The Last Western You Watched? ver.2.0

(John ) #121

Thanks. Glad to be here Toscano.

(scherpschutter) #122

The Magnificent 7 Ride

Some think itā€™s not really a Mag 7 sequel and itā€™s most certainly not a spaghetti western, but the genre had done its work and Leeā€™s Chris is closer to a spaghetti western hero as any oher Chris the Mag 7 has to offer:

(Stanton) #123

Btw Scherp, it is the 4th film, but only the 3rd sequel. :wink:

(scherpschutter) #124

Youā€™re right

(ION BRITTON) #125

BRIMSTONE - Very bleak story with an unorthodox narrative. Guy Pearceā€™s character is perversion personified. Itā€™s a tiny bit overlong, but itā€™s gets more and more interesting as the events unfold. Recommended for those who want to try something different in the genre. 7+/10

#126

Itā€™s different alright, dark and unsettling to say the least. Yes itā€™s a bit overlong like you said but the film has to be seen for ( Guy Pearce ) alone, he was good as the psychotic Reverend. Some scenes will stick with you for days, like the ā€œpigā€ one for an example. So, all and all, not bad.

(Bill san Antonio) #127

I watched first episode of Lonesome Dove yesterday. So far itā€™s been good.
I was about to watch Million Ways to Die in West today. I think I watched one complete minute and changed back to Lonesome Dove.

(Martin) #128

Seven years in the making: Bad_Lieutenant started a thread on it in May 2009. I hope Koolhovenā€™s Western will find its way to theaters in Vienna.

(ION BRITTON) #129

Is it really the same movie weā€™re talking about?

ā€œUgly,ā€ Koolhovenā€™s lighthearted take on the Spaghetti Western genre co-written by the director and Robert Fusco, begins shooting in the spring. The script revolves around a gang of misfit cowboys, led by brothers Red and Bobby, who accidentally steal a side-show freak ā€“ the ā€œuglyā€ of the title ā€“ and begin showing her around the Wild West for money.

Brimstoneā€™s far from a lighthearted take on SW and the plot obviously changed a bit. Either way, Iā€™m glad the final version was what I saw and not something else.

(Martin) #130

The initial project obviously evolved over the years into Brimstone. At least thatā€™s how I understood it.

(ION BRITTON) #131

Talking about huge steps of evolutionā€¦ Itā€™s almost a completely different movie than the one described above.

(Martin) #132

Yes, youā€™re right. Could be weā€™re talking about two different film projects here. The first one, working title (The) Ugly, was abandoned, the second one was Brimstone. ā€œEvolutionā€ wouldnā€™t be the right word then. Maybe @Bad_Lieutenant has more information ā€¦

(Asa) #133

Watching The Big Gundown right now. Definitely watching Traffic (Soderbergh, 2000) later - not that thatā€™s a western, of course - and, in between, Iā€™m going to see if I can fit in at least one more Tomas Milian film; Django Kill or Companeros, hopefully.

(Sebastian) #134

Showdown at Abilene. Really pretty good. Whereas The True Story of Jesse James is a lame movie.

(scherpschutter) #135

An oldie but a goodie (well, itā€™s not a great movie but itā€™s a very entertaining one), Audie & the Ladies fight off an Indian attack in The Guns of Fort Petticoat:

(ENNIOO) #136

Al Este Del Oeste.

Two strangers arrive in town and one has been hired by the town to protect them from the local bad guys. A comedy western from the 80ā€™s with a few Spaghetti regulars, which is really silly in a good way though and really takes the piss of westerns. It works, as long as the main characters do not iritate you ( I suspect they will annoy a few viewers) and just enjoyed what the filmakers were going to take the piss out of next.

(The Man With a Name) #137

Didnā€™t have anything to do today, so I watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and then decided to watch A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More. Thatā€™s my day so far. :slight_smile:

(Toscano) #138

Sounds like the PERFECT day, to me.:slight_smile:

(The Man With a Name) #139

Definitely. I might watch some more spaghettis tonight.

#140

The Glory Guys (1965)
Seen this many years ago on regular TV in fullscreen and remember that i liked it. So, recently i re-watched this again via a very nice Blu-ray print and the film looks very good. As for the film itself, well it was a pretty good cavalry western with enough action that never fails to entertain. The cast was decent and itā€™s well acted.