Good start, but then it gets ruined

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

In itself, the movie is a good one. However it almost completely detracts from the original book, which is probably the greatest Western ever written. Sorry to say, but the movie is basically a dumbed down version for the masses, which rips the book apart and re-arranges and deletes many parts. Still a good movie to watch, but definitely not for people who fell in love with the book.

Shane is a great movie but everyone seems to not realize that much of the plot was borrowed from the movie Whispering Smith that starred Alan Ladd and was a excellent western also.

I liked: Jack Palance, Brandon de Wilde, Alan Laddthe settingsI didn't like: the overuse of musicthe length, 20 mins too longSPOILER ALERT plotting. Why did Chris betray his boss? Why didn't Shane at least tell Joe what was waiting for him (a "stacked deck")? This manoeuvring towards a finale was too obvious to be believable.Shane is absent for great chunks of the movie as the settlers and ranchers battle it out.This was once one of my favourite movies but it hasn't aged well. The callous violence makes it unsuitable for children.

Recently watched for the first time.Visually stunning and innovative at the time ,it now feels dated.The relationship between Joey and Shane works well and is the saving grace of the film.Alan Ladd convinces as an uncle figure with Joey but is physically too small to convince as a fighter. I suppose my benchmark for a good film is whether I would watch it again and the sad fact is I wouldn't watch this film again.. The Gunfighter was a much better film