Waterworld And Stagecoach Compare And Contrast

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Waterworld and Stagecoach, two seemingly similar movies with different plots. Both movies are great although waterworld was a bit strange, in its sense of it taking place in a water covered world where there was no land and people inbreeding and eating dirt. Besides that i say that this movie was very strange.The movie Waterworld is a post-apocalyptic story about a mutant named Mariner. As the polar ice-caps in the world have all melted, very little land remains, causing some humans to mutate into growing webbed feet and gills, to adapt to their new environment. However, some humans see these mutants as monsters and shun or even kill them. When the Mariner (Kevin Costner) arrives to a floating settle with dirt and sells it to the clerk and …show more content…
A Stagecoach was set to leave Tonto, New Mexico for a distant settlement in Lordsburg, with a diverse set of passengers on board. Dallas (Claire Trevor) is a woman with a scandalous past who has been driven out of town by the Stuck up ladies of the community. Lucy Mallory (Louise Platt) is the wife of a cavalry officer stationed in Lordsburg, and she's determined to be with him. Hatfield (John Carradine) is a smooth-talking cardsharp who claims to be along to "protect" Lucy, although he seems to have romantic intentions. Dr. Boone (Thomas Mitchell) is a self-styled philosopher, a drunk, and a physician who's been stripped of his license. Mr. Peacock (Donald Meek) is a nervous whiskey salesman . Gatewood (Berton Churchill) is a crooked banker who needs to get out of town. Buck (Andy Devine) is the hayseed stage driver, and Sheriff Wilcox (George Bancroft) is along to offer protection and keep an eye peeled for the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), a well-known outlaw who has just broken out of jail. While Wilcox does find Ringo, a principled man who gives himself up without a fight, the real danger lies farther down the trail, where a band of Apaches, led by Geronimo, could attack at any time. Stagecoach offers plenty of cowboys, Indians, shootouts, and chases.John Wayne's performance made him a star after years as a B-Western leading man, and Thomas Mitchell won an Oscar for what could have been just another comic relief

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