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A Fistful of [Western]
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I had to choose between that title or "The Good, the Bad and the [Western]". But I stand by my choice.
Anyway, onto the actual post. I'm in the mood to engross myself is some old-timey Westerns. I've already watched the masterful Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy and am in need of more films to satisfy myself with of the Western persuasion.
Suggestions?
EDIT: Forgot to include that I've also seen High Plains Drifter. Also I did watch a bit of Unforgiven but never finished it
Anyway, onto the actual post. I'm in the mood to engross myself is some old-timey Westerns. I've already watched the masterful Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy and am in need of more films to satisfy myself with of the Western persuasion.
Suggestions?
EDIT: Forgot to include that I've also seen High Plains Drifter. Also I did watch a bit of Unforgiven but never finished it
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3:10 to Yuma (I never saw the original but the remake with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale was pretty badass)
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Forget it...
Hondo
Hang em' High
Westworld (sort of a western/sci-fi mashup)
Two Mules for Sister Sarah
The Searchers
Unforgiven
Basically, just IMDB John Wayne and Clint Eastwood.
True Grit.
Val Kilmer's best role by far.
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How awesome is it? So awesome.
Edit - Also, The Wild Bunch. Watch that first so you get the in-jokes in My Name is Nobody.
Double Edit - The Proposition is also pretty good - it's an Australian western, for a change of pace.
Quigley Down Under?
Do these count?
I suppose I like my westerns a bit "silly."
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One night I watched The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly followed by Unforgiven and was in awe of Clint Eastwood... that man can get it done.
Tombstone
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Unforgiven
The man with no name series
No Country for Old Men
Ned Kelly
More modern stuff than old, but I never was a fan of the Duke.
Maybe watch The Seven Samurai instead of the Magnificent Seven... Kurosawa just does it better!
I came in just to day that.
If you can track down The Sacketts tv miniseries, give that a shot. Based off of the Louis L'Amour novels and starring Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot, Ben Johnson, Glen Ford and more.
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I agree with this. The Magnificent Seven feels rather sloppy when compared to Seven Samurai. Not the acting so much, just the pacing, the role of certain characters, and the awful ending.
ed: Nevermind. You've seen High Plains Drifter.
not that it isn't fantastic or doesn't work on its own. just saying there's a lot of indirect references.
Came here to see if this was mentioned. A western set late in the era to be sure, but it has alot of good action and doesn't waste its potential. The ending is probably one of the best shootouts I can say I've watched in a film.
Marooned for lies! I just watched this last weekend and I could not be less impressed. I really expected more from the cast of big name actors. About half of the time it seemed like the writers just asked themselves what they could do that would make less sense than the previous scene.
on with the recommendations
Shane (1953)
Stagecoach (1939)
Uhh...and.... uh... actually, yeah the Django movies are really awesome. Oh, and Shane!
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- For a few dollars more
- The good the bad and the ugly
- Hang 'em high
- The wild bunch
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Seraphim falls
- Bonanza
- Deadwood
- Gangs of new york?
I'm sure that there's a western called Rio Bravo as well. I'm gonna try and watch it when I get the time and give you my opinion.
i'm sure many will disagree about the movie itself, but the cast is pretty solid...
John Wayne famously called it "the most un-American thing I've ever seen in my entire life." On the other hand, it was among the favorite movies of Eisenhower, Reagan, and Bill Clinton, and it's on the American Film Institutes best movies list.
It's not nearly as shocking in 2009 as it was in 1952, but it's still a great movie.
Edit: And for the people who mentioned Rio Bravo, that movie was John Wayne's "response" to what he thought was wrong with Hign Noon.
Cripes, people.
If you liked the Dollar trilogy, I recommend you stay away from anything with John Wayne.
John Wayne:Clint Eastwood::Adam West's Batman:Christopher Bale's Batman.
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I think he's saying John Wayne is to Clint Eastwood as Adam West's Batman is to Christopher Bales Batman.