The Cowboys (Western)

The Cowboys (Western) 

My grandpa has spent most of the last ten years on the couch watching sports and westerns.  Just from visiting him at random times here and there I have seen too many snippets of westerns that I can keep track of.  When I told him I had to watch a western for class, he said I should watch "The Cowboys," which he had on dvd because it was about kids (so that I might like it better?).  When rancher Will Anderson's (John Wayne) cattle drivers abandon him before the cattle has to reached the market for winter, he is forced to hire a collection of boys in their place.  Throughout the movie the boys are transformed into men as they learn to work and hold big responsibilities.  Because "John Wayne is a legend," he does a great job playing his character in this movie like all the rest (Evan Oyster).  The film's director, Mark Rydell, chooses to repeatedly use long shots to capture the setting. Most of them occur during the moments when the boys are among hundreds of raging cattle.  I thought it was interesting to see the very young boys rise to do the work of men because I feel like a lot of them actually had to do that during the time period.  I atlas know my dad did when he lived on  farm as a young boy.  I am not a huge fan of westerns in general, but Grandpa Bill was right in that I liked this one better than the others I have seen.  I rate this western a 7/10.