El Dorado

Good movie

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

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!!

Bought through Amazon.com at a great price, El Dorado is the only movie to co-star John Wayne and Robert Mitchum and feature a young James Caan. This is the scond version of the same story by Howard Hawks. In the first, Rio Bravo, Wayne was the sheriff, Dean Martin the drunken sidekick and Ricky Nelson the young gunfighter. The third version was Rio Lobo. When Hawks brought up the script Wayne he asked if he got to play the drunk in this one. Nope. Here he is the gunfighter. Regardless of the sameness, there are more than enough twists to El Dorado to make it a humorous, rough and tumble, action-filled ride for Wayne and Mitchum fans and a nice addition to any westerns collection.

Good movie . The witty dialogue holds up well after all the years. John Wayne is always good.

I always picked on my father about John Wayne growing up, I was a Clint Eastwood fan. Well, I was sick in bed and this came on HBO. Now, I own all his good movies. I am now a John Wayne fan.

Great addition to my movie collection. Reasonably priced, expedited shipping, well packaged to prevent damage to disk and/or case. Also has saved valuable time plus milage and gas by doing away with store to store shopping.

El Dorado is my favorite John Wayne movie — and my favorite Western for that matter. People usually rank Rio Bravo higher but I disagree. The Duke is always solid and although they cant sing, Robert Mitchum & James Caan are both better actors than Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson. And even though Walter Brennan was a great actor, Arthur Honeycutt is more believable, not so over-the-top, and just as funny. Also Charlene Holt is a hands-down better actress than Angie Dickinson and imho much more attractive. Plus, Michele Carey is solid and adds even more to the scenery. Regarding the script, I think El Dorado takes the prize across the board. Its tight and always moving the story forward. Plus, its chock-full of wit and laugh-out-loud humor. Finally, I think El Dorado contains the greatest John Wayne line in history: Im looking at a tin star with a drunk pinned on it. The way hes standing, the look on his face, and everything about his voice and delivery is 100% pure John Wayne.

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.

If you are a John Wayne fan, youll enjoy this movie.