Oh man, Chappers, Liberty Valance is a Great show.
(until it drags towards the end.)
(until it drags towards the end.)
Top 3 Westerns (Movies)
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Would The Treasure of the Sierra Madre be considered a western?
Chaplin
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I think so, and a damn fine one at that.
I think so too, though I've seen it debated otherwise.
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Dang, John Wayne was called "Uncle Duke" in our house:
El Dorado
Rio Bravo
McLintock
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Rio Bravo
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High Plains Drifter
Rio Bravo
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
The Searchers
dodie53
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3:10 to Yuma (with Bale & Crowe),
the quick and the dead,
desperado
the quick and the dead,
desperado
I'd have to give a shout out to Deadwood too.
Chaplin
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Deadwood isn't a movie. (See the topic above)
To that point, Deadwood is the best television western ever made.
Deadwood isn't a movie. (See the topic above)
To that point, Deadwood is the best television western ever made.
Granted, but Band of Brothers (from War Moives thread) wasn't either.
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A few more great ones...
The Long Riders
The Wild Bunch
A Fistful of Dynamite
The Long Riders
The Wild Bunch
A Fistful of Dynamite
Too dad-burned many to choose 3...
Hell...... I don't think I could narrow it down to 10!
But I must say that Silverado and Tombstone would both be in there... Along with just about every Clint Eastwood western ever made.....
Little Bill Daggett: Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!
Will Munny: Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend.
Hell...... I don't think I could narrow it down to 10!
But I must say that Silverado and Tombstone would both be in there... Along with just about every Clint Eastwood western ever made.....
Little Bill Daggett: Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!
Will Munny: Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend.
If Band of Brothers garners consideration as a movie so should Deadwood.
That's all I'm saying.
That's all I'm saying.
KloD
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oh man, I forgot about The Searchers. The Duke and the John Ford made some great films together. Fort Apache was great too.
Not by them, but Shane was great too.
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I liked Silverado and Tombstone, but they wouldn't even make my top 10.
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How many of those were directed by John Ford?
My favoeite Joihn Wayne movie will always be The Shootist.
Chaplin
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Chaplin
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Rio Bravo - HOWARD HAWKS
The Searchers - JOHN FORD
Stagecoach - JOHN FORD
El Dorado - HOWARD HAWKS
Rio Lobo - HOWARD HAWKS
Big Jake - GEORGE SHERMAN (AND JOHN WAYNE)
True Grit - HENRY HATHAWAY
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (some of his best acting) - JOHN FORD
Rio Grande - JOHN FORD
Red River - HOWARD HAWKS
The Cowboys - MARK RYDELL
North to Alaska - HENRY HATHAWAY
McLintock! - ANDREW MCGLAGLEN
Hondo - JOHN FARROW
Fort Apache - JOHN FORD
The Alamo - JOHN WAYNE
The Comancheros - MICHAEL CURTIZ
and of course...
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Just three ?
Thsi is impossible. This is the kind of thing I should get a grant for to study in depth.
First, off let me just say this. Westerns are a different breed. I don't know whay makes them special, but they are just awesome stories, awesome flims/flicks, and I almost feel obligated to pass down the "history" of good western films to my son(s) when the time comes along. Just like my Dad did for me. There is nothing like a good western.
Off the top of my head:
1. The Outlaw: Josie Whales
- When I was young, I saw "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". I thought that I would never see a better western. Then I watched Josie Whales. Just a classic flick. Great characters, great back story, and the one liners, and quotes are just too good.
Josey Wales: When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Lone Watie: I notice when you get to dis-likin' someone they ain't around for long neither
Senator: The war's over. Our side won the war. Now we must busy ourselves winning the peace. And Fletcher, there's an old saying: To the victors belong the spoils.
Fletcher: There's another old saying, Senator: Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.
Bounty hunter #1: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.
Carpetbagger: This is it... one dollar a bottle. It works wonders on wounds.
Josey Wales: Works wonders on just about everything, eh?
Carpetbagger: It can do most anything.
Josey Wales: [spits tobacco juice on the carpetbagger's coat] How is it with stains?
Carpetbagger: Do you really think you can shoot all those men down before they shoot you? No, no, Mr. Josey Wales; there is such a thing in this country called justice!
Josey Wales: Well, Mr. Carpetbagger. We got somethin' in this territory called the Missouri boat ride.
[shoots the rope hauling the ferry across the river]
2. Unforgiven
- If you love Eastwood westerns then this movie is the grand finale. It makes a lot of references to his older westerns. I don't want to sound arrongant, but I believe this movie is better if you have seen and enjoyed many of Eastwoods older western movies. Not to mention it is just a great movie.
Will Munny: It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.
The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming.
Will Munny: We all got it coming, kid. <--- Seriously, how bad-ass is that ?
The scene where one of the prostitutes [Little Sue] rides out to pay Will Munny and The Schofield Kid and also tells Munny that Ned is dead is classic. The prositute starts tell the story of what Little Bill did to Ned, and Will Munny snatches the whiskey from The Schofield Kid and for the first time in the entire movie Will Munny takes a drink.
The prostitute tells this story during this time which is why she is scared to death, and The Schofield Kid is scared straight. Plus it symbolizes Will Munny being transformed back into the killer he was.
[Little Bill didn't kill Ned on purpose] Not on purpose. But he started hurtin' him worse... makin' him tell stuff. First ned wouldn't say nothin'... but Little Bill hurt him so bad he said who you was...
[Munny looks up sharply. Little Sue is scared, her voice quavers...]
He said how you was really Three Fingered Jack out of Missouri... an' Bill said "Same Three Fingered Jack that dynamited the Rock Island and Pacific in '69 killin' women and children an' all?" An' Ned says you done a lot worse than that, said you was more cold blooded than William Bonney or Clay Alisson or the James Brothers an' how if he hurt Ned again you was gonna come an' kill him like you killed a U.S. Marshall in '73.
3. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
- Maybe not deserving of the #3 spot. But this is the movie that started it all. I remember making a huge fuss about watching this movie. It was "an old movie" and my father (how uncool is that ) wanted/forced me to watch it. Thank goodness he did. I love Eli Wallach (Tuco) in this movie.
Tuco: [trying to read a note] "See you soon, id... ” "id... ” "ids... ”
Man With No Name: [taking the note] "Idiots". It's for you.
Tuco: You never had a rope around your neck. Well, I'm going to tell you something. When that rope starts to pull tight, you can feel the Devil bite your ass.
With ridiculous amounts of respect to: Rio Bravo, Stagecoach, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, True Grit, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, High Plains Drifter, A Fist full of dollars, High Noon, any Eastwood western I am forgetting, 3:10 to Yuma (old school), Shootist, Silverado
Some classic scenes of other great westerns must be brought to attention:
1. A Few Dollars More: Two words "Hat Duel"
2. Tombstone:
Johnny Ringo: I didn't think ya had it in you.
Doc Holliday: I'm your huckleberry...........Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave.
Johnny Ringo: Fight's not with you, Holliday.
Doc Holliday: I'll beg to differ, sir. We started a game we never got to finish. Play for blood, remember?
Johnny Ringo: I was just foolin' about.
Doc Holliday: I wasn't.
3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
If I need to say ANYTHING about the picture below.....well then you better see the movie.
Jeez I better stop now........ I can talk about this stuff all day.
Thsi is impossible. This is the kind of thing I should get a grant for to study in depth.
First, off let me just say this. Westerns are a different breed. I don't know whay makes them special, but they are just awesome stories, awesome flims/flicks, and I almost feel obligated to pass down the "history" of good western films to my son(s) when the time comes along. Just like my Dad did for me. There is nothing like a good western.
Off the top of my head:
1. The Outlaw: Josie Whales
- When I was young, I saw "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". I thought that I would never see a better western. Then I watched Josie Whales. Just a classic flick. Great characters, great back story, and the one liners, and quotes are just too good.
Josey Wales: When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Lone Watie: I notice when you get to dis-likin' someone they ain't around for long neither
Senator: The war's over. Our side won the war. Now we must busy ourselves winning the peace. And Fletcher, there's an old saying: To the victors belong the spoils.
Fletcher: There's another old saying, Senator: Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.
Bounty hunter #1: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.
Carpetbagger: This is it... one dollar a bottle. It works wonders on wounds.
Josey Wales: Works wonders on just about everything, eh?
Carpetbagger: It can do most anything.
Josey Wales: [spits tobacco juice on the carpetbagger's coat] How is it with stains?
Carpetbagger: Do you really think you can shoot all those men down before they shoot you? No, no, Mr. Josey Wales; there is such a thing in this country called justice!
Josey Wales: Well, Mr. Carpetbagger. We got somethin' in this territory called the Missouri boat ride.
[shoots the rope hauling the ferry across the river]
2. Unforgiven
- If you love Eastwood westerns then this movie is the grand finale. It makes a lot of references to his older westerns. I don't want to sound arrongant, but I believe this movie is better if you have seen and enjoyed many of Eastwoods older western movies. Not to mention it is just a great movie.
Will Munny: It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.
The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming.
Will Munny: We all got it coming, kid. <--- Seriously, how bad-ass is that ?
The scene where one of the prostitutes [Little Sue] rides out to pay Will Munny and The Schofield Kid and also tells Munny that Ned is dead is classic. The prositute starts tell the story of what Little Bill did to Ned, and Will Munny snatches the whiskey from The Schofield Kid and for the first time in the entire movie Will Munny takes a drink.
The prostitute tells this story during this time which is why she is scared to death, and The Schofield Kid is scared straight. Plus it symbolizes Will Munny being transformed back into the killer he was.
[Little Bill didn't kill Ned on purpose] Not on purpose. But he started hurtin' him worse... makin' him tell stuff. First ned wouldn't say nothin'... but Little Bill hurt him so bad he said who you was...
[Munny looks up sharply. Little Sue is scared, her voice quavers...]
He said how you was really Three Fingered Jack out of Missouri... an' Bill said "Same Three Fingered Jack that dynamited the Rock Island and Pacific in '69 killin' women and children an' all?" An' Ned says you done a lot worse than that, said you was more cold blooded than William Bonney or Clay Alisson or the James Brothers an' how if he hurt Ned again you was gonna come an' kill him like you killed a U.S. Marshall in '73.
3. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
- Maybe not deserving of the #3 spot. But this is the movie that started it all. I remember making a huge fuss about watching this movie. It was "an old movie" and my father (how uncool is that
) wanted/forced me to watch it. Thank goodness he did. I love Eli Wallach (Tuco) in this movie.Tuco: [trying to read a note] "See you soon, id... ” "id... ” "ids... ”
Man With No Name: [taking the note] "Idiots". It's for you.
Tuco: You never had a rope around your neck. Well, I'm going to tell you something. When that rope starts to pull tight, you can feel the Devil bite your ass.
With ridiculous amounts of respect to: Rio Bravo, Stagecoach, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, True Grit, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, High Plains Drifter, A Fist full of dollars, High Noon, any Eastwood western I am forgetting, 3:10 to Yuma (old school), Shootist, Silverado
Some classic scenes of other great westerns must be brought to attention:
1. A Few Dollars More: Two words "Hat Duel"
2. Tombstone:
Johnny Ringo: I didn't think ya had it in you.
Doc Holliday: I'm your huckleberry...........Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave.
Johnny Ringo: Fight's not with you, Holliday.
Doc Holliday: I'll beg to differ, sir. We started a game we never got to finish. Play for blood, remember?
Johnny Ringo: I was just foolin' about.
Doc Holliday: I wasn't.
3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
If I need to say ANYTHING about the picture below.....well then you better see the movie.
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Jeez I better stop now........ I can talk about this stuff all day.
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#1 Tombstone
#2 Magnificent Seven
# 3 John Wayne's
# 4 - Clint Eastwood's
#2 Magnificent Seven
# 3 John Wayne's
# 4 - Clint Eastwood's
1. Outlaw Jose Wales
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3. Unforgiven
The first two are two of my favorite movies regardless of genre.
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3. Unforgiven
The first two are two of my favorite movies regardless of genre.
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Lotsa love for Jose...i'm pleasantly surprised.
1) Outlaw Jose Wales
"Not a hard man to track...leaves deadmen wherever he goes..."
2) Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid
"Think ya used enough dynamite there Butch?"
3) Unforgiven
"Which one'o you owns this here ****hole?"
Honorable mention:
-Tombstone(without Val Kilmer this wouldn't have made my top 10)
"Give Doc the shotgun....they'll be less apt to get nervy if...he's on the
street howitzer."
-Rio Bravo(brilliant storytelling and you get to hear Dean Martin & Ricky
Nelson sing a mini duet) also Angie's hot.
Wheeler> "Thats all you've got?"
Chance> "Thats what i got."
1) Outlaw Jose Wales
"Not a hard man to track...leaves deadmen wherever he goes..."
2) Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid
"Think ya used enough dynamite there Butch?"
3) Unforgiven
"Which one'o you owns this here ****hole?"
Honorable mention:
-Tombstone(without Val Kilmer this wouldn't have made my top 10)
"Give Doc the shotgun....they'll be less apt to get nervy if...he's on the
street howitzer."
-Rio Bravo(brilliant storytelling and you get to hear Dean Martin & Ricky
Nelson sing a mini duet) also Angie's hot.
Wheeler> "Thats all you've got?"
Chance> "Thats what i got."
