Giant

This movie made in 1956 and nominated for 9 Oscars was on Turner Classic Movies a week or so ago. I DVR'd and watched in a couple installments.

The movie holds up well. Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor play the opposites attract couple and James Dean in his last role plays a typical Dean role as a misfit ranch hand.

The movie is long at 3 hours but moves well. Telling the tale of the Benedict family over a 30 year window we see the characters develop and change.

A recurring theme in the movie is the established and accepted prejuidice against Mexicans in that era.

james Dean is wonderful in his role.

The first half of the movie moves at a stately pace, the second half seems at times to jump time frames fairly quickly with less storyline and more just short views of the characters at specific times.

Not really a Western, no great panorama's here but more a big movie with big stars told on the big screen.

A good movie