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CoolCly: We were magnificently seven movies into this project and the opening funeral hearse scene was the first genuinely *fun* scene in the project. Music did a good job of telling you this is a fun scene, but the performances of the two guys sold it.

Id seen the remake with Denzel and Chriss Pratt a few years ago, and I thought it was okay, but after I saw this movie, the remake sucked. I really loved the original here. I thought the seven were all demonstrated introduced well, and I really liked them all. Every character is fantastic. The only iffy one is the kid, hes really too dumb and pathetic in some scenes, but he serves a good role and elevates the other characters big time.

The knife guy introduction was a WAY better scene in this than the remake. Rather than someone just throwing knives in gun draw competitions just commonly, its one butthurt guy protecting his ego.

I love the way the seven just seem to have an unspoken respect for each others abilities, and they can communicate with each other with the slightest gesture or say a whole lot with just a couple words. Take one alive. Yes.

There was a lot of REALLY cool horse stunts Im actually shocked at a lot of the things they did. The best of all the movies in this project. The kid seems more acrobatic in what he does with horses than martial artists in movies today.

Miguel, the leader of the townsfolk looking for help, was really well done. We view the seven, larger than life cowboys, through the lens of this poor villager, and he adds a ton.
I see this movie as a masterpiece, and I loved every moment of it. It really makes me want to watch Seven Samurai.

10/10

Inviso: This was okay enough for a two-hour movie. The characters werent GREAT or anything, but they also werent terrible. And there was enough diversity of personality among the Seven to get somewhat invested in their respective stories. I wish that Yul Brynner and Steve McQueens characters felt a little more fleshed out, because among the rest of the group, you had the cowardly Lee, dealing with his trauma, you had Chico being immature and obnoxious, you had Bernardo bonding with the villages kids, and you had Harry, who only stuck around for a paycheck. Only Britt was kinda forgettable among them, yet its Chris (Yul) and Vin (Steve) who wind up as two thirds of the surviving cast. Still, its a good enough movie where you have a group of mercenaries coming together to protect a town from bad guys. The plot has been repeated time and time again throughout the modern era, but its not BAD. Its just not on the level of films I ranked higher that I actively enjoyed watching.

KBM: So, I made the mistake* of watching Seven Samurai before I watched this. On its own merits, The Magnificent Seven is a really fun action Western with some great performances Charles Bronson and James Coburn especially stand out in this stacked ensemble cast. But because it's a Western with gunplay and not a samurai film with swords, arrows, and a slow-burn siege (and also because American films generally aren't allowed to be 4 hours long), it all wraps up so quickly at the end and ends up making everything feel like a bit of an anticlimax given the amount of build-up everyone got. Still definitely a good movie, and I enjoyed seeing how the various scenes from the original were adapted, at times nearly shot-for-shot, at times with more liberties taken (like giving an actual face to the leader of the bandits, with Eli Wallach relishing the role of lead villain). I probably would have ranked this a bit higher had I not seen the quintessential version of this story immediately before it, but it is still really good its placement more a testament to the strength of the upper half of this list than anything else.

* - This was not actually a mistake. Seven Samurai is one of the best movies I've ever seen, and I couldn't be happier that this list inspired me (albeit indirectly) to watch it. You should all go carve out a four-hour block and watch it if you haven't before. It's super worth it.

Poke: I regret that I couldnt find a Seven Samurai with consistent subtitles, so I had to watch this first. It was a fine, straightforward story. Wish there were more camaraderie scenes with the seven. They all seemed to be isolated at times in their own side plots, but overall a decent film

Karo: Mexican villagers hire seven gunslinging mercenaries to protect their town from bandits. Y'know, like that samurai movie! Only this time with cowboys!
Anyway, right off the bat it is clear this film is going to suffer from too many character syndrome, people are thrown into our little crew arbitrarily and with little fanfare, and despite the movie's length half the cast feels underdeveloped. Its like well there was seven samurai so we've got to have seven cowboys at any cost.
The story is overly drawn out yet doesnt really have anything to show for it. If you arent going to bother making the characters more interesting just have everyone kill each other already and stop wasting my time.
The final shootout sees the seven reduced to three, all of whom are shot because these professional gunmen are apparently incapable of using cover correctly.
It really lacks any notability beyond being a ripoff of another movie and there is nothing magnificent to find here.

Johnbobb: Around a year or two ago I watched Seven Samurai for the first time, and it was pretty incredible. This was alright.
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