Genre Discussion: Westerns

[Nathan]

Nonsense!

Ah'm in mah prahm!

Quite possibly his best performance.

[Ed Hocken]

He twirled that cup like no one's business.

[Matt]

Quite possibly his best performance.

It IS his best performance. It's a crime that he wasn't nominated for an Academy Award for it.

As shitty as 'Wyatt Earp' is, Dennis Quaid is pretty damned good as Doc Holiday in it. Had he not been outshined by Val, everyone would be talking about HIS iconic turn as Doc.

[V]

I think Quaid did a superlative job. Granted, his take was different... but just as effective.

It would have been a better film had they given the role of Earp to another actor instead of Costner.

[Matt]

(insert film title here) would have been a better film had they given the role of (insert character name here) to another actor instead of Costner.

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[Trejo]

Open Range never really gets much props. I know someone mentioned it before, but goddamn the gunfight at the end is one of the most visceral bits of action I've seen. You're IN that gunfight mother fucker! Want that on Blu so badly for the sound..

I actually dug out all the Westerns I own (sadly not many) to watch in anticipation of RDR: Fistful of Dollars, OUATITW, Proposition, Open Range, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and a glorious Blu Unforgiven.

Shit, I'll probably watch The Good, the Bad, the Wierd as well. I think that movie blows Sukiyaki Western Django out of the water in the Eastern Western department.

[Matt]

I need to watch 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' again. I've watched it a couple of times and honestly never 'gotten' the appeal of it. It's been a long time since my last viewing of it, though.

[BillyG]

Shit, I'll probably watch The Good, the Bad, the Wierd as well. I think that movie blows Sukiyaki Western Django out of the water in the Eastern Western department.

I've not seen it yet. It's not on BD yet is it?!

[Trejo]

Looks like it http://www.amazon.com/Good-Bad-Weird...3778934&sr=8-2

[BillyG]

Korean BD makes me a sad panda. Can't justify $40 on a BD right now.

[B_Metal]

Open Range never really gets much props. I know someone mentioned it before, but goddamn the gunfight at the end is one of the most visceral bits of action I've seen. You're IN that gunfight mother fucker! Want that on Blu so badly for the sound..

I'd recommend Open Range over just about any other western out there. Yeah it's overly sentimental and romanticizes the west a bit, but isn't that kind of the point?

Edited to add: I don't care how much shit it gets me, Lonesome Dove even though it is like 32425 hours long is still awesome as well.

[Matt]

Watched 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' again tonight. This movie so fucking awesome.

[Captain Russ]

Not that this will raise anything other than half-a-fart of a query of "Who gives a shit," but I've started watching Deadwood again.

As well and good (and ridiculously iconic) as western films have been, I've got to say that I have come to appreciate the genre even more when the story is given to intrigue in a depiction of the times heretofore rarely seen.

Whether it is because there has been a smattering of these tales that were given to resisting the urge to deconstruct the mythology of some of the more widely known people or events, or it is just because the small handful that have done them right have done them sofa king right, I find such an approach suits the genre quite well.

Which is exactly why this show (beginning with the last days of Wild Bill), as well as the film Ass...James...Ford are rare commodities to be enjoyed. And terms such as "squarehead", "hoopleheads" and "celestial" thankfully enter into the modern lexicon. So it ain't half bad.

Rereading what I just typed, I'm just typing to type at this point. Hell if that isn't dull and self-important.

It'd probably need to be tagged in the other thread, but I'm far too lazy to use hotkeys at this time of day.

So here: Go watch some fucking Deadwood, Rob, and fucking enjoy.

[B_Metal]

Russ, I'm just now getting into Deadwood and I couldn't agree more, hell season 2 disc 1 arrives tomorrow. FUCK YEAH!! Also CockSUCKA!!!

[Shit Dickface]

Deadwood's glorious. Best $70 I ever spent.