The 1960s had a lot of really bad Westerns that tried to bring existentialism to the West, and usually failed. Before Jack Nicholson became famous in Easy Rider, he did a lot of TV guest appearances and many horrible low budget movies. The Shooting is a perfect example.
With a cast of four main characters, you get to spend two hours listening to them argue and watching them give each other mysterious glances, as they track down a mystery villain. The twist is that one of them is the mystery villain.
Jack Nicholson was working on his slow laid back way of talking, really hard in this movie. He takes a minute or two to say anything. Like "follow that trail" takes a full minute, and he stops between each word and glances at everyone, like it was God talking. This film is insanely boring to watch, and it was shot on low-budget grainy film.
This movie has very little action. It is just the same characters menacing each other for 90 minutes. The pointless dialogue is the worst part of it. It could have been a silent movie, and it would have been better. There is no upside to this movie.
With a cast of four main characters, you get to spend two hours listening to them argue and watching them give each other mysterious glances, as they track down a mystery villain. The twist is that one of them is the mystery villain.
Jack Nicholson was working on his slow laid back way of talking, really hard in this movie. He takes a minute or two to say anything. Like "follow that trail" takes a full minute, and he stops between each word and glances at everyone, like it was God talking. This film is insanely boring to watch, and it was shot on low-budget grainy film.
This movie has very little action. It is just the same characters menacing each other for 90 minutes. The pointless dialogue is the worst part of it. It could have been a silent movie, and it would have been better. There is no upside to this movie.