Giant

I am of the opinion that it is impossible to make a bad film out of an Edna Ferber book. Her backgrounds are epic and she creates characters who fill the backgrounds that their stories take place.Such is the case... Full review

The plot: Texas ranch owner Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) travels to purchase a prize horse, but falls in love at first sight with the owner's pampered daughter Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor). He woos and wins her quickly, they marry, then travel... Full review

Hey Brad Pitt! James Dean called and he wants his persona back. Seeing where Pitt's Thelma & Louise character came from is just one of the many treasures hidden in this good, often brilliant, epic. A few others: a wonderfully... Full review

Based on a novel by Edna Ferber, Giant is an appropriately Texas-sized western/generational saga that parallels familial evolution with the changing socio-economic nature of the United States over an approximately 30-year period from the 1920s through the film's present, and... Full review

"Giant" met the lush, sprawling Edna Ferber novel on its own level… Detailing the history of a Texas royal family, the movie, like the novel, is a monument to myths about Texas size, wealth, and vulgarity…A well-bred lady from Virginia,... Full review

George Stevens' 1956 epic "Giant" is the story of the Jordan Benedict (Rock Hudson), the male heir to one of the largest cattle ranching families in Texas. At the start of the film, we see Jordan traveling to Maryland to... Full review

"Giant" is a sometimes forgotten masterpiece which is remembered for its massive budget (becoming the most expensive movie ever made at that time) and of course James Dean's death during the final stages of production. All the sub-stories during the... Full review

To me,the second greatest historical drama movie all time,next only to GONE WITH THE WIND.The production was flawless,the story was entertaining and educational,it had the greatest all around actress all time in ELIZABETH TAYLOR,it had the second greatest all around... Full review

What can I say? George Steven's Giant is a prototype for what a classic epic film should be like. It takes time to develop its two main characters, and it does a good job of examining the social milieu and... Full review

I first saw this film when I was 12 years old. It instantly became my favorite film of all time. I've seen it at least 6 times in the last thirty years, and enjoy it more each time. I was... Full review

Although Dean is not the main star of Giant, he does an excellent job with his character and holds his own against the other screen legends. They also don't add much to the overall film, but are interesting to watch. ... Full Review

Dean is not in all that much of Giant (Stevens disliked him and thwarted his attempts at improvisation). Otherwise, the only thing worth remembering for Dean fans is the way he dances weirdly across the prairie every now and again. ... Full Review

For a reason I cannot fathom, Giant still has a reputation as a fine film....For an eternity, we see a luscious young Elizabeth Taylor suffer harsh Texan landscapes, an oafish husband (Rock Hudson), incredible boredom.... ... Full Review

Giant remains an entertaining film for many of its small moments Another favorite Stevens' staple requires applying aging makeup to his lead actors, and Giant does this to great effect to two of its three main characters. ... Full Review

If you have not seen this film, you should abandon everything you're doing this weekend and make it a point of rectifying that egregious wrong. Although the fad passed quickly, I can only hope that the love for the music remains - because it was damn good 60 years ago, and remains so to this day. ... Full Review