Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Rock Ridge (A Town from the Old West)Rock Ridge is your typical town in the Wild West… or at least it's your typical peaceful town in the Wild West. But like any peaceful town from this time, the...

Third-Person (Omniscient)We know pretty early in this movie that we're going to be dealing with a third-person narrator. Yes, there are some characters that turn to the camera and speak to us direc...

Comedy (Western)If this movie ain't a comedy, then we have no clue what a comedy is. From minute one, Blazing Saddles only tries to do one thing, which is make you laugh. And if it doesn't succeedâ...

When we watch the opening credits of this movie, we can hear the title song talk about a hero who:[…] rode a blazing saddle/ He wore a shining star/ His job to offer battle/ Too bad men near and...

At the end of this movie, Sheriff Bart shoots the bad guy (Hedley) in the groin and waltzes into a movie theatre with his buddy Jim to watch the ending of (yup) Blazing Saddles. So he's basically w...

RApart from the extremely racist jokes that appear throughout the movie, there's also a fair bit of sexual humor—there are tons o' cleavage and penis gags. But ultimately, this movie's more silly...