The Magnificent Seven

There is something relaxing about a classic western. Released in 1960, we find Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen gathering a group of gunslingers to take on pro bono work protecting a village in Mexico from the local bandit. All very stereotypical, all very fun. Perhaps the one thing that I like about the old school westerns (and was reminded about again here) is that they don't glamorize the life. Almost always, at least one cowboy/gunslinger is having self doubt or expressing the loss of a "normal" life. Maybe the difference for the Magnificent Seven is that in a variety of ways, they were all lamenting that loss.
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