I was considering whether to pick Clementine up from Arrow's sale while the Ltd Edition is still available. My issues with The Searchers were that it started off well then around thirty mins in becomes dreadfully dull with more aimless meandering than actual searching. John Wayne's performance frequently seems to descend into self parody and Jeffery Hunter just seemed to be in the wrong film altogether. Add to that the bizarre shifts in tone, the silly songs and Wayne's character's sudden change of heart in the last 2 minutes i just thought it was a mess. So i suppose what I'm asking is if i feel like that about The Searchers do i stand a chance of liking Clementine.
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