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Post by lenlenlen1 on Feb 1, 2019 15:16:24 GMT
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once upon a Time in the West, and Dances with Wolves aren't on your list... I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure those movies were made before 1,000,000 BC, which puts them out of the range of the poll. LOL Just mentioning my faves to keep them in the mix. Peace! |
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Post by drystyx on Feb 3, 2019 16:14:22 GMT
Sierra Madre, Shane, and Clementine leading the way thus far.
I've noticed that the movies based on Wyatt Earp do better here than most places, even the inferior ones like Tombstone, which look like a bunch of actors in costumes between visits to the arcade.
Clementine was a mixed bag. Terribly inaccurate in the casualties of the corral, yet it had two credibility strengths. One was that Wyatt Earp himself imparted to the director a few unique occurrences at the corral, such as Wyatt deliberately waiting for a stagecoach to stir up dust. The second credibility strength is the characters, who behave much more like 19th century wild West characters than most other Wyatt Earp movies, which makes sense since there were still actual people from the era alive to observe.
Sierra Madre gives us one of the greatest film villains ever. Bogie specialized in believable villains, taking on risk taking roles of villains with insecurities, instead of the bubble boy villains of today. Dobbs is an excellent example.
Shane gives us great characters. True, Wilson is just a one dimensional sadist, and the movie shows how normal characters interact with the addition of the sadist. The other villains in this film are a million times more interesting, and the film shows how the sadisitic Wilson gets to satisfy his sadistic desires with their help, for a while.
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Post by drystyx on Feb 4, 2019 22:36:36 GMT
So far, the fifth and sixth place goes to High Noon and Fort Apache, both being classic Westerns by any definition.
HIGH NOON boasts about as famous a cast as one can find in Westerns. An early Lee van Cleef is actually the first actor to appear on screen in the movie.
It's interesting that we often think of it as the townspeople not helping out, but they go through stages, with the ultimate scenario of the sheriff being on his own.
FORT APACHE gives Henry Fonda his greatest "villain role" ever, no doubt. And there's no doubt his character, even though named Colonel Thursday, is actually Custer. The depiction is the most credible and accurate depiction of Custer in Westerns. He has flaws, and he has some nobility, but he is Custer.
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