Why do people hate shane?

[MPRTwice]

Maybe it's just me, but I find Shane to be a very soothing and calming story. Sadly, it doesn't seem like people like Shane here much, but surviving horror or reading books is much better when movies are more like Shane than the clint eastwood style westerns, imo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_(novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_(film)

 

[yankii]

Maybe it's just me, but I find Shane to be a very soothing and calming story. Sadly, it doesn't seem like people like Shane here much, but surviving horror or reading books is much better when movies are more like Shane than the clint eastwood style westerns, imo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_(novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_(film)

Because it's older than the ancientest boi, Ancient Boi, and people hate ancient things.

 

[emigre]

Thought this was about Shane Topp and was about to go nuclear on people's assess.

 

[hippy dave]

She was a great character, flawed but sympathetic

 

[Veho]

Every man has, at some point in his life, fantasized of being Shane.

 

[MFDC12]

Shane is great. I watched the movie first and thought it was OK, it was one of my first westerns though, and then I read the book then watch the movie again and I enjoyed the movie more after reading the book. I do think the book is better, though. Lots of people I know hate Joey, but I think he is just like a normal kid, that’s usually the big complaint I hear about it, idk.

Spoiler: Ending

The ending scene where Shane is shot and presumably dying and riding away on the horse into the landscape it’s Joey yelling his name is a fucking gut punch. Gets me every time. I very much love the landscapes of the film too, very pretty, but the look in that scene is next level with the dark skies.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the stereotypical westerns and spaghetti’s too, but my favorite westerns tend to be the more anti-violence or sort of the myth deconstruction-y sort of ones, like The Gunfighter, or High Noon, or Johnny Guitar. And then there’s stuff like McCabe and Mrs. Miller, that I just love, too.

Side note, I ignored westerns for so long, and it’s become one of my favorite genres. They rule.