Kevin's Watch

Concur with Elfgirl et al. about Josey Wales... my fave to watch (seen it probably 50 times) although perhaps not the quintessential genre movie. Sort of a Western buddy movie with believable characters (Josey and the Chief). The best ever has to go to Good, Bad, and Ugly. Not only a great Western, one of the greatest movies of all time. The graveyard scene ("ecstatsy of the gold") and the final showdown are unsurpassed. But then again, I am a fan of opera, so I'm biased.

I actually like some of the older westerns with Jimmy Stuart -- Winchester '76 and My Darlin' Clementine. He could play heavy with the best of them, really surprising considering his normal decent-everyman persona.

danlo wrote:I prefer For a Few Dollars More...

That's next on my list to watch.

dlbpharmd wrote:Finally watched "A Fistful of Dollars." Frankly, I don't see what's supposed to be so great about it.

Blasphemy!

Cail and I rock. That is all.

Indeed.

You two are nerds.

Nerds I say.


MACHO NERDS? Perhaps...but nerds nonetheless!

Heh. =)

dlbpharmd wrote:Finally watched "A Fistful of Dollars." Frankly, I don't see what's supposed to be so great about it.

It's a scene-for-scene rip-off--er, adaptation--of Yojimbo.

I just read through 5 pages and didn't see 'The life and times of Judge Roy Bean'

Saw it in the '70s and haven't seen it since. Now I have to buy the dvd and see if it's as awesome and funny as I remember...

Two Mules for Sister Sara!

One of the funniest westerns ever!!

With few exceptions, Westerns are just not watchable unless they have Clint Eastwood starring in them.

The top three ever are The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly; Pale Rider; Unforgiven.

Dromond wrote:I just read through 5 pages and didn't see 'The life and times of Judge Roy Bean'

YESSSSSS!!




(directed by john houston!!)

Montressor wrote:With few exceptions, Westerns are just not watchable unless they have Clint Eastwood starring in them.

The top three ever are The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly; Pale Rider; Unforgiven.

Looks like Montressor and I can at last agree on something.

Matrixman wrote:
Looks like Montressor and I can at last agree on something.

Yes.

But everybody loves Clint. Unless they have a chemical imbalance in their brain. The only man who can possibly rival Toshiro Mifune for cool-factor.

Montressor wrote:But everybody loves Clint. Unless they have a chemical imbalance in their brain. The only man who can possibly rival Toshiro Mifune for cool-factor.

I'm speechless with total agreement!

In other news: a Western-themed version of Cats has been planned by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Lord Foul wrote:

Montressor wrote:But everybody loves Clint. Unless they have a chemical imbalance in their brain. The only man who can possibly rival Toshiro Mifune for cool-factor.

I'm speechless with total agreement!

me too.

Lord Foul wrote:In other news: a Western-themed version of Cats has been planned by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

We cower in our shelters
With our hands over our ears
Lloyd-Webber's awful stuff
Runs for years and years and years
An earthquake hits the theater
But the operetta lingers
Then the piano lid comes down
And breaks his f***ing fingers
It's a miracle
~roger waters~

an Carraig wrote:
We cower in our shelters
With our hands over our ears
Lloyd-Webber's awful stuff
Runs for years and years and years
An earthquake hits the theater
But the operetta lingers
Then the piano lid comes down
And breaks his f***ing fingers
It's a miracle
~roger waters~

danlo wrote:You need to watch the Hi-Lo Country one of these days...thou I'm not even sure it's on DVD, pity...

I just caught this on The Sundance Channel.

Really strong movie. Not an action flick, but a slow, tragic love story/western. Excellent movie.

"He hit me in the head with a bottle"

One of the best films ever made, and all New Mexico...my former EA is one of the Hispanic ladies dancing in the background. I've never met Max Evans but saw him once in the hallways of the Eng. dept at UNM. I love the repetitive theme by Carter Burwell and Ed from Northern Exposure

Spoiler

whizzing on Sam Eliot is priceless

, "I'll slit ya like a lizard!" Gammon and Eliot are consummate cowboys.

Watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford yesterday. While not terribly action packed it was beautifully shot (some of the photography being krinkled, kind of musty and sienna, like old Perry photographs) very realistic, almost too realistic. Historically it's quite detailed-by almost too realistic I mean: That there really wasn't a "James Gang" during the time of Frank and Jesse's last train robbery at Blue Cut, MO. They had to raid the countryside and hellholes for scum and Charlie and Robert Ford were some of the most piteous--it' amazing how incredibly stupid some of these rubes were, but they were. Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck do admirable jobs, but there are slow spots and some of the movie should have been cut.

Skipped around a bit - and found The Shootist on Cail's list (no matter how hard we fight in the 'Tank, I'd do movie night with you in a hot-sh-t-second, Cail. You are a man of great judgment and rare taste). It's one of my faves.

My Daughter, who hates it when I start watching Westerns, recently sat and watched 3:10 to Yuma with me (at my insistence). It's good enough that she's starting to get it.

Now, if I could just get her to watch the Rocky movies with me...