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Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws (2019)
THE worst movie I've ever seen
I don't usually do movie reviews,, but with this one I HAVE to. Oh, do I have to. I take it as my obligation to mankind.
If you should EVER have a chance to watch this movie, don't just walk away, but RUN. And I mean RUN FAST. As fast and as far as you can.
I have seen some bad movies in my day, but I've never seen anything as bad as this. I feel so sick for anyone who got suckered into performing in this movie. It is hyped as a "family movie", and I'll give it that--at least it doesn't have cursing, etc., in it. That is its one single saving grace, but that won't save this one.
From the very fact that these producers can't even spell the word "marshal" correctly on the cover of their DVD, (because it was later changed to the title "The Marshall") to the most juvenile acting, production, cinematography, directing.... Well, I could go on and on, but you have the gist. I watched about ten minutes of this movie we purchased at Walmart. That was all the torture I could take.
When I tell you this was bad, I really am not even beginning to touch the surface. I have never seen a worse production in my life. I have no doubt a couple of twelve-year-olds in their back yard could put together as good a film as this. I shudder to think this sham made it all the way through the thought process, filming process, cutting process, production, and onto store shelves. How did this happen?????
Do you get the idea this an incredibly bad movie? Then I have done my job. I wouldn't show this to a three-year-old.
Miracle at Sage Creek (2005)
One of the best Westerns in 20 years
From the very beginning I knew Miracle at Sage Creek was going to be something special. I am talking about the first opening scene, the first few notes of the score. Chills went up my spine. I hadn't expected much of the movie, as I figured it would be a learning ground for this new producer. Everyone has to start at ground level...I thought.
Yet already, judging by cinematography and score, I had a gut feeling this movie was going to be above average. Through the entire screening it never let me down. There were several parts at the end where I had tears rolling down my cheeks. They got me again!
The cast of characters is phenomenal. Buck Taylor, David Carradine, Wes Studi, Michael Parks, Thadd Turner. One of the main characters was played by a young actor I've never heard much about, a man by the name of Tim Abell, and he played a crackerjack part. I will anxiously await his next Western.
Miracle at Sage Creek is a story about a clash of peoples, but a fairly bloodless clash. David Carradine is bitter against all Indians because of past trouble. He has an Indian family living on some of his land, and he wants them off. But things are complicated by the fact that a grandson he loves very much is best friends with the Indian boy. Carradine, as always, played a great part, as did everybody on the show. Two beautiful ladies, one white and one Indian, a couple of believable antagonists, and the laid back Wes Studi, playing his part of the Indian grandfather smoothly, seamlessly, and to the hilt--as he plays everything.
The score continued to be charming, exciting and awesome, varying just the right amount, in all the right places. The casting was perfect, the acting was perfect, the plot was perfect. There was nothing in the movie that my kids couldn't watch. There was nothing in the movie that a sane, intelligent grownup would not want to watch. It was a Christmas story without the reindeer, Santa Claus and snowball fights. On a scale from one to ten, I give Miracle at Sage Creek a ten--but don't ever ask me to say your baby is beautiful if he isn't! I do not give good points to a film I don't like. I don't care if my own mother made the movie.
Miracle at Sage Creek is looking for a release date in April. Keep your fingers crossed, my friends. With Thadd Turner around we just may see the return of the traditional Western.
Kirby Jonas