Posted on 03/04/2023 8:23:55 PM PST by Right Wing Vegan
What are some great western films, especially old, without any mexicO's language or music involved? I guess maybe Midwesters are the best chance?
“Hidalgo” is a Spanish name and the name of a state in Mexico.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidalgo_(state)
So, what do you call all the places in Texas with Spanish/Mexican place names like San Antonio, El Passo, Corpus Christi, Amarillo, Laredo, The Rio Grande and the list goes on? Even the name “Texas” is Spanish in origin.
That seems like a really weird, and down right dumb, limitation. I mean are you really not gonna watch Magnificent Seven because the bad guy says “vamanos muchachos”?! Really?! Frankly this quest is a fine shining example of why racism is stupid. Accept the Spanish. It is part of the Old West, and part of Western movies.
I’m going to crowd source a re-make of Gone with the Wind but one that eliminates all the Black people. It will be called “We went to war, but it had nothing absolutely to due with slavery because, see, there weren’t even any Blacks here”.
My next project will be a re-make of every Western that eliminates all Indians (Natives, Indigenous, whatever) and all Mexicano’s because, well, just because, I’m kinda racist that way.
Your post makes no sense in regard to my posts.
Why are you people freaking out so because someone doesn’t like the sound of the German language or Mexican Spanish, or any other language sound they don’t find pleasing?
In 1970 we could have talked openly about which languages we find pleasing and unpleasant, which accents are more pleasant, and which are turn-offs.
You realize that the Western US was heavily influenced by the original Europeans that were there. I guess you don’t want to watch a movie with many location names. Lol.
Honorable mention?
Western films with no risk of hearing a single Chinese word
That makes about as much sense as objecting to German or Japanese being spoken in a historical movie about WWII.
FWIW I find the Klingon language quite unpleasant and don’t want to hear it any Star Trek movie or TV show. How dare they offend my sensitive ears!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8WWd19Ok1c
Ah, it isn’t the “Mexican language” at all, it’s a specific accent you want to avoid.
I think you get an added degree of difficulty for that twist.
I think very few of them have Spaniards in them
Read my post again, that isn’t what I said.
Some don’t like certain languages, some don’t like certain accents, they are two different things.
You are confusing me with the person who posted the topic.
You sure are getting worked up and hostile about this, you are displaying shocking sensitivity.
Lolz you rule man. Others' overreaction to my question (which was sincere and has resulted in highly appreciated film recommendations) is hilarious.
Why mariachi music enthusiasts should be offended that a random guy on the internet doesn't share their taste is beyond me lolz
In your first post you said you didn't like the language. In the one I responded to you claimed it was the accent.
Which is it?
When I speak Spanish I sound nothing like a native speaker from Mexico.
You aren’t reading my posts accurately, try reading them again.
Just don’t tell anyone if you don’t like Japanese food, or have a preference in certain women.
This thread is exhausting enough.
Thanks for the info. The original poster also said:
“I guess what I mean is the language as a foreign language, as opposed to loan words established in English.”
So Hidalgo is the name of the movie and the horse. And that’s all the Spanish I remember hearing in it and so I think falls within the OPs rubric for a movie recommendation. (Arabic is spoken occassionally throughout the film, but the OP didn’t rule that out. Ironically, the film is regarded as a “Western.”)
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