The Magnificent Seven

United Artists | Release Date: October 23, 1960

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 42 Ratings

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kyle20ellisApr 9, 2022

The Magnificent Seven has everything going for it, a near-perfect cast, a truly magnificent score and the fact it is very exciting as a western. Maybe not as good as Seven Samurai, but boy it is by far one of the better remakes out there. IfThe Magnificent Seven has everything going for it, a near-perfect cast, a truly magnificent score and the fact it is very exciting as a western. Maybe not as good as Seven Samurai, but boy it is by far one of the better remakes out there. If you want a bad remake, see Psycho, starring Vince Vaughan or The Wicker Man, starring Nicolas Cage, in my opinion they should never have been made. The Magnificent Seven is an example of how a remake should be made, it was one of those pleasant surprises for me of as soon as the first note of the score blared I knew hey this is great stuff.

The plot is simple, but I like simplicity, sometimes simplicity is good, but it is a great concept and very well constructed. It really helps as well that the action sequences are tremendously exciting, and that the landscapes are truly dazzling. Elmer Bernstein's score has a lot to do with The Magnificent Seven's success I think as well, it is rousing, triumphant and bombastic and very like the score for Lawrence of Arabia it sticks in the mind for a long time afterwards. If I were to choose to which score I preferred over this and the Great Escape, I think this score, The Great Escape was great but I have always found that whenever I hum both tunes people are less annoyed by The Magnificent Seven.

The screenplay is focused, humorous and wise, maybe a little stilted on occasions but it develops the characters well and has heart. And the actors are wonderful. Yul Brynner is the epitome of coolness here, I do think he was better in The King and I, where he was absolutely magnificent, but he does a great job here. Eli Wallach is suitably slimy as the villainous Calvera, who is more than a cardboard cut-out, and Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson and Robert Vaughn are all great. Overall, this is a great film, very exciting, great to look at and has a magnificent score. 9.5/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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ComandanteCobraSep 11, 2023

Classic western, and a classic movie.
It entertain even 63 years later it's original release (I watch it for the first time in 2023).

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BroyaxSep 26, 2018

J'avais d'abord vu ce remake-là avant de voir le film original, le vrai. Et déjà j'avais trouvé cet avatar hollymerdien bien bidon et terriblement tarte ! et pourtant, il est nettement moins long que le film japonais... et pourtantJ'avais d'abord vu ce remake-là avant de voir le film original, le vrai. Et déjà j'avais trouvé cet avatar hollymerdien bien bidon et terriblement tarte ! et pourtant, il est nettement moins long que le film japonais... et pourtant l'impression ressentie (c'est comme la température à la météo) est bel et bien celle d'un film lent, chiant et interminable. Et minable tout court.

Revoir le remake après avoir vu la vraie version, celle avec les Samouraïs, est encore pire : il s'agit d'une mauvaise, d'une atroce copie, d'un pastiche ridicule et d'un plagiat pathétique. En vérité, sans un effort d'adaptation énorme, je ne crois pas que le film d'origine puisse être transposé dans l'univers du western, ce n'est tout simplement pas compatible...

Le scénario de l'oeuvre nipponne est en effet d'une extrême rigueur et rien n'est laissé au hasard, y compris ce fameux chiffre 7, le nombre de Samouraïs requis et expliqué dans le film ; pareil pour les motivations des guerriers, leur psychologie, leur mode de pensée et leur environnement, les demandes et réactions des villageois et tutti quanti... Dans le film de Kurosawa, tout est pensé, crédible, convaincant !

Rien à voir avec cette farce de remake où tout n'est que caricature et ennui avec des acteurs perdus et sans direction qui prennent la pose comme des andouilles à chaque plan et chaque réplique. Ce film est une merde, très loin d'arriver à la cheville de l'oeuvre dont elle est si lamentablement inspirée.… Expand

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