Great storytelling; beautiful hyperreal photography; fantastic action, comedy, landscapes, melodrama. 6 separate and entirely distinct episodes so you can't get tired of anything. I'm not much of a reader of the old-time Western stories, but even I was highly amused by all the Western elements they managed to squeeze in — singing cowboy, sharp-shooting, shootouts, saloon brawls, poker game, hanging, cattle-rustling, prospecting for gold, wagon train, Indian attack, mountain man, stage coach. It had a light touch, and yet it went deeper than those movies that try all along to drag you through the depths. You know, those depressing, somber movies that win Oscars these days. I like when there's fun and then depth in surprising places — as opposed to a long, lugubrious slog.
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