cardsfansince82 wrote:Depending on your definition of Western, I think The Proposition and The Assassination of Jesse James are by far the best of the past decade. 3:10 to Yuma and Appaloosa were ok.
are there anymore out there worth watching? i'm talking more recent than
"tombstone" and "unforgiven" more in the last decade or so
Have you seen Open Range?
no, that Costner, no? any good?
Open Range is Ok-worth a view. Costner is in it. But so is Robert Duvall.
If you get a chance, check out the original "3:10 to Yuma" - has its hokey 1950s western moments - but all in all pretty damn good. The ratcheting up of the tension with the clock winding down was superior IMO to the remake.
i saw the original a few years back and loved it. glen ford's a stud
so anyone seen:
the three burials of melquiades estrada?
the missing? - i started this one when it came out but never finished
cardsfansince82 wrote:Depending on your definition of Western, I think The Proposition and The Assassination of Jesse James are by far the best of the past decade. 3:10 to Yuma and Appaloosa were ok.
are there anymore out there worth watching? i'm talking more recent than
"tombstone" and "unforgiven" more in the last decade or so
Have you seen Open Range?
no, that Costner, no? any good?
Open Range is Ok-worth a view. Costner is in it. But so is Robert Duvall.
If you get a chance, check out the original "3:10 to Yuma" - has its hokey 1950s western moments - but all in all pretty damn good. The ratcheting up of the tension with the clock winding down was superior IMO to the remake.
i saw the original a few years back and loved it. glen ford's a stud
so anyone seen:
the three burials of melquiades estrada?
the missing? - i started this one when it came out but never finished
3 Burials is pretty good. a good modern western. reminds me of No Country for Old Men - with its setting, and Tommie Lee Jones. January Jones from Mad Men is in it, plays trailer trash.
The Big Country (1958) ****1/2 out of ***** Burl Ives is great in Oscar winning supporting role. Gregory Peck and Jean Simmons terrific as well. And if it was Carroll Baker's job to make me hate her, she did a fabulous job too. Unfortunately, I watched a pan and scan VHS video of this beautiful film.
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) **1/2 out of ***** Kazan's a favorite but this one didn't do much for me. I thought little Dean Stockwell was the highlight. Docked one full star for having to endure Dorothy McGuire's horrible teeth for almost two hours.
Saw The Time Traveler's Wife last night. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams were in it. I thought it was very good. While a little tricky to follow at times, if you get past that & just enjoy it, it was wonderfully done. Nice romantic movie!
watched Last Train From Gun Hill (1959) last night
Good. they plagiarized/adapted the story from 3:10 to Yuma but I liked it nonetheless.
Anthony Quinn was great.
I'd like to see this western and some other old ones remade -like 3:10 to Yuma was. It would be interesting to see these great stories again with some spaghetti-ing up, and more use of locale, less sound stage, better musical scores. A little less censorship and better potrayal of native Americans (no pig latin etc) would be nice too. However, I'd wonder if today's filmmakers could show restraint where needed.
-in my head I'm already casting this movie with modern actors. For a twist, I'd have Michael Douglas would reprise the role of Anthony Quinn, rather than of Kirk's.
watched Last Train From Gun Hill (1959) last night
Good. they plagiarized/adapted the story from 3:10 to Yuma but I liked it nonetheless.
Anthony Quinn was great.
I'd like to see this western and some other old ones remade -like 3:10 to Yuma was. It would be interesting to see these great stories again with some spaghetti-ing up, and more use of locale, less sound stage, better musical scores. A little less censorship and better potrayal of native Americans (no pig latin etc) would be nice too. However, I'd wonder if today's filmmakers could show restraint where needed.
-in my head I'm already casting this movie with modern actors. For a twist, I'd have Michael Douglas would reprise the role of Anthony Quinn, rather than of Kirk's.
i recently watched "bad day at black rock" .. man, what a movie and i agree with
maybe trying to remake that one too... but i'm not normally big on that. it would have
to be the right director/actors etc.. anyway, spencer tracy plays a "one armed man" tough
guy like few i've ever seen and robert ryan (one of the most underrated actors ever) is
great as the bad guy..
You must have caught BlackRock on TCM recently - TCM is pure gold.
on BlackRock, I liked. Went a little too McGyver at time. some of these old movies -the realism can be comical. Knocking people out was an overused crutch in storylines, especially when its a bloodless knockout -like a casting a spell on someone (and spell is removed with a bucket of water to the face).
But I can make a mental checkdown considering the era. That's why the remake would be interesting. could they do it without overkill the other way? - CGI and severed limbs all over the place.
anyhow from earlier in this thread. This scene was kind of funny.
maddash wrote:Borgnine is awesome in Bad Day at Black Rock.
Little bit of trivia - the door in this scene was supposed to swing open when Borgnine went through, but someone locked it. Borgnine just took the door out, frame and all, and kept the scene going.
at 3:30 check out how an old man with one hand - Spencer Tracy role gives the little karate chop to the back that supposedly sends Borgnine (Coley) flying through the door. I'm not usually on "realism patrol" when watching such a pic, but cmon. earlier in the pic, they made a point to show Tracy was quick and agile with his hand, one guy comments when Tracy catch a bottle that rolled of a table "your pretty quick for crip". So you knew it was coming. To me the movie relied too much on Tracy's flatout ass-kicking ability to resolve the conflicts. maybe if he had a secret strength - a quick draw or good with a knife etc, but winning fist fight no. Tracy's not going to kick Lee Marvin and Borgnine's arse with one arm any day of the week.
after reading about it, I found that Tracy's character was supposed to be a martial arts dude. Lol. I somehow missed that first time.
Anyone going to see Wolfman? Hard to be sure, but from the previews it looks like they got it exactly right. Doesn't look too over the top, but also not too bogged down trying to do more than a monster movie should. Great cast, too.
