Silverado

Pros: Shootouts, jailbreaks, saloons....what else do you need?

Cons: ...all part of the fun.

The Bottom Line: It's a good time...whether you like westerns or can't stand them.

Review: When I was a kid, I entered a drawing contest for a magazine. I drew a picture of a stick-figure cowboy. I remember drawing the picture, because I thought that if I could include everything cool about a cowboy they would have to pick my picture for the ...

Pros: Fun, Intelligent, Made the way westerns should be made, Outstanding cast including Kevin Costner's best role

Cons: None that I can think of at this time

Review: We all love certain movies so much that we can watch them over and over again. "Silverado" is a movie that I have never grown tired of no matter how many time I've watched it. Director Lawrence Kasdan has brought many incredible movies to the...

Pros: Outstanding early performances by many of todays top stars. Classic feel and quality in a good, old-fashioned shoot-em-up!

Cons: If you don't want "Little Johnny" playing cowboy... don't let him see this movie!

Review: Silverado.

I could stop there. This one word, the title of the movie, and the name of the main "setting" for the movie of the same title. A movie that could not be made today.

Not because of any particular bias or...

Pros: Cast, story, and western ideal

Cons: none

Review: This is an updated version of a very old theme, yet all while watching it, I never felt cheated. This film takes the classic western and uses a cast of actors that are synonymous with blockbusters. Not only is the movie fun to watch, but it's fun to...

Pros: great cinematography, fine directing and acting, super script

Cons: The characters at times seem a bit super human.

Review: I remember seeing "Silverado" on the big screen in 1985. Though this western was sometimes a bit fanciful than realistic, I thoroughly enjoyed this vastly entertaining film.

If I am not mistaken, this is the western that brought...

Pros: Keeps you on the edge of your seat

Cons: I let my friend borrow my copy a long time ago and have not seen it since!

Review: If you like Westerns, old or new you will love Silverado. This movie is a model of what every good western should have...an excellent plot with plenty of gun slinging. With characters of great honor, and pride of their friends, family, and freedoms...

Pros: good character definition, plot follows well

Cons: a little corny sometimes (but that's fun, too)

Review: Reckon I'll have to throw in my hat with those who love this movie! Anyone who likes action will know in the first five minutes that they will love this Western. It is full of action, drama, love, honor, deception, hate, and revenge. The Good Guys vs....

Pros: Revival of the Western genre, Excellent ensemble cast, Cinematography, Musical score,

Cons: Some subplots under developed, Heavy on style and light on substance

The Bottom Line: Rip roaring action adventure that captures the charm and danger of the mythic Wild West

Review: Producer/Director/Co-Writer Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill/Grand Canyon) is often credited with revitalized the Western genre in 1985 with the release of his critically acclaimed revisionist Western Silverado. In this film, Kasdan resurrects...

Pros: Kline and Glenn's roles, some great cinematography.

Cons: Costner in a very goofy role, the N-word, and more cliches than you can believe.

The Bottom Line: Great little western about four cowboys and a little town in the middle of nowhere.

Review: I don't like the Western genre of filmmaking. Now that it's been said, I confess that I love this film. It's a sprawling spectacle of a film, full of cliches, gunfights, terrific cameos by soon-to-be-famous actors, and great scenery of one of the ...

Pros: great re-affirmation of the American West Myth

Cons: star-studded cast trundles through a thin plot

The Bottom Line: fun-loving star cast plays a horse opera for tongue-in-cheek humor, and lots of cowboy stuff

Review: Silverado keeps the history of the American West accurate, and this slick horse opera from the first frame absolutely assures that the guy in the white will win. The film begins as a weathered cowboy Emmett (Scott Glen) is ambushed by a trio ...