While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
预告比正片好看，相较于我的期待来说正片比较失望，没看之前看到超过8的评分，在想哇看来不会差，但看完之后再想，为什么居然能有8？？以中国传统文化为背景的想法很好，但剧情和表现形式稍微有点低龄化，内容也有点浅和散。不过和pixar相对比较常见的邪不胜正啊阖家欢乐啊的主题比起来，中国传统中子女与父母的关系更加复杂，所以这种压抑和反叛我们来看应该是更加感同身受的。不过话说回来，追星这点也很真实哈哈哈。整个片子最给分的是红熊猫真的好可爱！
锦说得很对，茗真的很大只/省去了染发的钱，时髦红
Don’t hold yourself back for anyone, the farther you go the prouder I am T_T
期待值过高，没有很喜欢这一部，这样的parentchute让我脚趾抠出别墅。不过那个devon的名字一出我整个爆笑，最近认识的部门男神也叫这个名字。。。
这选题绝对是99.9%人的遭遇，但这剧情也确实单薄到不是很有说服力……
预告比正片好看，相较于我的期待来说正片比较失望，没看之前看到超过8的评分，在想哇看来不会差，但看完之后再想，为什么居然能有8？？以中国传统文化为背景的想法很好，但剧情和表现形式稍微有点低龄化，内容也有点浅和散。不过和pixar相对比较常见的邪不胜正啊阖家欢乐啊的主题比起来，中国传统中子女与父母的关系更加复杂，所以这种压抑和反叛我们来看应该是更加感同身受的。不过话说回来，追星这点也很真实哈哈哈。整个片子最给分的是红熊猫真的好可爱！
电影蛮有教育意义的
熊猫是真的可爱，但尽管导演在努力地写中国式父母，却很难引起共情...稍微有些幼齿了，思考还是太少了
制作上pixar从来不让人失望，这一家子小熊猫实在太萌，完全无法抵挡，两眼冒星星。华裔元素也恰如其分，完全不夸张也没有太刻意，相当舒服。主题嘛pixar也从来不往大了走，只是这次的表达有点浅了，有家人关系和自我表达，也加入了华人家庭的一丢丢死要面子的特点，不过我总觉得有点两边不靠，略敷衍了，pixar不常见的低龄化观感。这只华裔小熊猫不能在天朝院线上映实属可惜。
很喜欢这个设定，把叛逆期变成一个实体来比喻真的很有新意。通常pixar disney的电影都是老少皆宜，大人也可以enjoy，但是这部有几个镜头有点太过青少。总体很喜欢，对asian family诠释的很到位了。
在取材、人设和内核上都很Chinese的美国动画，把青春期的生理变化和叛逆心理与民族传统文化在现代化过程中的矛盾结合在一起作为叙事冲突，故事并不深奥，但已经是一部成功的跨文化碰撞作品。
今年最值得一看的性喜剧（也希望关注老年人及女性性需求的电影成为每年的标配或曰常态类型），更难得的是，除最后一幕的女服务生外，全片仅有男女主二人，且大部分时间都局限于狭小的室内空间中，却毫无枯燥拖沓之处。调度与空间运用足够丰富，所以也没有太突出的“舞台剧感”。台词遍布妙笔，字字有味，幽默自嘲、批判揭示与心路梳理皆有。男主演达利尔·麦克科马克不仅颜值身材气质声线俱佳，而且演活了这个本来差点儿平板单薄到家的男妓形象。艾玛·汤普森的表演更是难以形容地精彩。缺点也有，就是一些设定和剧情推进还是比较套路、理想化或有主题先行之感，比如女主事事循规蹈矩的性格、宗教老师的身份与男主的原生家庭创伤经历。最后依靠自慰达到高潮与对镜的自我凝视、悦纳与和解相当点题，也很有力量。（8.5/10）
导演拍得不只是海外华人家庭，而是整个儒文化影响下的东亚家庭群体，相比之下《花木兰》《尚气》之流都变得不值一提，皮克斯才做到了在心理和物理上都更贴近真实的中国，但这种电影可能不太会吸引美国人的兴趣，他们和很多中国人一样，希望看到的是那个描龙画凤的想象中的所谓传统的古老中国，然后再痛斥一声：这不是中国。
原来大招都在最后啊，汤普森老师真的太太太敬业了。预设边界的性是最清洁的，因为永远不用善后处理。里奥·格兰德，我要点你~~~~~~~~~~
命题作文般的创意，看似深刻的主题表现出来过于浅显。整片给我的所有感觉都很像《魔法满屋》。
这熊猫梗不会被玩坏吗...没法忍住不与《头脑特工队》比较。都是内心外化，头脑剧本是集体作战多年打磨，的确结构复杂信息量大，多个点子以严密有机的结构组成大点子，而红熊猫就是单点突破的小品。那个欺负人的坏孩子仅仅因为都是乐队粉丝就被接纳进核心朋友圈子了，这种坏人变好颇有《少年jump》王道漫画的套路感，但这洗白得有点仓促了。王道漫画这样挺怂的，根子是读者不敢坚持面对尖锐冲突强大挑战，不敢想象与强敌长期为敌。不过为了Happy Ending，本片也确实要“处理”掉敌人。本片虚构的“4城”组合是捏他后街男孩吧，那个时代真是令人怀念呢，还有我不太熟的电子宠物。非常开心见到华人形象、华人文化和华人创作者这样自信地站在舞台最前线。感觉那种追星少女心以前很少或没有电影讲，总之和英语电影常见的心理世界是两回事
故事内核新瓶装旧酒，但不愧是皮克斯，不仅角色设定深入人心，而且细节满满。
窒息感太过真实，导致中间暂停了几次，缓解之后才能继续看。
看前面就这，皮克斯跌落神坛。看到后面，这就是皮克斯，动画的神。全女性制作的电影，小女生的生活描写的真实有趣，当然最感人的还是母女之间的感情，严厉的爱，我是非常感同身受，小时候母亲管的特别严厉，我又畏惧她又恨她，但是当我长大成人进入社会又会非常感激她。做一个严厉的母亲真的不容易，越严厉，孩子就越不会喜欢你，对孩子的好只会换来孩子的恨。当孩子长大后明白了，那也是他们远走高飞的时候了。
To me this is more about extended mental illness produced by hereditary and environment.
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