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In Reply to: Any Western fans? Well, podnuh, you better get over to the bunkhouse and posted by tinear on January 29, 2010 at 09:55:31:
What I'm less enamored of are the one-note, ham-fisted John Wayne westerns. Yeah, Richard Boone is pretty good in just about any western (always liked his Have Gun-Will Travel series), but his acting was good in other types of films as well (unlike John Wayne).
Many of the best westerns have been the gritty, loner-against-the-odds tales Clint Eastwood filmed over the past four decades. These bridge the gap between epic grandeur of the Old West and personal storytelling (Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, The Unforgiven, etc.); Eastwood's westerns are very stylized and believably realistic, IMO.
However, when all is said and done, there are few western movies which actually represent the Old West the way it really was for anyone who has done the historical research.
AuPh
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Follow Ups
- Two extremes: The Wild Bunch & Silverado! One gritty and realistic, the other romanticized; both are excellent. - Audiophilander 10:41:56 01/29/10 (16)
- Too often, Eastwood's films are one-dimensional. And the shooter - tinear 11:09:57 01/29/10 (15)
- Westerns to cinema are like hot dogs to dining - Victor Khomenko 11:50:14 01/29/10 (14)
- "...who would want to spoil his hot dog with some fancy gourmet sauce..." - True, no Grey Poupon, ... - Audiophilander 09:50:40 02/01/10 (0)
- Shane on you! - abel mccain 17:21:38 01/29/10 (0)
- A tad condescending, I'd argue. Westerns, noir, war films and - tinear 14:10:11 01/29/10 (8)
- Is pro wrestling art? - Victor Khomenko 14:31:50 01/29/10 (7)
- Let me get this straight: you're comparing professional grappling - tinear 14:34:56 01/29/10 (6)
- Must be some of them... you know... armchair-critics. - Victor Khomenko 16:01:25 01/29/10 (5)
- Do you really think depicting modern man in a corporate world - tinear 20:07:07 01/29/10 (4)
- I really wonder what on Earth caused THAT comment? - Victor Khomenko 20:16:38 01/29/10 (3)
- The danger of violent death from Indians, roving - tinear 07:54:15 01/30/10 (2)
- You made a silly comment about corporate suits - Victor Khomenko 08:33:58 01/30/10 (1)
- Your comment was Western's "simple primitives." Do you think the two - tinear 18:25:23 01/30/10 (0)
- RE: Westerns to cinema are like hot dogs to dining - Tom Brennan 12:21:05 01/29/10 (2)
- Can I bring Patrick? - Victor Khomenko 12:28:00 01/29/10 (1)
- Bring Patrick (and his wine) - go and rent Jarmusch's "Dead Man"... - abel mccain 08:48:18 02/07/10 (0)
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