Seems like there were probably enough nods to make the genre buffs happy, but I didn't feel like I was missing out either.
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I do have to say I laughed out loud at the Fear and Loathing nod. That shirt did seem a little familiar at the beginning, then I found out why.
The man with no name as the spirit of the west was pretty killer too.
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Yeah, like I said, I probably got the obvious stuff and missed the more subtle references.