Westerns

Post by **Rigel** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:02 pm

I watched Doomsday last night. Overall, it had a weak plot, a few nonsensical plot points, and the action wasn't very entertaining.

And a heavy metal type dude dancing around to something that sounded like a cross between the Jackson Five and Elton John while cooking one of the captives alive :blink:

Post by **danlo** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:13 pm

I thought Doomsday was a post-apoc Sci-Fi, not a western...

Post by **Rigel** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:11 pm

Sorry, my bad! I thought I was in the "What's Playing" thread

Post by **danlo** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:27 pm

Happens to the best, pard'ner!

Post by **danlo** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:01 pm

Wow what a cast! I'm really looking forward to Appaloosa-filmed in NM, directed by Ed Harris: Ed Harris, Robert Knott, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Timothy V. Murphy. trailer

Post by **Usivius** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:16 pm

yah, one of my "must sees"... but "haven't seen yets" ...

Post by **Warmark** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:17 pm

That looks awesome.

Post by **Damelon** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:15 pm

I watched a lot of westerns when I was younger, my dad liked them. However I never cared for the genre all that much. To me the best of them are:

Unforgiven

True Grit

High Noon

Post by **danlo** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:04 am

Jeremy Irons is in it too!

Post by **danlo** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:25 am

Dead Man is an absolutely awesome flick too, soundtrack by Neil Young words by Johnny Depp.

Post by **Cagliostro** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:02 pm

LOVE Dead Man. A few years ago, I went to a Halloween party dressed up as No Face from Spirited Away and ran into someone dressed as Johnny Depp's character from Dead Man. It was a party primarily for film students in Boulder, and after I congradulated him on his costume, he said I was the first one who recognized his costume. He was the second to recognize my costume.
A weird and fun party that took place in the Odd Fellows hall.

Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:24 am

My take on Westerns (not being much of a fan):

10. Assasination of Jesse James
9. Once Upon a Time in the West
8. Josey Wales
7. Unforgiven
6. Open Range
5. Seraphim Falls
4. Pale Rider
3. Tombstone
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1. Dances with Wolves (if you consider it a Western)

Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:59 pm

I just watched Good, Bad, Ugly all the way through. This time I saw the opening credits, which were just fantastic and it helped get through the beginning pieces into this amazing and fantastic film that is easily the best Western ever made.

Post by **Orlion** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:40 am

And just think, it doesn't even show up on AFI's Top Ten Westerns list...

Post by **Montresor** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:47 am

Yeah, crazy. The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly is an absolute masterpiece.

Post by **Orlion** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:55 am

Here's the List, for those interested in giving their opinion on them to me... I've only seen Unforgiven and High Noon:

10. Cat Ballou
9. Stagecoach
8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
7. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
6. The Wild Bunch
5. Red River
4. Unforgiven
3. Shane
2. High Noon
1. The Searchers

This is the link

Post by **Montresor** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:07 am

Shane, Unforgiven, The Searchers, and The Wild Bunch all deserve to get top ten mentions (in my opinion). I tend to prefer either the Spaghetti Western style, or the Clint Eastwood Western, so I'd definitely add to my own list films like Pale Rider, Once Upon a Time in the West, and A Fistful of Dollars (it's still no Yojimbo, though).

A lot of films I would pick as great westerns aren't classically western, however. So maybe I just need to admit that I don't really like the genre unless it plays against type?

Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:53 am

The Leone Trilogy isn't American...FI.

Post by **Orlion** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:16 am

jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:The Leone Trilogy isn't American...FI.

Hmmm.... that actually explains quite a bit....

Post by **Montresor** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:35 am

jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:The Leone Trilogy isn't American...FI.

I always found it strange that, for an organisation which supports plenty of Foreign film fests etc, that they don't include Foreign films in their awards. It's a little patronising. Not that I have a problem with an organisation that specifically focusses on US films.

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