How the West Was Won (1962)
Many things are spectacular in this long western epic. The WIDE Cinerama looks amazing, the score and songs are great, the cast is pure starpower, impressive action scenes and the ambitions are ultra high. Looks great on a big flat screen tv, but this should really have beenseen on a big curved Cinerama projection. Though I guess I would have to look far for such a chance.
The downside here is that everything else is pretty mediocre. Each chapter tells a small but shallow story with only a few memorable dramatic moments. The acting is kind of bland and really it feels more like a historic reenactment from the History Channel and less like an actual movie.
Rating: 3.5