Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 27, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 You're right about Ben Foster. It seemed he was gonna have a cracking career for a while, he was excellent in 3:10 To Yuma and Alpha Dog. I've not seen him in anything since though. Â He's never going to be a leading man, but if there's any justice he will become THE go-to guy for high quality support roles. He seems to be heading that way. He's also great in 30 Days Of Night and Hostage and he's almost so good that I will watch films just for him being in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra1000 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 You're right about Ben Foster. It seemed he was gonna have a cracking career for a while, he was excellent in 3:10 To Yuma and Alpha Dog. I've not seen him in anything since though. Â He's never going to be a leading man, but if there's any justice he will become THE go-to guy for high quality support roles. He seems to be heading that way. He's also great in 30 Days Of Night and Hostage and he's almost so good that I will watch films just for him being in them. Â not to detour this thread into ben Foster thread but he was also the best thing about X3, though that didn't take much as his bits were the only good bits. hes also in Contraband which is just out. Â Anyway, love this thread and the first post. I profess my love for Costner, Dances With Wolves is one of my favourite films, and I loved Open Range. The new True Grit film was awesome and all should watch it. Â Stuff that hasn't been mentioned, The Long Riders directed by Walter Hill is amazing. I watched Meek's Cutoff recently and thought it was a slow burn beauty. Rio Bravo i don't think has been mentioned? Brokeback Mountain perhaps and if it counts The Treasure of Sierra Madre. Â lets not forget Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 27, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 Rio Bravo hasn't been mentioned but is in my sig! Â I'm not a huge Butch Cassidy fan, I think it meanders too much in the middle for my liking. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre isn't really a western but it's still brilliant. As for The Long Riders, it's ridiculous I haven't seen it considering what a huge Walter Hill fan I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 . I profess my love for Costner, Dances With Wolves is one of my favourite films. You are a fine man. Also for mentioning Sierra Madre. Paul Thomas Anderson watched that every day while making There Will Be Blood, or something. Â Westerns are fucking ace, I'm going to play Red Dead Redemption and watch Deadwood now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 27, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 Houchen's posting in this thread has reminded me. If any of you can find Rich Hall's documentary How The West Was Lost, then watch it. It's fantastic and essential viewing for anyone interested in westerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted March 27, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 27, 2012 Not a film or anything, but I guess this fits what with Deadwood and all that. Here's one of my favourite pictures ever, of an old Calamity Jane stood by Wild Bill's grave, still not giving a fuck. Â Â What a gal <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 That pic is awesome balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kookoocachu Posted March 27, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 I have nothing to contribute yet, I just wanted to say what a glorious thread this is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted March 27, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 Gladders, I was supposed to be doing some typesetting, but Indesign crashed. Can I fire it over to you, you always do a blinding job. Â Â ON TOPIC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 27, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 The fuck is Aldo Ray doing in that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I won't claim to being much of a fan of the genre (most Westerns leave me totally cold) but I quite like Once Upon a Time in the West. In fact I've got that on a boxset with the original True Grit (decent, girls fucking annoying though) and Shane which I've never got around to watching. I like the ideas around Westerns but the genres just never clicked much with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted March 27, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 One of my favourite genre of film. Â Like most I grew up watching them with my folks and continue to this day, trying to build up my DVD collection to remember each memory I hold. Â Completely agree with the High Plains Drifter love, and have pushed the film on many of my friends who have never heard of it, each one has come away with some form of love for it. Any film that features a brutal killing through whipping, a rape scene in which the victim actually enjoys it, and the turning of the towns midget into Mayor within the first 30 minutes or so must be up there with the best of them. Â I hold special places for other films such as 'A Man Called Horse', mainly for the fantastic Sun Dance scene. Â The Leone films are always going to be stand out, and Once Upon a Time in the West is possibly in my all time top five films depending on my mood. Â I do like the more recent Westerns, whether it be the clever use of acting brothers to play character brothers in the underrated 'Long Riders' the tremendous acting and story of 'Unforgiven' or the more Hollywood adaptation of Earp in 'Tombstone' where I still think to this day it's criminal Kilmer never got a Best Supporting Oscar. Â TV should not be forgotten, with Deadwood being a phenomenal show that laid out the Wild West like I've never seen on screen before. From start to it's rushed finish it was what I in someway cling for from a Western, and what many Westerns always seem to excel in. Great Actors playing a great story with a foundation of reality to what actually happened. Â I know it's not a true Western, but it's principals as a film truly stem from the formula this thread is dedicated to, the British film 'Dead Man's Cards' is fantastic, and if it were to have been set in the West rather than Liverpool it may be considered a true Western classic. Â To close: "Indian Fighting! Like it?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Â I haven't seen it in years but I loved it to bits back in the day and I was shocked to find out years later that it is actually a made for TV film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted March 28, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 A nod to the scene in which the thread title is quoted from- this is one of the best movies scenes ever in my opinion. Â The "My mule don't like people laughing" is great in it's own right, but for me the best thing about the scene is how Clint starts and ends the scene. Walks past a casket maker and says 'get three ready' (can't remember the exact number), then after the epic scene walks back past him- "My mistake, four caskets" or something to that effect. Absolutely brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted March 28, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 28, 2012 The fuck is Aldo Ray doing in that?! Â He was a big boozer, was Aldo Ray, and that pushed him toward the pornos. Cameron Mitchell also made at least one porn movie around that time (Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star), and that's when he was even appearing in decent stuff, like My Favorite Year. I don't know if it coincided, but Ray also developed throat cancer, and basically had to take any role going to pay his insurance and treatment costs. Â Also... Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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