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Rating:  -
...l get a belt out of Blazing Saddles. Now l bet you're wondering why l'm singing and not reviewing. (Y0U BET Y0UR A--!!!) Well, the real people of Rock Ridge will love this movie, as will the fake ones. You'll love this movie more than a box of paddle-balls.
Rating:  -
String together a group of stereotypes and cliché ridden gags and you have your generic parody. Sadly, `Blazing Saddles' doesn't add anything else to the pot to make it noteworthy or memorable. In fact, `Blazing Saddles' is so generic I am still baffled at all the unwavering devotion it receives. Now understand that I am a huge fan of Mel Brooks and I adore Gene Wilder (I gave `Young Frankenstein' 5 stars recently) but this film is not one I can gather behind. It has so many loyal supporters, but I am not one of them.
The plot centers around a black man appointed sheriff of a racist white town in order to serve the interests of a railroad company who want to build a railway going through the town. If a black man is sheriff than everyone will leave, right. With the help of Deputy Jim, Sheriff Bart sets out to foil these plans.
Insert mindless gags that seem to think they are funnier than they really are.
I don't know; maybe I just don't get it. Well, I guess that is the case because clearly there is something to be gotten here, I just can't see it. Everyone has different taste, that is true, but I can't see what would appeal to anyone here. Gene Wilder is the best thing about this film, aside from Madeline Kahn who actually tickled my funny bone a bit, but for the most part nothing was even remotely entertaining...
...except the ending; I'll give it that. The final few minutes of the film are hilarious. See, writing this review has helped me to find something entertaining within the film. I think that the biggest issue I have here is the same issue I have with films like `2001: A Space Odyssey'; and that is that they are so overhyped that when I actually watch them I am expecting so much more than I receive (`2001' is a much better film than this one and deserving of most of the admiration, it's just not the second coming that many try to paint it as, and it is not even Kubrick's best work). In the end the film winds up feeling overrated; and overrated is not a good feeling.
Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn work to elevate the film, and Cleavon Little delivers what he can, but the material is not as strong as I think it could have been. The acting is for the most part fine, but the script is a let down, and without a great script than even great acting can feel bland and uninteresting.
I know that I am in the minority here, but I can't lie to myself and to the rest of the world by just conforming to everyone else's ideals and claiming this to be a `hysterical good time' when I simply don't think that it is. So, for those of you not of this particular generation (that may play into this a little, but the 70's is for the most part my favorite era for film so I don't know if that is an accurate guestimate) and have not seen this film, just be forewarned that this may not live up.
Then again, it just might and you may join the hordes of loyal supporters of this film.
Rating: -
One of the funniest movies ever. The racial slur is nothing that you haven't heard in every rap song ever written.
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If you're a blazing Saddles/Mel Brooks fan and have a Blu-Ray player than this is great purchase,great picture,sound,and extras(the same ones that appear on the 30th anniversary DVD I presume)!!! A solid Blu Ray release from Warner Bros!!! Absolote classic comedy!!! This saga sure did get an even break on Blu-Ray Disc!!! I was lucky and got this on sale for ten bones brand new!!! a seventies comedy classic!!! Recommended!!! A+ Two Thumbs up!!!
Rating: -
I got this disk as one of the free movies that was in the promotion for getting a player. Turned out to be a great selection.
I finally watched it after it sitting on my shelf for the last few months or better.
Great quality transfer, I was pretty surprised that they did as good as they did with such and OLD movie. I'll give them some good points for taking the time to transfer it to HD format.
I'd give such an old movie:
HD quality: 4 star, they could have cleaned up some of the stuff in the frames. hardly any grain in dark areas though.
Audio, well I didn't really notice all that much, granted this is a very old movie so it's not like full surround sound was all that big at that time.
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