High Noon

I'm officially in love with Katy Jurado, she's like a dusky Sara Ramirez. Gary Cooper is okay, but a bit too stolid, however Grace Kelly is a run little treat. I loved the music and the extended shots of the scenery which helped portray the sense of anxiousness and isolation that Will Kane feels after being abandoned by the villagers. I dislike how Helen Ramirez's character is seen as being 'weak' and leaving Will Kane to face Miller by himself, and how she is apparently the town whore. The film was made in 1952, but the anti-Mexican sentiments are a bit too obvious, especially when contrasted with the fair-Anglo, unwavering Quaker faith of Amy. My favorite quotation is Katy Jurado's declaration "I don't let any man touch me unless I want him to."