J Dog Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Once Upon a Time in the WestThe Good, The Bad and the UglyUnforgivenThe Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceHigh NoonThe SearchersBeen watching Deadwood, a great Western TV series.I've always thought about checking out Deadwood but never have. So I take it's good. Ever seen Wild Bill with Jeff Bridges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I haven't but I an interested.I think Once Upon a Time in the West had some of the best lines.Harmonica: Your friends have a high mortality count. First three than twoFrank: So you're the one who makes the appointmentsHarmonica: And you're the one that doesn't keep them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I love the 'two too many' horses line too. And the 'can you play music with that?!?!' Line and my personal favorite from that film'How can you trust a man that wears a belt AND suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mao5 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) my top 8 western movies :1. they died with their boots on2. stagecoach3. the searchers4. rio bravo5. rancho notorious6. johnny guitar7. unforgiven8. winchester 73 Edited August 24, 2013 by Mao5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Johnny Guitar is fantastic, Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden. Sterling Hayden is one of my favorite actors ever...and his real life was almost as adventurous as his movies. This was also one of Jimi Hendrixes favorite movies as a kid i remember reading once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I love the 'two too many' horses line too. And the 'can you play music with that?!?!' Line and my personal favorite from that film'How can you trust a man that wears a belt AND suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants!'"People scare better when they're dying"Henry Fonda was so convincing as the bad guy. It was Leone's dream to work with him and he casts him as the villain!"You saved his life!""I did not let them kill him and that is not the same thing!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) Part of what makes him SOOO effective as a bad guy is that he is essentially the quintessential American good guy, totally inspired bit of casting was that. Just magnificent. Apparently when Leone first met Fonda he freaked out, thinking he was too old to play Frank.Another reason i think that the western is dead nowadays is that they involved not a lot of dialogue always but a great deal of physical grace which a lot of actors don't have anymore. People don't seem to work on things like that. I think Claudia Cardinale was quoted as saying Fonda walked like a prince. I totally get that.So much emphasis is but on beauty in terms of physical looks but certain actors, Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda just carried themselves with an upright grace that fills up the screen. Edited August 24, 2013 by sugaraylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 There's quite a few modern actors that can pull off a Western. Christian Bale, Russel Crowe, Daniel Craig, I think Leonardo DeCaprio could do a good western. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 None of em look rugged enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Craig maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Oliver Reed and Gene Hackman did a wonderful western called The Hunting Party that i reccomend to everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 What about the one Richard Harris did? A Man Called Horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 That was fantastic too although i dunno about the sequel, bit dodgy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 "You make good coffee at least?"Its a shame the film got butchered and flopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 How about Soldier Blue Georgy, ever seen that? Thats a fuckin' mental one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 What about the one Richard Harris did? A Man Called Horse.That ones is rather meh for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 What about the one Richard Harris did? A Man Called Horse.That ones is rather meh for me.I thought it was pretty good man, conceptually if nothing else, it's really like...harrowing as an idea, that that could happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mao5 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Johnny Guitar is fantastic, Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden. Sterling Hayden is one of my favorite actors ever...and his real life was almost as adventurous as his movies. This was also one of Jimi Hendrixes favorite movies as a kid i remember reading once.oh really ? i didn't know it was one of jimi's favorite, but i'm not surprised, that film is so strange, unrealistic and kind of psychedelic lola dialogue from "they died with their boots on" (1941)George Armstrong Custer: Well, for one thing you're an Englishman, not an American. Lt. "Queen's Own" Butler: Not an American! What do you Yankees think you are? The only REAL Americans in this merry old parish are on the other side of the hill with feathers in their hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlfan88 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I saw Cop Land yesterday. It's like a western.Not as good but quite similar to High Noon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 (edited) The good the bad and the ugly takes top prize for me. I wish sergio leone made more westerns .Franco nero as django is entertaining, but no eastwood.Son of the morning star was a more accurate story of custer than any other one out there.I'd like to see more civil war films. Gods & generals and gettysburg were great recent epics. Edited August 29, 2013 by Axl_morris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Been wanting to watch Gods And Generals and Gettysburg again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Been wanting to watch Gods And Generals and Gettysburg again.they have extended editions out now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mao5 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 (edited) The good the bad and the ugly takes top prize for me. I wish sergio leone made more westerns .you can't be serious, western spaghetti is a mere parody of real western, they're a joke. not necessarily bad movies, they're entertaining sometimes but they don't have a high artistic quality.the best westerns have been done by directors like john ford, raoul walsh, anthony mann or howard hawks Edited August 30, 2013 by Mao5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 (edited) I just prefer the more cult westerns, like the dollor trilogy, Outlaw Josey Wales and mentioned previously Soldier Blue. I like Major Dundee too, just noticed there is a blu ray out now that is extended. Edited August 30, 2013 by Axl_morris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 The good the bad and the ugly takes top prize for me. I wish sergio leone made more westerns .Franco nero as django is entertaining, but no eastwood.Son of the morning star was a more accurate story of custer than any other one out there.I'd like to see more civil war films. Gods & generals and gettysburg were great recent epics.I love me some spaghetti westerns. Leone made 6 of them if you count "My Name is Noboy"some of my favourites:Once Upon a time in the West (my all time favourite)DjangoPreparati la barra (aka. viva Django/Django prepare your coffin)God forgives I dontMy name is NoboyA Bullet for the generalA Fistful of DollarsThey Call me Trinity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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