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The Searchers (1956)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 7/07

7/07: Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!

It's the most overrated film of all time: The Searchers. What on earth were these people thinking when they called it the greatest picture they had ever seen? That it was so deep, mythical, and soul-searching? It's nothing but a regular cowboy and Indian movie!

I don't think I've seen a motion picture that's so widely esteemed and heavily praised that ultimately left me disappointed. The story is plain which is about a white man bullying his way through an Indian tribe, mowing it down, and therefore winning the hearts of many for a deed done well.

Hence, The Searchers is a racist picture that depicts the American Indians as backward people while the whites are a superior race. It's like watching The Birth of a Nation all over again, making it okay to be a KKK member and believe in the lost cause of the South.

All in all, I wonder if the lovers of The Searchers are this shockingly funny or stupid.

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