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Mine is Quigley Down Under. It may not count because it's set in Australia, but who cares? Why is it my favorite?
1. Tom Sellek. He's such a wonderful cowboy and the character he plays is the perfect mix of macho and teddy bear.
2. The love story. When he comes back to the cave and Cora just wraps her arms around him in relief...and he just hugs her right back. It doesn't get better than that!
3. Alan Rickman. He's the best villain and I think this is his best villain role. He was so absolutely despicable.
4. The ending. I won't spoil it, but the line "I said I didn't have much use for one..." is so perfect and fantastic.
5. That gun. A western is not a western without some good shooting. That is the coolest gun ever.
So tell me about some other westerns that I should see.
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There is definitely some PG-13 violence, just to warn you, but I think you'll like the movie. And Tom Selleck is just so darn cute! Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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If ever I were to go into movie making, one of the movies that I absolutly, positively would make would be a western.
Not a typical western-- it'd be more along the lines of a 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' type western. Where the characters' abilities range on the supernatural, and the plot verges on the mythical.
My favorite western-- I really liked Quigly Down Under, too. And Dances With Wolves.
And Silverado. Boy, Silverado was a good movie. . .
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Unforgiven is probably my favorite western movie. Lonesome Dove is not only my favorite western novel, but also one of my favorite books, period.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is also excellent. It's almost of a western. It makes me cry.
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Maverick . Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster. Priceless. The humor is wonderful.
And the old "shoot-em up's" in technicolor with John Wayne - any of them. Actually, I really like the old ones - it reminds me of rainy Saturdays snuggled up next to my dad rooting for the good guys.
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#1. Unforgiven Clint Eastwood playing the older version of nearly every classic Clint Eastwood character ever. Gene Hackman showing why nerve counts for more than aim. English Bob <- Nuff said.
#2. Silvarado Just great characters all around. Especially Kevin Kline's. "Where's the dog now?"
#3. Last Man Standing/Fistful of Dollars/Yojimbo They're all the same movie, and it's a good movie.
#4. Maverick Hilarious take on a great old show. Makes me want to play cards.
#5. Back to the Future 3 What? It's a western!
Slightly off topic, but on westerns: Has anyone else played Deadlands? I love that game.
1) "Will Penny" (1968), in which Charleton Heston plays an aging cowboy who takes up with a widow woman (Joan Hackett) and doesn't quite know what to do with his feelings.
2) "Tom Horn" (1980), Steve McQueen's next to last film. He plays a former army scout hired to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy killed while he's doing his job. Besides it being a great film, somehow the cinematographer managed to make it look like the whole cast jumped into a time machine and actually went on location into the past to film the thing.
3) "Junior Bonner" (1972), another Steve McQueen film (not that I'm a fan or anything ), directed by Sam Peckinpah, this is a modern-day western about a dysfunctional rodeo family. I happened to see this one a few months ago on TV after a lot of years (I saw this one in the theatre when it first was out) and was pleased to see that it holds up well.
4) "They Died With Their Boots On" (1941), Raoul Walsh directs Errol Flynn as George Armstrong Custer. Custer comes out looking rather better than history treats him, but the politicians and the businessmen don't look so hot. History takes a backseat to storytelling (translation: don't expect historical accuracy here) but it's a good story, well told and beautifully photographed.
5) "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), No explanation necessary. "Who are those guys?"
6) "Little Big Man" (1970), Dustin Hoffman plays Jack Crabb, a very old man looking back on his life as a boy raised by Indians, as a gunslinger, as a scout for General Custer. This is a really good, really funny, really sweet movie.
7) "Ride the High Country" (1962), Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott in another Sam Peckinpah-directed western. McCrea and Scott run into trouble while guarding a shipment of gold.
8) "Support Your Local Sheriff" (1969), in which James Garner hires on as sheriff in a town that has been through three sheriffs in the past two months. There are those who believe this movie is funnier than "Blazing Saddles", and I tend to agree with them.
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I can go along with Farmgirl on McLintock, but Hatari is by far my favorite John Wayne movie. We watch it twice a year.
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Well, I have to confess that I'm not really a big John Wayne fan, but "Hatari!" (yes, I think there is actually an exclamation point in the title) was a pretty good movie. So was "North to Alaska".
Edited to add: Isn't "McClintock" the one where he ends up down in the big mud puddle with Maureen O'Hara? Liked that one, as well.
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Olivetta - that would have had to be either "True Grit" or its sequel, the name of which escapes me at the moment.
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See, I like The Quick and the Dead with Sam Elliot and Kate Capshaw. I haven't seen the other one with Sharon Stone and Kevin Costner (right?) but it looks LAME in comparison. Am I right?
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"Not a typical western-- it'd be more along the lines of a 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' type western. Where the characters' abilities range on the supernatural, and the plot verges on the mythical."
A story I actually started here on Hatrack turned into this story, Scott. It's about a man and his estranged brother, both almost supernaturally-good shooters, who take different career paths and are both headhunted -- in both senses of the word -- by the personification of Death, who catches up to both of them ourside Omaha.
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quote: And the old "shoot-em up's" in technicolor with John Wayne - any of them. Actually, I really like the old ones - it reminds me of rainy Saturdays snuggled up next to my dad rooting for the good guys.
Jeesh, Farmgirl! I talked about John Wayne - just two posts ahead of you!
quote: Not a typical western-- it'd be more along the lines of a 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' type western. Where the characters' abilities range on the supernatural, and the plot verges on the mythical.
Sounds more like Roland of Gilead to me.
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I Will Fight No More Forever AND Cheyenne Autumn (both made me cry, but still my favorites) Powwow Highway Hawmps Oklahoma! A Good Day To Die Unforgiven
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Lonesome Dove (not a movie, but still a western) Open Range (I love it!) McKenna's Gold (blew me away when I saw it at age 16) Last of the Mohicans (kinda more Eastern than Western, but never mind the geography) Dances with Wolves (but I've only been able to watch it once, it's so sad) Streets of Laredo (see above, Lonesome Dove) Little Big Man
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Shane Rio Bravo The Big Country Unforgiven True Grit The Magnificent Seven Silverado Rustler's Rhapsody Blazing Saddles Red River High Noon The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Lonely Are the BravePosts: 4534 | Registered: Jan 2003
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