Speaking of Paul Newman, I thought “Hud” was an absolutely excellent film and a sort of modern western. Rather than a horse, Newman’s character drives a Cadillac.
Want to repeat DBCooper’s recommendation of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Terrific western. Surprised that it wasn’t mentioned by anyone else.
[quote]silverblood wrote:
Cat Ballou with Lee Marvin
Navajo Joe with Burt Reynolds
Once Upon a Time in the West. stars Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, and Claudia Cardinale
you gotta watch The Magnificent Seven. stars Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz, and Eli Wallach. based on Akira Kurosawa’s film Seven Samurai
not spaghetti westerns but some good ones are Shane, High Noon, Red River, The Searchers, and of course Unforgiven.
don’t know what your local library system is like but here all these movies are free to check out on dvd for a week or get with an intralibrary loan.
oh yeah, can’t forget Blazing Saddles!
Just by virtue of my passion for film and where that’s led me I can find most films with very short wait, so I’m open to seeing most mentioned, if not all.
The Magnificent Seven sounds very intriguing, I’m a huge fan of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, and I should like to see that translated to the West.
I actually greatly thank you for reminding me of Blazing Saddles, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, when I’m in a comedy mood it’ll give me a break from resorting to more Woody Allen.
[quote]magick wrote:
Want to repeat DBCooper’s recommendation of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Terrific western. Surprised that it wasn’t mentioned by anyone else.[/quote]
“who are those guy’s”, "rule’s…in a knife fight???. So many good scenes in that movie.
Another duster I rewatched recently was The Missouri Breaks with Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. Not because it was a great movie(it was all right) but because of the final kill scene in the movie, one of my favs.
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
[quote]magick wrote:
Want to repeat DBCooper’s recommendation of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Terrific western. Surprised that it wasn’t mentioned by anyone else.[/quote]
“who are those guy’s”, "rule’s…in a knife fight???. So many good scenes in that movie.
Another duster I rewatched recently was The Missouri Breaks with Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. Not because it was a great movie(it was all right) but because of the final kill scene in the movie, one of my favs. [/quote]
You just keep thinking Butch. That’s what you’re good at.
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
[quote]magick wrote:
Want to repeat DBCooper’s recommendation of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Terrific western. Surprised that it wasn’t mentioned by anyone else.[/quote]
“who are those guy’s”, "rule’s…in a knife fight???. So many good scenes in that movie.
Another duster I rewatched recently was The Missouri Breaks with Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. Not because it was a great movie(it was all right) but because of the final kill scene in the movie, one of my favs. [/quote]
You just keep thinking Butch. That’s what you’re good at.[/quote]
Someone say 1 2 3 go haha.
Say DB, were you here when we had a movie quote thread? It was pretty good.
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
[quote]magick wrote:
Want to repeat DBCooper’s recommendation of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Terrific western. Surprised that it wasn’t mentioned by anyone else.[/quote]
“who are those guy’s”, "rule’s…in a knife fight???. So many good scenes in that movie.
Another duster I rewatched recently was The Missouri Breaks with Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. Not because it was a great movie(it was all right) but because of the final kill scene in the movie, one of my favs. [/quote]
You just keep thinking Butch. That’s what you’re good at.[/quote]
Someone say 1 2 3 go haha.
Say DB, were you here when we had a movie quote thread? It was pretty good. [/quote]
I’m not sure, can’t remember. One of my all-time favorites is from Chinatown.
“You’ve already got one going, Mrs. Mulwray.”
edit: I just checked the old thread. I guess I wasn’t around for it. Hell, I guess I’ll just start a new one. That one was from 2007, so it’s been a while and I figure with all the regurgitated music threads on here, why not start a new movie quote thread?
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
[quote]magick wrote:
Want to repeat DBCooper’s recommendation of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Terrific western. Surprised that it wasn’t mentioned by anyone else.[/quote]
“who are those guy’s”, "rule’s…in a knife fight???. So many good scenes in that movie.
Another duster I rewatched recently was The Missouri Breaks with Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. Not because it was a great movie(it was all right) but because of the final kill scene in the movie, one of my favs. [/quote]
You just keep thinking Butch. That’s what you’re good at.[/quote]
Someone say 1 2 3 go haha.
Say DB, were you here when we had a movie quote thread? It was pretty good. [/quote]
I’m not sure, can’t remember. One of my all-time favorites is from Chinatown.
“You’ve already got one going, Mrs. Mulwray.”
edit: I just checked the old thread. I guess I wasn’t around for it. Hell, I guess I’ll just start a new one. That one was from 2007, so it’s been a while and I figure with all the regurgitated music threads on here, why not start a new movie quote thread?[/quote]
John Wayne in McLintock “somebody ought to belt you in the mouth but I won’t, I won’t… the hell I won’t”! one of the great fight scenes
[quote]silverblood wrote:
John Wayne in McLintock “somebody ought to belt you in the mouth but I won’t, I won’t… the hell I won’t”! one of the great fight scenes
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That’s the first one that comes to mind when people start bringing up old western movie quotes.
Close second: “Nothing like a nice piece of hickory”
Definitely check out Once Upon a Time in the West, but make sure you get the full version. When it was originally released in the States back in 68, a decent amount of stuff was chopped out, which screwed up the movie. Henry Fonda was a big leading man here, and the stateside studios didn’t want his good guy image ruined by playing a bad guy. You can easily find the full version, just pay attention to the run time - should be about 3 hours. Little trivia: the script for the whole movie was only 17 pages. Great movie, though it’s a little slow in some parts. Leone was such a master of film though, there was so much going on without a word being spoken.
Another good one (not a spaghetti western) was Support your Local Sheriff with James Garner. Great western comedy, had a bunch of character actors you’ll recognize (Colonel Potter plays the town mayor).
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
So I’ve finally decided to bite the bullet and dive into a marathon of Westerns, but I’m unsure where to really start. I know that above most other genres, there’s likely to be a huge spaghetti western following here, so I thought this would be a great place to ask the question.
My main problem is that I don’t want to jump the shark too early by watching the absolute best of the westerns, but rather build up through good films and then into them. I aim to conclude with John Ford’s “The Searchers”, then to Sergio Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy and “Once Upon A Time In The West”.
So far I have a rather pitiful (and probably unexpected) resume of only having seen both True Grit films and Unforgiven. If anyone has any suggestions I could run by popular opinion for slotting into a list, or even create a recommended list themselves, I would be deeply grateful.
I thank you in advance for your help![/quote]
If you want to watch some decent westerns that aren’t spaghetti westerns and want to avoid the films listed above until the end, I recommend the following:
High Noon
3:10 to Yuma (the original)
Gunfight at the OK Corral
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Magnificent Seven
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Assassination of Jesse James
anything starring Clint Eastwood
Rio Bravo[/quote]
anything by Eastwood? including space cowboys? every which way but loose?
[quote]boatguy wrote:
Definitely check out Once Upon a Time in the West, but make sure you get the full version. When it was originally released in the States back in 68, a decent amount of stuff was chopped out, which screwed up the movie. Henry Fonda was a big leading man here, and the stateside studios didn’t want his good guy image ruined by playing a bad guy. You can easily find the full version, just pay attention to the run time - should be about 3 hours. Little trivia: the script for the whole movie was only 17 pages. Great movie, though it’s a little slow in some parts. Leone was such a master of film though, there was so much going on without a word being spoken.
Another good one (not a spaghetti western) was Support your Local Sheriff with James Garner. Great western comedy, had a bunch of character actors you’ll recognize (Colonel Potter plays the town mayor).[/quote]
Thank you for that, saves me the risk of wasting time pandering through a production team’s interference into the film and having to go back and re-watch the original cut. Much like Pat Garrett.
Really I only ask for Spaghetti Western to give myself a break from the “Hoo-rah!” Americanisms, but regular old Westerns are definitely welcomed for my future arsenal. Kind of like watching Superbad in between a bunch of Woody Allen’s, just for a little variety’s sake.
Colonel Potter from MASH? That sounds fun, I’ll definitely give that a look.
[quote]drunkpig wrote:
[quote]silverblood wrote:
John Wayne in McLintock “somebody ought to belt you in the mouth but I won’t, I won’t… the hell I won’t”! one of the great fight scenes
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That’s the first one that comes to mind when people start bringing up old western movie quotes.
Close second: “Nothing like a nice piece of hickory”
that definitely works
how many quotes you want in one scene? from a movie I should have listed
have you seen the Mexico Trilogy by Robert Rodriguez? El Mariachi, Desperado, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. I’m not sure if it qualifies as a modern western. El Mariachi was his first film. took 2 weeks and $7,000. it’s my favorite of the trilogy.
[quote]silverblood wrote:
have you seen the Mexico Trilogy by Robert Rodriguez? El Mariachi, Desperado, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. I’m not sure if it qualifies as a modern western. El Mariachi was his first film. took 2 weeks and $7,000. it’s my favorite of the trilogy.
Infact I have, though I never really went into it thinking of it as a Western. Of course I’m sure it is, but it just seems like something I couldn’t quite classify fully into the genre, at least just for myself.
I too favour El Mariachi, I thought the second and third were far inferior to it, though I somewhat enjoyed both to an extent, they left a lot on the table that couldn’t be fulfilled even close to the way El Mariachi did with them. I love the low budget appeal of it, I tend to be intrigued by a good “B-Movie” when they come along. I’d consider Peter Jackson’s early, early work to be my introduction to that appreciation.
[quote]dshroy wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
So I’ve finally decided to bite the bullet and dive into a marathon of Westerns, but I’m unsure where to really start. I know that above most other genres, there’s likely to be a huge spaghetti western following here, so I thought this would be a great place to ask the question.
My main problem is that I don’t want to jump the shark too early by watching the absolute best of the westerns, but rather build up through good films and then into them. I aim to conclude with John Ford’s “The Searchers”, then to Sergio Leone’s “Dollars” trilogy and “Once Upon A Time In The West”.
So far I have a rather pitiful (and probably unexpected) resume of only having seen both True Grit films and Unforgiven. If anyone has any suggestions I could run by popular opinion for slotting into a list, or even create a recommended list themselves, I would be deeply grateful.
I thank you in advance for your help![/quote]
If you want to watch some decent westerns that aren’t spaghetti westerns and want to avoid the films listed above until the end, I recommend the following:
High Noon
3:10 to Yuma (the original)
Gunfight at the OK Corral
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Magnificent Seven
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Assassination of Jesse James
anything starring Clint Eastwood
Rio Bravo[/quote]
anything by Eastwood? including space cowboys? every which way but loose?[/quote]
Maybe you missed the point of this thread, so I’ll rehash it for you. The OP is looking for recommendations about good western flicks, particularly spaghetti westerns. So when I recommended some films to him, the obviously overt implication is that my recommendations pertain to westerns only. So when I said “anything starring Clint Eastwood” anyone who knew what the hell the thread was about would automatically assume that I was referring to any western starring Clint Eastwood.
Jesus. You’re about as sharp as a fucking balloon.
[quote]boatguy wrote:
Another good one (not a spaghetti western) was Support your Local Sheriff with James Garner. Great western comedy, had a bunch of character actors you’ll recognize (Colonel Potter plays the town mayor).[/quote]
Don’t forget Support Your Local Gunfighter. Both are freaking great.
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
[quote]silverblood wrote:
have you seen the Mexico Trilogy by Robert Rodriguez? El Mariachi, Desperado, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. I’m not sure if it qualifies as a modern western. El Mariachi was his first film. took 2 weeks and $7,000. it’s my favorite of the trilogy.
Infact I have, though I never really went into it thinking of it as a Western. Of course I’m sure it is, but it just seems like something I couldn’t quite classify fully into the genre, at least just for myself.
I too favour El Mariachi, I thought the second and third were far inferior to it, though I somewhat enjoyed both to an extent, they left a lot on the table that couldn’t be fulfilled even close to the way El Mariachi did with them. I love the low budget appeal of it, I tend to be intrigued by a good “B-Movie” when they come along. I’d consider Peter Jackson’s early, early work to be my introduction to that appreciation.[/quote]
a lot of good movies are passed by because of the low budget tag or the actors.
I like Tom Selleck in westerns. Quigly Down Under was excellent as was Last Stand at Sabre River.
[quote]boatguy wrote:
Definitely check out Once Upon a Time in the West, but make sure you get the full version. When it was originally released in the States back in 68, a decent amount of stuff was chopped out, which screwed up the movie. Henry Fonda was a big leading man here, and the stateside studios didn’t want his good guy image ruined by playing a bad guy. You can easily find the full version, just pay attention to the run time - should be about 3 hours. Little trivia: the script for the whole movie was only 17 pages. Great movie, though it’s a little slow in some parts. Leone was such a master of film though, there was so much going on without a word being spoken.
Another good one (not a spaghetti western) was Support your Local Sheriff with James Garner. Great western comedy, had a bunch of character actors you’ll recognize (Colonel Potter plays the town mayor).[/quote]
That’s some cool insight. After watching Henry Fonda play a bad guy in that movie it fucked me up. I can see how it would have the studio people freaking. Both really good movies.
Rio Bravo. One of the best movies ever made.
Damn now i have to go watch it again.