- Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio. Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor ...
- Directed by John Sturges. With Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach. An oppressed Mexican peasant village assembles seven gunfighters to help ...
- The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, and Horst Buchholz.
The Magnificent Seven (2016) is a remake of the 1960 version which I saw when I was 12 years old in 1960 in Glendale, California likely at the Alex Theater which was the biggest theater then and possibly now as well at that time.
However, now as a married man with children and grandchildren I have a much different take on it than when I was 12. At this point in life I see the 7 men as seeing themselves expendible whereas married men with families are not at that time. So, the 7 (expendible) men take risks that married men with families never would. So, my point of view is much different than before.
When you have killed as many men as each of these men have already, to die for something meaningful might be more useful because you already have such a high level of PTSD from having to kill so many people that you might just want to die not to be haunted by all the deaths of all you have killed.
Also, psychologically psychologists often say that men or women who kill others often are just committing vicarious suicide each time they kill someone. So, killing someone often is in the place of themselves. So, there is a satisfaction in killing because in a sense each time they are killing themselves vicariously. However, this isn't a healthy place to be especially if you want to marry and have children in the long run. So, these men seemed to understand all this quite well and were willing to sacrifice themselves for a good cause and in this sense their lives are admirable.
By the way I found both versions (the 1960 and the 2016) very entertaining. So, if you like this kind of movie be sure to see it.
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