Posted on 12/29/2004 3:00:15 PM PST by pissant
Top 10 Best Westerns of All Time:
1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Sergio Leone's quintessential Western epic made Clint Eastwood the torchbearer in the genre and cemented Lee Van Cleef as one of the greatest movie villains of all time.
2. Shane - The archetypal Western plotline of the stranger who befriends a family and saves them from evil set the tone for all that swam in its wake, including The Unforgiven, the most blatant (and best) Shane knockoff.
3. High Noon - A case study in movie making, High Noon is among the first films to take place in real time.
4. The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah's ultra-violent epic still packs quite a punch.
5. High Plains Drifter - The most badass revenge flick ever made. Clint's The Man With No Name could kick Dirty Harry's ass.
6. The Unforgiven - There would be no Unforgiven without Shane.
7. Outlaw Josey Wales - Practically a remake of High Plains Drifter but with more backstory, sub-plots and fully developed characters. You can still feel the sting of that darned whip!
8. Treasure of the Sierra Madre - A later-era Western to be sure, but a terrific character study in greed and trust, and a fine example of why we are still talking about Bogart to this day. The man oozes star power.
9. A Fistful of Dollars - The beginning of Sergio and Clint's Dollars series, this is the best of the bunch.
10. Once Upon a Time in the West - Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson lead this all-star cast. Never in cinematic history has a harmonica been the source of so much tension.
Do ya'll agree or disagree?
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I know. The author wasn't referring to the whole of the Leone/Eastwood series, just the "Dollars" series (of which there are only two).
Yeah the man in the wilderness was good but he went way too far in the series of spin offs from that flick.....
The "Dollars" series comprised only the first two of the Leone/Eastwood trilogy.
It was indeed part of the Leone/Eastood trilogy; it just wasn't one of the two "Dollars" movies.
:), That is exactly what my response would have said.
Becky
For the 4th time, I know. I'm telling you that the "Dollars series" is a series within the trilogy.
geez, why are we arguing about this?
lol.....good question.
I really like Tombstone too:) It has so many quotable line.
"Peach of a hand"
Why Johnny Ringo, you look like someone walked all over your grave"
I'm your huckleberry
You tell em I'm coming, and hell's coming with me.
You're an Oak Wyatt.
I better stop:)
re: Red Sun
I could also have worded it more nicely.
Cheers
Gosh, I just remembered - Django.
That's one freaking awesome movie!
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