The Duke couldn't have picked a better movie to go out on than The Shootist.
Django Unchained was much better than I expected.
I have to say I was also surprised with Django Unchained. The “conservative” media didn’t like all the n-words and thought it reflected badly on us. I didn’t see it because all of the racists were 100% democrats in that movie. As far as the “shootout”(’s) factor I’d have to give it a 9.675 Guns, please forgive my Olympic scoring.
The shoot out factor in “Tombstone” was very good but it’s an 8.9 Gun rating at best. Yeah the end was good but not very realistic. Who charges all those guns running through a shallow river?
As I see it,
“True Grit” shootout is 9.710 Guns.
“The Shootist” shootout is 9.735 Guns, but only because of his compelling relationship with Lauren Bacall.
“Unforgiven” shootout is an easy 9.80 Guns but he had the drop on them so...
“Open Range” shootout is a 9.875 Guns because it was very realistic especially when the town’s people overcame their fears and fought back because of the inspiration of others. Dare I say, Duvall’s best movie, but that’s hard to judge.