'Shane'

I begged silently for Shane to turn around with his six-shooter and just blow that annoying kid's brains out all over the Wyoming countryside. O how I begged and pleaded. "Shaaaaaannnnnneeeeee!!! Pleeeeeeaaaassssseeee Shaaaaaaannnnnneeeeeee! Bloooooowwwwww Hiisssssssss Braiiiiinnnnnnsssssss Ouuuuuuttttttt!!"

But it didn't happen. I was subjugated to that kid's obnoxious, whiney twang of a fake country accident and insanely ridiculous facial expressions.

I don't like "Shane." For one, the kid. Two, Jean Arthur was a dog. Three, Alan Ladd was largely unconvincing of anything involving guns, cowboys, the west or anything in this movie. It surprise me not to hear that he later had big personal issues and tried to kill himself. Watching this film, it's clear he was the unstable one.

Finally, we never learn Shane's past. What is he running from? Where is he going? Is he good or bad? Why stop and help these retarded farmers? It doesn't make any sense and it's not explained.

I had a friend through elementary, junior high and high school named "Shane." His uncles would also go through the final five lines from the kid screaming at Shane to "cooooommmmmmeeeeee baacccccckkkkkkk!!!"