And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave 3,5/5
Degueyo 3/5
Los Amigos 3/5
Carambola 1,5/5
One Little Indian.
Army deserter played by James Garner teams up with a homeless Indian boy. Not much violence in this one for a 70âs one as its a Walt Disney film. Not my usual choice of film, but one Garner western I had not seen before. The star looks like he has been eating a few to many pork pies in this one. A couple of camels also star which is about one of the more quirky elements of the film. And Jerry Goldsmith produces a very old school type of score.
[size=12pt]FORT MASSACRE (1958)[/size]
Although itâs a minor production, shot on a reduced budget, this is one of the better âIndian westernsâ from the Fifties. It tells the familiar story of a small group of survivors who must try to get back to their outpost after an Indian attack. But if the premise is familiar, the execution is thoughtful and uncommon. READ MORE HERE:[size=12pt] http://westernsontheblog.blogspot.be/2015/05/fort-massacre-1958.html[/size]
Hour of the Gun (1967)
Where has this western been all my life?
Blueprint for Kasdan/Costnerâs Wyatt Earp, although not that epic in the scope of the story and some of the very important characters are left out (that is, the women), but it does include some interesting elements that are missing even from that movie (the trial). Although at the begging it states very seriously that it is based on fact, that promise is broken in the filmâs finale, but it is nevertheless for the most of the runtime, realistic, somber, grown-up depiction of one of the most important tales of the West.
[size=10pt]Slow West (2015) by John Maclean[/size]
Watched this via a good quality webrip, didnât expect it to be available this soon, but heyâŚiâm not not complaining.
Anyways, Slow West is not what i expected and itâs short too, only 84 min. long. :o HehâŚthe film itself is a slow affair, but well paced with beautifully shot landscape. ([i]Kodi Smit) the young boy on his quest to find the girl that he loves and (Fassbender) as the mysterious gunman are ok in this IMO. Also, the music score is good but itâs repeated throughout the film. A good effort, but wouldâve like if it was longer and to have seen a barroom brawl though.
[size=12pt] SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF (1969)[/size]
I had watched it before, once, long time ago, and remembered it as a so so movie, not too bad, but not good either.
Man, I was wrong: itâs one of the best comedy westerns in history, a real delight
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The sequel is the so so film. This one is really a delight. Director Kennedyâs best western.
Probably. I thought the sequel was the better of the two, might have mixed things up. Or I saw this at the wrong moment.
Support Your Local Sheriff AND Support Your Local Gunfighter are both presently available on Netflix, for those of us in the UK. I wasnât going to give them a second glance tbh but, off of Scherpâs big thumbs-up, Iâll be finding space for them over the weekend; A nice Sunday Western double-bill, I think.
I remember a while ago⌠http://forum.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/topic,132.msg128777.html#msg128777
Yes, me too. I remembered we had discussed them before. But obviously I was wrong (havenât rewatched Gunfighter yet)
OH, THE HORROR!! THE HORROR!!
Got to agree with Stanton on this - support your local Sheriff is the better of the two films. Itâs just funnier across the board. Having Walter Brennan and Bruce Dern in the cast as some of the villains doesnât hurt either.
Lot of the same cast members in the sequel and I think they donât put as much effort in as they did with the first one.
Need to get this one out to watch with the kids this weekend!
Iquino: 5 Dollars for Ringo[url]http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Cinco_pistolas_de_Texas[/url]
-Spanish western from 66 which still feels more like those pre-fistful westerns. The hero itself is little bit more tough guy than usual but he is still the law abiding sheriff. Then thereâs the usual routine of characters, corrupt mayor, good girl and a bad girl, undertaker providing comic relief and a bunch of unmemorable bandits. Maria Pia Conte looked stunning, I wish her part would have been bigger.
My rating: 4/10
Not the greatest western starring William Holden and/or Richard Widmark, but if you manage to stay awake, it has a decent finale:
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Rider of the Skulls
-Mexican horror western from mid 60âs with three episodes. Rider of the Skulls is mask wearing hero who has sworn to fight against evil and faces were-wolf, vampire and headless rider together with wimpy sidekick and his adopted kid. Itâs very cheaply made film but has some certain charm. Thereâs rubber bats, bad monster costumes and masks. Like said it has 3 episodes and thereâs even change in heroâs outfit between them and complete change of character as the kid from the first episode suddenly disappears and is replaced with another. First episode makes it look like itâs set in sometime during late 1800âs but last episode suddenly has a car. Bad film but a funny one, canât say that I wasnât entertained.
Blindman
-Worked well with few like-minded friends and few beers. âThey donât make 'em like this anymoreâ
As I Lay Dying
-Not 100% western I think but close enough. Directed by James Franco and based on novel by Faulkner this is a dark film about family who take a long journey to bury the dead mother. The beginning of the film is made with constant split-screen, I usually hate this but here it didnât really bother me but it didnât bring anything of value either. Good one, maybe little too artistic for mainstream audience.
[quote=âBill san Antonio, post:11758, topic:141â]As I Lay Dying
-Not 100% western I think but close enough. Directed by James Franco and based on novel by Faulkner this is a dark film about family who take a long journey to bury the dead mother. The beginning of the film is made with constant split-screen, I usually hate this but here it didnât really bother me but it didnât bring anything of value either. Good one, maybe little too artistic for mainstream audience.[/quote]
Havenât seen the movie but I read the novel. Pretty dark as well.
Havenât read the novel but friend mentioned itâs told from from multiple personâs point of view, maybe thatâs what they tried to do with split screens.