BLAZING SADDLES is a have-to-see film. Why? Because there isn’t one dull moment. The movie has everything from comical aspects as well as action aspects. The movie’s theme was the “wild west” under the auteurs rethinking genres title. The film was released in 1974 which does not correspond to the theme in the present day. In fact, the whole western era was in the late 1800’s which defines this movie as unconventional. BS would be considered conventional if we were comparing the comedy aspect of the film to todays society. The comedy they use is very similar to what you see on modern-day television shows and movies. The story line was a bit confusing to identify what the plot was all about because it was constantly jumping as if everybody was the main character of the film. In the class module for “Week 5, Section G”, Tiffany Herold notices this relevance as well. Herold said that”BLAZING SADDLES didn’t really have much of a story to it”.

As you can see below, the trailer is very shifted as to what the movie is entirely about but does introduce that it will be about a sheriff.

 A large portion of the movie was focused on the new sheriff but seemed to veer off to talking about the destruction of Rock Ridge. It was obvious what was going on but the climax was a bit jumbled. The usage of ni**er and negro were used quite a lot which seems very racist if you are basing it off of modern-day society. At the time, it was not meant to be taken in a racist manner-they were only trying to describe the individuals. We can compare the storyline with THE JUNGLE BOOK in a very unusual way.

THE JUNGLE BOOK was far from its present conventional time as well. You can tell because there are hunters living in teepees standing around a fire–not to mention that a boy lives with the animals in the jungle.

<<as you can see here, Mowgli is dressed as if he is some savage stone-age boy living amongst the wild.

This movie is considered a “revenge of the blockbuster” because of its popularity from the original version. From the textbook Short History of the Movies, it says that “when films succeeded they were put into sequels or even remade” (Mast and Kawin 373). The 2016 version of THE JUNGLE BOOK was a remake of the 1967 version. Why did they remake it? Because people loved the original!

The graphics of the 2016 version made the experience much more realistic since the original was animated. 

The plot of TJB was much simpler to identify. Mowgli is forced to leave the wolf pack for his own safety and is aimlessly wandering through the jungle (rising action). He realizes him and his pack are being targeted until he is killed (climax). Mowgli realizes he has to put a stop to the ruckus and make sure him and the pack are safe again(falling action). When you compare TJB to BS there is a very similar concept. Westerns (BLAZING SADDLES) always had some sort of outlaw, and Mowgli (JUNGLE BOOK) always has to be careful when it comes to nature. 2 completely different time periods but has the same concept of safety vs. danger. There is always going to be the protagonist vs. antagonist concept in almost every film.