el dorado

one of a series of (apparently) three remakes of the same basic plot, El Dorado has come to be one of my favorite movies to watch at night. the other two in the series are Rio Lobo and Rio Bravo. i suppose i should check these out, too. if i had to guess, i would say that i at least started watching this movie about 40 times during the semester. there is one point in the film that "Mississippi" jumps underneath a bunch of running horses. apparently, a horse will not step on a man (doubt that) and this would cause them to be jump, rendering the shooters riding them useless. it is quite obvious that they stopped shooting, replaced his body with a dummy and let the horses through. the shot skips a bit and isn't exactly matched up. still, this does not detract from my enjoyment of the film itself. amazing how modern technology allows us to surpass what was (then) professional movie making.