Other great westerns that haven't been mentioned yet:
Posted on 06/16/2008 7:31:04 AM PDT by Apollo 13
Hi everyone - being a relative newbie, I could yet not resist this one: yesterday I saw 'Unforgiven' by Clint Eastwood for the first time. To start: I found it a stunningly good movie. It's been labelled as 'the very last western', or if you will, a revisionist version of trad western fare. I'd agree with both comments; but at the same time it's not out of step with tradional storytelling. What makes it special for me is the deep humanity in it all. Women of low standing are heroines; Clint stays true to the one woman that once saved his life spiritually; yes, he's doomed to return to his old habits, but only because of his deep friendship for the murdered Ned Logan. And Gene Hackman is a superb Little Bill, the sheriff that goes to, ahem, great lengths to keep his small town clean of thugs (irony intended). So IMHO, one to watch again. I wonder: what is the consensus at FR on this one (if there is one?). Many, many comments are welcome! Cheers, A13.
Could you repeat that?
Reply:
Err...YES
The following is a short list of folks that makes up the Democrat Party
Hedley Lamarr: I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.
Hedley forgot to mention airheads and fainters.
When I was at the university we had an organization associated with the rodeo called the saddle club.
Maybe Free Republic needs a Blazing Saddles Club?
You bet.
That way we can protect all of our phoney baloney jobs!
123 posts and not one mention of Randolph Scott?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Scott
He was a WW1 vet
He tried to re-enlist as an artillery officer at the start of WWII but was rejected due to a back injury.
He did USO show during WWII
Trivia
The Logo of the Oakland Raiders was modeled after Randolph Scott.
Hallo to you too. Feestelijk inhalen to Free Republic. (Did I say that correctly?) It's a great conservative sight to get info, stay current, and have energetic discussions. I hope you find it to your liking.
That way we can protect all of our phoney baloney jobs!
All in favor?! I didn't get a harumpf outta you!
Hehe -
OK you almost got it right with Babelfish (I presume). Yup, it’s great to get a good taste of a side of American life we don’t get to see that often in our media.
Cheers, A13.
(BTW: my moniker of course refers to the most heroic event in space adventure - apart from the terribly tragic events with the shuttles, I should add.)
OH!
I thought it refered to your love of the movie!
Here are my top ten! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA's
Appolo 13
Arsenic and old lace
American Psycho
The Aviator
Assault on Precinct 13 (The OLDER version)
The African Queen
Armageddon
Angels With Dirts Faces
The Alien series except for 3
Other great westerns that haven't been mentioned yet:
You forgot about “Rustler’s Rhapsody”.
“
Doesn’t “Hombre” with Paul Newman make the list?
“
That is one great film.
I don’t know which Paul Newman flick I like better:
“Hombre” or “Cool Hand Luck”.
I don’t know which I like better, “The Searchers” or
“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” of the John Wayne westerners.
“
Fantastic movie. I always preferred Eastwood’s work over the “cleaner”
west of the Wayne/Ford type.
“
IMHO, there was another “less-than-clean” western from the 1950s.
It’s been at least a couple of decades since I’ve seen it, but for
another western movie with a protagonist “seeking justice”, I did
like Gregory Peck as a stone-cold avenger in “The Bravados”.
The Bravados
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051433/
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.