El Dorado

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan- A Must Watch!

I want to be clear as Amazon.com is mixing reviews for all of the editions of the movie of EL DORADO on DVD. This review is for the latest (2009) 2 DVD set Centennial Collection. Being an owner of the previous releases and a huge fan of the movie (probably in the minority who favor it to Rio Bravo)as far as the movie goes it looks stunning! The picture is crisp, the contrast brilliant and the color well saturated. If I didnt know better Id think it was a VistaVision. The Second disc has some very entertaining and educational featurettes which kept me amused for over an hour themselves. James Caan is great in the film, Mitchum is ....Mitchum ..which is superb and Ed Asner brings a gravitas to his character. Oh...John Wayne is terrific and this is just a lot of fun. UPDATE 3/8/14 The BLU RAY is even better, goodness this film is breath taking in BR and I have to admit Ive just watched it back to back. I picked up the import version without the extras but have the domestic one on order, I hear scuttle butt the import may have a slightly better picture in that the domestic may be a tad over processed for the super picky, Ill update after an AB test. Every frame of this film is so beautiful it could be printed and hung on a wall, and the fact that so much is shot at night enables the cinematographer (Rosson) to do beautiful work and make it look like each scene is lit with found lighting, not your TV lighting at all! For me I prefer this to Rio Bravo as I believe Mitchum clearly outclasses Dean Martin and James Caan is far superior to Ricky Nelson ...theyve kept the major bonus feature from the 2 DVD set so unlike many re releases on BR we get all the goodies.. a great movie in my collection just moved from Gold to Diamond for me!!

Im not a professional reviewer and could not dazzle you with my prose, even if I wanted to. Plain and simple, it is a good John Wayne movie. Im old enough to enjoy seeing some of the supporting cast in this movie and to see how they all come together to make a good movie is quite enjoyable. Yes it is very similar to Rio Bravo, so what, I enjoy that movie also. Especially seeing Dean Martin and Rick Nelson doing a duet. And lets not forget a young Angie Dickinson. Back to El Dorado, and to repeat myself, Its just a good John Wayne movie.

This is a classic

As with every John Wayne movie you get nothing but first class entertainment. It doesnt matter if El Dorado is a remake of Rio Bravo; it was marvelous watching the early acting efforts of James Caan and Michele Carey. The Blu Ray played excellently. No problems at all. Also considering the age of the film; you couldnt ask for a better picture.

El Dorado may lack the status of some of Waynes true classics, like

Movie was fine. The delivery stunk. It was sent to eastern PA (I live in west PA) then to D.C. then to NC then finally west PA & I got it 2 days later, about 5 or 6 days later than the latest suggested date.

It is a tradition for us every New Year that we watch El Dorado as a family! My husband and I can quote this movie from start to finish. Many fond memories surround this movie !

I loved this movie...all 10 times Ive seen it!

John Wayne no more needs to be said