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.
套路又怎么了！就是吃这个套路啊！！在我看来续集唯一的缺点是没有绵羊基友了
直接做个动画音乐剧不好么，为什么要这么多有的没的的情节。
好看又好欢乐，最后的表演超燃，里面的歌也太好听了，想要全部歌单。
前半部太快乐了8！！可惜后面剧情还是有点落于俗套，反派坏得毫无逻辑，主角团过于光环加持，总之还是那老一套。最后的剧作效果稍失望，基本上是部春晚大联欢，甚至彩虹圈的裸眼3D都有点如出一辙的意思。瑕不掩瑜吧，不妨碍音乐让人快乐。属于欢乐壁炉挂了。
好的故事，它的起承转折的线条是圆润的，这部虽然节奏在线，但关键部分的线条处理有些生硬了，加上没有特别丰满的新角色，老的角色也完全在沿用前作的人设，这样做很保险，但少了让人耳目一新的东西，对，耳朵也没感受到，虽然歌曲都很好听，但也完全是前作的选曲风格。个人很喜欢最后表演的这部太空音乐剧，建议环球影城安排一个同款。
讲了一个成年人的世界，没有对错，只有利弊的故事。赢了的才是正义。
7分。和第一集相比有点原地踏步了，不过这也难怪，毕竟人物成长其实第一集已经完成了，这次不过就是把场景搞得更大而已。不过么，能听这么多好听的歌也是不错了~~~剧情这种嘛。。。有剧情吗？？
视听感受level+1，人物刻画level-1
怎么回事啊，歌舞是要角色唱出来，不是欧美流行乐歌单当bgm放。所以本质不是剧情过简，而是这种剥离感。最后想对Mr. Moon说，服化道不错，剧本写得还是烂透:)
我还在猜想，他们最终决定放弃这场太空歌剧，转而利用现有道具编排出一场临时的音乐剧，看来我还是想得太多了。
争权夺利的政治斗争，口口声声为了正义，哪里有什么对错，其实都有自己的目的。当徐昌大说出“让你坐到这个位置上的人是我”的时候，老大就不可能再用他了，因为太傲慢，伤到了老大的自尊，虽然事实可能如此。目的和手段究竟要不要统一，也许不能一概而论，但人终究都要有自己的底线，只要没有违背良心，用点诡计也没什么大不了的，总比处在劣势仍坐以待毙要强
又是一场精彩绝伦，视觉音效绝妙的演出！看海选的短片被吸引，依旧是玩梗无数笑点密集的爆米花片，最后演出的舞美灯光设计太棒了，甚至忘了这是动画无比期待现场观看的效果，除了无数美妙的歌声，依旧有与过去释怀与自己释怀的故事，还有无畏无惧，勇敢面对内心的梦想，只要敢去做，每一步都是踏上最正确最好的路上。
事件驱动而不是人物驱动，所以每个环节都像任务。很多地方逻辑性太弱，可能是为了分级定位的功能性，音乐场景很不错，不引进可惜了，歌舞剧不在电影院怎么行。Your Song Saved My Life，拿捏了。
音乐不如第1部的歌多而且偏流行向 总体还不错
欢乐，正面，经典又老套的剧情，设计、舞美bling bling，万众欢呼难以抗拒
当影子和上台面是不一样的，绝顶聪明却不明白这一点，这其实应该算是导演的锅，人民是蒙昧的，给了这些人操纵选举的空间，在人民明白这些之前，这种人都会有市场。
声光视效、动捕、面补以及配乐，真的一流工业制作，照明娱乐在这些方面已经是顶级了。就是剧作离皮克斯迪士尼还有很大差距，可冲这些歌我也想它一直拍下去啊！
Gunter的德国口音太逗，独爱Clay和Johnny线，很喜欢Clay影射U2主唱Bono的设定（而且竟然配音是Bono本人…）。没有爵士白鼠有点可惜。续作难拍，尤其本部基本没有原创歌曲，看得出制作团队想要求稳(快)，但好在的确很大程度上延续了第一部在立意和叙事上的精神设定。
歌单收藏啦，“勇气”主题让穆恩剧团登上了更大的舞台，喜欢最后的音乐剧表演，太好看了。
舞台艺术！这就是绝佳的舞台艺术！最后的20分钟是欧美流行文化盛宴，还能听到寡姐和Bono合唱简直泪崩。简单明了的剧情和不断穿插的笑料，虽然仓促潦草，但也足见诚意，看得开心看得感动就好，《欢乐好声音2》简直是一家人观影的首选。不知道还有没有机会引进国内大银幕，很想在电影院里再次感受音乐与舞蹈的激情。
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