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Post by Greg C. on Mar 19, 2008 13:57:44 GMT -5
I figured I would add this to the polls section because even though the Alamo battle is a small part of the movie, the rest of the plot can't happen without the conflict.
Where do I begin when reviewing this movie? Okay, I'll just review the Alamo battle scene. Aside from lasting about 10 minutes with more then 90% of the footage stripped from the "The Last Command", there really isn't much to say. For a movie that is supposed to be about how Texas became what it is today one would think that the Alamo would play a large part in it, correct? Well not in the mind of the director of this made for TV diisaster. In fact I learned that without a cheesy love triangle between an anglo saxon woman, boy, and mexican soldier, Texas would never have been won. Now, I never read James A. Michener's book but I don't think he gave the Alamo battle as much of a cold shoulder as the director of this flick did. For that, my rating is a 1.
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Post by neferetus on Mar 19, 2008 16:36:55 GMT -5
I liked Stacey Keach as Sam Houston and Patrick Duffy did credit to the memory of Steve Austin.
Most of the San Jacinto Battle scenes however, were lifted from GONE TO TEXAS and the ones that weren't were all slo-moed down to a crawl, as they probably did not bother filming much original footage to begin with.
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 19, 2008 17:12:48 GMT -5
The most cheesiest sequence of lines has to be:
Garza: "I want to see Santa Anna."
Guard: "No...he...he..he's with a....GIRL."
Garza: "The hell with the girrrrl!"
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Post by seguin on Mar 20, 2008 1:35:56 GMT -5
Patrick Duffy´s role as Austin was the best part of the movie. The love story was too far out to be believeable but very PC - unfortunately!
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Post by Alamo Al on Mar 21, 2008 6:13:54 GMT -5
Why PC?
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Post by Rick on Mar 21, 2008 20:06:36 GMT -5
Patrick Duffy´s role as Austin was the best part of the movie. The love story was too far out to be believeable but very PC - unfortunately! Probably the tallest Austin on film, since Duffy stands 6-4. Wasn't this one based on Michener's novel? I seem to recall some topless senoritas running around the streets of Alamo Village -- or maybe that was in some other movie filmed there. |
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 21, 2008 21:40:45 GMT -5
Patrick Duffy´s role as Austin was the best part of the movie. The love story was too far out to be believeable but very PC - unfortunately! Probably the tallest Austin on film, since Duffy stands 6-4. Wasn't this one based on Michener's novel? I seem to recall some topless senoritas running around the streets of Alamo Village -- or maybe that was in some other movie filmed there. It was based on Michener's book. But if I was Michener, I would have sued the production company to get my name off of the film. BTW, Charlton Heston is the narrator at the beginning of the film. |
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Post by neferetus on Mar 21, 2008 22:33:57 GMT -5
In a little video clip preceding the television premier of TEXAS, author James Michener had only these few word to say about it:
"It's pure Michener."
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 21, 2008 22:35:00 GMT -5
In a little video clip preceding the television premier of TEXAS, author James Michener had only these few word to say about it: "It's pure Michener." The man must be senile in his old age... |
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Post by neferetus on Mar 21, 2008 22:44:31 GMT -5
I seem to recall some topless senoritas running around the streets of Alamo Village -- Yes, it was this film. Frank Thompson once remarked how the award for the most gratuitous sex scene in any Alamo film goes to JAMES MICHENER'S TEXAS. In the scene where Otto McNab is fighting with Bandit Benito Garza in Garza's hideout, several topless senoritas come bounding out the door to see what's going on. Couldn't they just as easily have thrown on a shawl before going out to investigate, one wonders? |
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Post by seguin on Mar 21, 2008 23:10:41 GMT -5
I forget the characters names, but I think it was PC to have that anglo girl falling in love with the Mexican. To me it looked like the film tried to say "See! we´re all humans, anglo and Mexican alike." There´s nothing wrong with the viewpoint but I don´t like to have it shoved down my throat. Of course, I could be wrong but that´s the way I saw it... |
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Post by neferetus on Mar 21, 2008 23:21:11 GMT -5
Well, Jeb Lacy had Consuelo, in LAST COMMAND, Duke's Crockett had Flaca, in THE ALAMO and Danny Cloud had Lucia in 13 DAYS TO GLORY.
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Post by seguin on Mar 21, 2008 23:29:10 GMT -5
Well, Jeb Lacy had Consuelo, in LAST COMMAND, Duke's Crockett had Flaca, in THE ALAMO and Danny Cloud had Lucia in 13 DAYS TO GLORY. Right! I probably saw it the wrong way. Funny thing though, in Texas it´s a Mexican male and an Anglo girl. In those other movies it´s the other way around! (it was probably more normal back then that the male was Anglo!) |
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