Behind the scenes

Hondo Behind the scenes

The film I chose was Hondo and it was directed by John Farrow in 1953. The main character Hondo is played by John Wayne a lone cowboy on a mission. When Hondo first came out it was a little too late. What i mean by that is that the film actually incorporated 3-D throughout the film. But when they released it the film was at the very end of the 3-D boom for the time period. But too be at the end of the period it actually did pretty well in the box offices. People were excited to see there favorite cowboy back in the saddle after three years without him in the spotlight of a western. As Bob Furmanek and Jack Theakston say “John Wayne's western masterpiece HONDO (1953) has long been heralded by critics as one of “the Duke's” finest independent achievements.” It shows that the critics actually really liked Hondo and what John Wayne contributed too it.
But they go on to say that the public was not very interested in the film which seemed wrong to me. I got the impression that the audience really liked Hondo but I honestly don’t know. The public wanted too see a great 3-d movie and maybe it did not live up too there dreams of what they were hoping. Personally I liked the 3-d I saw in the movie and it added a aspect I would have not expected. I think that today it would have done not too great. Just because these days’ people really dislike westerns because of there simplicity of the same boring plots. But back then I would have thought it would have done really well.
John Wayne as Hondo in the film did a tremendous job in the movie. He did an awesome job with acting and he played once again the strong silent type looking I thought for a fight. But he also had a soft side to his madness and actually cared about others and there feelings. You just expect John Wayne too be this big tough angry cowboy who is the bad guy. But no he is the hero of the movie and helps the people of the Mexican desert. The other charter I am going to tell you about is the little boy Johnny. He plays a key role in the film because he plays as the ambassador between his mom and the Indians. He is just a really layed back kid and plays his role really well. I enjoyed him the movie and would like too see more of his films. The music in the film went hand and hand with each other. I thought the music played a great role in tying the movie into the old west. It was the typical cowboy music that everyone knows and expects out of a western these days. Too sum up the movie i would half to say that i really enjoyed the film and it was all around a decent movie. I would recommend it too anyone who likes westerns or John Wayne. The picture is from http://www.mikequatro.com/westernposters/hondo.gif