Blazing Saddles

Damn, WHAT a film. I'm surprised this hasn't been banned, at all. I'm not entirely sure why the left hasn't gone completely raving mad at this one. And we all know comedy is perhaps one of the first things the left went after. This is probably one of the best satirical films ever made. And I say that because it pokes big fun at some of the things we haven't been allowed to poke fun at for years. Most namely how Amer…

This week my Bonnie Bride brought home a copy of *Blazing Saddles* (1974) to watch as, it surns out, she had never seen it. She new about the film, and that there are frequent references to the film via the very quotable Mongo – “Mongo only pawn in game of life”. This is also a film that frequently comes up in discussion within some of my social circles, and is often noted that this film could not be made today due…

Hello Movies & TV Shows community Few comedy films would get censored if they were ever made in another decade, but for me, Blazing Saddles (1974) could never be one of those, because of its sheer exposure to American History and the way "ignorant farmers" as the movie call them are portrayed a message is sent, and we get the pure message from the movie: This was never right and Mel Brooks is here to point at it and…

Where do I start writing about this movie? The movie is a western. That is, it has western elements, but it mixes thousands of different elements from other species. Well, it's a black comedy western. source And its creator seems to be having a lot of fun. How could he not with all these heroes at his disposal: - an african american sheriff (Cleavon Little) named Bart Black, dressed always in the latest cowboy fashi…

There are plenty of reasons why the 1970s should be viewed as the Golden Age of filmmaking. The most obvious of all those reasons is the better quality of movies, at least compared with present times. That is evident not only in the film industry as a whole, but in the careers of individual directors. Some people whose names today are synonymous with mediocre or downright bad filmmaking actually made very good films…

Short review! Blazing Saddles , the Mel Brooks classic that parodies and satirizes race relations and westerns, was on tv tonight and there is a lot to like in it. And there’s also some real problematic stuff too. I’m not talking about the n-word or how it was used. Richard Prior had a hand in the writing of this film and he knew what he was wanting to address with its use, this isn’t a Quentin Tarantino film after…

Hoo boy, this one is going to be like asking to be killed by an internet hate mob. But whatever, I didn't value my peace and quiet anyway. Today's review is of Mel Brooks's classic film, Blazing Saddles . Things to Get Out of the Way First This movie is rated R. If you remember my Hot Fuzz review, you know that I generally avoid R-rated movies, and why. That said, I apply a degree of leniency for films that were giv…