Halfbreed
The sixth Winnetou-film i´ve seen and also the last one to be issued on swedish video-tape in the 80s. Like the others a solid adventure with bravery, romance and lust for gold, it also have the mandatory massacre. I really like the Winnetou-films, seems to be made with a good heart!
Girolami: Bullet and the Flesh[url]http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Piombo_e_la_carne%2C_Il[/url] (dvd-r)
-boring cowboys and indians stuff.
" mutiny at fort sharp" have put what i thought on the film’s thread. 7/10
Gentleman Killer
Average
Texas Adios
My first viewing of this was unpleasant but liked it a lot more this time. 2/5 initially. 4/5 now.
Hate Thy Neighbor
Pretty good. I knew nothing about this was and didn;t know what to expect. Great theme song.
“Escape From Fort Bravo” (1953)
-William Holden
Plot: IMDB
In the Civil War, Fort Bravo is a prison camp for captured southerners. Its isolated position and unfriendly natives make escape almost impossible, but anyone who tries is always brought back by by-the-book Captain Roper. A group of prisoners hatch a plot to get away by bringing in a southern belle to distract the Captain. The plan seems to work, but the inhospitable desert, the murderous Indians, and - most importantly - the Colonel apparently wronged in love mean that this is only the start.
Phantom’s Review: This is a great movie.Plenty of action, suspense and fine performances from the stars. A classic.
Finished watching El Puro[url]http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/El_Puro[/url] which was rudely interrupted a couple of days ago. 3/4
[quote=“Phantom Stranger, post:4826, topic:141”]“Escape From Fort Bravo” (1953)
-William Holden
Plot: IMDB
In the Civil War, Fort Bravo is a prison camp for captured southerners. Its isolated position and unfriendly natives make escape almost impossible, but anyone who tries is always brought back by by-the-book Captain Roper. A group of prisoners hatch a plot to get away by bringing in a southern belle to distract the Captain. The plan seems to work, but the inhospitable desert, the murderous Indians, and - most importantly - the Colonel apparently wronged in love mean that this is only the start.
Phantom’s Review: This is a great movie.Plenty of action, suspense and fine performances from the stars. A classic.[/quote]
The final scene is great.
Cristallini: Four Pistols for Trinity[url]http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Quattro_pistoleri_di_Santa_Trinitá%2C_I[/url] (dvd-r)
-Interesting film because it’s mostly indoors thriller/drama. Fans of Shoot the Living… might like this one.
Showdown (1973, George Seaton)
There were a lot of westerns on ARD and ZDF last night, I picked this one
Just watched the recording
Rock Hudson and Dean Martin play former buddies who now operate on different sides of the law: Hudson is the sheriff who must bring in train robber Martin.
Some say it was influenced by the Italian western. The use of the landscape sometimes reminded me of the Almeria surrounding in many a spaghetti western, but the story is pure Hollywood. In fact it’s so ordinary and old-fashioned that this beautifully looking western falls flat. For most part the film is in need of some action, but the final half hour is exciting (and quite violent).
Worth a look if you have nothing bettter to do
I’ve been a bit sick so I have lots of time watching westerns:
Massacre Time
Great movie.
Vengeance
Good movie but my version only has german audio and I don’t speak german. :’(
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Not a bad movie but not really my taste.
Return to Lonesome Dove
The sequel to my favorite tv-serie is almost as good as the original one.
Four Rode Out
An US western co-produced by Spain and shot completely in Almeria.
A bank robber (Julian Mateos) flees in the desert and is pursued by a marshal (Pernell Roberts of Bonanza fame), a dubious Pinkerton agent (Leslie Nielsen) and his girl friend (Sue Lyon).
The acting is often remarkable, but the film hasn’t enough stuff for it’s 96 min runtime. In fact the film is as twice as long as necessary.
Kill Johnny Ringo
it was allright, Brett Halsey is a very stern mister, no smiling there. the plot is about a small town with next to everyone involved in a counterfeit scam, with some romantic complications and Halsey is the Texas ranger on the case. by the way there´s a Jamaican reggae-artist called Johnnie Ringo, he´s done an lp called “riding west” with a cool cowboysleeve! The music in this one sounds like it´s for a horrormovie…
Silence: you´re in sweden, right? i have a spare Vengeance dvdr in English, if you want it drop me a PM.
Middle daughter and I finished off the Cat Stevens trilogy before I went away for the weekend with Boot Hill.
The version I have of this does not have a great picture quality but I’m afraid the best release in the world wouldn’t save this film for me. Sometimes another viewing will improve a film but this one gets worse if anything. I know this is a favourite of my friend Stanton’s but I’m buggered if I know why.
For a film starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer they are amazingly under utilised. Especially Spencer, who hardly appears really. He doesn’t show up until half way in and then does practically nothing but punch a few people on top of the head. This is almost a Kinskiesque ‘phone in’ performance from Bud and makes me wonder whether he was committed to another project already and they had to shoot around him for a while before he could get there.
Either way, by far the worst of the trilogy for my money and having watched all 3 in a row my feelings were confirmed that the first was best, the second OK and the last was one too many.
Phil, what about your daughter?
Didn’t your daughter like Boot Hill, or maybe wasn’t at least too embarrassed, or maybe liked it a tiny bit, or … ahemm … a tiny, tiny bit of a bit, or let’s say there was one little, little moment she didn’t find too bad, or …
No? No
[quote=“Stanton, post:4835, topic:141”]Phil, what about your daughter?
Didn’t your daughter like Boot Hill, or maybe wasn’t at least too embarrassed, or maybe liked it a tiny bit, or … ahemm … a tiny, tiny bit of a bit, or let’s say there was one little, little moment she didn’t find too bad, or …
No? No[/quote]
Well she is a Hill and Spencer fan in general so there were moments which were ok for her but in general she found it pretty tedious I’m afraid. She hated the music which, I completely agree, is awful on the whole in this film. The dreaded circus stuff is far too dominant and the jazzy bass stuff that accompanies all the creeping round town scenes literally sends me to sleep. A pity as the opening and closing theme is much better but doesn’t get used much in the body of the film.
" Fort Yuma Gold" just about enjoyed it overall but uneven and sprawling. had it’s moments but had silly ones as well, e’g gemma being staked out and having his eyes burned and blinded by the sun then later miraculously having his sight come back.watchable but not one of gemma’s best in my opinon.6/10
Ricci: Great Treasure Hunthttp://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Monta_in_sella%2C_figlio_di…! (dvd-r)
-I fell asleep during last 10 minutes so I don’t know what happened in the end but otherwise pretty decent stuff.
Doc (1971) has been viewed.
Gritty and well acted one about the Earps and Doc Holliday, with Stacy Keach on fine form as Holliday.
Crea: Seven Devils on a Horseback[url]http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Sette_del_gruppo_selvaggio%2C_I[/url] (dvd-r)
-Haven’t seen Magnificent West yet but this is best Crea film I’ve seen so far. Dino Strano isn’t that suitable for playing hero but Mario Brega has a nice “Bud Spencer-role” as his sidekick. Film starts pretty good but in the end Crea messes it up with badly directed and edited gunfights. Especially the big fight in the town doesn’t make any sense. Gordon Mitchell shoots from the desert and manages to kill a girl in the middle of the town 