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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 10, 2018 14:54:31 GMT
Does anyone remember the third basically-the-same-plot one, Rio Lobo? Responding to this about a month-and-a-half late (  ), but yes, indeedy—I saw Rio Lobo last year for the first time. Interesting little movie, not especially well-acted or even, for long sequences, well-directed—yet, ironically, it’s the opening sequence, which has nothing to do with Rio Bravo or El Dorado, that is the best in the movie, fun and fast-paced. Once we move back to the formula, however, it quickly becomes apparent that it’s weaker than either of its predecessors. Ah, and no one asked, but Rio Bravo for me by a wide margin. |
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Post by leesilm on Jan 11, 2018 2:02:16 GMT
Does anyone remember the third basically-the-same-plot one, Rio Lobo? Responding to this about a month-and-a-half late ( ), but yes, indeedy—I saw Rio Lobo last year for the first time. Interesting little movie, not especially well-acted or even, for long sequences, well-directed—yet, ironically, it’s the opening sequence, which has nothing to do with Rio Bravo or El Dorado, that is the best in the movie, fun and fast-paced. Once we move back to the formula, however, it quickly becomes apparent that it’s weaker than either of its predecessors. Ah, and no one asked, but Rio Bravo for me by a wide margin. Hehe, at least someone else remembers the movie. El Dorado was probably always my favorite of the three, but I have things I like about each version. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2018 0:15:36 GMT
Does anyone remember the third basically-the-same-plot one, Rio Lobo? I just watched it on youtube yesterday 4the 1st time. Picture quality was so low that often times I couldn't tell which actor was talking. I thought it was funny.
It was kinda like, the first half was all serious and not funny. But then humorous situations happened only later. But if that's how el dorado is then I would like that one also.
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 27, 2018 7:11:17 GMT
El Dorado 8/10
Rio 7/10 is too leisurely paced and thus lacking in tension, but I love the cast.
Edit - Rio Lobo 5/10
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Oct 27, 2018 9:08:05 GMT
Both equally good. I saw Rio Bravo as a child and El Dorado as an adult.
There was an anecdote I heard on AMC years ago. Howard Hawks called John Wayne to tell him he was doing a remake of Rio Bravo and wanted to know if Wayne was interested. Wayne said okay but this time he wanted to play the drunk. Hawks told him no, that role had already been given to Robert Mitchum.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Oct 28, 2018 0:37:20 GMT
I saw all 3 movies as a child and many times since. I love all of them. My order of preference;
1. El Dorado
2. Rio Bravo
3. Rio Lobo
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Post by leesilm on Oct 28, 2018 3:40:52 GMT
I haven't seen either, but I do have a copy of Rio Bravo on dvd I purchased for a buck and haven't gotten around to watching it. Quentin Tarantino rates it big time. There was an interview with him (I believe in either FILM magazine or in EMPIRE), where he talked about making women watch the movie and see how they liked it, to determine if he should bother continuing to see them or not. But when asked about his favorite scene from RIO BRAVO, he actually describes a scene from EL DORADO (granted, they are very similar scenes, from movies that were admittedly the attempts by all involved to perfect the same movie by remaking it till they got it right). It just really amused me to realize he was describing the wrong scene/movie, and then part of me was like, "Was he hoping for letters from fans telling him, 'Dude you described EL DORADO', because then he would know these people were either also fans or that he had inspired dozens of people to go watch those movies? Cause it seems like something he might do with that kind of reasoning in mind." |
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), but yes, indeedy—I saw Rio Lobo last year for the first time. Interesting little movie, not especially well-acted or even, for long sequences, well-directed—yet, ironically, it’s the opening sequence, which has nothing to do with Rio Bravo or El Dorado, that is the best in the movie, fun and fast-paced. Once we move back to the formula, however, it quickly becomes apparent that it’s weaker than either of its predecessors. 
