High Noon

A classic western that doesn’t hold up against my beloved spaghetti westerns. The acting is stilted and the continuous refrain of “Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling” is a bit much for my modern cinematic sensibilities. The idea of the lone man willing to stand up for what’s right is fine, but the plot is literally Gary Cooper trying to recruit a deputy every ten minutes, failing, and then going to the next guy until the gun fight at the end.