What's so great about Ride the High Country?

May 11, 2017 4:33:26 GMT pimpinainteasy said:

i watched it on blu ray yesterday and rated it a 7 on IMDB. i wasn't bored. the sub plot with the antics of the silly girl causing all the problems was quite interesting. and disturbing too.

i loved the scenery.

i am willing to concede that many of the biblical references went over my head because i have not read the bible.

but the background score was over the top. joel mcrea and ron starr were annoying.

i didn't hate it. in fact i quite enjoyed it. but i don't know why people rate it so highly.

Because it was directed by a Hollywood Sacred Cow, so one MUST claim to consider it a "Masterpiece".  I found it entertaining, and have watched it 3-4 times, certainly not an "essential".

I didn't know that it made "biblical references" which I will assume were negative; if that is the case, there is even more of a reason why the Hollywood "intellectuals" would consider it a classic.

Now, it there had been some disabled and retarded character, well then, even I would have to admit that it is the best movie ever made.