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The Man from Snowy River

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 14 July 2015 04:55

Sweet natured and charming, but is that enough to make it memorable or watch viewing? I’m not entirely sold on The Man from Snowy River. It’s old-fashioned to the point where one can hear its joints creaking as it lumbers from plot point to plot point. It even brings along a classic studio era star, Kirk Douglas.

Or maybe it’s just that I needed more from this movie than soapy melodramatics and some fine horse-tricks and lovingly filmed horse photography. It’s just too slight to effectively hold my interest. I wanted Kirk Douglas to get into scenery chewing mode to liven things up more than once. He even has a dual role, but one of them is too repressed to let it loose, and the other is written so poorly that he comes across as a theme park attraction. If you’ve ever been to Knott’s Berry Farm and encountered the people dressed and acting out the Old West iconography, you’ll get exactly what I’m talking about.

The story involves a young cowboy who inherits his father’s land after an accident. The young man goes on to fall in love with the daughter of old rich man, this wealthy elder just so happens to be the twin brother of the grizzled prospector who helped raise the young man. It all plays out exactly as you think it would, secrets are revealed, young love triumphs over adversity, and we get to look at the gorgeous Australian wilderness. If for no other reason, watch The Man from Snowy River just to gaze upon the landscapes, for they are truly things of magnificent beauty.


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