Giant (2005)

Two very different movies: score '10' for the first half; it has all the interesting characters and incidents The second half is a tedious melodrama and scores a '2,' and there all the positive is due to the sequence "Angel Obregón's Funeral." Hollywood makes very few films like this any more: A-list stars, expensive production values, serious themes. . . . Director George Stevens had been profoundly affected by his experience photographing the Nazi death camps. Rock Hudson is good to look at, but seldom conveys the gravity of a man convinced that the old ways are best and that change means decline. Elizabeth Taylor was 23 at the time and the camera captures her extraordinary beauty. James Dean will be a disappointment to many. His style of acting now seems mannered and fussy. The photography is very good, conveying the immense scale of West Texas as well as the intimate personal dramas.

Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, & James Dean star in a film about much more than what it first appears.On the surface boy and girl meet, fall in love, marry, and move to Texas. Just below the surface the film tackles the roles of women in work & education, worker's working & living conditions, equal rights, & immigration just to name a few.James Dean goes from town hoopie to oil millionaire over the course of the film. This was the last role filmed before his death.Great film that brings tackles topics I never thought it would.

The thing I like (being a girl from Texas) is that there is a lot of honesty in this film. Elizabeth Taylor is just stunning but watching how well they handle the racism issue in the early 20th Century is quite refreshing.The Mexicans are handled with great nobility and I wonder if this had anything to do with the start of changing attitudes in this world today.Best watched in 2 parts

GIANT is an epic drama in the western style. some very sensitive and provocative themes are covered through the film story. The dramatic and complex story has a direct impact on the duration of the film.The epic story of the life of a Texas landowner, his family and his associates.The story is shocking, through it runs a rather vivid and colorful drama and epilogue is insecure tragic. The impressive and magnificent scenery is decorated with a passion of human relations in a "hot" and tense atmosphere.The main theme of this film is the family. How many external influences and drama can change a man in relation to his family and the world around him? Oil is completely confused lifestyle of farmers and landowners. However, it has changed the tradition and certain family values. The money finally got an ally. Topics are related to each other. Love in this film is a sudden, in some cases even inappropriate. It is on the constant examination in relation to tradition, racism, wealth or generational conflict. Family passions and drama becomes a bit vulgar towards the end of the film. Petroleum revolution is being represented with a certain amount of irony and idiocy. A capable man can earn big money, but he will eventually be left alone with his personal frustrations and a half-empty bottle of liquor. Racism against Mexican Americans is presented as a sub-theme, until it becomes part of the family drama.Rock Hudson as Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr. is stubborn, perverse and polite at the same time. His character is growing in every way and finally modesty emerges as the greatest virtue. Elizabeth Taylor as Leslie Lynnton Benedict is a beautiful and capable woman. The woman who crashed family and traditional taboos and gracefully aged. Her character is the most important thread in this film. Her performance, full of love, loyalty and respect has changed her environment in this film.James Dean as Jett Rink is an eccentric and awkward rancher who becomes an oil baron. He is an unusual and a cunning villain. It is difficult to distinguish between the things that he does for personal rebellion and those that he does out of traditional spite. What makes the difference between Bick and Jett has a name and is called Leslie. The film definitely takes a long time, but I think that everyone can enjoy in the hot Texas plains and dramatic plots.