While I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, just as a good western story, with good actors, most of them really didn't have to "act" all that much.
With the exception of Vaughn. He had a very emotional role, and he played it beautifully.
A very under-appreciated actor, in my opinion.
He was good in this.He was also very good in the young Philadelphians
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You posted this exact same thing in another thread. Is it so great? Maybe time to erect a shrine for it!
shareMy most humble apologies if I have offended you.
Apparently I had a senior moment, and forgot, which caused a double posting.😪
When you get old, the first thing that goes is your memory... I guess you still have that to look forward to.😘
Well stated, OnlyAFan ..liked your reply. Knuckelheads that make childish comments at the Jr. High level need to be put in their place.
The best revenge: Live well, enjoy life and be happy. Drives any haters crazy.
You don't think Mr. Buchinsky did some fine acting?
Short Cut, Draw Blood
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Vaughn had 19 lines Coburn 11. RV recommended Coburn. They were lifetime friends. Coburn was the last cast. Info from trivia pg. Always a good read.
shareThe final, supreme idiocy: comin´ here to hide.
The deserter, hidin´ out in the middle of a battlefield.
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
be kind, rewind...
And now he's gone. Vaughn passed away today. The last of the Seven.
Very sad.
He gives my favourite performance in the film: I always found Lee the most interesting character with his tortured, roguish side. And the one who channeled the spirit of Mifune (in 7 Samurai) the best.
shareJust watched it again, this evening, and I would have to agree that Robert Vaughn's role/character impressed me the most this time around. Had he not regained his courage at that moment and planned the successful escape of those several village men by killing their captors, I do not believe that the people of this village would have rallied to defeat their enemies.
Eram quod es, eris quod sum
Emotional, near-hysteria is not the only right way to portray a character, in spite of what all the James Dean lovers think. Vaughn's character was going through a period of great psychological insecurity, and the way Vaughn played it was appropriate and excellent. Brynner, McQueen, and the others were playing confident men of action, and the way they approached their roles was equally valid and effective.
shareHave only seen the movie a couple times at most, and I do like Robert Vaughn as an actor with range.
But there is something about his abject cowardice, how tormented he is (having a dream?), that I felt sort of bad he had to act in this manner. Maybe because I have a mental picture of RV as being very smooth and handsome, seeing him falling apart is uncomfortable.
Regardless, it's a great movie and all the characters have their place.
I don't think it was cowardice. Looked to like he was suffering from a form of PTSD (Or whatever they would have called it that back then) He forced himself to overcome it when he realized they needed him.
shareWell, PTSD is more of a modern concept, and I'm not sure the director was trying to illustrate a man with PTSD specifically. I just thought the way RV was directed to act was pretty extreme, but this is only my own perspective. I mean, a guy can be afraid to enter gun play without having fever dreams over it, right? And I grew up watching RV in roles similar to his Man From Uncle persona. Seeing him writhe and sweat and squirm made me uncomfortable (I don't think I saw Mag 7 until I was well into adulthood).
Heck, maybe Vaughn enjoyed the chance to do something outside his usual character type.
Still, the movie is too good to pick apart bits here and there to diminish it.
"While I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, just as a good western story, with good actors, most of them really didn't have to "act" all that much."
I'm going to respectfully dispute this statement. It's true that the actors in this film didn't *emote* much, as they were playing characters who were disinclined to show their feelings under normal circumstances, and who were in situations where they were required to stay calm and focused.
But that doesn't mean they weren't acting as hard as they could! There's a lot more to acting than emoting, even in a scene where there's no emoting like a gunfight, the actor is still trying to provoke an emotional reaction from the audience - by letting us know that the character is tense or afraid or helpless even if they aren't showing their feelings openly, or showing concern for another character or adding odd little touches of humor, etc. Engaging the audience without obvious emotion is more difficult than letting all the feelings spill out, although of course the film wouldn't have seemed complete unless someone released some feelings sometime. Vaughn did it well.