Director: Seth MacFarlane Screenplay: Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild Cat: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris and Giovanni Ribisi Plot: In 1882 a sheep hearder loses his girlfriend to the local mustache guy and tries to win her back. Review: I hated this movie because it can't decide if it wants to be a modern update of Blazing Saddles or Seth MacFarlane does the wild west, either way this was a horrible movie. The direction and screenplay are horrible. The casting and acting are absolutely horrible. All in all I would give this zero out of a possible five stars.
... View MoreThis film was totally unexpected as it was just something to watch that came on whilst I was writing. Less than a minute into the film I was bellylaughing and everything else stopped and I sat down and watched it with no interruptions! I came in to review because I saw on some sites it was been unfairly reviewed. Yes, having read some of the wrong era bloops, so what?! I didn't even notice and just watched it for the comedy it is. It works, it all works, especially if you just watch and enjoy! Seth's acting was excellent! The wit is just constant and flowing and is as fast and rat a tat tat as any gun in the west!! I loved this so I saved it. And I even downloaded the sountrack as I can listen to some of the songs that really made me bellylaugh out loud, especially the theme song! The Moustache song was as good as any I've heard on a West End Musical Stage. Settle yourself down for a night in and go watch! You won't regret it!!
... View MoreRELEASED IN 2014 and written & directed by Seth MacFarlane, "A Million Ways to Die in the West" stars MacFarlane as a yella sheep-rancher in an Old West town near Monument Valley. While grieving a breakup with his girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried) he starts a friendship with a hot blonde stranger in town (Charlize Theron), which isn't good because she's secretly the wife of a notorious gunslinger (Liam Neeson). Giovanni Ribisi plays the sheep-rancher's best friend and Sara Silverman his prostitute fiancé. Neil Patrick Harris plays the ex-girlfriend's new beau while Wes Studi appears in the third act. If you can look beyond the vulgar potty humor (with WAY too many d-word jokes), this is arguably the best Western comedy, speaking as one who's seen most of 'em. The characters are memorable, the story is compelling and the dialogues are snappy, all with a quasi-realistic tone offset by absurd humor. I laughed throughout even while I winced or groaned at the puerile vulgarities. Theron is stunning and I'm not even a fan (she definitely got better with age). There are a few notable cameos with a great one involving a barn with a mysterious light; and another one at the very end. The Western locations are of the highest order.Too bad it's nigh ruined by the constant obnoxious non-humor. THE FILM RUNS 1 hours & 56 minutes and was shot in Santa Fe & Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico; Monument Valley, Utah/Arizona; Antonito, Colorado; and Mexican Water, Arizona. ADDITIONAL WRITERS: Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild. GRADE: C
... View MoreSeth McFarlane is the new Adam Sandler.That's pretty much all that needs to be said. This movie is terrible, the jokes are few, repeated too many times and juvenile. The core idea of the movie is potentially funny but the writing and execution is simply not good enough. A host of known actors can't save this mess either. There are much better ways to spend your time, even most bad movies are better than this so watch something else.
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