The Magnificent Seven: Difference between revisions

 

''The Magnificent Seven'' is a western retelling (in both senses of the term) of ''[[Seven Samurai|The Seven Samurai]]'' (with a brilliant and memorable [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iteRKvRKFA score], to boot). This film [[Rated M for Manly|has so much testosterone that a girl risks getting pregnant just by watching it]]. It is widely considered one of the last great westerns.

 

* [[Accidental Aiming Skills]] -- Britt kills a bandit fleeing on horseback with a single rifle shot from a long distance. When Chico praises it as the best shot he's ever seen, Britt replies that it was the ''worst'' - he was aiming for the ''horse''.

* [[Adaptation Expansion]] -- Regarding Calvera, given that the bandits' leader is given zero characterization in ''[[Seven Samurai]]'', and only gets about five minutes of total screen time.

* [[Affably Evil]] -- Calvera. Although maybe [[Faux Affably Evil]], its hard to tell.

** Horst Bucholz didn't become an A-list star in America, but he did become exceptionally popular in European cinema, meaning poor [[Brad Dexter]] was the only member of the main cast who didn't become a big star in some way.

* [[Anyone Can Die]] -- It's a western based on a movie by [[Akira Kurosawa]]. What'd you expect?

* [[Call to Agriculture]] -- Chico, in spite of explicitly stating in an earlier scene that he had no intention of settling down.

* [[Catapult Nightmare]] -- Lee scrambles across the room in a panic when he awakens from a nightmare.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]] -- Subverted with Britt's knife-throwing. In the final gunfight he draws the blade -- and is killed before he can throw it.

* [[Composite Character]] -- Chico, whose character combines those of Katsushiro and Kikuchiyo from the original film.

{{quote| '''Chris''': Morning. I'm a friend of Harry Luck's. He tells me you're broke.<br />

'''O'Reilly''': [chopping wood] Nah. I'm doing this because I'm an eccentric millionaire. }}

** [[The Hero]]: Chris.

** [[The Lancer]]: Vin.