{"id":1066,"date":"2014-05-29T01:39:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T05:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2014-05-29T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T19:23:44","slug":"movie-review-a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: A Million Ways to Die in the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2sOa-2EhbTU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nIf you are a fan of <a title=\"Seth MacFarlane\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seth_MacFarlane\" target=\"_blank\">Seth MacFarlane<\/a> you will definitely enjoy <a title=\"A Million Ways to Die in the West - IMDb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2557490\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Million Ways to Die in the West<\/a>. I was not a fan but I now have some admiration and respect for the creator of &#8220;<a title=\"Family guy - FOX TV\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.com\/familyguy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Family Guy<\/a>&#8221; who directed, produced and co-wrote the film. Any comedy western will be compared to the classic Blazing Saddles however there weren&#8217;t many similarities between the two films except for a great deal of <a title=\"Flatulence humor - Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flatulence_humor\" target=\"_blank\">flatulence humor<\/a>. For me the movie began a little slowly and I had to get used to MacFarlane&#8217;s sense of humor.\u00a0 Eventually I caught on and found myself laughing here and there and following the entertaining storyline. However overall I found the film to be a bit too violent for a comedy and there were some tasteless racist jokes throughout that I found offensive. The movie is R rated containing explicit sexual content not appropriate for younger viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The movie does have some amazing cinematography and awesome sound effects accompanied by a love story between MacFarlane&#8217;s sheep herder character and that of Charlize Theron&#8217;s character who is married to a notorious villain played nicely by Liam Neeson. My favorite scenes included any shots of Theron who&#8217;s beauty always captivates. Another scene stealing actor in the film is the incomparable Neil Patrick Harris who had some really hilarious scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"st\">ensemble cast<\/span> also includes\u00a0<span class=\"itemprop\">Amanda Seyfried<\/span>, <span class=\"itemprop\">Giovanni Ribisi<\/span>, and <span class=\"itemprop\">Sarah Silverman<\/span>. There are also some surprise cameos from actors you&#8217;ll remember and enjoy seeing on the big screen again. I enjoyed the film but wished I would have laughed a bit more frequently. 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