MGMDirected by Jack Conway
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Best Assistant Director
Nominated: Best Picture
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated: Best Sound Recording
Wallace Beery is the whole show, as the lowly peasant turned revolutionary in old Mexico. He plays villa as a slovenly, womanizing character, hard to love but impossible to resist. However, the film lacks a narrative focus. We see battle after battle, and after awhile it becomes numbing. I don't remember who fought who or why. Epic war films can easily fall into this trap, with the Lord of the Rings trilogy coming to mind. The supporting cast is lost. Fay Wray is some kind of aristocrat killed early. There are some gripping battle scenes, but just as much if not more poorly done back projection in the studio.
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Best Assistant Director
Nominated: Best Picture
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated: Best Sound Recording
Wallace Beery is the whole show, as the lowly peasant turned revolutionary in old Mexico. He plays villa as a slovenly, womanizing character, hard to love but impossible to resist. However, the film lacks a narrative focus. We see battle after battle, and after awhile it becomes numbing. I don't remember who fought who or why. Epic war films can easily fall into this trap, with the Lord of the Rings trilogy coming to mind. The supporting cast is lost. Fay Wray is some kind of aristocrat killed early. There are some gripping battle scenes, but just as much if not more poorly done back projection in the studio.
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