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Had this on my radar since the trailer, but have yet to see it. Love the actors, never seen the original. Anyone who's seen the remake care to weigh in? Currently it has a middling score of 54% on Metacritic.

I loved it, the most fun I've had with a film since Star Wars. The plot is pretty by-the-numbers, but this is a story that's been told a hundred different times so that's to be expected. The characters and actors are all on point (Denzel is fantastic, as is Pratt), the action sequences are superb (and pretty brutal for a 12 Certificate, not overly graphic but it doesn't shy away from being being shot down or blown up by the handful), the cinematography and music complement it wonderfully and it really does feel like a brilliant update of the classic Western formula.

It's great fun, fast-paced and has a good balance of action, humour and character beats... If you've seen the fantastic True Grit remake from a few years back, it's every bit as good as that.

I haven't seen much lately though I (generally) heard good things about it.

I'm quite the stickler about movies, but I couldn't complain at all besides the very seldom nitpick

 jreilly89 wrote:
Had this on my radar since the trailer, but have yet to see it. Love the actors, never seen the original. Anyone who's seen the remake care to weigh in? Currently it has a middling score of 54% on Metacritic.

Saw it. I am not a huge western fan, but it was a decent movie, genre be damned. It suffers from ZOMG, so many people ensemble cast syndrome. Some chemistry was good, some meh, and some could have been explored more ( Indian and former scalp trader).

My favorite character was not Star Lord or Malcom X, but Edgar Suit from Men in Black. Not nough screen time.

Saw it. Enjoyed it quite a bit.

It's a good movie. It's nothing that will make you feel like your life has been changed, but it was enjoyable.

You could tell that Antoine Fuqua(the director of "Training Day") had a respect for the original, as he tried to keep the pacing/beats very similar without going too far afield.

I saw it. It was a fun movie, not great, but not bad. It's worth a matinee at least.

I've seen the original. Still, even that was a western remake.

Really no intention to see yet another remake, though. Regardless of how "faithful" it is to the previous one.

 jreilly89 wrote:
Had this on my radar since the trailer, but have yet to see it. Love the actors, never seen the original. Anyone who's seen the remake care to weigh in? Currently it has a middling score of 54% on Metacritic.

Wife and I saw it through over the weekend. Its not nearly as good as its predecessors (M7, Seven Samurai). However, I actually liked Pratt much more in this movie than GoftG. The rest of the ensemble is generally good and the villain is good. Denzel does well and Ethan Hawk plays a decently good tortured soul part.

Its not a deep thinking movie, but as does well under the old style "Summer Fun" category. Lots of bang bang bang and bad guys getting wacked.
I would recommend it if you just want some fun.


One thing:

Saw it and enjoyed it very much. I can whole heartedly recommend it