Movie Review: Cimarron (1931)
So far, this is the first movie I’ve seen from my list that I haven’t liked.
The story centers around an old West pioneer, who helps establish some of the early towns of the great land rush. He becomes known for standing up for equal rights, and fighting for his beliefs. As time goes on, the thirst for adventure becomes greater, and he continually abandons his family, more and more often, for longer periods of time each trip until he finally disappears.
Even though our hero was a champion for equality, he was a terrible husband and a worse father. I found the movie the phenomenal up until the last act, where the end of the movie made absolutely no sense to me. It’s really tough to talk about my problems with the movie without “spoiling” it, so I’m just going to leave it at that.