Best Western
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Now, i know it sounds like im just trying to be funny, but the story of two black men riding into a white man's town is a great blacksploitation film.
The guy has a sawed off rifle! are you kidding me?!
Now, i know it sounds like im just trying to be funny, but the story of two black men riding into a white man's town is a great blacksploitation film.
The guy has a sawed off rifle! are you kidding me?!
Like you said "Handful Dollars", or "The Good, the bad and the ugly"... but also i like "My Name is Nobody" just this 2 silly scenes are a bit... (Well they say Leone who was writer/producer insisted on this dumb scenes out of fear that the movie would get better than his... maybe it is so?)
I know it's totally cliche to say The Good, The Bad and The Ugly but seriously point me to a better Western and I'll say that one. Forget Westerns, that is the most taut and suspenseful film I've ever seen.
I'm going to leave out the "obvious" ones since they've already been stated...
- El Topo, a Mexican Film about violence, ego, mysticism, buddhism, christianity, enlightenment, destiny, The Tarot, and sex... easily one of the strangest films I've ever seen. But, it is a Western through and through with showdowns, deserts and frontier villages. Also it feels a hell of a lot like Stephen Kings Dark Tower Books, especially the first one.
- El Topo, a Mexican Film about violence, ego, mysticism, buddhism, christianity, enlightenment, destiny, The Tarot, and sex... easily one of the strangest films I've ever seen. But, it is a Western through and through with showdowns, deserts and frontier villages. Also it feels a hell of a lot like Stephen Kings Dark Tower Books, especially the first one.
I'm amazed to see nobody is giving "The Outlaw Josey Wales" any love. It's probably my second favourite one.
Urks... El Topo made me sick... it was horrible in my opinion and not really a western, more than a "I AM AN ARTIST... LOOK AT ME"-Project. But well, tastes differ.
El topo (shudder)....
El topo (shudder)....
I love my westerns especially the speghetti ones, you can't really beat the Morricone, Eastwood and Leone cpmbo. That said I am suprised Once Upon A Time In The West hasn't been mentiond yet (Charles Bronson at his finest).
EDIT: Honourable mention to Blazing Saddles for being the funniest!
RE-EDIT: When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk! Whats your favourite western quote?
EDIT: Honourable mention to Blazing Saddles for being the funniest!
RE-EDIT: When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk! Whats your favourite western quote?
More from myself...
- The Proposition, an intensely dark Aussie Western set in The Outback. This one is very much a "slow burn" film with a long build up to an extremely tense finale. If you want gunfights, this is not the movie for you, it is very low on the action.
- The Wild Bunch, an interesting and very dark film set in the 20's. Very loosely it's about the end of the "Wild West" era of American history and follows a group of aging gunfighters as the try to hold onto their way of life. It's also action packed and has some really great sequences.
- A History of Violence, modern set but probably as classically "western" as you get. It could have used some more drawn out Leone style pacing though.
- The Proposition, an intensely dark Aussie Western set in The Outback. This one is very much a "slow burn" film with a long build up to an extremely tense finale. If you want gunfights, this is not the movie for you, it is very low on the action.
- The Wild Bunch, an interesting and very dark film set in the 20's. Very loosely it's about the end of the "Wild West" era of American history and follows a group of aging gunfighters as the try to hold onto their way of life. It's also action packed and has some really great sequences.
- A History of Violence, modern set but probably as classically "western" as you get. It could have used some more drawn out Leone style pacing though.
Not too big a western fan but loved The Unforgiven. Also have The Quick and the Dead around here somewhere.
Hmmm. Would Quigley Down Under count?
Hmmm. Would Quigley Down Under count?
McClintock. Because John Wayne is the man I would like to go back in time to meet.
And Firefly. =P (j/k)
And Firefly. =P (j/k)
