I was very surprised by this Western. It is really touching, bittersweet, well done, and features an excellent acting role by Elvis Presley. It made me a bit sad to think what roles he might have had, if he had not been under the thumb of that exploiter, Colonel Tom Parker. Parker cared only about easy money, not quality roles for Elvis.
Flaming Star is a good film for our times: prejudice and loyalties dividing friends and family are running themes. It does not make out either whites or the American Indian tribe (as it was called THEN) to be entirely good or bad. People are people, all flawed.
The plot is not predictable, not even the romantic angle is what I would have predicted. Even near the end, the plot is not predictable. A real plus.
I was very moved by the message of the movie: prejudice hurts everyone. Betraying someone's trust brings hurt on the betrayed and the betrayer. The movie does this through good storytelling, not hitting us over the head which I find often happens in contemporary movies. It does not scream the message to be overly political, but the message comes through and we are saddened.
I am so glad I stumbled onto this movie while I was watching a series of westerns in tribute to Kirk Douglas. This happened to be on the same channel.
Flaming Star is a good film for our times: prejudice and loyalties dividing friends and family are running themes. It does not make out either whites or the American Indian tribe (as it was called THEN) to be entirely good or bad. People are people, all flawed.
The plot is not predictable, not even the romantic angle is what I would have predicted. Even near the end, the plot is not predictable. A real plus.
I was very moved by the message of the movie: prejudice hurts everyone. Betraying someone's trust brings hurt on the betrayed and the betrayer. The movie does this through good storytelling, not hitting us over the head which I find often happens in contemporary movies. It does not scream the message to be overly political, but the message comes through and we are saddened.
I am so glad I stumbled onto this movie while I was watching a series of westerns in tribute to Kirk Douglas. This happened to be on the same channel.
