The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Cohen, 2018) - Definitely worth watching if you have Netflix - 4/5
A Million Ways to Die in the West (MacFarlane, 2014) - I’m no fan of Seth MacFarlane’s shit, but there were some amusing moments, granted it was about 40 minutes too long. - 2/5
I am halfway. I do not like movies with short stories that are not connected in the end. As it is a Netflix production they should have made a kind of series out of this.
I have seen about 15 minutes and could not stand it. I think the humor as not meant for me 
Jeez, in what spagh did he lie to us… 
Actually, that’s not entirely true.
I doubt it. We had a long discussion on fb about it with also some guys shooting at it with no effect.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Coen / 2018)
Really enjoyed this one. Coen Brothers back on top form for me.
Thy Your Neighbor - pretty weak effort by a director who gave us such miracles as Blindman or Get Mean 
. Doesn’t really feel like Baldi’s movie actually. Final showdown with dynamite throwing is a more baldisque than rest of the film, but since I learned you can’t blow dynamite by shooting at it, I always cringe a little when something like that happens. 2/5
Think again Thomas dynamate can explode and most likely will, by shooting at it, there’s enought pressure and heat in a bullet to trigger the explosion
Finally something…
Last Of The Badmen - started great, I was about 30 min into it telling myself this is Top 20 material, but as it is often the case, a lot of spaghs break apart somewhere in the middle and this one was not an exception. So, first half great, second good with some silly accidental story developments, but overall, a solid spagh with interesting ending. 70%
China 9, Liberty 37 - very acidic, no surprise though, since it was directed by Monte Hellman. Pretty neat semispagh. My only complaint is about music, which mostly doesn’t really fit the scenes and doesn’t impress even on itself. I liked Testi, but not his accent (if it wasn’t dub), sometimes I barely understand what he was saying. Jenny Agutter was a hottie back then, I’m probably rewatching Logan’s Run soon. Not that much action in this one, but when comes to it, it’s well-made. 80%
Stand at Apache River (1953) with Stephen McNally and Hugh O’Brian. A boring B-western with one of the most ridiculous Indian chiefs I’ve ever seen. I remember watching this film on TV and thinking the same thing but I like to give films another go. Unfortunately this one remains terrible. 1/5
Another couple of good ones…
The Hired Hand (1971) - loved this one. I would say Peter Fonda’s character had to inspire Eastwoood’s Josey Wales a bit. They are almost identical sometimes. 100%
Kid Blue (1973) - nice western existentialist comedy with Dennis Hopper. And Warren Oates, who somehow tends to show up in every western i pick up. 80%
Some new additions and rewatches. Here are the results:
Savage Guns aka They Called Him Amen - this is third Fidani I’ve seen so far and most watchable. Actually, it wasn’t that bad as I expected - plenty of interesting scenes, but also plenty of wtf moments. That scene when the trio of killers is introduced by the real names of the actors. Priceless. 3/5
Sonny And Jed - I’m always blown away by this movie. 4,5/5
Guns And Guts - mexican western with a big finale gunfight shot in slo-mo. What a bore until then. And I’m not even that big fan of slo-mo. I like it when it is somehow justified (as in Matrix) or used cleverly, but these long slow motion scenes are just annoying as hell. The story is a bit overcomplicated and stupid in the second half - even with their planning they all got killed. Sorry for spoilers, kids. 2/5
Ringo’s Big Night - the middle part, the actual big Ringo’s night is very entertaining, the rest forgettable or unintentionally funny. Berger looks so young it took me a while to recognize him. 2,5/5
Especially when they’re not seen again later in the film. Good joke.
Yes, but not entirely, because later in the movie that guy Robert Woods made a deal with is killed by someone with big knife and I think Lincoln Tate of the trio carried that knife. 
Jane got a gun
Not good and not bad either. I did not enjoy this one very much. Somehow the different angles and flashback story telling is not my piece of cake, Why did Jane learn to shoot her gun? Also the acting of Joel Edgerton did not fit his part. And the bad guys were predictable in their roles.
Positive point was the lighting during the night conversation. Beautiful blue lit
’South of Heaven West of Hell’ Dir: Dwight Yoakam (2000)
Picked this up yesterday at a charity shop, in a 2 for £1 deal ( my other choice was Rollerball 1975 
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Hadn’t heard of it before, and despite it having a very interesting cast of Peckinpah veterans and contemporary character actors, I was cautious, and had low expectations. Checked out some very harsh reviews on IMDB, some claiming it the worst waste of time, badly made etc. with many giving it 1 out of 10.
Admittedly it’s a little slow in places and definitely quirky, but I found it to be something of a hidden gem. The sort of film, if made in the 70s, would have undoubtedly become a cult classic by now.
I think one problem is with the DVD packaging which like so many other dud westerns, makes the claim that it’s somewhere between ‘The Wild Bunch’ and ‘Unforgiven’ … same way every shitty gangster movie says it’s the best thing since ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘The Godfather’.
Don’t want to laud it with OTT praise, but it’s a very worthy and genuinely atmospheric movie, which for fans of character actors such as Luke Askew, Matt Clark, Peter Fonda, Bo Hopkins, Scott Wilson and Bud Cort, is a real treat … and those guys in particular really shine.
There’s some pretty raw period detail which is both shocking and very well handled by first time director, Yoakam. The reviewers on IMDB all seem particularly angry with Dwight, whose music they love … but those simple minded shitkickers didn’t understand his movie 
I’d watch it again, happily - 6 out of 10 from me.
Sorry, one of the worst westerns I’ve ever seen. I mean, I laughed through it. I listed it as no. 1 in my Bottom 20. Oh well, if it is no. 1 then it actually means: it is worst of them all.
That’s ok, but trust me there are dozens of much worse western movies out there … which are so bad they’d induce me to throw bricks at the TV.
The majority of non SWs shown on movies4men are of this ilk … films like ‘Age of the Gunslinger’ … ‘The Virginian’ … ‘The Last Rites of Ransom Pride’ etc are all hopelessly inept in every department.
So if ‘South of Heaven’ is your worst viewing experience to date, then you’ve been spared a lot of pain. 
Maybe not, but this Yoakam’s vision of superepic western movie seems to me even more laughable than your average Sorbo western, because it just tries to be in the league to which clearly doesn’t belong. Yoakam direction was completely off.
Poor old Dwight … I wasn’t claiming it as a masterpiece, I was really just surprised by the rough treatment it gets in many reviews, as I found it quite entertaining and slightly off kilter. Wouldn’t have sat through the entire show if I’d found it boring. Anyway, at least the film has one fan in the world. 
Sorbo movies don’t even get 10 minutes of my time, and at least this film had some considerable ambition even if it’s not wholly successful. To say his direction was completely off is nonsense … plus there was a lot subtle humour in many scenes. I will say that the casting of Vince Vaughn didn’t work … and my main enjoyment came from seeing many of the old hands at work.
I never feel obligated to watch an entire movie if I find it boring or badly made, and there are many that get ejected before the 30 minute mark. So either I was feeling very mellow and generous to sit through a 2 hour plus flick, or it does have more to it than the damning reviews suggest. Funny how no one complains about Clint Eastwood’s lousy films and amateurish directing … well to me they’re infinitely worse than this movie.
