I have seen every one but Silver Lode. Only a couple of disagreements. Where is The Cowboys, Ride the High Country? And have never liked either El Dorado or Johnny Guitar(Joan Crawford giving a godawful bad performance)or El Topo for that matter.
They pretty much lost me right at the start of their list. Way, way too many spaghetti and Clint Eastwood movies. El Dorado but not Rio Bravo? Not in the real world. I'd add Support Your Local Sheriff and The Sons of Katie Elder and the 1939 Stagecoach and Ride the High Country and Will Penny, just off the top of my head.
Yeah, about what you'd expect: it rekindled some memories, raised an eyebrow or two on my wrinkled brow, got me thinking about overlooked things like GUNMAN'S WALK, REBEL IN TOWN, and a host of others, and got me wondering why some rather overlong and unsatisfying.... oh well.
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I have seen every one but Silver Lode. Only a couple of disagreements. Where is The Cowboys, Ride the High Country?
And have never liked either El Dorado or Johnny Guitar(Joan Crawford giving a godawful bad performance)or El Topo for that matter.
I don't remember Mother Lode at all. I think El Dorado is an inferior remake of Rio Bravo. And Ride the High Country would be in my Top Ten.
They pretty much lost me right at the start of their list. Way, way too many spaghetti and Clint Eastwood movies. El Dorado but not Rio Bravo? Not in the real world. I'd add Support Your Local Sheriff and The Sons of Katie Elder and the 1939 Stagecoach and Ride the High Country and Will Penny, just off the top of my head.
Jeff
I don't agree with several. And where is SHANE? It has to be among the best westerns ever filmed.
Apparently there people who don't like SHANE at all. I'm not one of them. I love it.
Another interesting omission - High Noon. Which doesn't bother me, it's pretentious and overrated.
Art Scott
Web Page Unavailable. Just my luck.
You and Stumpf, Art. I like High Noon but to each his own.
Yeah, about what you'd expect: it rekindled some memories, raised an eyebrow or two on my wrinkled brow, got me thinking about overlooked things like GUNMAN'S WALK, REBEL IN TOWN, and a host of others, and got me wondering why some rather overlong and unsatisfying.... oh well.
I miss Day of the Outlaw, or is that a Northern rather than a Western? Looks like it was shot in the interior of northern Sweden.
Blazing Saddles. How on earth could they omit Blazing Saddles?
I hadn't thought about that one, Anders. You're right. It belongs on the list. But comedy gets no respect.
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