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      CommentAuthorkahavi
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2010
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    @razrangel: Oh yeah, I always forget that.
    • CommentAuthorJiveKitty
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2010 edited
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    Statistically rather than anecdotally? In the sense of "don't like" rather than "should" or whatever. What a person likes is down to them.
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    I forgot two of my most favorite westerns: Silverado and Open Range

    Silverado (1985) is a very understated western with Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn (looking like a lost Carradine brother) an extremely young Keven Costner, Danny Glover, and a really just likeable Brian Dennehy as a villain. Throw in John Cleese as a british town sheriff... well, you have to see it.

    Open Range is more recent, (dunno if anyone mentioned it) also has Costner, Robert Duvall, and Annette Benning. One of my favorite gunfights, and some great dialog. Costner directs, and seems to be one of the reasons his character has very few lines. He gets some of the best lines though. After getting mad at a friend "How about I hold your head underwater for just a little while?"
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      CommentAuthormister hex
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2010
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    @kahavi - you must run with a rareified crowd. Most women I know ain't much fans of westerns. Most men, neither. I need a new set of friends.

    I also was disappointed with 3:10 to Yuma.

    And apparently Johnny Depp is gonna play Tonto? That could be ... interesting.
    • CommentAuthorMathias B
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2010
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    Also worth checking out:
    Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch)
    The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann)
    Django (Sergio Corbucci)
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      CommentAuthormister hex
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2010
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    @MATHIAS B - DJANGO! Original title - "If You Live, Shoot!" Ah yes.

    Also, if you haven't seen EL TOPO, well, you really should. Go do it now, I'll wait.
    • CommentAuthorMathias B
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2010
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    "If you live, shoot!" is now my offical motto.
    • CommentAuthorClint Wolf
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2010
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    So this is kinda awesome, I was researching True Grit for my site blog and found out that the Coen brothers are doing a remake, slated for release in December of this year!

    After No Country For Old Men, I'm interested to see how they'll do with an actual period piece of the Old West. The original film (and novel, apparently) has enough quirky language and interactions that I can see it being right up their alley.
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    I heard about True Grit, it's supposed to be closer to the book than trying to copy John Wayne. Though Rooster Cogburn will be a helluva character to portray as it was one of Wayne's most famous roles. Just leave my Quiet Man alone!
    • CommentAuthorRenThing
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2010
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    @government spy

    I was just coming to mention Silverado. It has a special place in my heart as it's one of the first Westerns my dad ever showed me.

    "Today, gentlemen, my jurisdiction ends here..."
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      CommentAuthorkahavi
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2010
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    @government spy: I forgot those two as well. Love them! Open Range was really the movie that restored my faith in Kevin Costner being able to do good movies again.

    @mister hex: I blame my dad, who figured that any girl of twelve should see Sergio Leone movies. That, and my friends really do rock. :)
    • CommentAuthorFlabyo
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2010
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    I liked 'The Quick and the Dead'.

    I'll get me coat.
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      CommentAuthorkahavi
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2010
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    @Flabyo: No need to get your coat, it was an entertaining movie. :) Then again, I'm the person who thinks Bad Girls was entertaining and occasionally even good-ish.
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    Woah now. We don't need to start going off into Bad Girls territory... Let's keep this tasteful, folks.

    (now where did I put that sarcasm font?)
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      CommentAuthorkahavi
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2010
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    (@government spy: missing your temherte slaq? here you go: ยก)

    I'm in the process of re-watching Brisco County Jr. It's probably the only '90s western series that is as good as I remembered it being.
    • CommentAuthorClint Wolf
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2010
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    Brisco County, now there's a series I wish was on Netflix Instant.
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    I absolutely hated Silverado. Admittedly, I saw it when I was like 19 so I pretty hardcore (that's a joke) and maybe that's why I didn't like it so much. Because all I remember is watching it and thinking, "this is a Western for kids" and I was totally not into that. I wanted more bad ass.

    I also just recently saw Django for the first time. Shouldn't Robert Rodriguez put a "thank you" credit at the end of most of his films?
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    Last Ride Of The Dalton Gang rates an honourable mention as well. Best shootout scene in any western ever, with the gang sheltering in a wooden shack which disintegrates into splinters around them under sustained heavy fire from a pursuing posse.
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      CommentAuthorJ.Brennan
    • CommentTimeMay 22nd 2010
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    @Kahavi: I'll see your Bad Girls and raise you liking Young Guns 1 and 2 ... *shamefaced* I know they're bad, it's a childhood nostalgia thing, I can't help it.
    • CommentAuthorSBarrett
    • CommentTimeMay 23rd 2010
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    I love Young Guns 1 & 2...granted I have not seen them in over a decade. But I remember them being awesome!

    How can you not like a movie with a character named Chavez Chavez?

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