A brief movie review of Stage Coach -- an analysis of acting, screenplay, directing, acting, lighting, etc.

Stage Coach is a film from 1939, in the western genre. John Ford was the director, and I noticed in the beginning credits his name was in huge bold letters, bigger than anyone else's. I enjoyed the film because it was fast, and had a lot of action throughout the movie. <Tab/>As being apart on the western genre, it had all of the typical aspects most westerns do. It had a …

…shot and you could see the horse's legs running. It looked like an extremely hard shot to pull off, especially with the technology back then. There were also close up shots from inside the stage coach. These shots were generally low shots, showing that the stage coach was crammed, while also getting a view of the wide open western flat land. Overall, the film was good, with good acting, and most of all, good directing.