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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 12:11:40 GMT
What is the best Western made after the year 2000?
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Post by miike80 on Feb 6, 2017 15:08:29 GMT
I excluded There Will be Blood, and concentrated on westerns per se. I voted Assassination of Jesse James... but Open Range is also great.
Also, have you seen Bone Tomahawk?
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Post by miike80 on Feb 6, 2017 15:09:21 GMT
Also, Django Unchained and Hateful Eight would have been nice additions
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 15:40:04 GMT
I excluded There Will be Blood, and concentrated on westerns per se. I voted Assassination of Jesse James... but Open Range is also great. Also, have you seen Bone Tomahawk? I love "Bone Tomahawk" it's definitely a cool balance of horror and western. Though I didn't like "The Hateful Eight" as much as I thought I would. Maybe my expectations were too high for "The Hateful Eight"?
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Post by miike80 on Feb 6, 2017 15:45:11 GMT
I excluded There Will be Blood, and concentrated on westerns per se. I voted Assassination of Jesse James... but Open Range is also great. Also, have you seen Bone Tomahawk? I love "Bone Tomahawk" it's definitely a cool balance of horror and western. Though I didn't like "The Hateful Eight" as much as I thought I would. Maybe my expectations were too high for "The Hateful Eight"? Maybe.i liked it more the second time actually
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 15:49:35 GMT
Maybe.i liked it more the second time actually I should give it another go. My biggest problem was the reveal was too soon. The build up was great. However, when the plot was revealed mid-way through the film, you know who is conspiring and who isn't. It's when they show you who poisoned the stew. Up until that point, it was like a cool sub genre of Western/Who Dunnit? I felt it dragged after that with unnecessary dialogue and filler subplots. 9/10 film until the reveal, then a 5/10 for the rest. Brings my score to a 7/10 film. Still good.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Feb 7, 2017 15:56:46 GMT
I would say TAoJJ, although it could stand to be cut by a half hour -- at the very least
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 16:12:04 GMT
I would say TAoJJ, although it could stand to be cut by a half hour -- at the very least I have to say, that opening Train Robbery scene is my favorite in a western. It's so spooky, it actually captures the feeling of being attacked at night. It really paints the picture about how frightening Jesse James was.
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Post by gadolinium on Feb 10, 2017 23:40:33 GMT
Easy choice: Open Range.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 1:40:36 GMT
That's not just one of my favorite westerns of all time, it's one of my favorite films ever.
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Post by Times Up on Feb 20, 2017 2:21:54 GMT
Hell or High Water.
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Post by morfeus on Feb 20, 2017 14:01:31 GMT
"There Will be Blood". The whole movie has a clear, crisp look and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that gives the script a big boost.
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Post by socalboy83 on Feb 20, 2017 18:52:33 GMT
American Outlaws
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Post by TroyMcLure on Feb 22, 2017 21:51:28 GMT
Much as I liked There Will Be Blood, I never thought of it as a western.
The 3:10 to Yuma remake was better than I expected but I still prefer Open Range.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 15:49:32 GMT
Much as I liked There Will Be Blood, I never thought of it as a western. The 3:10 to Yuma remake was better than I expected but I still prefer Open Range. I only classified it as a western because IMHO (again, this is just my personal criteria) A western takes place in the south or western United States during the industrial revolution, gold rush, second industrial revolution, and all the way up to the first World War. I consider the Old West to be from 1820 - 1913 because I'm defining it as a time before our Nation came together and fought foreign enemies, a time when we were expanding and growing as a United States. Pre- 1820 I consider Pioneer and 1492-1763 I consider Colonial America. So it's just my preference. I could see where some would suggest 1840 - 1899 as western. Some people believe the invention of cars was the end of the Old West. So it's all your interpretation of what the genre means. I personally think it's about the expansion of America west until the first World War.
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Post by movielover on Mar 7, 2017 15:57:58 GMT
If we're calling TWBB a western, then this is an easy decision for me. There Will Be Blood gets my vote.
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Post by Wesley Crusher on Mar 7, 2017 16:06:57 GMT
Top 10 Westerns (since 2000) 1 Django Unchained (2012) 2 The Revenant (2015) 3 3:10 to Yuma (2007) 4 Cowboys & Aliens (2011) 5 The Hateful Eight (2015) 6 The Magnificent Seven (2016) 7 True Grit (2010) 8 Rango (2011) 9 The Duel (2016) 10 Bone Tomahawk (2015)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 18:13:10 GMT
If we're calling TWBB a western, then this is an easy decision for me. There Will Be Blood gets my vote. I know that's labeling that film in the most elementary sense, and it's more about the turn of the century America's struggle of business. Businessmen vs Religion and who will win the soul of America leading to the literal and figurative death of the pastor/religion by the hands of the business man, but it's the time span. Other than the finale, the bulk of the film spans 1898-1911. So, in the old west, pre-World War I, I classify it as a western personally. In 1912, Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. It is the last state to be admitted in the contiguous United States, marking the complete political incorporation of U.S. territorial acquisitions west of the Mississippi River. And that marks the official end of the Wild West and the complete Union of the United States, just in time for World War I.
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Post by movielover on Mar 7, 2017 19:45:01 GMT
If we're calling TWBB a western, then this is an easy decision for me. There Will Be Blood gets my vote. I know that's labeling that film in the most elementary sense, and it's more about the turn of the century America's struggle of business. Businessmen vs Religion and who will win the soul of America leading to the literal and figurative death of the pastor/religion by the hands of the business man, but it's the time span. Other than the finale, the bulk of the film spans 1898-1911. So, in the old west, pre-World War I, I classify it as a western personally. In 1912, Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. It is the last state to be admitted in the contiguous United States, marking the complete political incorporation of U.S. territorial acquisitions west of the Mississippi River. And that marks the official end of the Wild West and the complete Union of the United States, just in time for World War I. Fine by me. I just think it's one of the best movies (post-year 2000) I've seen, regardless of what genre one puts it in.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 8, 2017 13:11:48 GMT
Open Range
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