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Top 27 best movies - ever
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"I've done em all". -frank Sinatra
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No doubt I saw many of them before they were "old." LOL. But "The Searchers" may be Ford's best effort, Wayne's best effort and the best western of them all. Shot in monument vallley. With lots of the Ford stock company: Ward Bond, Patrick Wayne, Ken Curtis, that bald guy with the Swedish accent who was in every Wayne film, and that guy who always acted like he had a screw loose (also seemingly in every Wayne film). I cannot recommend it more highly.
No doubt I saw many of them before they were "old." LOL. But "The Searchers" may be Ford's best effort, Wayne's best effort and the best western of them all. Shot in monument vallley. With lots of the Ford stock company: Ward Bond, Patrick Wayne, Ken Curtis, that bald guy with the Swedish accent who was in every Wayne film, and that guy who always acted like he had a screw loose (also seemingly in every Wayne film). I cannot recommend it more highly.
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Maybe I'll bump up that one. I haven't watched a western in a while. I'm due.
Maybe I'll bump up that one. I haven't watched a western in a while. I'm due.
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AFI ranks it the number one western. See it, then let me know what you think. I can't imagine you won't like it. Maybe not your favorite, but an extraordinarily good film. Wayne was never better.
AFI ranks it the number one western. See it, then let me know what you think. I can't imagine you won't like it. Maybe not your favorite, but an extraordinarily good film. Wayne was never better.
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I think I'll time it for next weekend (not this coming weekend, I have some plans that need attending to). I will definitely let you know my thoughts.
I think I'll time it for next weekend (not this coming weekend, I have some plans that need attending to). I will definitely let you know my thoughts.
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Great. Pay particular attention to the final scene. It's astounding.
Great. Pay particular attention to the final scene. It's astounding.
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Kepler
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Brent and I should see it together.
I tend to like Younger Wayne more ("Stagecoach" has my vote for best western) but I like him in almost everything with a horse.
Neither have I, and I've seen pretty much everything.
Brent and I should see it together.
I tend to like Younger Wayne more ("Stagecoach" has my vote for best western) but I like him in almost everything with a horse.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Neither have I, and I've seen pretty much everything.
Brent and I should see it together.
I tend to like Younger Wayne more ("Stagecoach" has my vote for best western) but I like him in almost everything with a horse.
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Kepler
Cornell Big Red
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Jesus, that would have been amazing. Why didn't he do it? Was he too sick?
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Best western is a real tough category. Even choosing a top five is very challenging. While I like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly a good deal, I can't quite place it in my top five.
In no particular order, my top <strike>five</strike> seven westerns would be
Stagecoach -- it set the tone for the genre to follow, it had just about everything you'd want and did it all well. In retrospect, people cannot truly appreciate how seminal it was. Sort of like the joke about Shakespeare: some guy who strung a bunch of famous quotes together.
Shane perfect archetype. An ageless story of sin and redemption.
The Searchers John Wayne has subtlety and nuance. Fantastic performance; intensely powerful movie. Most professional movie critics say it is one of the two best westerns ever made.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence The old west meets the new west; great performances all around.
The Unforgiven Clint Eastwood turns the western inside out and upside down, re-examines all the archetypes from a totally new perspective. Amazing movie. Must see. Earned its Best Picture and Best Director awards.
Destry Rides Again. Jimmy Stewart tames a wild town, and Marlene Dietrich, without guns. A comedy and a drama too.
The Magnificent Seven A US remake of Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai that is extremely well done.
It's very interesting to me that the western is a quintessential American movie, and the themes of the western so often echo the themes of our politics.
Best western is a real tough category. Even choosing a top five is very challenging. While I like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly a good deal, I can't quite place it in my top five.
In no particular order, my top <strike>five</strike> seven westerns would be
Stagecoach -- it set the tone for the genre to follow, it had just about everything you'd want and did it all well. In retrospect, people cannot truly appreciate how seminal it was. Sort of like the joke about Shakespeare: some guy who strung a bunch of famous quotes together.
Shane perfect archetype. An ageless story of sin and redemption.
The Searchers John Wayne has subtlety and nuance. Fantastic performance; intensely powerful movie. Most professional movie critics say it is one of the two best westerns ever made.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence The old west meets the new west; great performances all around.
The Unforgiven Clint Eastwood turns the western inside out and upside down, re-examines all the archetypes from a totally new perspective. Amazing movie. Must see. Earned its Best Picture and Best Director awards.
Destry Rides Again. Jimmy Stewart tames a wild town, and Marlene Dietrich, without guns. A comedy and a drama too.
The Magnificent Seven A US remake of Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai that is extremely well done.
It's very interesting to me that the western is a quintessential American movie, and the themes of the western so often echo the themes of our politics.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
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I agree with most of your list, but I can't tell you how much I hate The Unforgiven. I'd give it the all-time Overrated award. And I love Eastwood -- that was just hamfisted sanctimonious organ pounding.
In its place, I would put "Gunfight at OK Corral" and "My Darling Clementine" as two very different retellings of the story that's the equivalent of "The Iliad" for westerns.
I also have a terrible confession for movie snobs everywhere: I think "Magnificent Seven" is a much better movie than "Seven Samurai."
Finally, I'd like to add "Once Upon a Time in the West" and of course "True Grit" (the original) for the two greatest performances by women in westerns, and "High Noon" for pure tension and movie-shooting brilliance.
P.S. Not in the "best of" category, but honorable mention for "Tampopo" as one of the great paeons to the "man with no name" theme. I highly recommend it.
I agree with most of your list, but I can't tell you how much I hate The Unforgiven. I'd give it the all-time Overrated award. And I love Eastwood -- that was just hamfisted sanctimonious organ pounding.
In its place, I would put "Gunfight at OK Corral" and "My Darling Clementine" as two very different retellings of the story that's the equivalent of "The Iliad" for westerns.
I also have a terrible confession for movie snobs everywhere: I think "Magnificent Seven" is a much better movie than "Seven Samurai."
Finally, I'd like to add "Once Upon a Time in the West" and of course "True Grit" (the original) for the two greatest performances by women in westerns, and "High Noon" for pure tension and movie-shooting brilliance.
P.S. Not in the "best of" category, but honorable mention for "Tampopo" as one of the great paeons to the "man with no name" theme. I highly recommend it.
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