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I ordered the greatest Western today.
yoshmyster
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"Wild Wild West" with Will Smith. I wonder if he got jobs after slapping Chris Rock? I also wonder if he did at a deep discount from his pre-slap prices?
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Worst remake of a classic TV show!! IMHO........VERY honest opinion!
You hush. The movie has Selma Hajek. It'll go nicely with "Bandidas".
Oh that reminds me Will was slapping folks way back then, too. He was slapping skins on that woman. If I remember correctly.
Come on guys.....
Everyone knows that the greatest Western movie ever made was.....How The West Was Won......closely followed by.....The Magnificent Seven.......etc....etc....etc.😉😇
This could be a VERY long thread!🤫
Blazing Saddles.
Just seen they made another "Bad Boys" so I guess that slap didn't slow up Sir Slap-Alot.
62vld2042 - "How The West Was Won" never seen it. As for the anglofied "Seven Samurai" was okay for a rip-off. I did like the remake of "The Magnificent Seven" more since they went with funny.
Also you guys know I was being sarcastic with Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" being the greatest western, right? But keep on adding on.
Best western IMO is "The Wild Bunch" close second is "Lonesome dove".
"Original Westerns" not by date so much as by plot and production are, imo, hard to come by. I watch a lot of movies in general - and Westerns whenever I can - even cheesy ones. I would put Hombre w/Newman in my Top 10, along w/Leone's Once Upon a Time in The West. The "DNA" movies like Red River and The Searchers are also in there. I would be hard-pressed to name an actual all-time fave - the genre is just too awesome.
I also make a distinction btw "modern-era" v "modern-made" - The former being movies set in current times v ones made recently but still being set historically. Hell or Highwater is a great modern-era western story. Hostiles a great modern-made but historically set story. I also couldn't talk about modern-made w/out including Unforgiven - it speaks for itself.
Bad Day at Black Rock ranks high.
Hollywood is a cancer on our society.
"Wild Wild West" was a TV series starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin. Anything else is a cheap imitation wannabee.
I highly agree with Lonesome Dove, along with Silverado as well. Scott Glenn and Kevin Kline were great! Even if Kevin was also in the Wild Wild West remake. Pretty sure he did it soley for the money! 😁
More IMO modern greats include; Quigley Downunder, Monte Walsh, Open Range, and Dances With Wolves.
Those are just a few of the good newer movies I like. The old golden age classics has to include a favored actor; Gary Cooper. How about some High Noon!
Darn! I forgot to mention Tombstone!
Support Your Local Sheriff
Support Your Local Gunfighter (Suzanne Pleshette was a hottie)
It has almost transcended the genre of being a "Western", and become a cult-classic.
I hope you didn’t have to pay with actual money
You need to give “The Hateful 8” a go, it’s a western setting, non pc, offending, and in my warped opinion humorous.
But if foul language offends you, then you might ought to skip. Blazing Saddles it isn’t.
Mule
There are some Australian made Westerns that are pretty interesting, three come to mind, two w/Guy Pearce The Proposition, The Rover, The True History of the Kelly Gang, (Russel Crow in an off-the-hook, unhinged turn.
Hateful Eight should not be watched with ladies and children around and really ought not be watched by anyone.
I like My Name is Nobody, Tombstone, and Mclintock.
I’m trying to estimate how much you would have to pay me to actually watch “wild wild west “. That is genuinely an absolute turd of a movie.
who can name a worse “western?” lol
https://youtu.be/g6aleKfM_AA?si=0Ys9qSuzfCWugVbJ
I dunno man - there are some really bad ones from the golden age when they were churning them out on back-lots w/c-list actors. I think two guys that don't get enough credit were Randolf Scott and Sterling Hayden. The Duke did 175 total movies in his illustrious career and there were a bunch of great films - probably an equal number of duds - and I watch them either way. This one below w/Hayden is a trip. Dude sets out to settle the score w/nothing but a big-a@@, Captain Ahab lookin' harpoon.
Terror in a Texas Town (1958) - IMDb
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0052287/
Wild wild west remake was one of the biggest jokes in cinema history .
Yes, it's on TV almost as much as the Andy Griffith show starring as that Sheriff Andy Taylor 😀, I know each line of each before it's spoken, I believe they both will live forever in re-runs.
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
The Searchers.....has my vote.
And it’s on on Grit channel right now.
$6.50 American. Spent more on worse DVD?
dpmule - "Hateful 8" was okay (supposedly a "priceless" Martin got Belushi-ed). Much better than "Django" silliness. Now had "Color Purple" went that way instead of a musical re-make I might've bought it. No if only I could get a DVD of "Ridiculous 6".
I did catch "Support Your Local Sheriff" and "Support Your Local Gunfighter" last night on the GRIT channel. I had forgotten how funny and entertaining those movies were! Garner & Elam were GREAT together! And Suzanne Pleshette has always been a gal of my fantasies!
I need to dig out my dvd copy of "The Three Amigo's" for some more comical western entertainment!
Yosh, Ridiculous 6 is a big waste of time, ask me how I know.
Brookwood; B-Dog - for comedy Westerns this oldie is a goodie - Gary Cooper always delivers and the supporting cast is awesome. It doesn't feel like a movie made 75+ years ago.
Along Came Jones (film) - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Along_Came_Jones_(film)
Three Amigos- great movie.
“Sew very old one, sew like the wind”
I hated that movie even before I knew what a jerk Will Smith is. I would never include it in any list of great Westerns. Not even close.
The best IMO only of course: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The Professionals. The Wild Bunch. Once Upon a Time in the West. The Searchers. High Noon.
Forgot the spaghetti movies, Few Dollars More, Hand Full of Dollars. Hard to beat those 2.
Then there is Josie Wales, Hang em High, Joe Kidd
"City Slickers"….another western comedy.
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
"Three Amigos" was pretty good. I always thought Chevy was funny asking if there was any other foods besides Mexican at a table in Mexico.
Butchdog3 - Adam Sandler makes a hit or miss movies but that's Western I haven't seen yet. Also I thought it was a parody of "Hateful 8".
the guy who did the nobody/ trinity movies was almost as big a star as john wayne back in his country, I think he was terrence hill??? did a lot of funny westerns and one of the best fast draw scenes I remember was in a bar as he drew his pistol, them put it back slapped a guy and then drew again pointing the pistol in his face. I know they probubly sped up the film, but he still had to be pretty fast…….
Going just from memory, he had a very smart horse. He'd catch a good nap being pulled along on a drag ( travois) and his horse knew where to take him!
P.S. I had to look up travois. 😉
Weird way to spell The Outlaw Josey Wales.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Sorry. Drain phart. Is it Hosie?
I haven't had a chance to watch Hateful Eight yet.
Bone Tomahawk, on the other hand, is a PTSD simulator.
Gunn, Don't watch it.
From movies, Winchester '73. From TV, Gene Autry Show or Lone Ranger. Maybe The Texan.