"western par excellence", glorifying western expansions, praise the opportunities for democratic life on the frontier, ambivalence about civilization, "inherent unfairness of prejudging individuals", assumed exclusion of ethnic others, visual style dramatizes social prejudice, Ringo/Wayne as the true, native, and natural American democratic idol
Q stands for CUTE; dreadful script; villain's motive not at all convincing; typecasting of Waltz, Scott, Bellucci and Seydoux leads no surprise in storytelling; absolutely no chemistry between Craig and Seydoux