Had a bit of a SW binge in the past few days…two of which starred the recently deceased James Mitchum, R.I.P. 
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1967 (Kill the Wicked)
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I thought it was pretty good considering the terrible reviews it got. Must’ve been the ‘baggage’ it carried due to the on set tragedy. I’m not sure some of the so-called ‘critics’ actually even watched it.
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Haven’t read any reviews. I care more about the average among my letterboxd bedfellows
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I treated myself to a magnificent, blood-splattered, Sergio Corbucci double-bill yesterday…mud, snow, and a few bottles of ‘San Miguel’… a great combination.
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Barquero (1970). First time watch of this Lee Van Cleef/Warren Oates film. Good premise, strong Oates performance and a rough movie but overall wasn’t too enjoyable for me. 5/10.
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Bone Tomahawk - 8/10.
Rewatched this tonight as I’ve not seen it since around the time of its release and loved it. Not perfect, but still one of the best westerns of the last 10-15 years I guess.
Can’t believe Matthew Fox is almost 60.
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The Timber.
I like this film despite it having bad reviews for it’s slow pace. I like slow burners. And it has William Gaunt probably better known for the 1960’s spy / sci-fi /occult series ‘The Champions’ and a popular British sitcom from the 90’s called ‘Next Of Kin’.
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The last Western I watched was Big Jake (1971) with John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, and Christopher Mitchum, Ethan Wayne, etc. I watched Big Jake the other night on a TV Western channel I get, called Grit. The movie does a good job of setting the stage and capturing the state of the United States in 1909 (events, famous people, innovations) at the beginning. There were comparisons and contrasts between the eastern US versus western US. More or less, the west in 1909 (on the tail end of the Guilded Age and right before the Mexican Revolution and World War I) was still lawless and wild. It’s a perfect lead in to the attack on the Martha McCandles’s (O’Hara) Ranch near the Tex-Mex Border by the Fain Gang. A bloodthirsty gang of banditos, led by John Fain (Boone). The Fain Gang kidnap “Little Jake” McCandles (Ethan Wayne), the youngest son of both Martha and Big Jake (both who are divorced and estranged), and hold him ransom for $1 million. Martha McCandles arranges to have Big Jake bring the ransom money to the Fain Gang in the Mexican town of Escondero. The McCandles’ older sons accompany Big Jake and his Apache friend/sidekick. The plot was a little predictable at times. It was still enjoyable, both for the action, humor, and colorful characters. It also had a post-SW vibe at times.
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Watched Rio Lobo tonight myself and really enjoyed it. People always said it was lesser Hawks/Wayne but still a fun ride in my book!
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Movies i watched BEFORE Spagvemberfest, so please don’t shoot me. The ones from November will be posted in the correct thread
A Town Called Bastard - 5/10
Garden of Evil - 6/10
Vaya con Dios, gringo - 6/10
Treasure of the Aztecs - 5/10
Pyramid of the Sun God - 4/10
The Relentless Four - 5/10
Fifteen Scaffolds for the Killer - 6/10
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Yesterday had a couple of first time watches.
Revenge of the Resurrected which I quite enjoyed and Chaco which was a painful watch.
And a non first watch!
Also went to the theater and snuck Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair in the middle which was a great watch!
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1971 - McCabe and Mrs. Miller
First time rewatching it, and I raised it from a 3/10 to a 5/10. While it has status as a minor classic of the genre, I just can’t get quite get behind it. I love the cinematography of the outdoor scenes, but I’m not a fan of the indoor lighting–sometimes natural, sometimes with tons of filtering. I can’t really connect with the protagonist. And while director Robert Altman admits he’s more interested in making a painting than a plot with this movie, a painting can’t justify the two hour run time. If this were a brisk 80 minute b-movie I bet it would be superior. So many images really did stay with me and will: the pine trees, the bridge, the mud, the plain wooden town, the snow and the church.
Off the top of my head, these films seem to roughly belong in a category together of revisionist, pessimistic westerns that often feature snow, haunting melodies, folk ballad themes, and protagonists who parish.
I’d put 3 of them on my top twenty westerns of all time list, but the others wouldn’t probably make my top two hundred.
- The Great Silence (1968) 9/10
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) 7/10
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) 5/10
- Pat Garret and Billy the Kid (1973) 10/10
- Four of the Apocalypse (1975) 3/10
- Keoma (1976) 10/10
- Mannaja (1977) 6/10
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I completely agree concerning Chaco, one of the worst westerns I can remember watching! So bad the name lodged itself in my memory. 
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I know @JohnnyCashFan66 It was almost unbearable to sit through…I can’t believe someone thought that was a good script(or perhaps they didn’t) lol
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Yeah regarding the story attraction - more like that Netherlands 2015 (?) depressing SW-like story. I think I left my copy here in Spain of the Four of the Apocalypse. Might be good to watch in contrast to the lovely sunny December days here now so I not stay too happy 
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I’ve been off-roading on some westerns that are first time watches.
Posse (1993)
7/10, I found it to be entertaining and owes a debt to spaghetti westerns and flirts with history at times, but ultimately an average movie.
Banolero! (1968)
6/10. Everything about this just screams “average” to me. That Larry McMurtry lifted the names Sheriff July Johnson and Deputy Roscoe (and maybe outlaw Dee) from this was the most interesting aspect. The writer clearly knew names of generals from the Civil War but the historical knowledge never really manifests in interesting ways. Raquel Welch doesn’t have much to work with and doesn’t act very well. I don’t really think Dean Martin or even Jimmy Stewart (who at least tries) do a great job, though they have all done well in other westerns. The soundtrack was very spaghetti inspired.
The Long Riders (1980)
4/10 I appreciate that this one is, as far as movies go, attempting to have some historical accuracy. But I never came to like any of the protagonists. I appreciate Walter Hill but this one just did not resonate.
Black God, White Devil (1964)
1/10. I guess I’ve been picking poorly, because this Portuguese art house film was the worst of the lot. I read up on why it has some historical importance to Portuguese cinema and was inspired in part by American westerns. There are some impressive visuals… but an entertaining film, it was not.
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Brazilian isn’t it though