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Title: John Ford, the Mediocrity
Review: "The Searchers," for some unforeseen and godforsaken reason, is constantly extolled as the foremost example of John Ford's cinematic genius. I saw the film, and I searched and I searched, until I could find no genius at all. Only a conventional, hackneyed Western [pleonasm?], based on actual historical events, melodramatically told - even obscuring or distorting the actual events - just so John Ford could tell his rather silly story of how poor Ethan was left out of the Family Reunion (the completely symbolic closing door in the final shot). Many filmmakers have revered this film. But then, most filmmakers were never noted for their taste (even Kurosawa admired Ford). If this were a nickelodeon, I'd advise you to save your nickels.
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