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[TNT.sixpack]

Just saw it. I’ve never been a Christian Bale fan but I am now. This movie did not disappoint. A damn good western that has been long overdue. I’ll be shocked if it doesn’t rack up lots of awards. Anybody else seen it? Curious to know what everyone’s take is on it.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Just saw it. I’ve never been a Christian Bale fan but I am now. This movie did not disappoint. A damn good western that has been long overdue. I’ll be shocked if it doesn’t rack up lots of awards. Anybody else seen it? Curious to know what everyone’s take is on it.

Thanks. I was excited when I heard "Best Western since Unforgiven." Then I remembered there have only been 2 Westerns since Unforgiven and one started Will Smith and Kevin Kline. The other had James Bond and aliens.

Good to know it's legit.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

True grit.
Django unchained.
The revenant.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

True grit.
Django unchained.
The revenant.

True Grit... Naw. You can't have The Dude replace The Duke.

Django.. while good, is more of a post war reconstruction flick.

The revenant.. well that took place well before the civil and would be a frontier era deal.

Tombstone may have been after Unforgiven. Deadwood was awesome, but it's a TV show. Westworld too.

 

[preacher_dawg]

3:10 to Yuma

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

3:10 to uma, open range, the assasination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford. Django is a western and it was pre war, I mean it’s about slavery...

 

[Shmuley]

"Looks like we're shy one horse." "Looks like you brought two too many."

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Hell on wheels.

I forgot about Yuma. It's a real Western.

 

[Shamoan]

Christian bale is a great actor. Empire of the sun is an outstanding ww2 movie that explains some of the complexity of the pacific theatre, American psycho is great, plus he is easily the best batman.

Open Range might have been the last really good western imo.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Thanks. I was excited when I heard "Best Western since Unforgiven." Then I remembered there have only been 2 Westerns since Unforgiven and one started Will Smith and Kevin Kline. The other had James Bond and aliens.

Good to know it's legit.

While I share your sentiment regarding “Wild Wild West”; talk about revisionist history [and how the hell did Kenneth Brennan accept that role?]; “Cowboys and Aliens” was pretty 17’ing legit! It had Harrison Ford for God’s sake!

 

[WrapItDog]

Godless on Netflix if you like a good ole classic Cowboys and Lesbians type Western

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Christian bale... is easily the best batman.

Please tell me you were born after 1985. If so, I can see why you think this... But you are wrong.
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[Shamoan]

Pre 85...I'm not a Keaton fan. For the longest time, batsman returns was my favorite but based on cinematic presentation...i.e. Tim burton's impact as well as Devito, walken, and pfeiffer.

 

[Shamoan]

Now that I say it this way, Keaton is the main role and he isn't even in the top 3 actors in his own movie and he would be the 5th best with the first and second combined (adding jack). Devito was a killer penguin tho.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

Blazing Saddles.

They said you was hung.

And they were right.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Pre 85...I'm not a Keaton fan. For the longest time, batsman returns was my favorite but based on cinematic presentation...i.e. Tim burton's impact as well as Devito, walken, and pfeiffer.

I remember the opening weekend of Batman. Almost all the kids in the theater went to see Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. I just turned 10 and my brother was 16 so they let me in to see Batman with him. It was glorious.

The Bale/Nolan Batman doesn't exist if not for Keaton/Burton. Bale is awesome, but he was 2nd to the party.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Thanks. I was excited when I heard "Best Western since Unforgiven." Then I remembered there have only been 2 Westerns since Unforgiven and one started Will Smith and Kevin Kline. The other had James Bond and aliens.

Good to know it's legit.

Mother 17’n Tombstone.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Shamoan non-basketball post*

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[She Mate Me]

Thanks. I was excited when I heard "Best Western since Unforgiven." Then I remembered there have only been 2 Westerns since Unforgiven and one started Will Smith and Kevin Kline. The other had James Bond and aliens.

Good to know it's legit.

17 Django and it's Mississippi Delta with California mountain foothills in the background. I like Tarantino flicks in general, but not that one. I'll take The Hateful Eight though.

I'll also take Keaton as Batman over all the rest. So glad he didn't fade away without ever getting the career resurgence he deserved. A good actor with unique qualities.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

3:10 to uma, open range, the assasination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford. Django is a western and it was pre war, I mean it’s about slavery...

Open Range is pretty good. Better than the attempt at Wyatt Earp.

3:10 to Yuma was good.

The rest are decent, but nothing has come close to The Unforgiven. I hope this new Bale movie lives up to the hype.

Bone Tomahawk was pretty damned good.

I still wish someone would a few more westerns. It would be a welcome break from Superhero movies and reboots or sequels. I like the Marvel movies, but with as someone with a huge John Wayne and Clint Eastwood collection, it would be nice to see some western style stories.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Closest thing to a perfect movie as I've ever watched. Directors would kill to get 2 performances in a lifetime like Kilmer and Russell gave, and he got them at the same time. Then the Ringo actor, and Powers Boothe was just icing. You know it's special project when Sam Elliott and Bill Paxton are your 5-7th great performances.

 

[SwampDawg]

Modern western: Wind River. Excellent, excellent. No comic book critters, no lightning flashing out of eyes or pointed fingers. Just action and sex woven together in a fantastic movie.

 

[mcdawg22]

Open Range is pretty good. Better than the attempt at Wyatt Earp.

3:10 to Yuma was good.

The rest are decent, but nothing has come close to The Unforgiven. I hope this new Bale movie lives up to the hype.

Bone Tomahawk was pretty damned good.

I still wish someone would a few more westerns. It would be a welcome break from Superhero movies and reboots or sequels. I like the Marvel movies, but with as someone with a huge John Wayne and Clint Eastwood collection, it would be nice to see some western style stories.

Bone Tomahawk is an incredible movie, anybody bitching about not enough good westerns out there are doing themselves an injustice. To the others talking about Michael Keaton's resurgence. Keaton didn't want many roles for a while because he wanted to watch his son grow up. He was supposed to be Jack in Lost because Jack was supposed to die in the first episode, but when ABC told Abrams to keep Jack alive, Keaton turned it down because as he put it "When would i fish?"

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Lonesome Dove is the best western.

 

[Dawg1979]

Batman returns may be the worst of all the Batman movies. Close the train wreck that involved the terminator and a fugitive chaser. HORRIBLE!! But Keaton in the first Batman was brilliant. I think mainly because jack Nicholson is a badass joker. I do think Heath ledger took it though.

Westerns:
- Lonesome Dove
- Tombstone
- Dances with Wolves
- Maverick (just for fun)

 

[Mayor of Little London]

Loved it. Great casting.
This was referring to Godless.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

17 Django and it's Mississippi Delta with California mountain foothills in the background. I like Tarantino flicks in general, but not that one. I'll take The Hateful Eight though.

C'mon, you've never seen the majestic mountains outside Nitta Yuma?

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

There are parts of Chicago where you can see Filming of "Westerns" everyday AND night.***

Be careful that you don't put yourself in position to be a "witness"..... or a "victim" though.***

 

[dickiedawg]

28 posts into a thread about great Westerns and no one has mentioned Brokeback Mountain. SMH

 

[She Mate Me]

Guess it's a testament to just how bad it was that no one has mentioned the recent Magnificent Seven remake.

 

[imissplatinumplus]

Ed Harris should have an Oscar for Appaloosa
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And go rent today: Hell or High Water
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[SwampDawg]

If you're talking about Uma Thurman, I can wait three hours and ten minutes.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

28 posts into a thread about great Westerns and no one has mentioned Brokeback Mountain. SMH

Yancy?

 

[Shamoan]

Im assuming you were in a coma during the late 90's. George Clooney in batman and robin with Alecia silverstone will always be the worst batman. It's not possible to make a more ridiculous movie.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Just saw it. I’ve never been a Christian Bale fan but I am now. This movie did not disappoint. A damn good western that has been long overdue. I’ll be shocked if it doesn’t rack up lots of awards. Anybody else seen it? Curious to know what everyone’s take is on it.

“Dances with Wolves” and “Legends of the Fall”, while not you typical westerns, are both awesome movies that took place during the Wild West days. “Legends ...” a little later but still. Maybe the message in westerns changed to reflect a different view in society. I would imagine, if I were Native American, that your typical westerns would Piss me off

 

[She Mate Me]

“Dances with Wolves” and “Legends of the Fall”, while not you typical westerns, are both awesome movies that took place during the Wild West days. “Legends ...” a little later but still. Maybe the message in westerns changed to reflect a different view in society. I would imagine, if I were Native American, that your typical westerns would Piss me off

Completely forgot Legends. Great film and great story. Read some Jim Harrison even if you are not a big reader. Great American author.

 

[ChinaDogSunflower]

Add 3:10 to Yuma remake to that. Bale started in that as well, alongside Russell Crowe

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Closest thing to a perfect movie as I've ever watched. Directors would kill to get 2 performances in a lifetime like Kilmer and Russell gave, and he got them at the same time. Then the Ringo actor, and Powers Boothe was just icing. You know it's special project when Sam Elliott and Bill Paxton are your 5-7th great performances.

It's a confirmed urban legend that the set was a mess until Kurt started giving the director "suggestions" on how to run things. Almost all the actors will tell you that if Kurt Russell wasn't there, that movie never gets completed.

He's my #1 guy that never gets any Hollywood cred, mostly because of his views on gun control, but he is a true professional that never gets his due.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

Magnificent 7 remake with Denzel and Chris Pratt, Two Kurt Russell Westerns Bone Tomahawk and The Hateful Eight are some just the past two years.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I've seen it so many times I can almost quote the entire movie. Russell and Kilmer are excellent in that movie but the supporting cast is outstanding.