Any of these westerners worth watching

[toobfreak]

It's one of the better remakes ever.

Just odd to try to "remake" one of the already best westerns ever. I have both in HD in my movie library, I just found the remake less good party because you already know what is going to happen in every scene through it as it closely follows the original story and party because it simply lacked the many good stars of the first. Even Bridges came off kinda wooden. To me, the girl in the remake came off very flat, personality and voice-wise, compared to Kim Darby who went on to TEACH acting.

 

[1srelluc]

Nothing meh about that epic....Can't think of any movie that can pull off eight minutes of opening with no dialogue and still be riveting....Henry Fonda was such a convincing evil doer that he got scads of hate mail for ruining his rep as the All-Murican good guy lead actor....Can't think of anything that flick doesn't have.

Sorry, not a fan of most of the Spaghetti Westerns, Clint's GB&U being the exception.

Oh fuck, I can't believe I left out The Magnificent Seven.

Eli Wallach was just great in both.

May as well toss in Blazing Saddles too.

 

[toobfreak]

The Searchers is dated, somewhat slow, racist by today's standards

Only because it was being accurate to the times.

 

[Oddball]

Pale rider vs high planes drifter

High Plains Drifter.

Eastwood does a mind fuck on the entire town.

 

[westwall]

The first two on that list are the best westerns ever made, IMO.

Outlaw for sure. Then I would go with Pale Rider.

 

[westwall]

I'll have to put that one on my list....Nonetheless, I stand by my rating of those two as the best ever made.

Open Range is better than Once Upon a Time.

 

[westwall]

What about searcher vs rio
Are they both slow compared to Eastwood

Rio Bra o ain't slow.

 

[1srelluc]

Open Range is better than Once Upon a Time.

Most all that have been mentioned are.

 

[Oddball]

Sorry, not a fan of most of the Spaghetti Westerns, Clint's GB&U being the exception.

Nor am I....But "Once Upon a time in the West" stands out for me....A true GOAT.

 

[westwall]

One of my favorites is El Dorado. James Caan as Mississippi was awesome. Had a great blend of humor and serious scenes.

 

[westwall]

Another great one is Valdez is Coming. One of the best presentations of long range shooting put to film.

The same with Joe Kidd.

 

[Oddball]

Open Range is better than Once Upon a Time.

That's a high bar to clear, IMO.

I say "Outlaw Jose Wales" is WAY better than "Unforgiven", and Eastwood only got the mercy Oscar for the latter.

 

[toobfreak]

Guess I'm the only fan here of The Ballad of Cable Hogue.

I'm a fan of anything with Strother Martin and LQ Jones in it (they were buddies in real life).

 

[westwall]

Then, of course, there is The Wild Bunch. Sam Peckinpahs best movie. In my opinion.

 

[hjmick]

I own the first one, but they are all solid choices.

Quigley Down Under is very good as is The Proposition.

 

[Oddball]

Can't belive "The Wild Bunch" hasn't been mentioned....Tremendous film.

 

[westwall]

That's a high bar to clear, IMO.

I say "Outlaw Jose Wales" is WAY better than "Unforgiven", and Eastwood only got the mercy Oscar for the latter.

Agreed. Josey Wales is top 5 movies ever made, genre doesn't matter.

 

[westwall]

Can't belive "The Wild Bunch" hasn't been mentioned....Tremendous film.

I just DID!

 

[The Duke]

What about searcher vs rio
Are they both slow compared to Eastwood

They're all slow compared to a certain Cajun guy.

 

[1srelluc]

That's a high bar to clear, IMO.

I say "Outlaw Jose Wales" is WAY better than "Unforgiven", and Eastwood only got the mercy Oscar for the latter.