Thanks Hagen for your kind words about my reviews.

As for THE SEARCHERS, I think you might be onto something. I respect it more for being an important film in American cinema than for its quality itself, though really, the movie itself just sort of becomes immortal though with the finale, in the such greatly ripped-off shot with the door closing to Wayne, and the West itself. I mean hell, even Tarantino pulled a similar trick off in his 2nd KILL BILL picture.

And yes, I probably prefer RIO BRAVO as well.