Yeah it was pretty good. Really enjoyed the 3 Walter Hill westerns I’ve watched recently.
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I Shot Jesse James [1949] by Samuel Fuller - First half of the film is much stronger than the second for me. Becomes a bit heavy on the melodrama for my tastes. Still an interesting watch & I enjoy more downbeat black & white westerns like this.
Dead for a Dollar [2022] by Walter Hill - Gave this one a shot despite its terrible reception since I’ve been watching all the Walter Hill westerns. Really struggling to get into this movie, largely because of the terrible filter applied to the movie’s picture. Why would anyone ever choose to apply this filter across an entire movie, especially a western where one of the strongest elements is the visual appeal of the landscape? With this filter, it all becomes an ugly mess that looks the same no matter the scene, and looks so much cheaper than it would otherwise. It has some decent scenes so far that maybe I could appreciate more if this hadn’t been done, but I am just really having a hard time wanting to watch this. I don’t know if I will finish it
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Well, I just finished Dead for a Dollar and my opinion did not improve. Its pretty bad, and hard to understand how someone who has previously made several very good westerns is responsible for this extremely amateur feeling film. Its not just that its low budget, it just has that distinct feeling that all the current crop of really bad westerns have had for the last several years. The color filter applied makes it even worse. Despite two of the lead actors being a couple of very big, respected names, they come across as phoning it in the entire time like they can’t be bothered at all. I don’t know if its intentional and they are trying to downplay their acting for a western but it just comes off as not giving a shit about the movie. I don’t even know what else to address, it just felt like a chore to sit through
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Yesterday, I watched ‘My Name is Nobody’ (1973) with Terrence Hill and Henry Fonda in its entirety for the first time. When I first made an attempt to watch ‘Nobody’ a year or so ago, I wasn’t in the mindset to watch SW’S parodied, and thought it was too silly to be taken seriously. I only got as far as the drinking/shooting competition at the bar, and I was out. I had a great time with it while giving it another try. I’ve come to appreciate Terrence Hill as a comedic actor from watching My Name is Trinity and this classic. My Name is Nobody is now on my Top 10 SW list.
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I watched The Return Of Ringo for the first time, it was really good. I can see why it is in the SWDB Top 20-list. Great music, great mood.
Have not watched A Pistol For Ringo yet.
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Yeah, it’s great! I think A Pistol is slightly more classic Gemma with his usual charm and wit, while Return is more of a serious take for him - both enjoyable in their own ways. Would be a good time to check out A Pistol, too, as it is set around Christmas. 
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With all enthusiasm for LVC in the Spaghvember thread I watched an oldie, Take a hard ride
Apart from the opening scene nothing familiar so I doubt if I ever saw it before.
To be honest, I was doubting whether this was am Italian western, it felt like a US, especially with the leads. Nice pastime movie, nothing spectacular or anything
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Not only one of my all-time favourite top ten Spaghetti Westerns, but also a cracking start to my list of Christmas favourites. 
This 1965 Classic has just about everything you could ask for…not least some stunning Almeria locations.
The ‘sequel’, ‘The Return of Ringo’ is just as worthy, if not better; for it portrays a darker, damaged main character.
’A Pistol for Ringo’ is a jaunty, fun ride, featuring many unforgettable moments. I love the cock-sure coolness of Giuliano Gemma, the beauty of Nieves Navarro and Hally Hammond, the direction of Tessari, the music of Morricone, and the veritable ‘who’s who’ of Spag character actors - not least Fernando ‘Bang! Bang!’ Sancho and George Martin…
Excellent stuff, and a great way to begin the season of good will! 
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’THE RETURN OF RINGO’ 1965
Well…I had to follow ‘Pistol’ with ‘Return’, didn’t I? Such a superb double-bill, featuring the ever charismatic Giuliano Gemma.
The same cast and crew are back for this; a dark re-telling of how a man leaves his beloved lady to fight for his country, and then returns to find that his heart has literally been broken and stolen by an invading dictatorship.
Normally, you would send for the ‘Lone Ranger’ to right the wrong…but not in a ‘Spag’.
In ‘Return’, we have a damaged war veteran, played superbly, as always, by Giuliano, returning to find that all he has fought for has been snatched away by the hiss! hiss!, boo!, boo! gang, the ‘Fuentes’, headed by George Martin at his most sadistic and manipulative.
This time, director, Duccio Tessari, excels himself, and seems more confident in his framing of scenes.
Giuliano’s character is not cock-sure, as he was in his first outing…He is an emotionally, broken, fragmented man, who has to piece together a stolen part of his life…a literal jigsaw that confuses, angers, frustrates, and eventually gives way to a love that he rediscovers in the form of Lorella de Luca (Hally Hammond).
Ennio Morricone delivers a haunting score, which surely must rank among his best.
Fernando Sancho is more subdued that his character in ‘Pistol’, but is no less memorable.
Nieves Navarro is, if possible, even more desirable than the previous film.
I never used to like this film as much as ‘Pistol’.
However, It has now grown on me to such an extent that I place it now on a pedestal with ‘Ringo’.
It certainly features Giuliano Gemma spreading his acting wings…the character’s emotions are painful to watch at times…
A superb ‘sequel’, that is not a sequel.
Thoroughly recommended.
’I’ve come back…'
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I kick off the Holiday Season with A Pistol for Ringo every Thanksgiving now, my new little tradition.
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The Rover, if you don’t accept it as a western (which it was basically), then I would say Klondike , but it was a tv mini series so it must be Trinity which I watched again while ago.
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’THE PRICE OF POWER’ (1969)
Last night, I re-watched this 1969 ‘re-imagining’ of the JFK assassination. Directed most masterfully by Tonino Valerii, and starring the ever-youthful Giuliano Gemma, for some reason I enjoyed this out-standing ‘SW’ even more than I have in the past.
With a beautiful music score by Luis E. Bacalov, gritty dialogue, memorable action scenes, and a host of instantly recognisable character actors such as Benito Stefanelli, Antonio Casas and Fernando Rey, this is a pedigree SW that bravely tackles head-on a devastating period in American history.
The film also delicately, yet forcefully, highlights the evils of slavery…
As an added bonus, we have beautiful Almeria desert locations, plus the excellent use of Sergio Leone’s ‘Flagstone’ town set, from ‘OUATITW’.
Thoroughly recommended…
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I’m sure @Bill_Willer would heartily agree (and so do I). 
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Definitely one of my favorite SW’s. I couldn’t agree more with your sentiments
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Sonny and Jed (1972). I was stunned to see this movie listed as a " western comedy" on Google after watching it. I found myself having difficulty watching Sonny (George) get tormented, brutalized, and humiliated by law and order father (Savalas), his men, women, and Jed (Milian) during the first 45 minutes of the movie. I almost turned it off before Sonny and Jed consumated their unspoken romantic feelings for one another, and the movie steered away from all of the sado-masochism. The second half had humorous scenes, and Milian always does a fine job carrying lacklustre productions in spite of their flaws. However, I didn’t think Milian’s character, Jed, was likeable, despite being an interesting character. If anything, ‘Sonny and Jed’ is a cinematic portrait of a dysfunctional relationship, SW-style.
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I like this one enough just because it’s a bit different from the usual Spaghetti Western flavor, but you can definitely tell they’re trying to play off Bonnie and Clyde’s popularity with mixed results.
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Agreed
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to my shame I’ve never seen it… isn’t it kind of like Dirty Mary Crazy Larry? 
or not
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I’ve not actually seen Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, lol. Have you heard the two compared before?
no it’s just an idea in my head from the poster 
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