Possibly the worst western I have ever seen...

[cmort666]

I guess y'all never been subjected to "El Topo". The existential western.


Loooooopy. You will scratch whatever hair you have left out of your head tryin to figure what the daylights is goin on....

I remember the newspaper review in one of the Chicago papers when it first came out. Their opinion was pretty much in sync with yours.

 

[sigp220.45]

Being married to a Korean, and generally sympathetic to the [contemporary] Korean view of the Japanese and the war, my friend was pretty much incandescent with rage regarding the portrayal of the Japanese as "victims". I took the opposite tack that it wasn't even a "war" movie at all; an allegory, a travelogue maybe, but not a war movie. I did agree that it sucked and was a disappointment.

That movie had a few things to say... not one of them of any real relevance to the Battle of Guadalcanal, or war in general.

I consider it no more of a "war" movie than a hypothetical film about a labor dispute in a factory making track pins for Sherman tanks.

See, I was right!

 

[mauser9]

Enjoyed High Plains Drifter Guess I'd have to vote that one as a favorite.

 

[wbraswell]

I have to say I liked several of the scenes in Silverado. Especially when Kevin Kline killed the bad guy, with one shot while wearing nothing but a union suit, and using a gun that was falling apart.

 

[the ringo kid]

The new 3:10 To Yuma made $70 million bucks, so while not a blockbuster it wasn't a flop by any means.

I liked it. It took me a while to catch on that Charlie Prince, aka Princess, with the roses sewed on to his holsters was a little uh... smitten with Russell Crowe's character - watch it again with that in mind and some of those scenes take on a whole new meaning.

Its funny someone mentioned The Thin Red Line - I actually wrote out a long post the other day about how I thought it was better than that other 1998 war movie, but then deleted it because I knew all I'd hear was how anyone who saw it "wanted two hours of my life back".



If Terrence Malick's fondness for long shots of birds and spiders and dripping leaves bugs you, just fast forward to the battle scenes, which put Mr. Spielberg's effort to shame.

Based (pretty loosely) on James Jones' book of the same name, it deals with the U.S. Army's role in the battles for Guadalcanal - something Jones knew a little about since he was there.

Pardon the thread drift - back to cowboys and other cowboys.

I couldnt stand the original version of the above--BOTH are atrocities but at east the original--had a better cast.

BOOTS AND SADDLES. There,back on topic.

 

[rwsmith]

Remakes sound great...

It's great to see someone wanting make remakes of favorite movies, but they are SO OFTEN disappointing to the point of distraction.

 

[A10]

Two pages, 67 posts, and not one mention of "Rustlers Rhapsody"?

Ok, then how about "A Million Ways to Die in the West"?

Ok, ok, neither were really westerns......but then neither was Cowboys and Aliens.

My favorite western? Star Wars!

 

[zzzippper]

I enjoyed 3:10 because I liked Crowe's badass character. What I didn't like was how he turned good with no explanation.

I liked the Trinity movies too, though they're not for everyone.

There is a Korean remake of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly which was pretty darned good even with the language barrier. The cinematography is terrific and how another culture interprets the characters is interesting. The setting was changed to pre-war Manchuria. The movie had limited release in the US and got generally good reviews. I hope this is enough information to avoid a bare link infraction. Never mind, I'm not going to take the risk, I deleted the link.

 

[Alpo]

I like Rustler's Rhapsody, but heck, I liked Lust in the Dust.

And Terror of Tiny Town is an excellent western. It's got two feuding ranchers (we'll call them Rancher A and Rancher B) that used to be best friends. It's got A's son, who runs his ranch, and B's daughter, who has been "back east" in school, but has now come home. Naturally, the boy and the girl fall in love. And it's got a villain, who is trying to start a range war, by rustling Rancher A's stock, and leaving clues that point to Rancher B, and rustling Rancher B's stock and leaving clues that point to Rancher A. They get in a range war, kill each other, and he'll take it all. Now, THAT is the perfect western.

 

[Watchdog]

I guess y'all never been subjected to "El Topo". The existential western.

I'd thought of mentioning El Topo, since this thread's veered so far off course it'll never find its way back. I didn't mention it simply because it's such an obscure film and I figured if I started talking about it, everyone would think I was making stuff up.

 

[10mmauto]

I liked both Silverado and the 3:10 to Yuma remake. Granted, not great entertainment. Just plain entertainment.

 

[wuluf]

I once worked for a guy who thought Rustler's Rhapsody was the best movie (not just western!) ever made. He was otherwise normal..

 

[sigp220.45]

Obviously there aren't many Juggalo's here:

 

[soFlaNative]

Here's one that should not have happened...

 

[Watchdog]

Obviously there aren't many Juggalo's here...

Well, if you're lookin' for Juggalos here, you've probably come to the wrong shop. About three years or so ago, I let a couple of them camp in the woods behind my house. I'm not far from some railroad tracks, and they wanted to rest up before hopping a freight the next day. They'd had zero luck hitching a ride out on the interstate (can't imagine why). Think they were heading back to Michigan. They were okay people, once you got past all the BS they tend to spout at times. Haven't seen any of them since, though. I wonder if ICP is even still viable in 2015.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

High Noon and Shane were the best and it went down hill from there except Open Range and some great stuff by Eastwood.

 

[Speedo2]

"3:10 to Yuma" vs "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" (...the one with Bob Dylan and James Colburn in it) as the absolute worst western? Both shameful wastes of time, just not sure which one I'd be more ashamed of admitting to having watched.

And that's from someone who admits that he enjoyed "4 for Texas" staring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, most of the Rat Pack, with cameo appearances from The 3 Stooges. A true classic. -S2

 

[Alpo]

There was a vampire western. A preacher had a gunfight with the vampire-gunslinger, and killed him. The vampire disintegrated, and the bullet was laying there where the body had been. The preacher picks it up and removes a lapel pin from the front of it. The lapel pin had a cross on it, and he pins it back to his coat.

Was that Billy the Kid Versus Dracula?

If not, what was it? Anybody know?

That's all I remember of that movie. Saw it on TV in the late 60s, sometime.

 

[Harkrader]

Considering how publicly anti-gun Russell Crowe is, his movies are not on my list anyway.

 

[the ringo kid]

Considering how publicly anti-gun Russell Crowe is, his movies are not on my list anyway.

Im no longer in the business of supporting any anti-gunner. Hpocrites all.