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1 posted on 07/14/2018 8:19:28 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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Horrible movie!


2 posted on 07/14/2018 8:21:29 AM PDT by Professional
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It’s a bit contrived but entertaining.


3 posted on 07/14/2018 8:22:38 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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Lance Henrikson is good in these roles.


5 posted on 07/14/2018 8:33:25 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masss could be farts)
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As stupid a movie as I’ve ever seen. Laughable.


6 posted on 07/14/2018 8:38:27 AM PDT by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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A real collection of slimey, bottom feeding characters (excluding the good guys) and certainly not intended to be historically correct, it is a fun work of fiction that is entertaining...especially if you enjoy western fiction in general.

Well, at least Stone got revenge on Hackman for her father’s death and the town lost its arch villain. (chuckle).

Fun entertainment.


7 posted on 07/14/2018 8:41:37 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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Excellent movie. I feel bad for people who couldn’t find entertainment in such a flick. Gene Hackman at the top of his game, as usual. And a great cast of interesting characters... and plenty of great lines.
“ you’re not fast enough for me”
“ today I am “.


8 posted on 07/14/2018 8:43:04 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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Sharon Stone was the weak point of the movie.
Competent makeup artists might have fixed it, but the slipshod production values let things slip.

Ellen was supposed to be this avenger, riding out of the wilderness to bring justice to Herod.

But, people who spend their lives out of doors in the sun develop weathered skin. I grew up on the prairie. My grandfather farmed, as well as all of my great uncles on both sides of the family. I joined the marines at Seventeen. Nobody living the life Ellen was supposed to has smooth, flawless skin. Not male people and not female people either.

The studio probably spent a fortune making sure Sharon stone looked like a model in every shot. If you think about it, that is diametrically opposite from the way directors like Sergio Leonie depicted the west.

I suppose this never registered with people who have lived their life indoors, but for me it broke the suspension of disbelief in every scene.

9 posted on 07/14/2018 8:44:39 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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This movie was over the top, but I like it.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=lace+henrikson+dead+man&&view=detail&mid=886C95FBDCEED8BE1C3D886C95FBDCEED8BE1C3D&&FORM=VRDGAR


11 posted on 07/14/2018 8:48:29 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masss could be farts)
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It would have been a total dud without Gene Hackman - it’s no “Wild Bunch” but definitely watchable.


12 posted on 07/14/2018 8:57:29 AM PDT by dainbramaged (My pit bull can solve quadratic equations but she doesn't brag about it.)
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It’s a great homage to Sergio Leone, but in the end it’s better to watch the Leone’s than the homage.


17 posted on 07/14/2018 9:19:10 AM PDT by discostu (Every gun makes its own tune.)
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Saw it years ago remember that i kinda liked it.
Not really a Sharon Stone fan and Decaprio, a weird looking boy that i have a hard time time taking seriously in almost all of his roles.
Gene Hackman though...love that guy.


21 posted on 07/14/2018 9:29:27 AM PDT by mowowie
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Read too many Ralph Compton and Louis LaMoure westerns to like Quick and Dead. Story is BS..


30 posted on 07/14/2018 11:10:50 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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IMHO, the B&W flashback sequence used to explain the Sharon Stone character’s motivation is a pearl among swine. Gene Hackman delivering his best line cracks me up every time: “T h a t ‘ s...close enough.” As Oscar Wilde said, “a man must have a heart of stone to consider the plight of little Nell, and not burst...out laughing.”


31 posted on 07/14/2018 11:17:08 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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I believe it is also the only film made by Sam Raimi that does not have his signature 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 in it.


32 posted on 07/14/2018 11:28:17 AM PDT by NurdlyPeon (It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
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yuck. she should have stared him down naked, then I might have liked the movie. How can you waste a cast like that.


34 posted on 07/14/2018 11:29:53 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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To: Oldpuppymax

An incredibly stupid movie that’s still fun to watch.


39 posted on 07/14/2018 2:56:58 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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What’s this 4K thing? Will that play in a regluar blue ray disc player?


43 posted on 07/14/2018 8:33:53 PM PDT by jocon307
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