Best comedic westerns
They Call Me Trinity.
Trinity Is Still My Name.
Both films are very funny.
They Call Me Trinity.
Trinity Is Still My Name.
Both films are very funny.
Clint Eastwood or John Wayne?
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arizonaguide
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John Wayne, Robert Michum, Jimmy Stewart, Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, Henry Fonda, Kirk Douglas, Robert Duval and Burt Lancaster. ALL rate higher than Eastwood in MY book.
I like Eastwood, he just rates one step lower...along the lines of Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson. (still favorites, just not the same).
I watch True Grit at least once a year. So many great lines in that movie...excellent plot. If you don't FEEL anything watching True Grit than I'm sorry for you. Even Glenn Cambell as the muddy hoofprint drinking Texas Ranger was outstanding.
Also, Kim Darby the little gal was great in that movie. And you've got to get a lump in your throat when he's trying to get her to medical treatment after the snakepit (runs the horse into the ground)...I don't care who you are. And the part in the end where she tells him he's to fat to jump that rail fence kinda hits home with some of us old guys.
Another point, I even make an effort to watch Tombstone (Kurt Russel and Val Kilmer) about once a year...when I can't say I make a point to watch any Eastwood movies once a year.
I like Eastwood, he just rates one step lower...along the lines of Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson. (still favorites, just not the same).
I watch True Grit at least once a year. So many great lines in that movie...excellent plot. If you don't FEEL anything watching True Grit than I'm sorry for you. Even Glenn Cambell as the muddy hoofprint drinking Texas Ranger was outstanding.
Also, Kim Darby the little gal was great in that movie. And you've got to get a lump in your throat when he's trying to get her to medical treatment after the snakepit (runs the horse into the ground)...I don't care who you are. And the part in the end where she tells him he's to fat to jump that rail fence kinda hits home with some of us old guys.Another point, I even make an effort to watch Tombstone (Kurt Russel and Val Kilmer) about once a year...when I can't say I make a point to watch any Eastwood movies once a year.
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Evil One
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Tombstone, open range, and pale rider are in my watch rotation.
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cflier
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I'm surprized no one has mentioned one of my favorite westerns. Certainly one of the Dukes best. The Searchers.
cflier
cflier
I love all the ones you mentionned. But my vote goes to Clint Eastwood. Better actor than Wayne (who was acting John Wayne). In France we have (had, he passed long ago) Jean Gabin. He was great but acted Jean Gabin. They both were all the same in each movie.
Mule88
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Hard pick, but ill lean towards Clint
feralmerril
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Both are or were good. Accept each for whatever reason and enjoy both. I aint looking to marry one over the other. Some days I like pumpkin pie, others apple.
lalodad
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The Duke all the way, The mans - man
ltcdoty
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I prefer the Duke, but not by much. Personally I think Wilson could take them both:
Next time you folks watch " Shane ", pay attention to the scene where Jack Palance stares down Alan Ladd as he slowly mounts his horse. Classic!
sigp220.45
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And then he backs his horse up so he doesn't have to turn his back.
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
I met jack once. He was bigger looking than on the screen.
GRIZZLYBEAR
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For me it's a toss up.
I would have picked Da Duke before he made his last and in my humble opinion his Worst movie, The Shootist.
His westerns that I highly rate are The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Lobo, The Quiet Man, & The Sand of Iwo Jima.
Of Clints westerns The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Pale Rider, High Planes Drifter, Hang em High, Two Mules for Sister Sara, and Kelly's Heros.
I was also thinking of Randolph Scott, Alan Ladd, Audey Murphy, & Richard Boone.
grizz
I would have picked Da Duke before he made his last and in my humble opinion his Worst movie, The Shootist.
His westerns that I highly rate are The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Lobo, The Quiet Man, & The Sand of Iwo Jima.
Of Clints westerns The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Pale Rider, High Planes Drifter, Hang em High, Two Mules for Sister Sara, and Kelly's Heros.
I was also thinking of Randolph Scott, Alan Ladd, Audey Murphy, & Richard Boone.
grizz
minuteman
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Robert Duvall, Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot. All better than Wayne or Clint Eastwood
RPM2DAY
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Eli Wallach. He stole the show in "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" especially the pistol "purchasing" scene.
He and Robert Duvall never missed a beat.
He and Robert Duvall never missed a beat.
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I love that sequence!
Supporting actors are usually more proficient than the leads, they can't just "show up".
gunnut2u
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best cowboy the Duke .....
best cop ....clint
best cop ....clint
rpg0123
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Eastwood... "Unforgiven." Need I say more? "Unforgiven" is not an apology for Eastwood's earlier roles. It is a story about a man who thinks he's "changed," but when the chips are down, he reverts back to his old self. It makes the usual "good guy," the local sheriff, Hackman, become the "bad guy," and the usual "bad guy," Eastwood as a vicious murderer, become the "good guy," defending the woman and his friend, Freeman. It doesn't offer an apology for being bad. It turns the bad guy into the hero of the movie.
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