Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

claudiaeilcinema Strange what time does. I wasn't in a hurry to see Giant again. I had a fuzzy memory of the film. I remembered James Dean but I also remembered the length and the pace. Now in 2018 it had a completely different effect. I was riveted from beginning to end. Elizabeth Taylor ! How is it that I didn't remember the groundbreaking aspect of her character. She's a woman of the future tied by marriage to a reactionary past. I was born in Italy but I've been married to a Texan for 23 years. I know Texas well and I know the difference between Texas and New York as well as Texans who never left Texas and Texans who have lived and traveled elsewhere. Giant, made in 1956 tells us that without partisan bias. That's how it was and how, in many respects still is. James Dean, magic, of course Rock Hudson is terrific but it is Elizabeth Taylor's film. Carroll Baker, Dennis Hopper, Mercedes McCambridge and Sal Mineo are moving parts of this arid and beautiful landscape.

Matt Greene Director Stevens doesn't just show us Texas but puts us there, with his beautiful cinematography & detailed attention. The melodrama is strong, & the humor is great. Hudson is unsung as the hero at the center, but whenever Dean & Taylor are on screen it's like we're watching otherworldly beings of beauty & talent. Best of all, the Mexican / American relation stuff is shockingly timely; penetrating & difficult to ignore it's unintended connections to current world politics.

elvircorhodzic 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.

SnoopyStyle Texan rancher Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) comes to a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse War Winds. He meets the outspoken upper class daughter Leslie Lynnton (Elizabeth Taylor) and marries her. They return to Texas to the vast family ranch Reata. The giant ranch house is run by Bick's hard sister Luz Benedict (Mercedes McCambridge) and she doesn't like Leslie. Her favorite range hand Jett Rink (James Dean) is itching to get out. She mistreats War Winds and it bucks her off killing her. In her will, Jett is bequeathed some land which he refuses to sell back to Bick. After some time, Bick and Leslie have some children. Jett is still pining for Leslie. When Jett hits oil, he and Bick get into a fight. Jett prospers while Bick refuses to drill for oil on Reata. The Benedict children Jordy (Dennis Hopper), Judy (Fran Bennett), and Luz (Carroll Baker) have a turbulent relationship with their parents and Jett over the years culminating in Bick having a redemptioning fight.This is a giant of a movie. It's not only that it's over 3 hours long. It's trying to tell vast winding life stories. No matter how it's measured, this is a grand family epic. There is a central theme of racism. However it's somewhat overshadowed by the soap opera of the family drama. A shorter film and a tighter story concentrating on that may be able to intensify that central theme. Overall this is a well made grand family epic with some big time talents.