Steve McQueen (who rode shotgun with Chris), James Coburn (the chilled guy) & Charles Bronson (who was chopping wood when the 7 were being recruited) all went onto star in The Great Escape together 3 years after this film. I highly recommend that for you to react to :)
And Yul Brynner had a wonderful resume of his own. You can see him taking off on this sort of character in "West World", and probably his most famous role is as the King in the musical "The King and I". I have always had a crush on Brynner..... Robert Vaughn, the coward, had a difficult role, and he did it very well. I always felt bad for Lee. Horst Buchholtz (sp) was the young boy, a German actor who did very well here as a Mexican. The great Eli Wallach, a Brooklyn native (!!!) was the evil Calvera. You'll see him again in a major role in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".
Steve Mcqueen was a well known lover of cars in real life, as well a starred in probably one of the best car chase filmed pre-cgi (or post -CGI)..called "Bullitt". But this one and The Great Escape are my fav of his.
Gene Hackman's chase in The French Connection, where he's tracking the El through Brooklyn, is pretty damn top of the line when it comes to epic car chases, as well.
Magnificent Seven based off of a great movie Seven Samurai. Both movies are wonderful. Another great movie based off of this story is The Three Amigos 😊 highly recommend watching all 3
It's great to see you reacting to old-time westerns. Another classic I can heartilly recommend is Rio Bravo (1959) starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. The film is an absolute classic, so much so that the director remade it a few years later called El Dorado (1966) with the same two stars. It's worthy of checking out just to see which one becomes your favourite.
El Dorado was John Wayne with Robert Mitchum but still very similar movies, both classics. I'd also add The War Wagon and Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider and The Outlaw Josie Wales.
@@shawnmiller4781 a lot of these soundtracks borrowed a lot from José Alfredo Jimenez. If you like old fashioned corridos, José Alfredo is your man. Also check out Siete Mares (7 seas). You’ll recognize it right away from a John Wayne movie. My sentimental favorite is Camino de Guanajuato. “No vale nada la vida. La vida no vale nada.” Jajaja, makes me want to sit in a dark corner of a cantina and get sentimental while drinking mezcal. 😂
That was amazing to see your light bulb moment when you realised where the term "riding shotgun" came from 😆. Yes do watch Seven Samurai, it's a legendary film
5 of the 7 were huge actors at the time. Yul Brenner, the bald guy, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson (Bernardo), Robert Vaughn (The "cowardly" gunslinger (he rehashed this role in a late 70's early 80's movie called Battle Beyond the Stars)), James Coburn. And when it came out, Everyone thought Lightning McQueen was named after Steve MCqueen, because of his love of racing and cars/ motorbikes, but it was after a PIxar animator who had died. The car Doc Hudson was voiced by Paul Newman who had a sort of friendly rivalry with Steve McQueen, because both looked similar though Newman was older. They appeared in Towering inferno together
The original story was The Seven Samurai which then was remade years later in the US as the Magnificent Seven, which had a few sequels and even a TV series. The story would resurface in the 80's as a space-themed movie Battle Beyond the Stars, which has Robert Vaughn returning as his original "loner" character. The version in the 2000's was surprisingly good, but my favorite is still the one you just watched. Loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️
@@MrVvulf True, but as far as adaptions go, it is top notch. And in my opinion, this is where Star Wars: Rogue One failed the most. The only one where I was sad when he was killed was the droid. I didn't care about any of the other characters. Had we gotten to know them a bit more, their deaths could have had a similar impact like in Seven Samurai or in this one. It even worked in an episode of the Clone Wars series. With farmers, hired guns and Jedi versus pirates.
My dad was a gun dealer and gun smith so I've been around my share.. My first two pistols when I was six (1967)i were a Remington 44 and a Colt 45 Peacemaker the type of pistol you saw them using in this movie.
Steve McQueen was very much associated with cars. He was into car racing and did amateur racing himself. A massive star, man's man and heartthrob. Charles Bronson, Fernando, was as big a bada** as Clint Eastwood in the 70s. One of the biggest box office stars of all time. Robert Vaughan, the man who lost his nerve, was a huge film and especially TV star in the USA. His show "The Man from U.N.C.L.E" was popular also in the UK in the 60s. Yul Brenner, Chris, was a huge movie star in the 50s and 60s, one of the first major celebrities to come out against smoking. Eli Wallach, a great stage actor, who became big in films. You've seen him as Tuco. Charles Coburn, the knife man, another great actor of the 60s and 70s. A legendary cast in this film. Thanks for introducing it to younger people who may not have been open to these kind of great films!
The guy with the black gloves is Robert Vaughn. He played Albert Stroller in the BBC TV series Hustle in the early 2000’s (If you ever watched it). He was also Napoleon Solo in the Man from U.N.C.L.E for us oldies.
John Wayne and the 1960s: he got his Academy Award for 1969's True Grit, and kept making movies until his health gave out in 1976. He died three years later. The Magnificent Seven is the best western ever made. I'm glad you're watching this, and not the 2016 remake. They never should have remade this. Those "cowboy trousers" are called chaps, leather leg-coverings meant to protect the legs from sagebrush and stickers and such while riding. People still where them today. Bernardo's little speech to the boys about the courage of their fathers is the best line in the movie.
His gang in this is full of actual mexican gangsters who the studio was paying for protection. Eli ended up getting very friendly with them and recruted them to play his gang.
@@sparky6086 plus they just loved Eli, way I heard it they treated him like he legitimately was a bandit king. He actually had to calm them down when they thought the crew or the other actors weren't giving him respect.
I read that Yul Brenner hated sharing scenes with Steve McQueen. In all the scenes they are together, when Yul is talking to a character you notice that Steve is always doing something to get the viewer’s attention. When Yul would be saying his lines, Steve would take off his hat, play with a stick, or scratch his cheek. Something that would throw you off from Yul. He’s was petty 😂.
@roberthunter4884 I read that stuff too. The funniest thing Steve reportedly did was build a little mound for him to stand on so he'd be taller than Yul. Yul went over and kicked it all away. That's hysterical.
Steve McQueen was very controlling and obsessive about his scenes and how he should dominate. Even his good friend James Gardner couldn't stand working with him.
Yul Brenner was an amazing actor and gifted guitarist. If you're ready to sample the movie musical genre, you'll find Yul Brenner in his most iconic, Oscar-winning role as the king of Siam in The King and I (1956). He also played the role on Broadway an unbelievable 4625 times and won 2 Tony's. Thanks for reacting to so many great old films! ❤
@@ColinFox Kurasawa himself said that seven samurai was influenced heavily by his love for weasterns. He was going for a gunslinger story in feudal Japan.
@@ColinFox I will agree with you though, this films great but kurasawas was iconic. He was a master at setting atmosphere and his sets where always so detailed.
Love that you're doing the old classics. I'm 67 and these are the movies I grew up watching. And to top it off, you're a beautiful woman with a Scottish accent. 💚 Keep them coming! A friend from America. ✌️
Two of the greatest western stars that are highly underrated today are Joel McCrea, and Randolph Scott. They played believable characters that were fallible with high moral standards.
Ride The High Country, their final movie, an early film directed by Sam Peckinpah, is a magnificent western. It hits on themes of honor, dedication, comradeship and more. Plus the cinematography is stunning. Peckinpah would of course change the whole Western genre and the use of violence in film later with his classic The Wild Bunch.
@@donpietruk1517 Personally I think the best movie ever done with Joel McCrea was "Dead End" not a western and he wasn't the star of the movie, but a great movie none the less.
The Seven Samurai is a great movie. This is a wonderful movie, but I really love the original Akira Kurosawa film. Also, if you like Yul Brynner you should try watching him in The King And I. It's a musical though and I don't know if musicals are big problems for reactors.
Another great western star was Audie Murphy, Destry is an awesome movie Murphy doesn't play the typical cowboy badass in it, and it starts off with a great twist. Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier in American history, and he played himself in the movie about his exploits during WW2 called "To Hell And Back"
I'm looking for some more quality westerns and I haven't really checked the Audie Murphy catalogue, so thanks for the recommendation! I've only seen Murphy in Red Badge of Courage, which is pretty good but sadly the studio wouldn't let it be the great adaptation that Audie wanted it to be, apparently.
The best part of Red Badge of Courage is the movie dialog is from the book, written in 1895, and they sound more like they would've sounded in 1863. Murphy, Randolph Scott, Alan Ladd, and Joel McCrea made some of the greatest westerns@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures
I'm glad you picked the good one. There has been a recent remake that made a real hash of the movie. "All hat no cattle" Now you need to watch the "Three Amigos". The comedy version of this one
You should watch _Seven Samurai_ as well. And if you are familiar with _King Lear_ , then you could watch another of Akira Kurosawa’s films: _Ran_ . That one kind of goes the other direction - _Magnificent Seven_ turns a Japanese story into a western, while _Ran_ turns Shakespeare into a feudal Japanese story. It’s a really good movie even if you don’t know Shakespeare, but even better if you know _King Lear_ .
"We deal in lead, Friend." - Chris "So do I." -Calavera "If God did not want them sheered he would not have made them SHEEP." -Calavera Couple of the greatest lines in Cinema History.
It took seven men to go against an army of bandits in this movie, and in the end there were only three left. You need to watch a film where three men went in against an army of bandits and got out alive unscratched while achieving all the same things the magnificent seven achieved. That film is called "The Three Amigos" and it kicks ass!
Hilario's line about whether he thinks should have given in to Calvera: "Yes, when I think of Calvera and what he might do. No, when I remember the feeling I felt in my chest this morning, when I saw Calvera run away...FROM US. Man, that's a feeling worth dying for!" always gets to me. How to choose between the wish for safety and the wish for self respect is something people struggle with in real life.
I rented Harvey from Blockbusters when my daughter was little. My wife thought she wouldn't watch a full black and white movie. She sat mesmerised through the whole thing, and went crazy when it finished. She still mentions it, as a 30 year old mother, herself.
During the first take of the seven crossing the stream, Steve McQueen leaned down from his saddle to scoop some water out of the stream with his hat, and Charles Bronson was stretching and flexing his shoulders and arms. Seeing that the up and coming actors were trying to upstage veteran star Yul Brynner, director John Sturges turned to the person next to him (I think it was his director of photography) and said "This going to be a LONG shoot."
Very interesting that you have watched 2 different Westerns, almost in a row, that were based on revered Japanese movies directed by Akira Kurosawa. This one was based on "The Seven Samurai" which is very very good IMO even after you've watched this Western version.
Thank you for this reaction. John Wayne and Jimmy Stuart starred in three movies together The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962 (which you have already seen); How the West was Won, 1962 and The Shootist, 1976. The Shootist was John Wayne's last movie and I highly recommend it. They never made a movie with Clint Eastwood
@@Sprayber So unfair to Eastwood, 'cause he was just a TV cowboy taking a couple of gigs for a crazy Italian, 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' style. We all know now that Eastwood is as conservative as The Duke was (maybe a little less racist).
So glad you enjoyed this movie, one of my favorites. I think you would also enjoy "Silverado" (a newer western) and "Rio Bravo" with John Wayne. Looking forward to the next episode of Firefly.
Fun bit of trivia, the two traveling salesmen in the beginning that are trying to get the undertaker to go ahead with the funeral, the one on the left in the tan suit is Kurt Russell's dad, Bing Russell.
Dawn Marie You are correct about the term, Shot Gun. Person holding a shotgun on the carriage or a coach in the Old West of USA especially if the coach is carrying money. Famous American armor transport company gotten its roots from Old West. Company is Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo also has banking system with locations.
🤣😂🤣😂"imagine if they forgot to put their jeans on, It was just their cowboy trousers" Dawn you are cracking me up before you even get started, I love you 😂😂😂😂 you are by far my favorite reactor 😊 In the USA we have bars were the female waitresses are just wearing chaps and a thong 😮😂😂
About 25 years ago, I was riding a bus down Sutter Street in San Francisco around 3pm and saw a guy walking on the sidewalk wearing black leather chaps and no pants (no trouser, no drawers, nothing). I don't remember what, if anything, he was wearing on his upper body.
In actual history, many towns in the west had a by-law stating that when you came into town, you had to check your guns at the sheriff's office. You could reclaim them when you were leaving town.
Eventually you just have to get into the Death Wish movies with Charles Bronson. Steve McQueen was in many great movies as well, but I will always have a fondness for The Blob. Yul Brynner played quite a few villians (Westworld, The 10 Commandments). I absolutely love that you react to older movies. Probably because I am older lol.
Great reaction! Always happy to see more people appreciate this classic. Just FYI, 'campesino' means country dweller, rural person. And the blankety things some were wearing are called zarapes, not ponchos.
I like this movie and all the major actors, but one of my favorite ones would have to be the actor who's playing the head Mexican bandit. His name is Ely Wallach. One of the reasons he's one of my favorites is because there used to be a lady who lived in my area and the guy who married one of her daughter's (so, that would be her son in law) Ely Wallach was his great uncle and when they had family reunions, she told me that he would come to them. I told her that I liked his acting playing Mexican bad guys, and he's played one in several major films like the Clint Eastwood movie titled "The Good The Bad and The Ugly". So she said to me, let me tell you a little secret. He may sometimes play mexican character acting roles but he's not even mexican, he's jewish. I was shocked because I had no idea. And I think you had a great reaction to the movie too.
The bandit leader is the Ugly from The Good the Bad and the Ugly Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Charles Bronson are also in The Great Escape The film Seven Samuri was inspired by USA westerns and The Magnificent Seven is based on The Seven Samuri
Best line in the movie was never spoken. "McQueen to Brynner, 'Where are you from?" Brynner points behind himself. "Where are you going?" Brynner points forward. No past, unknown future, existing only in the present. Calvera, the bad guy, was the "ugly" on Clint Eastwoods "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Charles Bronson, the one with the three kids who adopted him, starred in the best western ever made, "Once Upon a time in the West." It is absolutely a must see.
A great western with one of the most recognizable scores in movies. Although it is often called an American remake of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Kurosawa himself only thought it was an entertaining film but not a remake of his work. Classic good guys and bad guys, this movie was one of the last being made with such clear distinctions. Filmmakers were starting to move towards more realistic, ambiguous stories where motives were less altruistic and more self-serving, epitomized by the 1969 film The Wild Bunch. Still, with a magnificent cast, this is still one of my favorite movies. Great reaction. You've come a long way in understanding the films.
Whenever I see a new Dawn Marie reaction pop up, I know my day is about to get better. There's something special in her laugh that just makes me feel good. It gives an old guy something to look forward to.
I have to tell you that I just noticed how pretty your eyes are. Mine are hazel - I usually check out a person's eyes when I meet them. I'm glad you're watching The Magnificent Seven. Great cast and epic score!
Years later, Robert Vaughn (the man with the black gloves) played the exact same character in a science fiction movie called "Battle Beyond the Stars" which was basically The Magnificent Seven in space...
I like dawn Marie she really gets down and dirty she don't care what people think. She watches movies unlike other reactors care that are popular.And she doesn't care how she looks or dresses. Be it crying with snot. She's a real trooper a real mccoy😂
One of the five best westerns, with THE best score. As the opposite of this film, you should watch High Noon, which is another of the five best westerns.
I always think of “Cheers.” There’s an episode where the gang is going to watch this movie. It ends with them walking out singing the song. You still gotta see “High Plains Drifter.” Good John Wayne flicks: “McClintok,” “Big Jake,” and “True Grit.” Cowboy trousers are called chaps. Your thirst for bloody justice is adorable.
Love that you're doing westerns! This is one of my favorites. Great cast of actors that gave us so many fantastic films. Not going to bother with a list, but I must recommend "Once Upon a Time in the West"...an amazing masterpiece.
I once met the legendary Robert Vaughn. Probably best known as Napoleon Solo "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." Very nice, cool man. Fact; Did you know that Robert Vaughn had the Elmer Bernstein theme from "The Magnificent Seven" as his mobile / cell ringtone. R.I.P. Robert. God bless.
That's Steve McQueen riding shotgun on the wagon, one of the most famous actors to ever act in films. Yul Brynner smoking the cigar, another legend. Also had Charles Bronson and James Coburn, Bronson is known for his Death Wish movies, and Coburn is known for his in like Flint and our man Flint James Bond type movies, he was even trained in martial arts by the one and only Bruce Lee, they were good friends.
Yes Dawn, that is what folks mean when they say "I call shotgun", the front passenger seat. The person sitting next to the stage driver road shotgun to protect the safe box.
Magnificent 7 is an inspired Western version of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. And Kurosawa's 7 Samurai is in itself inspired from his love of American westerns setting his story in Samurai times. The roundabout inspiration also happens with Kurosawa's Yojimbo to Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars. Good films to check out if you ever want to experience a Kurosawa film.
Larry Cohen and Clint Eastwood contacted John Wayne in the 70s about doing a western with Eastwood. Wayne didn't like Eastwood's movies (in particular, High Plains Drifter) and let him know. There are photos of them together, so they did cross paths a few times.
the (as you called them) "cowboy trousers" are known as Chaps. and old school cowboys pronounce it "shaps". they're used to protect the legs when riding through brush. and yes, their butts would be hanging out, and it's a popular joke/theme amongst various people.
One thing of which films like this remind us; evil exists and sometimes good people need to be prepared to defend themselves against it. ...with whatever the best tool for job happens to be.
Dawn Marie Bald headed guy was the iconic actor, Yul Brynner. He often plays strong men, good or villains. Leader of the gang was played by late actor, Eli Wallach who lived to be 98 until 2014. Back then, there was no backlash of actors who portrays ethnic groups such as Mexicans. There was a remake of this iconic movie (2016)
The original Film is called the 'The Seven Samurai', a Japanese film. If you don't mind the subtitles you will love it. Generally regarded as one of the greatest films ever.
Dawn, you did great. Steve McQueen (he played Vin, the guy who rode shotgun on the hearse) (and yes that is where that term comes from) was the epitome of cool back in the day. He also made some great movies. One of the best which several of these actors was in was The Great Escape. Not the typical war movie. A truly great film though. I would also suggest 2 movies starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. One is The Sting (such a great movie) and the other is a western called Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
@EastPeakSlim without that great score it would've been the MEDIOCRE SEVEN !! UGH was that awful ? alright i'll work on new material for next time. CHEERS .😄🙏
Yes your right DAWN MARIE thats where the name riding Shotgun came from to help protect back when stagecoaches carried strong boxes with money & mail in them 😊👍
Lightning McQueen is a reference to Steve. Steve also raced cars. Yes Riding Shotgun is a reference to a protective rider on a stage coach. They often carried payroll cash and/or wealthy people and were easy robbery targets when far from town.
Steve McQueen (who rode shotgun with Chris), James Coburn (the chilled guy) & Charles Bronson (who was chopping wood when the 7 were being recruited) all went onto star in The Great Escape together 3 years after this film. I highly recommend that for you to react to :)
I don't remember Coburn in the Great Escape. Are you confusing him with James Garner?
Oh, played the Australian! Forgot.
McQueen and Coburn were students of Bruce Lee.
The Great Escape. An incredible film with soooo many stars in it.
And Yul Brynner had a wonderful resume of his own. You can see him taking off on this sort of character in "West World", and probably his most famous role is as the King in the musical "The King and I". I have always had a crush on Brynner.....
Robert Vaughn, the coward, had a difficult role, and he did it very well. I always felt bad for Lee. Horst Buchholtz (sp) was the young boy, a German actor who did very well here as a Mexican. The great Eli Wallach, a Brooklyn native (!!!) was the evil Calvera. You'll see him again in a major role in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".
Best line of the movie: "Your fathers are brave ' cause they carry responsibility".
"Solving your problems isn't our line, friend."
"We deal in lead."
That whole scene is fantastic. It needs to be shown in every gradeschool classroom in the universe.
"If God did not want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep!" That's the one I remember best!
No- best line:(about why the guy jumped into a mess of cactus): "It seemed like a good ideas at the time."
You want Steve McQueen in a car, then watch Bullit
Bullit is a must.
She wants Steve McQueen in a poncho and then she wants to peek under the poncho.
Or Le Mans (1971)
Or at a card table, THE CINCINNATI KID. And don't forget, he also rode Ali McGraw in The Getaway.
Bullitt (With 2 t's ) Yes, it's a great movie with the greatest car chase !
Le Mans is also an amazing movie with fantastic racing footage 🎥
Robert Vaughns character has ptsd back then it was addressed as “losing your nerve”.
Or in the old west vernacular, he had turned "yella".
He played the same part in " Battle Beyond the Stars" .
Good gunmen aren't cheap.
The guy with the kids was Charles Bronson. In many great movies. Most famous of all, The Great Escape and The Dirty Dozen!
Steve Mcqueen was a well known lover of cars in real life, as well a starred in probably one of the best car chase filmed pre-cgi (or post -CGI)..called "Bullitt". But this one and The Great Escape are my fav of his.
Starred in " Le Mans " too.
Not a McQueen movie but the final chase from the original “Gone in 60 seconds” is pretty epic as well.
Sort of set the standard
@@shawnmiller4781 yes
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Gene Hackman's chase in The French Connection, where he's tracking the El through Brooklyn, is pretty damn top of the line when it comes to epic car chases, as well.
Magnificent Seven based off of a great movie Seven Samurai. Both movies are wonderful. Another great movie based off of this story is The Three Amigos 😊 highly recommend watching all 3
You could say there were a plethora of movies based off of it.
@@garysmith3037 😂
I understand The Three Amigos had a much smaller budget. 😎
I would say Three Amigos is a different trope, also occupied by Galaxy Quest. 13 Assassins is another in the same trope as 7 Samurai.
Charles Bronson's speech about Courage is one of my favorite scenes in any western.
It's great to see you reacting to old-time westerns. Another classic I can heartilly recommend is Rio Bravo (1959) starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. The film is an absolute classic, so much so that the director remade it a few years later called El Dorado (1966) with the same two stars. It's worthy of checking out just to see which one becomes your favourite.
I agree, Rio Bravo would be a great movie for Dawn. I think she'd really enjoy. Another western that doesn't get enough coverage is Silverado.
El Dorado was John Wayne with Robert Mitchum but still very similar movies, both classics. I'd also add The War Wagon and Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider and The Outlaw Josie Wales.
And it was done a third time as Rio Lobo, a somewhat different story but with the same overarching themes. All by director Howard Hawks.
Rio Bravo. YES! As good as it gets.
The greatest western all time is the Searchers
One of the greatest things about films from this era is the musical scores.
Elmer Bernstein had his act together .
Actually John Williams only come close
@@shawnmiller4781 a lot of these soundtracks borrowed a lot from José Alfredo Jimenez. If you like old fashioned corridos, José Alfredo is your man. Also check out Siete Mares (7 seas). You’ll recognize it right away from a John Wayne movie. My sentimental favorite is Camino de Guanajuato. “No vale nada la vida. La vida no vale nada.” Jajaja, makes me want to sit in a dark corner of a cantina and get sentimental while drinking mezcal. 😂
The score by Elmer Bernstein is Magnificent.
“Well, the graveyards are full of boys who were very young…and very proud.”
Calvera is one the best villans ever. Eli Wallach with calvera and tuco are a master ever. Great
That was amazing to see your light bulb moment when you realised where the term "riding shotgun" came from 😆. Yes do watch Seven Samurai, it's a legendary film
(5:59) Yes. That's why it's called "riding shotgun".
THe co-driver's job was to defend the coach against attackers (bandits, natives, etc).
Yul Brynner reprised the role as the Gunslinger in the science fiction movie Westworld.
I can't watch this movie without thinking of The Three Amigos. (which has the best use of the word plethora of any movie)
Do you even know what a plethora is?
@@nolantomlinson7554 yes, I have many thoughts on what a plethora is.
5 of the 7 were huge actors at the time. Yul Brenner, the bald guy, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson (Bernardo), Robert Vaughn (The "cowardly" gunslinger (he rehashed this role in a late 70's early 80's movie called Battle Beyond the Stars)), James Coburn.
And when it came out, Everyone thought Lightning McQueen was named after Steve MCqueen, because of his love of racing and cars/ motorbikes, but it was after a PIxar animator who had died. The car Doc Hudson was voiced by Paul Newman who had a sort of friendly rivalry with Steve McQueen, because both looked similar though Newman was older. They appeared in Towering inferno together
It's nice to see younger people appreciate Westerns. I grew up on them and have always loved the genre.
The original story was The Seven Samurai which then was remade years later in the US as the Magnificent Seven, which had a few sequels and even a TV series. The story would resurface in the 80's as a space-themed movie Battle Beyond the Stars, which has Robert Vaughn returning as his original "loner" character. The version in the 2000's was surprisingly good, but my favorite is still the one you just watched. Loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️
To add to this --- Charles Bronson is known for the "Death Wish" movie series about a vigilante
I enjoy this movie, but it really doesn't hold a candle to Seven Samurai.
@@MrVvulf Absolutely correct.
@@MrVvulf True, but as far as adaptions go, it is top notch.
And in my opinion, this is where Star Wars: Rogue One failed the most. The only one where I was sad when he was killed was the droid. I didn't care about any of the other characters. Had we gotten to know them a bit more, their deaths could have had a similar impact like in Seven Samurai or in this one. It even worked in an episode of the Clone Wars series. With farmers, hired guns and Jedi versus pirates.
@@MrVvulf Thanks for putting this western movie into perspective. Most people don't even know about the Seven Samurai!!
My dad was a gun dealer and gun smith so I've been around my share.. My first two pistols when I was six (1967)i were a Remington 44 and a Colt 45 Peacemaker the type of pistol you saw them using in this movie.
"Hammers, hammers are good. Frying pans." Some of the most amusing reaction commentary I have heard.
"Frying Pan" Marion Ravenwood in Cairo.;)
Steve McQueen was very much associated with cars. He was into car racing and did amateur racing himself. A massive star, man's man and heartthrob. Charles Bronson, Fernando, was as big a bada** as Clint Eastwood in the 70s. One of the biggest box office stars of all time. Robert Vaughan, the man who lost his nerve, was a huge film and especially TV star in the USA. His show "The Man from U.N.C.L.E" was popular also in the UK in the 60s. Yul Brenner, Chris, was a huge movie star in the 50s and 60s, one of the first major celebrities to come out against smoking. Eli Wallach, a great stage actor, who became big in films. You've seen him as Tuco. Charles Coburn, the knife man, another great actor of the 60s and 70s. A legendary cast in this film. Thanks for introducing it to younger people who may not have been open to these kind of great films!
The guy with the black gloves is Robert Vaughn. He played Albert Stroller in the BBC TV series Hustle in the early 2000’s (If you ever watched it). He was also Napoleon Solo in the Man from U.N.C.L.E for us oldies.
And was in the Towering Inferno, The Delta Force, Superman 3 and BASEkitball
And god knows how many TV shows
John Wayne and the 1960s: he got his Academy Award for 1969's True Grit, and kept making movies until his health gave out in 1976. He died three years later.
The Magnificent Seven is the best western ever made. I'm glad you're watching this, and not the 2016 remake. They never should have remade this.
Those "cowboy trousers" are called chaps, leather leg-coverings meant to protect the legs from sagebrush and stickers and such while riding. People still where them today.
Bernardo's little speech to the boys about the courage of their fathers is the best line in the movie.
The remake was fine don’t say something that’s not factually correct
Eli Wallach was the leader of the bandits. He was also the Ugly in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
His gang in this is full of actual mexican gangsters who the studio was paying for protection. Eli ended up getting very friendly with them and recruted them to play his gang.
@brandonangstman6032 Those genuine banditos taught Eli to act like a genuine bandito!
@@sparky6086 plus they just loved Eli, way I heard it they treated him like he legitimately was a bandit king. He actually had to calm them down when they thought the crew or the other actors weren't giving him respect.
I read that Yul Brenner hated sharing scenes with Steve McQueen.
In all the scenes they are together, when Yul is talking to a character you notice that Steve is always doing something to get the viewer’s attention.
When Yul would be saying his lines, Steve would take off his hat, play with a stick, or scratch his cheek.
Something that would throw you off from Yul.
He’s was petty 😂.
Two giant egomaniacs. I suppose that comes with the territory of being big movie stars.
Yes, there were interviews by both actors, Yul was upset, but Steve was just having fun.
@roberthunter4884 I read that stuff too. The funniest thing Steve reportedly did was build a little mound for him to stand on so he'd be taller than Yul. Yul went over and kicked it all away. That's hysterical.
Steve McQueen was very controlling and obsessive about his scenes and how he should dominate. Even his good friend James Gardner couldn't stand working with him.
That's the reason he chose the firefighter in Towering Inferno. More toys to play with.
Your realization that “Riding shotgun” literally means riding upfront next to the driver like the man on the stagecoach with a shotgun, is priceless.
The old man said, "As for women, I became indifferent at 83."
Yul Brenner was an amazing actor and gifted guitarist. If you're ready to sample the movie musical genre, you'll find Yul Brenner in his most iconic, Oscar-winning role as the king of Siam in The King and I (1956). He also played the role on Broadway an unbelievable 4625 times and won 2 Tony's. Thanks for reacting to so many great old films! ❤
At 5:31, the man on the left is Bing Russell, Kurt Russell's father.
This is, basically, a Western re-make of Akira Kurasowa's 1954 masterpiece, "Seven Samurai".
I think Kurosawa's original is better than this remake, personally.
@@ColinFox Kurasawa himself said that seven samurai was influenced heavily by his love for weasterns. He was going for a gunslinger story in feudal Japan.
@@ColinFox I will agree with you though, this films great but kurasawas was iconic. He was a master at setting atmosphere and his sets where always so detailed.
Love that you're doing the old classics. I'm 67 and these are the movies I grew up watching. And to top it off, you're a beautiful woman with a Scottish accent. 💚 Keep them coming! A friend from America. ✌️
Two of the greatest western stars that are highly underrated today are Joel McCrea, and Randolph Scott. They played believable characters that were fallible with high moral standards.
Ride The High Country, their final movie, an early film directed by Sam Peckinpah, is a magnificent western. It hits on themes of honor, dedication, comradeship and more. Plus the cinematography is stunning. Peckinpah would of course change the whole Western genre and the use of violence in film later with his classic The Wild Bunch.
"Randolph Scott!" 🤠
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@@donpietruk1517 Personally I think the best movie ever done with Joel McCrea was "Dead End" not a western and he wasn't the star of the movie, but a great movie none the less.
@@sintruder Haven't seen that one. I will try to find it somewhere and take a look. I always liked him as an actor.
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The Seven Samurai is a great movie. This is a wonderful movie, but I really love the original Akira Kurosawa film. Also, if you like Yul Brynner you should try watching him in The King And I. It's a musical though and I don't know if musicals are big problems for reactors.
Another great western star was Audie Murphy, Destry is an awesome movie Murphy doesn't play the typical cowboy badass in it, and it starts off with a great twist. Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier in American history, and he played himself in the movie about his exploits during WW2 called "To Hell And Back"
I'm looking for some more quality westerns and I haven't really checked the Audie Murphy catalogue, so thanks for the recommendation! I've only seen Murphy in Red Badge of Courage, which is pretty good but sadly the studio wouldn't let it be the great adaptation that Audie wanted it to be, apparently.
The best part of Red Badge of Courage is the movie dialog is from the book, written in 1895, and they sound more like they would've sounded in 1863. Murphy, Randolph Scott, Alan Ladd, and Joel McCrea made some of the greatest westerns@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures
I'm glad you picked the good one. There has been a recent remake that made a real hash of the movie. "All hat no cattle" Now you need to watch the "Three Amigos". The comedy version of this one
The leader of the bandits is the actor that played Tuco(the ugly)in the good,the bad and the ugly
The fellow that played the chief bandit - - Eli Wallach - - also played Tuco in *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.*
Yul Brynner, the "Man in black" guy replayed the character in the 1973 film "Westworld", only this time he was the villian.
You should watch _Seven Samurai_ as well. And if you are familiar with _King Lear_ , then you could watch another of Akira Kurosawa’s films: _Ran_ . That one kind of goes the other direction - _Magnificent Seven_ turns a Japanese story into a western, while _Ran_ turns Shakespeare into a feudal Japanese story. It’s a really good movie even if you don’t know Shakespeare, but even better if you know _King Lear_ .
"We deal in lead, Friend." - Chris
"So do I." -Calavera
"If God did not want them sheered he would not have made them SHEEP." -Calavera
Couple of the greatest lines in Cinema History.
It took seven men to go against an army of bandits in this movie, and in the end there were only three left. You need to watch a film where three men went in against an army of bandits and got out alive unscratched while achieving all the same things the magnificent seven achieved. That film is called "The Three Amigos" and it kicks ass!
Hilario's line about whether he thinks should have given in to Calvera: "Yes, when I think of Calvera and what he might do. No, when I remember the feeling I felt in my chest this morning, when I saw Calvera run away...FROM US. Man, that's a feeling worth dying for!" always gets to me. How to choose between the wish for safety and the wish for self respect is something people struggle with in real life.
"That's a feeling that I haven't felt in a long time... I kinda envy you."
I think you might like the Jimmy Stewart movie 'Harvey'. It's not a western, but it's a loveably fun movie. Worth a watch 😎
It's a hidden gem of a movie.
I rented Harvey from Blockbusters when my daughter was little.
My wife thought she wouldn't watch a full black and white movie.
She sat mesmerised through the whole thing, and went crazy when it finished.
She still mentions it, as a 30 year old mother, herself.
A magnificent cover of the Seven Samurai ❤ Eil Wallach was a
Magnificent actor too 🎉. Dawn is a
Magnificent reactor ❤😊🎉
Eli Wallach*
Thanks for mentioning Seven Samurai- people have no idea about this iconic 1954 film.
No problem
During the first take of the seven crossing the stream, Steve McQueen leaned down from his saddle to scoop some water out of the stream with his hat, and Charles Bronson was stretching and flexing his shoulders and arms. Seeing that the up and coming actors were trying to upstage veteran star Yul Brynner, director John Sturges turned to the person next to him (I think it was his director of photography) and said "This going to be a LONG shoot."
Very interesting that you have watched 2 different Westerns, almost in a row, that were based on revered Japanese movies directed by Akira Kurosawa. This one was based on "The Seven Samurai" which is very very good IMO even after you've watched this Western version.
The old man didn't admit to being gay, he said he became indifferent to women when he was 83.
Thank you for this reaction. John Wayne and Jimmy Stuart starred in three movies together The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962 (which you have already seen); How the West was Won, 1962 and The Shootist, 1976. The Shootist was John Wayne's last movie and I highly recommend it. They never made a movie with Clint Eastwood
Sorry ,Jimmy Stewart
Star Wars a New Hope was John Wayne's last voice role. They scrambled his voice and used it at the beginning. Just a little fun peice of trivia.
Eastwood apparently wanted to work with John Wayne but Wayne hated the way Eastwood portrayed the West.
@@Sprayber A shame too because I think they actually had very similar worldviews.
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So unfair to Eastwood, 'cause he was just a TV cowboy taking a couple of gigs for a crazy Italian, 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' style. We all know now that Eastwood is as conservative as The Duke was (maybe a little less racist).
So glad you enjoyed this movie, one of my favorites. I think you would also enjoy "Silverado" (a newer western) and "Rio Bravo" with John Wayne.
Looking forward to the next episode of Firefly.
"Well, it's none of your business.." perfect comment, loved all this DM 👍👌
Fun bit of trivia, the two traveling salesmen in the beginning that are trying to get the undertaker to go ahead with the funeral, the one on the left in the tan suit is Kurt Russell's dad, Bing Russell.
Dawn Marie
You are correct about the term, Shot Gun. Person holding a shotgun on the carriage or a coach in the Old West of USA especially if the coach is carrying money. Famous American armor transport company gotten its roots from Old West. Company is Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo also has banking system with locations.
Dawn I could watch these old movies with you all day...lol Great job and fun to hear your comments
The guy who James Coburn killed with a knife is Robert J Wilke, the same actor who Grace Kelly shot in High Noon.
🤣😂🤣😂"imagine if they forgot to put their jeans on, It was just their cowboy trousers" Dawn you are cracking me up before you even get started, I love you 😂😂😂😂 you are by far my favorite reactor 😊 In the USA we have bars were the female waitresses are just wearing chaps and a thong 😮😂😂
Watch the movie 'Son in Law' and you'll see this very thing happen with Pauley Shore's character.
There were bars in the 70/80s where men wore the same.
That would be called "The Brokeback Seven."
@@sjbict Thanks for that horrible image
About 25 years ago, I was riding a bus down Sutter Street in San Francisco around 3pm and saw a guy walking on the sidewalk wearing black leather chaps and no pants (no trouser, no drawers, nothing). I don't remember what, if anything, he was wearing on his upper body.
In actual history, many towns in the west had a by-law stating that when you came into town, you had to check your guns at the sheriff's office. You could reclaim them when you were leaving town.
Dawn's reactions are funny, cute and much smarter than she gives herself credit for.
Eventually you just have to get into the Death Wish movies with Charles Bronson. Steve McQueen was in many great movies as well, but I will always have a fondness for The Blob. Yul Brynner played quite a few villians (Westworld, The 10 Commandments). I absolutely love that you react to older movies. Probably because I am older lol.
All 5 of the 'Death Wish' films (with Charles Bronson) were entertaining. 😎👍
Ah yes, The Blob with a very young Steve McQueen. That film scared me so bad, I was looking behind doors for months after seeing it.
In "Westworld", Brynner plays virtually the same character, only he's a robot (who blows a fuse).
@@Gort-Marvin0Martian The 80s remake of The Blob is underrated. Obviously nothing like the original.
@@ThreadBomb I'm sure it has much better effects. But when your 8 yo for the first one the effects are kind of SCARY!!
Great reaction! Always happy to see more people appreciate this classic.
Just FYI, 'campesino' means country dweller, rural person. And the blankety things some were wearing are called zarapes, not ponchos.
I like this movie and all the major actors, but one of my favorite ones would have to be the actor who's playing the head Mexican bandit. His name is Ely Wallach. One of the reasons he's one of my favorites is because there used to be a lady who lived in my area and the guy who married one of her daughter's (so, that would be her son in law) Ely Wallach was his great uncle and when they had family reunions, she told me that he would come to them. I told her that I liked his acting playing Mexican bad guys, and he's played one in several major films like the Clint Eastwood movie titled "The Good The Bad and The Ugly". So she said to me, let me tell you a little secret. He may sometimes play mexican character acting roles but he's not even mexican, he's jewish. I was shocked because I had no idea. And I think you had a great reaction to the movie too.
Steve McQueen may not have been in "Cars" but another actor who made quite a name for himself in automobile racing was. Paul Newman.
Steve McQueen is famous for a police car chase in a Ford Mustang in Bullitt 1968.
The bandit leader is the Ugly from The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Charles Bronson are also in The Great Escape
The film Seven Samuri was inspired by USA westerns and The Magnificent Seven is based on The Seven Samuri
"Did he admit to being gay?"
No, he admitted to being impotent... because old age.
Best line in the movie was never spoken. "McQueen to Brynner, 'Where are you from?" Brynner points behind himself. "Where are you going?" Brynner points forward. No past, unknown future, existing only in the present. Calvera, the bad guy, was the "ugly" on Clint Eastwoods "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
Charles Bronson, the one with the three kids who adopted him, starred in the best western ever made, "Once Upon a time in the West." It is absolutely a must see.
Tuco didnt remember his own advice: if you have to shoot,just shoot..dont talk 😆
A great western with one of the most recognizable scores in movies. Although it is often called an American remake of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Kurosawa himself only thought it was an entertaining film but not a remake of his work. Classic good guys and bad guys, this movie was one of the last being made with such clear distinctions. Filmmakers were starting to move towards more realistic, ambiguous stories where motives were less altruistic and more self-serving, epitomized by the 1969 film The Wild Bunch. Still, with a magnificent cast, this is still one of my favorite movies. Great reaction. You've come a long way in understanding the films.
Whenever I see a new Dawn Marie reaction pop up, I know my day is about to get better. There's something special in her laugh that just makes me feel good. It gives an old guy something to look forward to.
I have to tell you that I just noticed how pretty your eyes are. Mine are hazel - I usually check out a person's eyes when I meet them. I'm glad you're watching The Magnificent Seven. Great cast and epic score!
Seven Samurai is in black and white and in Japanese, but the movie is so good that even subtitles don't detract from the experience.
Years later, Robert Vaughn (the man with the black gloves) played the exact same character in a science fiction movie called "Battle Beyond the Stars" which was basically The Magnificent Seven in space...
I like dawn Marie she really gets down and dirty she don't care what people think. She watches movies unlike other reactors care that are popular.And she doesn't care how she looks or dresses. Be it crying with snot. She's a real trooper a real mccoy😂
One of the best Westerns made with some great actors of that era.
One of the five best westerns, with THE best score. As the opposite of this film, you should watch High Noon, which is another of the five best westerns.
This was a classic. One of the greatest weasterns of all time
I always think of “Cheers.” There’s an episode where the gang is going to watch this movie. It ends with them walking out singing the song.
You still gotta see “High Plains Drifter.” Good John Wayne flicks: “McClintok,” “Big Jake,” and “True Grit.” Cowboy trousers are called chaps. Your thirst for bloody justice is adorable.
Love that you're doing westerns! This is one of my favorites. Great cast of actors that gave us so many fantastic films. Not going to bother with a list, but I must recommend "Once Upon a Time in the West"...an amazing masterpiece.
This plot was used again for the film "Battle Beyond the Stars." Same story, but in a sci-fi setting.
Calvera's line "If God did not want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep" sums up the character's predatory world view so perfectly.
also describes modern Americans pretty well, too. Sheep anxious to be sheared.
@@Hiraghm You're so brave and manly!
One of the best movie villain lines ever!
A Bug's Life is basically an animated version of Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven if you want to watch that after the Samurai as well.
I once met the legendary Robert Vaughn. Probably best known as Napoleon Solo "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." Very nice, cool man. Fact; Did you know that Robert Vaughn had the Elmer Bernstein theme from "The Magnificent Seven" as his mobile / cell ringtone. R.I.P. Robert. God bless.
That's Steve McQueen riding shotgun on the wagon, one of the most famous actors to ever act in films. Yul Brynner smoking the cigar, another legend. Also had Charles Bronson and James Coburn, Bronson is known for his Death Wish movies, and Coburn is known for his in like Flint and our man Flint James Bond type movies, he was even trained in martial arts by the one and only Bruce Lee, they were good friends.
Yes Dawn, that is what folks mean when they say "I call shotgun", the front passenger seat. The person sitting next to the stage driver road shotgun to protect the safe box.
Magnificent 7 is an inspired Western version of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. And Kurosawa's 7 Samurai is in itself inspired from his love of American westerns setting his story in Samurai times. The roundabout inspiration also happens with Kurosawa's Yojimbo to Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars. Good films to check out if you ever want to experience a Kurosawa film.
Larry Cohen and Clint Eastwood contacted John Wayne in the 70s about doing a western with Eastwood. Wayne didn't like Eastwood's movies (in particular, High Plains Drifter) and let him know. There are photos of them together, so they did cross paths a few times.
the (as you called them) "cowboy trousers" are known as Chaps. and old school cowboys pronounce it "shaps". they're used to protect the legs when riding through brush. and yes, their butts would be hanging out, and it's a popular joke/theme amongst various people.
One thing of which films like this remind us; evil exists and sometimes good people need to be prepared to defend themselves against it. ...with whatever the best tool for job happens to be.
Dawn Marie
Bald headed guy was the iconic actor, Yul Brynner. He often plays strong men, good or villains. Leader of the gang was played by late actor, Eli Wallach who lived to be 98 until 2014. Back then, there was no backlash of actors who portrays ethnic groups such as Mexicans. There was a remake of this iconic movie (2016)
Classic.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid should be your next western movie.
The original Film is called the 'The Seven Samurai', a Japanese film. If you don't mind the subtitles you will love it. Generally regarded as one of the greatest films ever.
Yup, not the only time a Kurawsawa film got ripped off for a remake.
His “The Hidden Fortress” ended up being made as Star Wars
Yes, that is exactly why it was called riding shotgun
@@shawnmiller4781 To be fair, Star Wars has a LOT of worldbuilding that is entirely its own too. Valid point either way.
Dawn, you did great. Steve McQueen (he played Vin, the guy who rode shotgun on the hearse) (and yes that is where that term comes from) was the epitome of cool back in the day. He also made some great movies. One of the best which several of these actors was in was The Great Escape. Not the typical war movie. A truly great film though. I would also suggest 2 movies starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. One is The Sting (such a great movie) and the other is a western called Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
"The Wild Bunch" is a fine movie. A bit of an anti-western, showing how the Wild West era was coming to a close.
Yule Brenner's most famous role vwas,The King and I. And a psychotic robot in the original movie, Westworld!
Great reaction, Dawn. The iconic score by Elmer Bernstein is one of the things that make this move truly... ahem... MAGNIFICENT.
@EastPeakSlim without that great score it would've been the MEDIOCRE SEVEN !!
UGH was that awful ? alright i'll work on new material for next time.
CHEERS .😄🙏
Yes your right DAWN MARIE thats where the name riding Shotgun came from to help protect back when stagecoaches carried strong boxes with money & mail in them 😊👍
One of the greatest theme songs of all time, one of the best, if not the best, western of all time.
Lightning McQueen is a reference to Steve. Steve also raced cars.
Yes Riding Shotgun is a reference to a protective rider on a stage coach. They often carried payroll cash and/or wealthy people and were easy robbery targets when far from town.
Glad you enjoyed it its a timeless classic with some great actors of our time