Blazing Saddles (DVD)

...in the immortal words of Bart, after fooling some really, really thick Johnsons. Yes, Blazing Saddles is crude. It's sophomoric. It's juvenile. It's also very, very, funny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Plot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To be fair, you don't really watch a Mel Brooks movie for its plot (except for, perhaps, The Producers, but that's another op). However, there is indeed a plot of sorts. The movie is nominally a western (and apparently the highest grossing Western ever, would you believe). It's ably directed by, and co-stars (well, in a smallish role) Mel Brooks. Hedley ...

Blazing Saddles is one of those DVDs that I’ve always meant to get, to replace an ageing tape. However, no way was I prepared to pay a fancy £15+ price for it. Then, whilst browsing www.play247.com a few days ago, I noticed that Warner Bros. had reduced the price of several movies to £7.99, Blazing Saddles being one of them. Bearing in mind that Play247 purchases are post-free, and when delivered, it bore a £12.99 label, this was all the more satisfying. Some will argue that this film was Mel Brooks’ finest hour, and I more or less fall into that category. Iconoclastic, anachronistic, racially–and-politically-incorrect – yes, ...

Blazing Saddles is known as one of the best comedies ever made in most quarters. Although in this day and age it doesn't have the same impact as it probably had on its initial release. This may be because what was considered gross humour in the seventies now seems pretty tame in comparison. Some of the tone in this film as well is a bit unacceptable and far from politically correct. The movie is a western spoof where a governor wants to cash in by building a railroad through a small town. He uses every trick in the book to scare away the town members but without success. So he puts a black sheriff in charge that in turn horrifies the town community. But ...