A Million Ways to Die in the West Photos View All Photos Movie Info Mild-mannered sheep farmer Albert Stark (Seth MacFarlane) feels certain that the Western frontier is trying to kill him, then. The movie is set in Arizona, 1882, a hostile realm of. If you can get a song in there, its just a nice Hollywood tradition.. 2014 Back Lot Music. But when his character shows blithe insensitivity, by accepting the government's propaganda about Native American relations, it's a funnier way of poking at 19th century racial attitudes than the moments when Albert just comes out and tells us what we're supposed to be getting out of a scene. All creative projects are about choice, and more than anything else, A Million Ways to Die in the West comes off as an abdication of creative choice. It's very tempting to treat any film project as merely an excuse to get in more of the same material, or to allow the jokes to run on for longer than a 20-minute episode would usually permit. Listen to A Million Ways To Die In the West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] by Joel McNeely on Apple Music. With MacFarlane on screen as a minor variation of his real-life persona, it's that much harder to get away from the feeling that he's playing the role of Stewie here, spending two hours tapping us on the shoulder, constantly asking, "Is this funny? In A Million Ways, Macfarlane has set his sights far lower than Brooks did even at his low point in the 1990s. That's MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West in a nutshell: A constant assault of repetitive jokes designed to wear the viewer down, without much to say in the end. He's playing at being a cowboy, making up the plot as he sees fit, rather than creating believable cowboy characters who just happen to talk like 1970s Jewish comedians. Screenwriters: Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild Seth MacFarlane writes, directs and stars in this Western about a sheep farmer who falls in love with an outlaw's wife. You really shouldnt drink and horse, Edward tells a soused Albert as he heads out on horseback a bizarre turn of phrase that presumably sounded funnier to somebody than the more sense-making drink and ride. The leave-it-all-in approach leads to a nearly two-hour running time that looks all the more indulgent given how much invention Blazing Saddles packed into an hour-and-a-half. When avoiding a showdown gets him dumped, McFarlane vows to win back his girl by challenging her new lover to a draw.if he can learn to shoot first. When a sheep herder who hates the West saves a young lady during a bar fight they strike up a friendship that helps him gain some self-confidence. There's a scene in Seth MacFarlane's animated sitcom Family Guy in which the precocious baby Stewie attempts to get his mom's attention through a solid 30 seconds of just repeating her name or variations on the word "mom."

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