I'm with you on the John Wayne for the most part but he was pretty great in the original True Grit. He's entertaining as old and damaged goods - was rare for him - but the movie itself is just ok.
02-23-2014 11:00 PM
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I'm with you on the John Wayne for the most part but he was pretty great in the original True Grit. He's entertaining as old and damaged goods - was rare for him - but the movie itself is just ok. | |
02-23-2014 11:47 PM
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My list of good westerns is as follows and mostly in order |
02-24-2014 03:04 AM
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How can you not like Once Upon a Time in the West? | |
02-24-2014 11:28 AM
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Band of Brothers is so epic... I thought of it a number of times when making my list. It's so much bigger in scope than any movie, and it's superb on all levels. | |
02-24-2014 11:29 AM
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BoB was one of the best things I've ever watched. | |
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02-24-2014 01:31 PM
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Yeah... not that it's in anywhere near the same league, but | |
02-24-2014 07:12 PM
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02-24-2014 09:45 PM
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I definitely prefer the new Westerns - they don't cheat history as much by hiding how ugly the period was socially and economically. Not all classic Westerns did that but most did. Even the remakes of good classic westerns like 3:10 to Yuma are much better because the acting in the classic period was so over the top. That said, there hasn't been that many great new ones beyond what's already been discussed. I'd put Open Range and Appaloosa on the should watch list but they aren't more than an interesting character or two with a coherent story. I wish Appaloosa was more about Viggo Mortensen's story than Ed Harris'. I'd count Dances with Wolves as a Western. I like that movie more than I probably should. It's TV but I'll recommend Hell on Wheels. Really didn't think I'd be interested based on the premise but it did suck me in on the strength of the lead, the railroad boss and the Indian sub-plots. | |
02-24-2014 09:58 PM
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I'll check out Hell on Wheels. Open Range was decent but not gripping, Appaloosa was surprisingly not bad but curiously highly forgetful. The only thing I remember is how much I want an 8-gauge shotty. The Road was great, but as you said, not uplifting. Did you like Book of Eli? IMDB gives it 6.9, which for anything drama related, I've only once or twice seen a good one score below a 7.5 |
02-24-2014 10:12 PM
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Book of Eli is good, not great. You'll need to suspend your disbelief but I didn't regret the two hours. Gary Oldman as a bad guy is never a waste of time. It's vaguely reminiscent of A Canticle for Leibowitz, a premise I find extremely interesting; how and what scraps of civilization survive in the face of the chaos? It's probably why I enjoy Fallout so much. | |
02-24-2014 10:16 PM
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i didnt know everyoooooooone was in book of eli. should be okay then |
02-26-2014 09:25 AM
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03-08-2014 02:38 AM
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03-08-2014 08:26 AM
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City of God got a mention and deserves another. When the guy corners two kids and forces them to choose between being shot in the hand or foot... good stuff. | |
03-10-2014 10:33 PM
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03-10-2014 10:42 PM
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03-11-2014 09:02 AM
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I think this is an opinion held mostly by people who have watched these movies at home, which is fair enough since it may be impossible to get to view them in theatres if you don't have a film museum or festivals that play them, but I don't think its fair to judge them based on the one time you came home drunk at two in the morning and caught the second half of Brazil on TV and thought it was shit. These movies don't hold up on a small screen and a shitty sound system. Space Odyssey is a mind altering experience in the proper setting. | |
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03-11-2014 09:27 PM
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03-12-2014 01:58 PM
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wolf of wallstreet was terrible, no idea how people liked it |
03-13-2014 09:30 AM
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Because it was awesome and had quite some realism. | |
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03-13-2014 09:41 AM
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And midget throwing. | |
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