I've kinda been on a Western kick lately and I'm just wondering about the newer Westerns as well as older ones I may have forgotten/missed. Go!
Wild Bunch.
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I loved the remake of True Grit with Jeff Bridges.
Wild wild west
Unforgiven gets my vote for best ever.
Unforgiven is pretty close to perfect in the genre. Other "newer" Westerns that I dig are Open Range and Appaloosa.
I also like my Westerns with a heavy dose of "weird" so I have to add Dead Man, The Burrowers, and Ravenous.
High Plains Drifter
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Once Upon A Time In The West
Quote from: Lumpy on July 23, 2012, 08:44:04 AM
I loved the remake of True Grit with Jeff Bridges.
I've thought about giving this one a chance, even though I consider the John Wayne version holy.
Quote from: Demon Lung on July 23, 2012, 09:31:57 AM
Wild wild west
Are you talking about the Will Smith one? That thing was wretched :(
How's 3:10 to Yuma?
1. Outlaw Josey Wales
2. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
3. Little Big Man
4. Jeremiah Johnson
5. Shane
6. The Long Riders
7. High Plains Drifter
8. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
9. The Missouri Breaks
10. Unforgiven
Honorable Mention: Goin' South
In the list above, only the first 2 are in order.
Quote from: Ranbat on July 23, 2012, 06:48:16 PM
Quote from: Lumpy on July 23, 2012, 08:44:04 AM
I loved the remake of True Grit with Jeff Bridges.
I've thought about giving this one a chance, even though I consider the John Wayne version holy.
Is it controversial to say that John Wayne is a fucking terrible actor, compared to Jeff Bridges? What are you waiting for, the new version is true to the book and has great performances. The worst actor in the movie is Matt Damon, the cast is stellar. Directed by the Coen Brothers. What else do you want?
The Unforgiven is seriously overrated.
Quote from: Ranbat on July 23, 2012, 06:51:06 PM
How's 3:10 to Yuma?
New one's good, if a little scattershot. Old one's hokey (IMO).
I think you have Eastwood guys and Wayne guys. I fucking hate John Wayne. My only complaint with the Coens' version is that they included all of Rooster's drunken rambling from Portis's novel, but it was unintelligible. That shit is hilarious.
Quote from: I,Galactus on July 23, 2012, 08:46:55 PM
Quote from: Ranbat on July 23, 2012, 06:51:06 PM
How's 3:10 to Yuma?
New one's good, if a little scattershot. Old one's hokey (IMO).
Everything was hokey in 1957. You leave Pa Kent alone!
Quote from: Lumpy on July 23, 2012, 08:03:25 PM
Quote from: Ranbat on July 23, 2012, 06:48:16 PM
Quote from: Lumpy on July 23, 2012, 08:44:04 AM
I loved the remake of True Grit with Jeff Bridges.
I've thought about giving this one a chance, even though I consider the John Wayne version holy.
Is it controversial to say that John Wayne is a fucking terrible actor, compared to Jeff Bridges? What are you waiting for, the new version is true to the book and has great performances. The worst actor in the movie is Matt Damon, the cast is stellar. Directed by the Coen Brothers. What else do you want?
No, really, you're spot on. It's more about being raised on John Wayne movies. Most of his movies I can't stand except for a few of his Westerns.
Quote from: boltthrow on July 23, 2012, 08:04:36 AM
Wild Bunch.
I have to agree with Bolt. That's my favorite western of all time. My 2nd favorite has to be High Noon with Gary Cooper.
I also like Destry Rides Again with Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich (Not sure if I spelled that correctly). Also the Searchers with John Wayne. Another movie - although not a traditional Western - is the Ox-Bow incident with Henry Fonda. I paticularly liked that film too.
Quote from: Sundholm on July 23, 2012, 09:26:56 PM
Everything was hokey in 1957. You leave Pa Kent alone!
Pa Kent's well and good. It's Frankie Lane that prevents me from keeping a straight face.
I'm partial to the Spaghetti Westerns only.
The Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood trilogy is brilliant, as is Once Upon a Time in the West.
Also dig the Sartana and Django series(along with their countless knockoffs) and the Terrance Hill/Bud Spencer team-ups aren't too bad for comedy.
Hell, I love all the Spaghetti Westerns, they have a certain style that I dig.
Yeah, for me it's 'The Wild Bunch' as well, followed by 'The Long Riders' and 'The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly'.
For newer stuff, I thought 'Open Range' was pretty good.
Put me down for thinking John Wayne is a terrible actor and his movies are awful. Sorry. Eastwood's stuff is good, but there's always a touch of bullshit in every one of his movies.
'Missouri Breaks' is up there for me. I like it.
Seraphin Falls
'Appaloosa' with Ed Harris was good. Also, one of my favorites, which I forgot to mention, is 'The Proposition' which, while set in Australia, is very much a 'western' by definition.
does bring me the head of alfredo garcia fall into the western pantheon? i guess not. but it's a killer flick regardless.
I dropped into the video store last night and picked up a few to watch this week. Jonah Hex was actually not too bad for a comic book based movie. I also grabbed 3:10 to Yuma and Unforgiven. I saw they had Open Range and the Proposition. Is Josh Brolin making a career out of Western movies? Seems he's in a lot of them. I'd consider No Country for Old Men a Western too actually.
Haven't seen The Proposition. It's on my list simply because it's written by Nick Cave and Guy Pearce has a knack for finding good projects.
Wanted: Dead Or Alive
Deadwood
Tombstone
The Shooting & Ride In The Whirlwind are worth checking out too.
The three amigos
Quote from: Lumpy on July 23, 2012, 08:04:30 PM
The Unforgiven is seriously overrated.
After watching it again this week, I agree.
Quote from: Lumpy on July 23, 2012, 08:03:25 PM
Quote from: Ranbat on July 23, 2012, 06:48:16 PM
Quote from: Lumpy on July 23, 2012, 08:44:04 AM
I loved the remake of True Grit with Jeff Bridges.
I've thought about giving this one a chance, even though I consider the John Wayne version holy.
Is it controversial to say that John Wayne is a fucking terrible actor, compared to Jeff Bridges? What are you waiting for, the new version is true to the book and has great performances. The worst actor in the movie is Matt Damon, the cast is stellar. Directed by the Coen Brothers. What else do you want?
Watched True Grit w/Jeff Bridges last night. I still prefer the John Wayne version.
Quote from: Ranbat on July 27, 2012, 08:48:32 PM
Quote from: Lumpy on July 23, 2012, 08:04:30 PM
The Unforgiven is seriously overrated.
After watching it again this week, I agree.
I kinda felt that way when it came out. It was good but the reaction seemed more like an appreciation for Clint than the actual movie.
Morgan Freeman: "Ya use your hand?"
Pale Rider.
Quote from: boltthrow on July 28, 2012, 10:23:03 AM
Quote from: Ranbat on July 27, 2012, 08:48:32 PM
Quote from: Lumpy on July 23, 2012, 08:04:30 PM
The Unforgiven is seriously overrated.
After watching it again this week, I agree.
I kinda felt that way when it came out. It was good but the reaction seemed more like an appreciation for Clint than the actual movie.
Morgan Freeman: "Ya use your hand?"
i think it's a great western but i'm not a fan of westerns. i love that scene where hackman is beating the shit out of morgan freeman. "and if his lies are different than your lies then ima have to hurt you. and not gentle like before. but bad....." *shiver
I don't think it's overrated at all. I think it's rated perfectly: totally awesome.
it's got everything you want in a western plus shit you didn't expect from a western yet delivered in western fashion. and great performances all around
"fucking whores......"
A Fistful of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Once Upon A Time in the West
The Proposition
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Jeremiah Johnson
I watched the original "True Grit" last night -- the remake is superior, IMO. Similar in many ways. Corny ending in the original, bad acting. In the originbal, there's a few long shots which show lots of landscape that are nice, other than that I think the new one is better in every way (except no Corn Dodgers). Kim Darby does display her bust (contours) though. In the new one, the girl seems more asexual or pre-pubescent, and so it was creepy when LaBouef talks about 'stealing a kiss'.
New one, hands down.
first one's got the mom from Better Off Dead! other than that, eh. I should probably see the new one
First one has Robert Duval and Dennis Hopper, but most of the acting is better in #2.
I agree with most of the picks in this thread. I haven't seen some of the new ones, maybe I'll queue something up this weekend.
Tombstone is not good. The Duke isn't for me either.
Not a top 3, but fun too watch and it definitely grows on you after a couple times through.
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Picked up Appaloosa because it was suggested here and really liked that one. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was a good pick too.
I'm a little disgusted nobody (no pun intended) no one has mentioned any of these
My name is nobody
The great silence(very very goo)
Blindman
The battle of Cable Hogue
A bullet for the general
Wild Bunch
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tombstone
Fistful of Dollars
Modern/non-traditional:
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
No Country for Old Men
tombstone!!
yeah, WTF peoplething??? I just smoted your heavily undersmitted ass for that
For a while I thought Tombstone was really a great western. Only having seen it in the 90's. A few years ago I picked it up on DVD and watched it again, thinking it was this great film... to no success. In fact I tried watching it a few weeks ago..... and still a big fat Nope.
Although there are some great performances (Kilmer being far and away the best), and some really memorable scenes that convey the tension and frustration the Erp's felt, the whole love triangle between Russel, his drug addict wife and Delaney ruins the whole damn film. It seriously drags all that's good about that flick into a weird fuzzy, warm, Disney meets Daniel Steele abyss that translates more into Pride and Prejudice than an American western.
They could've easily hacked the twenty-five minutes of that stupid romantic sub-plot, and made it a top notch western.
so, smote away lover. :-*
the romantic subplot was completely necessary because that's what happened. or at least that's what happened according to them. same difference. can't leave it out and have Kurt look like some kinda Kansas City faggot. it's Kurt Russell for Pete's sake, of COURSE he's gonna get the babe! you're just gonna have to suppress your 8-year-old "I want all action and no yucky kissing" movie-watching sensibilities and watch it again
Val Kilmer was good in what was otherwise a shitty-looking, fake-ass Western. No grit, no dirt, it was actors in costumes with fake facial hair saying goofy Hollywood lines. The End.
nice review, Bob Towne. "hey! let's get some more dirt over here! Ms. Griffin says it's not gritty enough!"
Yeah, dude, Tombstone wasn't good, imo.
Even the sub-standard, and overly long, Lawrence Kasdan directed Wyatt Earp with K. Costner, was better.
Though, imdb rates Tombstone with a 7.7 and Wyatt Earp with a 6.5.
Tombstone was entertaining but its no classic. I agree with Godshifter, Bolt and People although I may have enjoyed it a little more.
The thing that I find funniest about tombstone is that while you are driving on the 10 just east of Tucson you start seeing the signs advertising the towns. Kurt russels face is on that sign. Not Wyatt earp but Kurt russel
Does Zachariah count as a western? If so, that's probably my favorite.
The entire fucking Deadwood series.
Cowboys and aliens
Quote from: The Shocker on August 19, 2012, 08:38:49 PM
The entire fucking Deadwood series.
Quasi related question: has anybody seen AMC's Hell on Wheels with Jesus Caviezel? Any good?
Deadwood is fucking awesome btw.
It's actually Anson Mount and, although I've watched everything up to this point, the jury is still out on it for me. It's entertaining but definitely not Deadwood good.
'Hey Amigo, you know you have a face beautiful enough to be worth two thousand dollars?
'Yeah, but you don't look like the one who'll collect it.'
I watch westerns a lot on Netflix , most of the good ones I can't remember the names of but at the top of my list are too bravo & one eyed jacks .
I'm surprised there's no mention of The Man who Shot Liberty Valance. It's Wayne's best western, imo. Plus Lee fuckin Marvin is a great antagonist.
And it's on Netflix instant if memory serves me correctly.
It's on there , I thought about giving it a run . Never seen it
Well for what it's worth, its a John Ford film and his best, imho. Classic western in the respect that westerns are all about men coming to grips with perdition. It blows The Searchers out of the water because if you need to have a major bad guy take on the Duke, it had better be a bad mofo like Lee Marvin.
Good foundation film for the later Leone westerns...
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Quote from: The Shocker on August 19, 2012, 08:38:49 PM
The entire fucking Deadwood series.
Quasi related question: has anybody seen AMC's Hell on Wheels with Jesus Caviezel? Any good?
Deadwood is fucking awesome btw.
I love Hell On Wheels.
Crutch beat me to it . Yes the man who shot liberty valance was probably the one western that got me into the genre. I used to hate westerns back in the day seeing as that's all my dad and grandad watched back before they got cable lmao.
Others I liked
Appaloosa
Dances with wolves
True grit ( both )
Pale rider
Man with no name trilogy
Drums along the Mohawk ( not really a western but love it anyway )
Outlaw josey wales
Recently watched this one.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was a good one, and I've lost track of how many times I've watched Little Big Man.
Maybe it is just my age, because I was a kid when they came out and for some reason Keefer Sutherland was my favorite actor (?)... But I still have a soft spot for the Young Guns movies.
One I watched about 10 years ago and remember liking was the Jack Bull. Just googled it, and turns out it was an HBO made for tv thing... But I remember it being decent.
Young Guns 2
Movies:
The Dollars/ Man with No Name trilogy
The Wild Bunch
The Train Robbers
TV:
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Deadwood
Fucking THE GREAT SILENCE!
recently saw The Magnificent Seven. not really all that magnificent. Coburn and Bronson were good, Vaughn was ok. McQueen was as you'd expect with few lines.
was Yul Brenner known for anything else besides this, The King And I, and the Bill Hicks bit?
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was Yul Brenner known for anything else besides this, The King And I, and the Bill Hicks bit?
Quote from: priest on March 06, 2013, 05:28:34 PM
was Yul Brenner known for anything else besides this, The King And I, and the Bill Hicks bit?
Also this pile:
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