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Quint catches the 3:10 TO YUMA!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Is it possible that the western might not be dead?
We’ll see when 3:10 TO YUMA opens. Because this film is a real western. I hesitate to call it a throw-back because that implies it’s aping a particular style.
There have been some good westerns since UNFORGIVEN… I’m particularly fond of THE PROPOSITION, but even that is kind of the “twist” on the Western. It’s a stylistic western. Those are the types we’re given. Not much, but at least something for those of us who love westerns.
From the very first note played during the opening title of 3:10 TO YUMA you know you are in for an honest to god, real life western. No modern bells and whistles, no post-modern twist or catch, but a real western that is proud to be one and goes for it all the way.
I’ve seen the original film starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin and I really dug it. In fact, it was one of two westerns that changed my mind about the genre. My dad was really into westerns and I guess I kind of revolted.
Then, as a young teen, I saw THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE and 3:10 TO YUMA within a month of each other and that wall dropped. I even started getting into the early James Bond movies that my dad loved. So much for my revolution…
James Mangold’s 3:10 TO YUMA could be a case study on how to approach a remake. One, you find a title that has a fantastic premise. Check. Two, you make sure that title needs a reason for a fresh take on it. In this case, it’s a great, approachable western, a tale about two opposing forces surrounded by many colorful characters. With a great cast and a good director this story was ripe for a grand retelling.
List off the best remakes. You get… THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE MALTESE FALCON, John Carpenter’s THE THING… every one of those brought something special to a great story (not to mention they’re all based on a book or novella). In the cases of THE WIZARD OF OZ and THE MALTESE FALCON they brought the story unto the realm of talking pictures. With Carpenter’s THE THING, he took a premise and amped it up to its full potential, stressing the paranoia and making it an effects spectacular, something we’ve never seen before.
I’ll need to see 3:10 TO YUMA a few more times before I can put it in the same league as those above, but I will say upon my first viewing I found the film to be great.
If you’re not familiar with the story (originally written by Elmore Leonard) it’s about a down on his luck rancher (Christian Bale) who has just been through the ringer. Life has chewed him up and spit him out, but still… this man has found it within himself to be a gentle and kind being.
One day he stumbles across a robbery in progress. A stage coach is being violently taken by the great outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe). A man of charm, surprising sophistication and extreme intelligence. He doesn’t interfere, but from this moment on the rancher’s fate is entwined with this outlaw.
It comes to pass that Crowe is separated from his gang, a group of savages it should be noted, and is caught by the law. However, the gang is going to do whatever they can to get their number one out of custody.
So, it becomes a race to get the outlaw to another city where he’ll catch the 3:10 train to Yuma Prison. The railroad is funding this transport, an investment in keeping Wade from robbing them blind. Bale signs up and you have a movie where two of our greatest working actors chew up scenery together.
I know Crowe gets a lot of shit. A truck load of it, but I can’t imagine watching this film and not wanting to join up with his gang. He’s got the charisma, the charm and the badassness. He so fits the western. I even loved him as the repentant gunslinging preacher in Sam Raimi’s THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. It’s good to see him back in the desert.
On the other side of the spectrum, you have Christian Bale, another fantastic actor, but one that doesn’t get as much shit… I guess it’s because he’ll chop up girls in one movie and then strap on the cape and cowl to rescue them in another. Bale continues his amazing run. It’s his year. If his work in this film or RESCUE DAWN doesn’t get some nominations I’ll be shocked.
James Mangold did a great job shooting this thing as well as balancing his two stars. You really see them as equals and you like them both. In fact, I came to a point where I was completely torn. I didn't want to see Ben Wade make the train because I liked the guy and wanted him to get away. But I also like Bale's character and want to see him get paid off for delivering Wade to the train. It's a fascinating bit of gray that you don't see in most studio pictures. You don't often care just as much for the antagonist as the protagonist.
Mangold also did a fantastic job of casting the supporting roles. Ben Foster is bugfuck nuts in this movie. He’s terrifying. He’s Crowe’s number two and the one leading the gang to get him back at any cost. There’s a quiet insanity to him throughout the movie. I don’t know if that’s there all the time (maybe… I saw him at Comic-Con and he looked a little twitchy), but goddamn is it effective in this movie.
Peter Fonda also turns in a great, audience pleasing tough old bastard bounty hunter role. It’s so great to see Fonda so awesome up on the screen again. This dude is a badass and he takes the movie dead seriously. An easy favorite character with some of the best dialog in the movie.
There are a lot of great faces in the movie, but I have to point out Gretchen Mol as Bale’s wife and Alan Tudyk as Doc Potter. Mol is still beautiful and plays a rather thankless role. She loves her husband and family, but she’s also tired of their living conditions. If Mol hadn’t played it with just the right balance of stern and love then the character could have become completely unlikable.
Tudyk again gives us a funny, but sweet character. He’s pretty fantastic in the movie, but I worry he might start typecasting himself. You’ll see why if you’re a Tudyk fan…
Mangold also deserves a lot of credit for keeping modern filmmaking out of sight. I think there might be one explosion that is digitally altered, but even that I'm not sure about. There could be digital work all over the movie, but my eye never caught it. It felt totally old school. Just the actors and what they can capture with a moving picture camera.
No review of this film, no heaping of praise, is complete without mentioning Marco Beltrami’s score. I’ve honestly never really been a big fan of his music. I think my favorite scores he’s done were on SCREAM and HELLBOY, but most of the time I don’t really dig on his music, but damn. He knocked it out of the park here. It’s not comically western, but it’s so western through and through. It could be over the top if it wasn’t so damn good.
So, rejoice. There is finally a great western on the silver screen again and it’s not only a smart character movie, but an action flick… a good action flick. I’m excited to see it again.
-Quint
quint@aintitcool.com
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Nice see Beltrami getting props for his score, he's shaping up in a really diverse talent, Three Burials was a terrific score, and in similar territory to Yuma. Crowe excells in this kind of milieu, as does Bale who is about the most consistently good Brit acting talent of late. I'm there for the 3.10.
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I have been excited since the cast was announced. Glad the wait is almost over.
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you know it.
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I thought that was an amazing Western. You know, 3:10 had a lot of things going for it, and I'm glad they all worked out. Count me in for this one.
Speaking of Crowe, I was re-watching MASTER AND COMMANDER the other day... fuck, what a great flick. How about a sequel to that!?!? Plenty of source material.
And anyone who gives Crowe shit obviously is some tabloid-reading middle-american slackjaw. All I know about Russell Crowe is that his acting, from all the way back in ROMPER STOMPER, has been consistently excellent... magnetic, even. Charisma like his is all too rare on the modern screen. -
Great designs, sums up the old school trad western grit to perfection.
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He seems completely incapable of subtlety. In fact, I thought Walk the Line was one of the most hamfisted movies in recent memory. I mean, what else do you call a movie in which a 6-year-old kid says, "Why are you so good"? You know, just in case we didn't catch that Johnny Cash's brother was the favorite. There are a ton of scenes like that (June murmuring ring of fire, ring of fire, ring of fire, just to make sure we know she's writing the song, you guessed it, "Ring of Fire"). But hey, I'm looking forward to this in spite of him.
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It was a fantastic Western and YOU know it! :)
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As long as it's a true western and not some tripe like American Outlaws.
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I didn't see Walk the Line, but I did see Copland and Heavy. Heavy was quite subtle... maybe more subtle than it needed to be, and Copland was very much in a Western tradition, albeit set in a different milieu.
I'm not sure a good Western needs to be subtle, anyways... oughtn't it be stark and straight-forward, with commanding acting to bring out the nuance? I mean, when I think of my all-time favorite Westerns... ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, THE GREAT SILENCE, FOUR FOR THE APOCALYPSE... it's not their subtley I value them for, it's their strange, brutal majesty. -
3:10 to Yuma looks pretty promising, too.
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I love a good western and I think this is something we've been waiting for a long time.
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i usually steer clear of remakes, but the talent on this one is undeniable. The Assassination of Jesse James is the one i've really been looking forward to, but based on all the recut stories we've been hearing, it seems we'll have to wait for the inevitable director's cut dvd. i'm in the same boat as you Quint, i couldn't get into westerns either until college. for me, it was the works of Sergio Leone that turned things around. (still can't get into John Wayne though). i guess the western was just too out of the spotlight for our generation.
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Never be another like it. Never could be in today's walking on eggshells world. Ensemble films are tough to come by nowadays too with the high price for actors unless they see potential in a movie (Ocean's etc.) It'll take good film making like this to get it going again.
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I have to admit I haven't seen it yet. I've been meaning to. Everybody loves it now, but I remember when it came out nobody was talking about it. I'll have to catch it. I'm in a western mood after the YUMA screening.
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jaysus, that's a lame pun. this movie looks grrreat. GRRRREAT. i too am one of those people who doesn't really think about crowe and then i watch 'master and commander' and i'm just repeatedly blown away. and of course my love for the bale has already been splooged repeatedly over this site. will be great to see two tigers fighting each other. hopefully mangold (who, yes, is hamfisted) will stay out of it and just let them do their thing...
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I caught it as part of a double feature at the drive-in, only because it got such crazily over-the-top buzz in the AICN talkbacks, believe it or not. I remember somebody in a TB comparing it to Peckinpah, and me thinking, Costner in a Peckinpah film, ha ha ha... and then at the drive-in, half-drunk, watching it, laughing about it, and then as it went on my girlfriend making fewer and fewer jokes, becoming increasingly impressed, saying to each other, "wow, this is quite fucking good," and then the lead-up and pacing of the finale absolutely blew us away. It was major, we couldn't believe how good it was. We were almost silent driving home, it was stunning.
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will definitely see this...what has happened to Assassination of Jesse James? The trailer was released last June!
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WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME, WHY!?!?!?!?
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disregard previous post
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Just beat off to the picture of Midol Girl like everyone else on this site seems to be doing.
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Cause nobody beats "The Wiz!"
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I am the biggest Bronson freak around, but you know, I've never cared for The Magnificent Seven. I don't like the way it's constructed, I don't like McQueen as a western gunslinger, I find Eli Wallach's bad guy retarded, and I just never get very excited at any point in the movie. Too many main characters, too jumbled. I know it's considered a classic... someone tell me what I'm missing...
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It had one of the best shoot-out scenes ever. "Are you the son of a bitch who killed my friend?" "Yup." BLAM!
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Seems like they just gathered up the biggest stars of the day and threw them together, with no real regard for whether the pieces fit or not.
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While nowhere near as powerful a film as Unforgiven, still it was exactly what the Young Guns films wanted to be: a great western for the MTV generation.
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...with those who praise Open Range. I am not generally a Costner fan, but still consider it to be one of my all-time favourite westerns. It reminds me of Shane, except without the creepy atmosphere and innuendo (both factors I love about Shane, by the way). And it's a "real" western; no "revisionism" or ironic posturing. A real classic, sadly overlooked. If Kevin Costner made only westerns, I would probably see all of his movies theatrically. As it is, I generally dismiss everything he does outright.
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...I agree with you about Magnificent Seven. Classic case of a cheap Hollywood "re-interpretation" of a Japanese masterpiece, that misses the point. I just don't even understand why anyone would watch it when they could be watching Seven Samurai. Proof that mainstream American cinema has been creatively deficient for decades. Samurai retold for shitkickers who don't like foreigners or subtitles. A predecessor -- in spirit and intent -- to Shall We Dance with Richard Gere.
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Quint, you do a great job of reveiwing movies without giving away too many spoilers.
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At a young age I tried to watch westerns but was turned off by John Wayne. Even at as I kid I found him to be over the top and grating. It was the first time I could remember being able to spot bad acting. However, I've been trying to get back into the genre. I just watched The Outlaw Josey Wales which was great. I also really enjoyed The Proposition. I'll have to check out 3:10 to Yuma. I always thought that after Brokeback Mountain, which had lots of western elements in it, the studios would start taking risks on more traditional western fare. Maybe that's finally coming true.
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Haven't thought of this movie in years. I'll queue it up as well. Thanks guys.
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Do you think that the series success may have played a part in this getting made? I've been waiting for a GOOD western since Tombstone.
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Why does one get shit and the other doesn't? Maybe because Bale disappears after a movie while Crowe seems intent on doing everything he can to make a public ass out of himself...at least until recently. People generally don't like it when actors make millions per film but then act like a child throwing a tantrum in their real life.
Also, Bale has done a number of different roles and immerses himself completely. You compared Psycho to Batmen but what about the Machinist even? You'd hardly know they are the same person. On the other hand, while Crowe can be a very good actor, he has recently fallen into the trap of making the same sappy, inspirational halmark movie over and over since The Insider. Gladiator was the one exception I would argue. 3:10 will be good for Crowe as it not only comes out during his change in behaviour, but it also gives him a new and interesting character to play. -
open range getting the love. I thought i was the only one who cared for this movie. Duvall rocks
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And 3:10 is coming out at right around the same time as it.
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And its stature just grows with time. I rank it alongside Tombstone, Unforgiven, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Magnificent Seven, Shane, The Searchers, Silverado The Sons of Katie Elder, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Rio Bravo, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, and True Grit as one of the all-time greats. Like those, I rarely miss an opportunity to watch it.It definitely meets my definition of a "great" movie. What's that? A "great" movie is one that when you're channel surfing, any time, day or night, you stop and watch straight on till the end. No matter where in the flick you find yourself, no matter what else is on, a great flick is one that you always want to watch. Open Range (and the aforementioned Westerns) is one of those.3:10 To Yuma is also fantastic and I can't wait for the remake.
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Costner made an alternately beautiful and fucking savage film. Open Range MUST be seen, Quint!!!
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Is a damned good movie ! Broken trail was suprisingly good for a mini series
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i think it comes out on the same day as shoot em up, another film i'm dying to see. i haven't decided which one gets opening night honors.
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You know, dude, I can totally understand NOT liking The Magnificent Seven. Really. But to say that Magnificent Seven is "for shitkickers who don't like foreigners or subtitles" is ridiculous. Not to mention calling it "[a] predecessor -- in spirit and intent -- to Shall We Dance with Richard Gere." Makes you sound like a completely elitist tool, which I'm sure that you're not. You calling Kurosawa himself a "shitkicker" who "doesn't like foreigners or subtitles" caused he, too, loved the remake? The Magnificent Seven was a HUGE success when it was released and continues to be loved by many, like myself who are neither "shitkickers" nor loathers of "foreign films and subtitles." I love both The Magnificent Seven and The Seven Samurai, sometimes for the same reasons and sometimes for completely different reasons. Just like Mr. Kurosawa himself.
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I never used to like John Wayne either.But now Rio Bravo is one of my favourite movies.
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example of what Hollywood/indie film makers could be doing with the western genre. Instead of mature westerns like Open Range, most of what we get(if anything!!) are more Young Guns clones like American Outlaws and Texas Rangers. Contrary to what some may think, Open Range actually did preaty well at the box office domestically (it cost 25 million to make and made 60 million) The western is a terrific film genre that still has a lot of life left in it, it just needs to attract more quality talent. And to those that say that Blazing Saddles killed the genre, I don't think that's true. It just made it next to impossible to make a classical generic western, just like Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein did the same for Universal horror films. The western can be a viable film genre, it just needs to stray from being too cliche. Really that can go for any genre.
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never did a real western (and no, The Frisco Kid doesn't count). Seems like he would've been perfect. Too bad he didn't do one in the early '90s instead of Oscar bait like Regarding Henry.
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... thanks for the review. I'm definitely looking forward to this film and Bale's/Crowe's performances. Looks good.Also, I must add my appreciation for OPEN RANGE. It's definitely an overlooked gem of a movie. One thing you'll notice is the very naturalized (sometimes stilted) tone of the dialog. The characters do their best to be polite and civil despite the rustic setting and/or the present situation. Reminds me of DEADWOOD in that sense (but with considerably less vulgarity). A very believable film both in tone and action. You should definitely check it out!
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You know, one like the current comic book series by Dynamite. Hell, just take the first six issues and use it as a storyboard and you're halfway there.
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I was also a big fan of Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp. I enjoyed Tombstone as well but, felt there were certain parts that just didn't work. To me, the definitive Wyatt Earp movie was the movie of the same name. Perhaps if Val Kilmer would have been in Costner's instead of Tombstone then Costner's would get more love. I felt his Doc Holiday superior to Dennis Quaid's.
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Several years ago, I used to date a girl who worked at Duvall's restaurant in Virginia. And according to her, he and his buddies seemed to have little to no problem flirting with the staff. Anyway, it fizzled out between her and I and she eventually left to do some modeling in Canada. Yeah.
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John Wayne was the fucking man
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she looked like a moose. I guess that's how she got the job in Canada.
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I love 'Seven Samurai' and can't comment on 'Magnificent Seven', its merits or defects.
But it reminds me of this possibly apocryphal Kurosawa story:
Kurosawa was told by an indignant friend that a recent American film was an unauthorized retelling of 'Yojimbo' and he should sue.
Kurosawa replied that he couldn't...because he'd taken the original idea for 'Yojimbo' and 'lone man pits opposing sides against each other' from Dashiell Hammet's novel 'Red Harvest'.
That said, I don't think Kurosawa was a deliberate, out and out plagiarist (and I know as a fan I'm biased) he was just well aware that no idea exists in a vaccuum, and everyone is always influenced by what went and what they've personally experienced...even if they don't realize it. -
Well, you couldn't be more wrong on her looks. But she definitely had a rack like a moose.Get it?Nevermind. I got nothing.
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I'm also cautious of Mangold's directing. IDENTITY was complete shit, then again it was written by guy who wrote JACK FROST (not the Keaton one either).
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Had no clue what this was about for weeks. Now I really want to see it.
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the table so they can have teh buttseks. Does that make me gay?
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Aug 20, 2007 2:26:57 PM CDT
Brokeback Mountain was a great western where's the love
by bringingsexyback
Just ignore teh buttseks
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What next? Cowboys from India?
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I don't care if there's some gay new comic out, the Lone Ranger is stupid. Let's talk about actual serious movie Westerns, not the fucking lone ranger. Next someone is going to bring up Preacher.
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Jonah Hex. If you're a fan of Westerns I would recommend picking up the monthly Jonah Hex comic. Mdf2, that's an interesting story. I think Red Harvest, Yojimbo, and A Fistfull of Dollars all have their unique take. Although there are huge differences between Red Harvest and Yojimbo. Only the basic outline of pitting crime families against one another is similar. Everything else is completely different.
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Surprised there is no mention after the interview here the other day.
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C'mon now- that movie blows Tombstone away...Open Range is a classic
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all of our actors who could pull it off or are either dead or too old. Who wants to see someone like Shia LaBeef in a western???? Really, who was the last American tough guy actor to come along? Vin Diesel is the only one I can think of at the moment.
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I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DANIEL DAY-LEWIS AS THE ORIGINAL SILVER-AGE DC COMICS "SUPER-CHIEF," BUT ONLY IF THEY STAY TRUE TO HIS GIANT BUFFALO-HEAD LIKE IN THE COMICS AND DON'T RUIN IT LIKE THEY DID WITH JUDGE DREDD... etc etc etc
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Why wouldn't it? Next you'll be telling me SILVERADO doesn't count either.
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I finally got a chance to check this one out a few days back. To say the least, I was really blown away by it. I liked it even more than Jimmy Stewart's other wester, Destry Rides Again.
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I think I talk about this movie every 3:10 to Yuma talkback...and anytime Westerns are metnioned, it's such a great great film and I'm glad to seeit getting lots f love here in the Talkbacks, you know we tend to be a bunch of bitching and moaning fanboys but when we find a movie we love, we love it and I'm glad to see that it's inspiring others to see it. QUINT, see Open Range now, you'll be blown away I promise.as for 3:10 I'm so anxious to see this movie it's not even funny
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yet...this is really going to blow the lid off the stereo type for "jaded fanboys"
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love it.
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But, there's cowboys in Thailand, apparently...
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The fact that nobody has even mentioned The Long Riders is amazing to me. Am I the only one who loves this movie? The pedigree of the actors alone demands mention here! Please let me know if I am totally off base. WTF!!
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But, there's Ladyboys for sure...
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u beat me Quint. I've had my review done for a week but have been waiting for the right timeto send it in. I tip my hat to you, sir. we definitely agree on this one, especially on beltrami
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and show some of your cleavage too.
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it makes him that much harder to ignore. HEY MIRAJEFF, WHO DIRECTED RAMBO??
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Apart from the Lone Ranger, Zorro and the '50s Nighthawk, very few of them wore masks or special costumes. Jonah Hex is a scarred-up bounty hunter, Bat Lash is a gambler who attracts trouble, Scalphunter is a guy who was kidnapped and raised by Kiowa Indians as a kid, etc. Plenty of cool properties to develop without asswipes like Daddylonghead citing crap like "Super-Chief" in a failed attempt to be funny.
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HE'LL FUCKIN' RAM YOU WITH HIS GIANT BUFFALO HEAD
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I knew that one.
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That's right, the most overlooked director in Hollywood history.
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according to Mirajeff's upcoming negative review of "John Rambo"
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Hello ... imdb.com ... hello ...
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Loved Tombstone, in fact one of my favorite movies ever. The right mix of star power and 'that guys' in a film. Michael Biehns performance was excellent. The re-watchability of that film is immense.
Too bad Cosmatos -the director- died, he would have been a natural for 3:10 to Yuma.
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"Eli Roth's Huge Prosthetic Wang"? That's a real western right there. Right up there with "Suckin' on Superbad's Nuts".
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it was a remake. Saw the previews for this last week and excited to see it. Thanks for the review Quint. I am looking forward to this one.
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Wasn't it the guy who went on to make, amongst others, Robocop 2? Irvin Kershner and Empire was a fluke akin to Curtis Hanson and LA Confidential. Still rates as one of my top 3 movies of all time though, just a shame that 'Kersh' never came close again.
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The best Western in recent times hands down has to be Dudes! I don't get the magic of westerns? I saw Open Range in theaters and was like wow I could've just seen the last 15 minutes of the movie and not have been bored for 2 hours. I mean they killed off the The bad guy from Parker Lewis can't Lose and the mexican actor thats not Gael García Bernal way to early and they were the most interesting characters. Tombstone is a horrible movie, I know this because every college cool guy says its their favorite movie (and its on TNT ALL THE TIME, and they know drama trust me). The Proposition was good but I feel asleep like 20 times and had to keep rewinding it. Pale Rider??? Boring. I just do not get the magical lure of westerns, the most fun I've ever had watching a western was during City Slickers, Daniel Stern is the MAN! But still I will see this movie, and the original in hopes that it won't be boring. OH Unforgiven is amazing however, best western ever.
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...you are right, that did sound pretty elitist. However, I stand by my shitkickers remark, simply because I wasn't so much referring to those who happen to like Magnificent Seven, as I was to the mentality behind making it, that thinks that great foreign films have to be re-imagined in an American setting to make them palatable to American audiences. That -- to me -- is what makes it a predecessor to Shall We Dance. Admittedly, I came out swinging when Daddylonghead confessed his feelings for the film (it's hard to find allies when you question the status of a "classic", and I wanted to throw my bit in there to let him know he wasn't the only one who felt that way), and I meant no disrespect. Many friends whose cnematic opinions I value are huge fans of the film and I personally think it has a great score. As far as Kurosawa's opinion goes, I have no doubt that he liked the film. He loved Hollywood, and westerns. I still think what made a great samurai film only made a mediocre western, though.
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Iloved The Long Riders too.Also Ride with the Devil was underrated but maybe it's classed more as a war movie.
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I'm not sure how that happened. And I'm not going to before this is released because I think I want to see this without having an anti-remake bias. The only reason I'm doing that is because I want to see what Christian Bale does here since I believe he is possibly the best actor working right now. And with Russell Crowe in it too, I think they'd have a hard time screwing it up.
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american westerns are boring
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...I would just like to say that "The Proposition" bored me to tears. I am very willing to listen to why it's a great movie (let's move the fact that it's written by Nick Cave out of the equation for now) and I could give it a second chance. Unlike most AICN talkbackers, and the American president, I'm willing to change my opinion with true and proper dissent and discussion. Tell me what the big deal was. Keep in mind I LOVE a good Western.
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i enjoyed the proposition but in retrospect i'm not sure why. there wasn't anything groundbreaking about it, by any means. i did think the cinematography was elegiac and exquisite, in its own beautiful australian wilderness kinda-way. maybe it was also the non-black-and-white aspect of the characters that people - myself included - were intrigued by. that is, of course, one of the things that made 'unforgiven' so brilliant - everybody did bad things for good reasons, or vice versa. same with the proposition - in fact, i think my favorite character was emily watson's, because she was actually a HORRIBLE person who wallowed in her own insular world and yet we felt sympathy for her. interesting. so maybe it's in the characters (and the actors playing them? guy pearce is pretty darned good at what he does) and not so much the overall story, which was fairly simplistic.
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Thought it was a stroke of genius to get real siblings to play the parts in the movie.
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a staggering failure of a film. Only a truly gifted alchemist could take so many interesting raw ingredients and transmute them into such a punishingly dull viewing experience. Not just dull, mind you.... punishingly, assaultingly, offensively, inexcusably dull.
I can't say it strongly enough. The Proposition fails to entertain the way a tsunami fails to dry you. The Proposition is to entertainment what a car bomb is to the functioning of an Iraqi security checkpoint: It not only does not entertain, it unentertains so profoundly as to imperil the very possibility of any future entertainment. -
but I enjoyed the hell out of quigly down under. let the talkback beating begin. but I truly enjoy most any movie where alan rickman is an evil asshole, because he does it oh so well.
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And that's all I'll say on that. However, coming from an age of films that didn't have a lot of Westerns, I love Dances With Wolves, Unforgiven, Open Range and The Proposition (a recently discovered new favorite!). That being said, I'm really looking forward to 3:10 To Yuma. So much so, in fact, that I didn't read your review yet. There's been little enough said about this film that I know almost nothing other than the actors involved. That's pretty exciting, because I don't get to see movies that way too often anymore. What with the giant hype machines "working" films a year before their releases.
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come from Italy. I hated westerns until I saw The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. They have the grit and the complexity that's missing from most American westerns (with the exception of High Noon). At least the one's I've seen that were made before the Spaghetti Western. High Noon might be my favorite. It's up there with The Crucible as far as political allegories.
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makes them cowboys so much more interesting
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that's one movie tailer-made for this site, the news came out weeks ago.
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I patiently await Sir Ridley Scott and William Monahan's adaption of Cormac McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN. Much like THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, this should be a Western with a near-mythical tone... especially in the portrayal of its central antagonist.I believe this is still slated for a 2009 release. And if Scott somehow manages to capture the horror and filth of McCarthy's nightmare-of-a-Western, it will make THE PROPOSITION look like a day at the pool.
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too bad the great website the movie had seems to be down, it even shoved the creator Moebius joining them during the filming in mexico.
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Tom Selleck getting his chance to play Indiana Jones, gorgeous cinematography, a kick-ass Basil Poledouris score, and Laura San Giacomo spilling cleavage all over the place. What's not to love? 3:10 To Yuma looks pretty damn good, and the cast is a dream.
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I didn't even think it was well shot.
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Brilliant, but underappreciated.
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who's going to play the judge i wonder...
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Vomit. It's not underrated. It's a byproduct of a genre barely on life support. Earnest, yes. Sappy, even more so. I found the whole thing to be annoying. Mexican kid. Annoying as fuck. Robert Duvall's grumpy old man. Unoriginal and annoying as fuck. Annette Benning. Boring/Annoying. Costner's dark past. And the big dumb retard from ER getting trounced is the cataylst for it all? Go fuck yourself in the ass with your big pair of Virtual Gameboy visors from 1995 if you like this movie. You wanna talk hamfisted? You wanna lack of subtely? You already are if you're talking about this movie. You know it feels like it's the predetermined "cool" opinion to have on this particular message board for some reason. A lame attempt to seem intelligent by backing something that was not initially, nor will ever be, popular. Unforgiven. Great. Once Upon A Time. Pretty close to fucking perfect. The Good The Bad And The Ugly. Bow your heads. But this sad attempt to regain some cred by a fucking hack actor who feels he needed to repent for the sins of Waterworld and Postman is just bad.
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...and you did it without half a page if irrelevant life story BS about your wang. Good job!
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I got a DVD of some of the old shows last year, and watching them, was reminded how inspirational that whole show was. Personally, I'd love for someone to make a new movie based on it, as long as they don't go the whole "The Lone Ranger's an ignorant @$$ and Tonto is the one with brains" route so many comics have gone the past decade. Give today's kids someone to look up to.
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Do they use it?
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Best director ever.
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... was a great western and a touching love story, even if all you homophobes out there are afraid to admit it!
I mean granted seeing two guys go at it isn't my cup of tea but seeing some guys face getting smashed in isn't my cup of tea either, but if it helps tell the story better and make an overall better film than so be it.
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If a movie has to be an unrealistic shoot em up cowboy indian flick (with a duel with those little bales of hay going across the screen and the final shoot out always taking place in an empty looking town and everyone always shooting way more accurately than guns of the times were able to shoot) than no it wasn't but if that's the case than, in my opinion, Westerns are too narrowly focused to be even remotely original anyways and should be done aways with.
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Shane? with the most annoying kid ever cast in any film ever, as the best western? No waaaaay. I love western's and hate costner so Open range was a challenge for me. hated it. The proposition is not a failure. Still looking forward to this even though it has Russell Crowe in it.BTW MOM- Congrats for proving your utter humourlessness in that other TB by posting an essay in response to an insult. Fartknocker.
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Once Upon A Time In The West, are all at Wally-Mart in $5 rack, while supplies last. OUATITW is the double disc version, too. Pissed me off since I paid well over $10 for it last year. Enjoy. I just saw MY DARLING CLEMENTINE with Henry Fonda on PBS. I loved how Marshall Earp sat on the porch balanceing in the back 2 legs of the chair. Also, MDC is the movie being shown in TV's MASH when the rain wrecks the projector. It has the line "Earp, Wyatt Earp". James Bond "borrowed" this many years later.
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Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States (known as the American Old West)
Brokeback Mountain was a good drama about shepherds set some decades ago.
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It looks like it has a similar theme as High Noon. One man left alone to stand up to the baddies. A bit of movie trivia: John Wayne turned down the lead in High Noon, it later went to Gary Cooper. JW said that it was "Un-American" for one man to be deserted by friends to fight alone. Funny, JW was later the presenter to GC of his Oscar for the High Noon role. Must have been a bitter pill to swallow.
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Just watched Alpha Dog last night actually and I had never heard of Ben Foster before and then of course I read this review and lo and behold he's in this too .
Isn't weird how stuff like that happens.
Anyway , I thought Alpha Dog was decent enough , but Foster was terrific in it . So to hear he is in Yuma , means that I'm looking forward to this even more then I was already . Bale is on such a run of good form at the moment that I'd ( to dust of an old cliché ) watch him read the phone book
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3:10 to Yuma is one of my all time favorite westerns Quint. You just don't get many actors better than Glenn Ford. And I have to say that "Bad Day at Black Rock" although not set in the "old west" but takes place in the west. Is as good a "standoff" western as anyone might want to see. Spencer Tracy was brilliant in it. And I have to admit that I hadn't planned on catching this in the theatre, but you've definately peaked my curiosity Quint, Thanks!
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BUT its a rare case when the I'm willing to spend cash to see the remake. Because I believe they have treated the original with a degree of respect and haven't created some half thought out bastard stepchild. So, looking forward to this remake. First time, I've said that in a long time.
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Yes, there are a fair few hokey lines in there, but thankfully the acting makes them great, especially that, 'I ain't never had a problem killing' one from Kostner. The final 20mins or so with that shootout is amazing, esp. that first shot that really shows off the sound work done on the film. It all feels far more authentic than any modern action film; you get hit by a shotgun, you and the wall behind you is going to know about it. Let's hope Blood Meridian gets made. And damn, after reading the book, I cannot wait to see The Assassination of Jesse James etc.
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I think the combo of Bale and Crowe is intriguing..and a good ol' western ta boot! Count me in too for more Open Range praise. The shootout seemed fairly realistic and the acting I thought was good. I didn't even mind Bening.
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is kostner dealing with the main hired gun. pretty much added this movie to the best 50 westerns ever made b/c of a single scene.
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Putting 'There Will Be Blood' and 'Heavens Gate' in the same post brought up bad memories of people flaming on PTA for supposedly copying shot-for-shot Malick.
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If Lonesome Dove had been made by HBO in current times, and was as graffic as the book, it would probably stand as the best. The original mini is great, but very much of it's time
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Someone mentioned Once upon a Time in the West as best western. This may be impossible to dispute...the opening 10 minutes alone is possibly the finest opening sequence of the genre...perhaps of all film. It should be watched---Bronson's best western role. Open Range is a modern Masterpiece--Duvall's performance was beyond Oscar. His reactions to everything that happens---pitch perfect. As odd as it may sound, I would say the best western of the last two years, didn't even take PLACE in the old west. But it's a western in theme, and motivation. Cronenberg's A History of Violence. Watch it again, with this in mind...it may change your view of the film.
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...jack shit. One of the finest films of the decade and imho the feather in Costner's cap. Who gives a shit what the critics think at the time..? Let Costner make another western - he's one actor alongside Eastwood who truly understands the genre. Would be nice to see them in a Western together.
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was also a damn fine 'Western'.
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preachy and weird, I thought. Not an awful movie, but not a particularly good one.
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Just watched it again last week - very, very good movie! I can't wait to see Yuma...
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My favourite sunday afternoon, to be watched when stuffed to the gills and half pissed is easily Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. This might just be me though
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My favourite sunday afternoon, to be watched when stuffed to the gills and half-pissed western is easily Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. This might just be me though
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Once Upon a Time.... and G.B Ugly are my two favorites
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Because I like pirates!
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I love Westerns. Grew up thinking there was nothing better than John Wayne in a cowboy hat. True Grit, The Cowboys, etc. were absolute joys. I thought I wouldn't see any good Westerns again until Silverado came out. The cast almost overwhelms the film, but I still love it. I was sold from the opening with Scott Glenn being ambushed in the cabin. Wow! Then, Open Range came out. And damn, it's the best thing in the genre in 20 years...literally. Now, two of my favorite actors are in 3:10 To Yuma. I am see there when this opens!!! I should note that I was born and raised in Oklahoma, on my grandparents farm. My grandpa, 1/4 Cherokee, taught me how to shoot before I was 10. He evidently knew his stuff...I qualified Marksman before I went to Nam. If he were still alive, I'd take him to see this film. Thanks for the great review, Quint!!!
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And I'm officially stoked.
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And why can't I take the red eye.
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Are both great films. Everybody I know personally like Tombstone so I never have understood why some film geeks are snobby over it.
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OF US! NOW THAT WOULD BE A REVIEW WORTH READING.
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Quigley...very good movie. I guess the fact that it was in Australia instead of Texas kept me from thinking it was a Western. That said, I still think Open Range and Silverado are the best of the genre since the days of the Duke. I liked Wyatt Earp and Tombstone, but they didn't feel the same. Quigley was good and I thought a sequel or even a prequel showing how Matthew got his skills with a Colt revolver would have been doable.
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And one eyed cats,
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Glad you liked the story, but I think you completed it for me. I believe 'Fistful of Dollars' was the movie I was trying to remember.
Spaghetti westerns were such a great mix. An American -
Hit post before I realized I hadn't finished typing. Oops.
The end of that post should also have read something like: 'Spaghetti westerns are such an interesting mix. Italian (and I believe Japanese in some cases) takes on an American tradition.
Being Canadian, we haven't really had what you could call a Western.
We just let them be filmed here. ;)
A historically accurate Canadian Western would have a Royal Canadian Mountie trying to stop American whiskey traders coming over the Alberta border.
That's how the Mounties started.
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The 1939 movie is a remake in name only. Here is a link to the 1925 version
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016544/
A Toymaker tells a bizarre story about how the Land of Oz was ruled by Prince Kynd, but he was overthrown by Prime Minister Kruel. Dorothy learns from Aunt Em that fat, cruel Uncle Henry is not her uncle, and gives her a note due on her eighteenth birthday, which reveals she is actually Princess Dorothea of Oz, and is supposed to marry Prince Kynd. She, Uncle Henry , and two farmhands are swept to Oz by a tornado. Snowball, a black farmhand soon joins them after a lightning bolt chases him into the sky. They land in Oz, where the farmhands try to avoid capture. Semon becomes a scarecrow, Hardy briefly disguises himself as a Tin Woodman, and Snowball is given a Lion suit by the Wizard, which he uses to scare the Pumperdink guards. Written by Scott Hutchins {scottandrewh@home.com} -
now I love Tombstone, I watch it and enjoy it, for a long time I only saw bits and pieces of Wyatt Earp and never really cared for Quaid's performance as Doc. Both stories are about Earp, both are told obviously from Earp's perspective, Tombstone chose to focus on the Earps in Tombstone and the aftermath, with it's actiony sequences. Earp went for the longer story, the slower story and I think that's why it suffers most is it doesn't have the action that we have come to associate with the Western. I think that if we would have had a Tombstone/Wyat Earp mash up it would have been perfect, take the pitch note perfect cast of Tombstone, with Earp's script and Costner's direction, I think ti would have made for a perfect movie
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CHATO'S LAND, Charles Bronson was kick-ass red-skin wiping out the possee. ULZANA'S LAST RAID, A very fierce western with Burt Lancaster as an old army scout mentoring a naive Bruce Davison. THE MOUNTAIN MEN, Charlton Heston and company in the early west. JERIMIAH JOHNSON, Robert Redford with a 50 caliber (Hawkins?) rifle and indians out for cemetery revenge everywhere. All the above get little respect.
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"the missing." didn't ron howard opt out of the maligned "alamo" movie to direct it? if so, wise choice. "the missing" was brutal, and eric schweig was one of the scariest bad guys in the last few years. really good movie. and will i get flamed if i share my affinity for "maverick"? not a great movie, by any stretch of the imagination, but still entertaining as hell. definitely not in the same league as "open range" or (from the sounds of it) this "3:10 to yuma" remake, which has been one of my most anticipated movies since it was first announced (wasn't tom cruise originally cast in the russell crowe role?). and ben foster is a badass. hard to believe he's that same geeky kid from disney's "flashback" (or whatever it was called). his performance in "alpha dog," i thought, was brilliant.
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Shit, I forgot about Silverado. I love that one too. Costner before he started playing every roll as Costner, Glover NOT in a Lethal Weapon movie, and Goldblum before he disappeared.
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with The Missing but I may have to take another look at it, now Mavrick on the other hand is just a bunch of fun. Nothing serious about it just fun, was that Jodie Foster's last (intentional) comedy?
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They were OK, but would have been better if they were each trimmed an hour. I believe even Costner has said that they'd do things differently if they had a do over on those.
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I remember absolutely LOVING this mini-series when it originally aired. But I recently purchased the DVDs and I was greatly disappointed. It just didn't move me at all. Maybe I should give it another chance.
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Considering his count on baseball films, as well as the budget vs. gross for Open Range ($22m vs $68m worldwide) I'm pretty sure Costner will make another western.
And shit again! I forgot Tombstone, which I prefer GREATLY when compared to Wyatt Earp. Val Kilmer brilliance, my huckleberry. -
The Good, Bad, and the Ugly; My Darling Clementine; The Wild Bunch; Unforgiven; Open Range.
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I've seen my fair share of older westerns and I still think Tombstone is the best. Off the top of my head some older ones I liked were The Bravados, The Professionals, The Outrage (Rashomon remake), Duel in the Sun and the classic The Wild Bunch. Oh and Open Range reminded me of Firecreek a little. Firecreek is better. For some reason the most popular ones aren't my favorites. I know they're good, but I tend toward the lesser known movies. And I guess I like Gregory Peck more than I realized.
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The guy has been making good films for a few years now. So anything he's in means a trip to the theater for me.
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Great film.
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Evidently WB is rapidly making a Justice League movie, with Bale and Routh, production beginning early 2008. Why isn't AICN covering this?
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Ive been dieing to see this for some time-Bale is one of the few actors who has already earned his stripes as "the new De Niro". I usually hate when actors are labelled "the new" anything-its lazy writing , but this guy really can be compared with "earlyish" Bobby D-Bales Patrick Bateman, Trevor Reznick, Alfred Borden and Bruce Wayne can almost hold a candle to Travis, Vito, Johnny Boy and Rupert Pupkin. Oh, and Open Range kicked a reamarkable amount of ass. Just for the final fight alone. Hell even for the INTRO to the final fight-(walking towards the guy) "you kill our friend?" "thats right and I shot the boy too. And I enjoyed it" (costner whips out his gun and blows the guys face off)
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You meant withOUT Bale and Routh, right? That's what your tinyurl told me...Who knows if that movie will actually be any good, and it would be weird to see someone else as Batman basically during the same time as Bale being Batman.
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If Bale and Routh weren't there then so what. mind you, I'm not exactly setting off fireworks in joy about it either.
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I just go into westerns in my early 20's by way of Samurai films. Go figure. I could recommend about 100 titles, but here are a few. Directed by Anthony Mann: Winchester 73, Bend of the River, Naked Spur, The Far Country, Man From Laramie, The Tin Star, Man of the West.
Directed by Budd Boetticher: 7 Men From Now, The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome, Commanche Station.
Assorted others: Man from Colorado, The Deadly Trackers, Jubal, 3:10 to Yuma, Rancho Notorious, Hellbenders, A Minute to Pray a Minute to Die, Django, Viva Django, Django the Bastard, etc. -
Ack....crap. Will they be completely different Bats and Supes in characterisation too? I mean will Returns and Begins be "canon" of sorts? or are they going to make this a huge movie, aimed more towards kids that has nothing to do with the more mature versions of the characters on the go?
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Great list! I'll be sure to check most of those out. My favorite Western, tho, is "Winchester 73" by far. Great story and a frickin awesome cast. Based on the recommendations on this site, I'll be eagerly anticipating 3:10 to Yuma, also.
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that he made RIO BRAVO as a reply to HIGH NOON. He didn't like the idea of the hero going around asking everyone for help; it seemed whiney. So in RIO BRAVO there's a similar situation -- the bad guys are coming to town and the hero is in a fix -- but instead everyone is offering to *help* the hero and he keeps testing them to see whether they're good enough.
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I'm shocked that no one here gives any love for The Outlaw Josey Wales. Now that's a kick ass western. Way better in my opinion than any of Leone's westerns. No mention of the Searchers or Rio Bravo either.
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The cast was fine, but the dialogue was cornbread and the plot moved like Jello rolling down a hill. I kept wanting to let Cash stew in his own self pity and follow Jerry Lee Lewis instead.
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High Plains Drifter. (always hated Pale Rider for being a blatant rip-off of Shane). I would still love for someone to do a decent adaptation of Shane. The George Stevens production was so different from the book.
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Great movie.
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i have now added it to my netflix queue. I figured it was just another Costner crap fest
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...because the cast is outrageous. But, the trailer is pretty underwhelming. I didn't see anything in the trailer half as exciting as that final gun battle in OPEN RANGE. I think the problem is Mangold. His movies are technically well-made, but there's no real magic there, and even in trailers, it shows.
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Scary son of a bitch, he is...
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Blueberry wasn't perfect but to just dismiss this visionary film shows a total lack of movie objectivity. just to start with it was beautifully shot...and the main actor happens to be one of the best working actors nowadays. you must be some oldtimer who don't get movies that deviate from the norm.
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Yeah, sorry, meant to type "withOUT". The recent sources indicate that the film will be CGI/motion capture, similar to Beowolf. Seems that IESB is the site for inside movie info.
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A good story is a good story, no matter the genre. And I happen to love Westerns. Those were the days when men were men.
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I got three words for you: John From Cincinnati. Nuff said.
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I got three words for you: John From Cincinnati. Nuff said.
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Him and the director both had peyote with the shaman that appeared in the movie, who was a real shaman and also helped supervise the visuals of the visions. I'm pretty sure Cassell was actually on peyote when he is shown in the movie having his first taste of it; the face he makes is just too true to that trip to fake. Though he's a great actor of course.
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way too short time on screen but what a freaking crazy character. a supermean Jimi Hendrix long gun- toter. I bet Giraud and the writer modeled him on Jimi.
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Barquero. Vera Cruz. Five Card Stud. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Fort Apache. Duel in the Sun. A Town Called Hell. High Plains Drifter. For comedy, Support Your Local Sheriff and The Hallelujah Trail. Just to mention a few that haven't been mentioned but should be.
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...Major Dundee. The new (couple years old) restored cut makes it an extraordinary companion piece to The Wild Bunch.
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fnar fnar
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QUINT have you seen OPEN RANGE yet? I have been checking back periodically for a black-box comment from you about it. [I gotta get me some of those black-boxes for my purple-prose-rhetoric. Does Amazon sell them?]
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WILL PENNY (1968) is a great, gritty western with Charlton Heston. Donald Pleasence, Bruce Dern and the Preacher-Quint-family are great villians in it. (Hey is this where AICN's Quint got his name?) Remember, great movies are all about great villians. And with Charlton being a huge NRA supporter you know that he really would shoot the baddies USING HIS OWN GUNS. Not like other liberal-phony-actors.
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violence breeding rightwing blockhead
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I was pimping that sucker back in '03 HARD. Was my second favorite film of the year. This talkback made me grin real hard. Thanks all!
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Hollywood.com reports, that Russell Crowe will make an apperance in Dark Knight. http://www.hollywood.com/news/Russell_Crowe_to_Star_in_Batman_Movie/4743435
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I guess people really loved Open Range. I also loved Wyatt Earp. I know that Tombstone is a more fun film, and gotta love Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday, (perhaps his most classic role), but the Wyatt Earp film had so many themes. It was shot through Costners thoughtful lens, and I say give it another try. He isn't the Superhero from Tombstone, but a deeply flawed and perhaps villanous hero.
And on Crowe. Along with Romper Stomper I felt that The Insider was his best performance. I've never seen an actor so committed to be unlikable, and with his aforementioned ability to play charm with intensity, he really stretched to play that role. Crowe is one fo the best at what he does. Who cares how he treats the help? -
was quite AWESOME in the otherwise dreadful Alpha Dog. Despite my dislike of director Mangold...Foster be my reason to watch this Yuma film.
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I guess most of the folk on this board are to young to remember a fantastic 1980 Walter Hill titled The Long Riders. I also liked Hill's much maligned Wild Bill with Jeff Bridges and Ellen Barkin. Hill alos recently directed Duvall in a Western mini-series for the AMC network.
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Sorry for the typos in my previous post.
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I'm a total left-winger and even I found the "border guards EEEEVIL/warm, friendly Mexicans" dichotomy simple-minded, cloying and patronizing. Maybe they can put it in a box-set with "Crash" and "Babel" and sell it to self-loathing Yuppie liberals as a trilogy.
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One of the greatest films ever made! No one remembers the controversy it stirred up back in 1969. This film basically invented the film vocabulary for screen violence for every action film that followed. A great epic and a deeply personal film with career-best performances from Robert Ryan & William Holden. Peckinpah was amazing. Too bad the drugs did him in. Also, anyone interested in great westerns should check out McQueen in Tom Horn & 3 great Burt Lancaster films - The Professionals, Ulzana's Raid & Lawman.
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Some fucktard with penis-envy living in Momma's basement feels the need to rip on John Wayne, a true icon and legend of film....blow me over with a feather!
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So far, the best movie I've seen this year: James Mangold's ("Walk The Line") remake of "3:10 To Yuma". Yes, a western (not one of my favorite genres) and yes yes, a remake-and a remake of a certifiable classic to boot! The 1957 Glenn Ford original based on Elmore Leonard's short story gets a modern do-over starring the great Russell Crowe and (who is becoming the great) Christian Bale (see him in Herzog's "Rescue Dawn") with a wonderful turn by Peter Fonda. Totally agree with Quint's assessment! It's my early pick for Best Picture. I hated the totally overrated "Unforgiven" so I don't Hollywood has it in it to give it to another western so soon (expecially since Eastwood doen't have a single fingerprint on it). Phenomenal movie! DON'T MISS IT!!
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Why the fuck should I spend good money to watch a shitty remake of a classic western when I can watch the REAL version in glorious black & white on Encore Westerns? The turd represents everything I hate about movies these days: butchering a classic (there was no fucking bounty hunter in 3:10 To Yuma, assholes!), wanking it out with bad acting (I had hoped that when Jabba the Brando croaked, actors would quit whispering and mumbling their fucking lines as though it made things more dramatic. Shit!), explosions (there are no fucking explosions in the story, you fucktards!). Russell Crowe is no Glenn Ford and Christian Bale is no Van Heflin -I don't care how many of his chubby (300 pounds plus of pure queerbait) fanwhores get on their knees and dream of getting a facial from the guy.
Remakes suck. Remakes of classic films suck harder. If the studios want to remake something, why don't they start with recent movies they fucked up? They can even get the original actors, etc and tell them to get it right this time. -
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