Post by lune7000 on Jul 16, 2021 19:42:35 GMT
I'm watching 1950's movies and have run across two Westerns where cowboys with seemingly superhero abilities perform amazing feats:
Winchester '73 starts with a shooting contest where two cowboys both shoot tons of coins out of the air without ever missing- in fact, the shots are so clean that the coins come down with perfectly centered holes in them.
Forty Guns ends with a cowboy shooting from the hip at a distance of at least 30 feet and the bullet hits a woman's body that is used as a human shield. The body goes down exposing the bad guy for more shots. Later it is explained that the cowboy knew exactly where to put the bullet into the woman's body so as to miss any important organs or parts and she recovers (all this while shooting a pistol from the hip at a distance of at least 30 feet!)
Does anything else in classic Western cinema come close to this, in terms of improbability?
Winchester '73 starts with a shooting contest where two cowboys both shoot tons of coins out of the air without ever missing- in fact, the shots are so clean that the coins come down with perfectly centered holes in them.
Forty Guns ends with a cowboy shooting from the hip at a distance of at least 30 feet and the bullet hits a woman's body that is used as a human shield. The body goes down exposing the bad guy for more shots. Later it is explained that the cowboy knew exactly where to put the bullet into the woman's body so as to miss any important organs or parts and she recovers (all this while shooting a pistol from the hip at a distance of at least 30 feet!)
Does anything else in classic Western cinema come close to this, in terms of improbability?