magnificent hell or high water lesson

This afternoon, CinemaSavannah brought a foreign film that brought to mind a recent modern western. And that thought reminded me that I had wanted to make a comment about my "Tuesday with Kevin" movie this past week.
So, let's take a little look, shall we?
Here's the facts about the three movies.
Two were Westerns, set in desert country.
Two had bank robbers.
Two featured at least one Comanche.
Two had irony as part of the plot.
All three were seen in different venues.
Each was viewed with me accompanied by different people.
(That was nice, as I generally travel solo to movies.)

Let's address those last two points first, shall we?
(smile)
The first film seen was on Thursday, September 15, at the Wynnsong Carmike, as a matinee with my bfe. It was a Western, set in the desert land of the southwest USA. Driven to rob banks to save the family farm, two brothers had put aside sibling rivalry. To launder the liberated funds, they used a Comanche casino across the border.
There was a nicely ironic twist, too. The boys were only robbing branches of the same bank that was trying to foreclose on the farm.
You know I liked that!
The second film was seen as part of a "Tuesday with Kevin" event, just a few days ago, on September 27th. That was at the Carmike Cinema on Stephenson and was also set in the southwestern desert lands of the USA. This time, seven men with varying degrees of lawlessness united to help save a town. Not for free, of course! Partly for the money, partly because of the winsome widow who hired them, but mostly to slay their own dragons.
Oh, one more thing: one of the seven was a cast-out Comanche with a penchant for silence and a keen use of blades.
The third film was seen today, with Barbara Boo, and a multipurpose S.P.A.C.E. downtown. Set in Bulgaria, it featured a middle-school teacher who had the stress of dealing with a thief in her classroom. She also had a husband with no sense of budget. As she learned, desperate times call for robbing a bank to make the mortgage payment.

The first film was "Hell Or High Water", featuring Chris Pine. As the bfe said, "minding the farm must be how Captain Kirk spends his free time."
(smile)
The Tuesday movie was the only one with a big budget and horses, like the Westerns of old. "The Magnificent Seven" had a galaxy of guardians (see what I did there?) with a wide range of appeal: Chris Pratt, Denzel Washington, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ethan Hawke. Everyone should find someone to root for in that bunch!
Today's foreign feature was "The Lesson", actually made in 2014. As Barbara and I are both teachers, paid nowhere near our worth and always watching those dollars, we had looked forward to seeing this tale of another instructor in another country.
If you get a chance, check these out and let me know what you think of them, okay?
Thanks!