Once in awhile, people get weirdly divided in their loyalties to things: Coke vs. Pepsi, Star Wars vs. Star Trek, Ford vs. Chevy, Harleys vs. Hondas, and so on.
What we don't really get is how comparisons like this apply to movies. You can like this film or that film, but there's something inherently wrong with you if you like both of them. Well, we're here to explain to you exactly the opposite: two films can have different approaches to a similar theme, but you can, in fact, like both of them.
We're kicking off a series of five episodes dedicated to exactly that, and we start with High Noon (1952), starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, and about a hundred and eighty-six character actors. From there we move to 1959 and Rio Bravo, starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. Both of these are amazing films, and we go into excruciating detail to tell you why we think so. And at the end, we do express our personal preferences (which don't agree with one another), but the fact is, we love both of these films. Just...one a little bit more than the other.
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
In Reel 37 we bring you Part 2 of our five-part series with a pair of films that are vastly different in nearly every way, but there still seems to be insistence on one or the other. We have The Best Years of Our Lives, starring Frederic March and Dana Andrews, and It's a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, both from 1947. The Best Years of Our Lives is an epic-length film with no intermission, so be ready for that. And we know it's warming up, but go watch It's a Wonderful Life anyway, because now you have a reason to.
PS: Coke, Trek, Ford, Hondas. Thank you.
