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01-21-2009, 12:51 AM | #1 |
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Best Western
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But cowboys and such. Ive just seen The Great Silence, which Alex Cox waxed lyrical as the best spaghetti western ever, certainly a great movie, stunning scenery of deep snow ( set in Utah during the great blizzard of 1899 or something) but I don't know about better than Once Upon a Time in the West. We had a great thread on war movies back a couple of months ago so how about westerns, Clint Eastwoods been in a lot from his early career in 'Dollars movies to the later ones he directed (Pale Rider, Unforgiven, the Outlaw Josey Wales) pretty much all of which are contenders. Modern westerns, or old school Duke and the 7th Cavalry? Also For the boys or do chicks dig them too? |
01-21-2009, 01:09 AM | #3 |
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Pale Rider, Jeremiah Johnson and Unforgiven are at the top of my list. Been wanting to see 3:10 to Yuma for awhile now, heard good things. Oh and Blazing Saddles of course.
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01-21-2009, 01:32 AM | #5 | |
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01-21-2009, 10:13 AM | #6 |
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I think I'll have to get Shane, I don't know if I've ever seen it.
There were a couple of Wyatt Earp movies out a couple of years ago (14 ) Wyatt Earp and Tombstone. Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday was awesome in Tombstone. |
01-21-2009, 10:45 AM | #7 |
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I don't know about best Western, but my favorites are Rio Bravo and Silverado. I love Walter Brennan as Stumpy. And his griping at Dude (Dean Martin) is a hoot.
Silverado has good action and enough humor to be more than a morality play.
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01-21-2009, 10:46 AM | #8 |
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Does There Will Be Blood count?
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01-21-2009, 11:10 AM | #9 |
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I can't speak for chicks, but this chick likes a few westerns.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...well it's in my top 20 movies. Mom loved Shane...and that is why my older brother's middle name is Alan. I have never seen it, believe it or not. Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Wild Bunch Wait, shouldn't this be Beest Western?
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01-21-2009, 11:50 AM | #10 |
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01-31-2009, 04:05 AM | #11 |
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That's my #1.
Its at a disadvantage since its so old and in black and white but the story and acting are exceptional. Right after that is High Plains Drifter which Eastwood later remade into Pale Rider (also in my top 5).
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01-21-2009, 01:05 PM | #12 |
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Not in order of preference, the ones that immediately come to mind are:
Pale Rider A Fistful of Dollars High Plains Drifter She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Cat Ballou (just sayin', my confirmation name is not Catherine because of Catherine of Sienna or anybody else who was having stigmata sometime in the Middle Ages ...) Little Big Man Dances with Wolves I hesitate to add Outland, but I think it really was a Western, even if it was set in a space station.
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01-21-2009, 01:24 PM | #13 |
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I thought of Outland before posting the thread, trying to think of 'alternative westerns', totally a western plot, just spaced up, maybe Connery couldn't do the accent .
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01-21-2009, 01:07 PM | #14 |
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Ohhhh...Little Big Man. Classic.
"I'll be your wife, Little Big Man." love your conf name!
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01-21-2009, 05:56 PM | #15 |
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Man, I've seen sooooo many. My list is totally subject to my mood, but off the top of my head I'd say my top 10 are....
Blazing Saddles The Magnificent Seven Tombstone The Searchers High Noon The Wild Bunch Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid Shane Rio Bravo The Shootist
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