You got me wrong, I meant that I liked the gunfight itself ;).
It was okay, but in reality it only lasted about 30 seconds.
And Western is indeed a very realistic genre ;).
Just finished 100 Rifles
Donât get me wrong but any film with Jo Raquel itâs fine for me.
A nice film made in Spain and with a political message which was normal those days, when the priest went with Jim brow And Burt, in the firing squad scene I thought the guy was taking a pistol out of bible or something, in the end the Priest getâs killed, this in Spain in the time of Franco, the cinema industry was far more important.
Ah and that shower train scene, that is worth the all movie.
This may sound a little strange, but for a moment or two I notice Jim Brown trying to act John Wayne style.
Nice film with all the Western package donne in a canât go wrong way
100 Rifles is an underrated western. Well made action too.
In reality the shootout was maybe very different, but I think that this is one of the best action scenes of the 50s. Hour of the Gun, in which the shootout is again differently handled, has pretty good action too.
âThe Kid From Texasâ (1950)
- Audie Murphy. Gail Storm
Yet another âtrueâ account of the life of Billy The Kid
Phantomâs Review: Like most of Hollywoodâs âBilly The Kidâ movies, this one bends and stretches the facts quite a bit, but Murphy does a good job and thereâs a good bit of action. Very entertaining.
âSabataâ (1969)
-Lee Van Cleef
Plot: Wikipedia
Lee Van Cleef stars as a mostly silent, loner gunman who foils a plan by some leaders of a small Texas town to rob their own bank and sell the town to the railroad. William Berger co-stars as Banjo, an opposing gunman.
Phantomâs Review: One of the best of the spaghetti westerns. Plenty of action and humor. One of Lee Van Cleefâs best characters.
The Legend of Godâs Gun.
Revenge western which is a homage to the Spaghetti western. Style over content was not working for me, and alot of scenes just come across like a pop video. Film print was made to look old by having grain, speckles etc, but you could tell it had been added on in a bad way.
âDead Men Donât Make Shadowsâ by Demofilo Fidani. Unlike most i do have weak spot for Fidaniâs bottom of the barrel products but this must be my first encounter which i regretted. The movie started out pretty well with a cool shot of Lazaar (Hunt Powers) dragging a guy by his gunbelt into town. This kind of establishes Lazaarâs character and his background. While we enter the town there is no doubt that this is a Fidani movie judging from the crappy looking western town in the background. ;D
Sadly itâs all downhill from here on. Next we see Gordon Mitchell appear onscreen but heâs literally killed in a most unspectacular way about two minutes later. The wildly shaking close up of his face(courtesy of camera man Joe Dâamato) while begging for mercy is priceless though. ;D After that i kind of lost interest. Some youngster showed up who followed Lazaar and both of them got in bad waters with some guy running a gold mine. But the whole thing plays so uninspired that i couldnât care less about the whole background story. Not even the normally over the top Fidani action scenes could save this turkey. But thinking about it there are hardly any action scenes at all and the few that are there are way too short and totally unspectacular.
To keep it short⌠Once was enough for me. But at least i can scrap another Fidani title of my to see list. 
Watched two spaghettis over the last few days:
Los pistoleros de Arizona (5000 $ on an Ace - 1964/Alfonso Balcazar)
Very early outing, the first western production of the Balcazar brothers
A sort of Shane meets Fernando Sancho, with Bobby Woods playing Shane, and Fernando playing Sancho
Mediocre at best, but of course of some historic importance
Review is ready, but Iâm having a lot of problems with my PC, and I donât know if I manage to load it up tomorrow (and Iâll be away the rest of the week).
The Moment to Kill (1968 - Carnimeo)
Watched a DVDr with improved aspect ratio this time (1,85:1, last time it was a fullscreen version with two different hard subs)
Still a nice film, but couldâve been better. Very neat ideas scriptwise, good acting, but marred by an uneasy combination of violence and silly humor
Iâll write a new review thatâll be published on Fistful of Pasta (I hope)
But lordradish will have to wait untill next weekend for it
Man With the Gun (Richard Wilson)
Very good semi psychological Western with Robert Mitchum great as always. Very similar to Warlock though in glorious black and white this time.
4/5
Return of the Seven (Burt Kennedy)
A let down if youâre looking for something as good as the original. Does have some of the good quality character wise, of the original but the action scenes are nowhereâs near as good as the originals.
3/5
Blue (Silvio Narizzano)
Interesting film. Though directed by Italian Canadian, it has no Spaghetti qualities. Behind the camera, their were some of Cinemaâs best at work. DP extraordinaire, Stanley Cortez, is great at capturing the glorious Utah landscape. Also shows great flair for interiors. One night scene sticks out in-particular as the characters and rock formations obviously show it to be shot Day for night but editing has juxaposed this shot with another of the star filled night sky. also, master stunt man, Yakima Canutt, lent a hand to the stunts. As for the film, it has an interesting story and some good performances. Though Stampâs is a little odd. His first line of dialogue comes in at 50 mins and the rest of his speech is a combination of mixed Southern drawl with an occasional cockney slipping in. All spoken in an extremely slow manner of speech. A little slow and at times unconvincing but different.
3.5/5
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[quote=âkorano, post:6892, topic:141â]Man With the Gun (Richard Wilson)
Very good semi psychological Western with Robert Mitchum great as always. Very similar to Warlock though in glorious black and white this time.
4/5
Return of the Seven (Burt Kennedy)
A let down if youâre looking for something as good as the original. Does have some of the good quality character wise, of the original but the action scenes are nowhereâs near as good as the originals.
3/5
Blue (Silvio Narizzano)
Interesting film. Though directed by Italian Canadian, it has no Spaghetti qualities. Behind the camera, their were some of Cinemaâs best at work. DP extraordinaire, Stanley Cortez, is great at capturing the glorious Utah landscape. Also shows great flair for interiors. One night scene sticks out in-particular as the characters and rock formations obviously show it to be shot Day for night but editing has juxaposed this shot with another of the star filled night sky. also, master stunt man, Yakima Canutt, lent a hand to the stunts. As for the film, it has an interesting story and some good performances. Though Stampâs is a little odd. His first line of dialogue comes in at 50 mins and the rest of his speech is a combination of mixed Southern drawl with an occasional cockney slipping in. All spoken in an extremely slow manner of speech. A little slow and at times unconvincing but different.
3.5/5[/quote]
Man with the Gun is an excellent 50s western, one of the best.
Blue was a western which got very, very bad reviews then, and bombed at the box-office. Better than its reputation.
[quote=âkorano, post:6892, topic:141â]Man With the Gun (Richard Wilson)
Return of the Seven (Burt Kennedy)
Blue (Silvio Narizzano)[/quote]
Need to see Man with the Gun. I like psychological undertones in Westerns. Return of the Seven is a mediocre Sequel with a lot of shooting.
Blue has a wonderful photography. Unfortunately I felt bored during watching it. Terence Stamp might be a good actor but he wasnât very convincing in his role.
Ride out for Revenge - Bernard Girard 1957
A nice little pro-Indian western of the 50s which could have become a complex one, if the prospects of the story were developed. Mediocre directing and acting doesnât help either.
Great Treasure Hunt.
Mark Damon and pals team up with a mexican for a plan to rob a general of his treasure down Mexico way.
You get the impression from the style of the credits this is going to be a 100% comedy, but this is not the case. Fairly entertaining western which deserves a nice widescreen release.
âThe Outlaw Josey Walesâ
One Of Clint Eastwoodâs best movies
The Outlaw Josey Wales is not only my favorite Clint Eastwood Western but also my favorite American Western.
Saw SHANE and THE OX-BOX INCIDENT.
The kid in SHANE was so annoying that I started laughing after a certain point.
OX-BOX was good stuff, sends its message in a brilliant way.