“Cowboys And Aliens” (2011)
-Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde
Plot: IMDB
1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been…
Phantom’s Review: HOT DAMN! This is the coolest movie I’ve seen in years. Now, everyone here, should know by now, that I love westerns. but I also love Science Fiction/Horror movies too, and I think it’s very cool when these genres are mixed, unfortunately, 8 times out of 10 the result is pretty bad, but not this time. Plenty of great western action, good story line and excellent special FX. Harrison Ford was born to play in westerns, Daniel Craig is also very impressive and Olivia Wilde is absolutely gorgeous. This film may not be for everyone, but for me it was awesome.
Hang em High
after years i re-watched this Clint´s western
i liked the hanging scenes
not very much shooting in this one, it is more drama, romance, and of course hanging
well, imo i must admit it is my least favorite eastwood western
[quote=“Phantom Stranger, post:8881, topic:141”]“Cowboys And Aliens” (2011)
-Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde
Phantom’s Review: HOT DAMN![/quote]
few months ago i watched b-movie The Oblivion, and the theme was similar - cowboys and aliens, unfortunately it completely sucked
so, according to your review - hot damn, yeah - finally it did happen, great scifi western, this one and Rango and western reputation
for this decade is saved
Silverado… Though not an ‘epic’, it’s really quite good. It threatens to become bogged-down in ‘side-vignettes’, but never does. Because writer/director/producer; Larry Kasdan (who even has a pretty effective bit role as a gun-seller), keeps introducing new characters along-the-way. -characters that add to the plot rather than diverting it. He pays-homage to Ford, Leone, and Peckinpah by carefully crafted production-details involving horses and weapons, mostly. There’s gunplay aplenty, and none of it is overplayed. Actors like John Cleese and Jeff Goldblum stay perfectly in-character. This was my 4th time seeing it since it was released in 1985. Maybe it is an ‘epic’…
Supports Your Local Sheriff! - So funny, everyone is an idiot in the film except James Garners character… I love Walter Brennans reactions to things going wrong all the time.
Try to see the sequel, Support your local Gunfighter, it’s even funnier (and it’s a free adaptation of Gogol’s Revizor, like The Paleface and the Italian movie I have just reviewed, Un Dollaro di Fifa)
Gentleman Killer (1967) by Giorgio Stegani
didn´t expect something extra from this spag with Steffen
and for hour and few minutes it was quite mediocre, but after that
it got a lot better -
so, last half-hour was quite inspired, Steffen was drunk all the time
and it all ended in a non-cliche denouement, at least for this movies, where everyone expects the main antihero
will take care of all bandits
another assets were Fajardo - he played a mexican bandit, very amusing - and music by nicolai and morricone - also very inspired in parts
very nice ending btw
Probably a matter of which film you see first. I saw Gunfighter - long ago - on a saterday or sunday afternoon, with the wife, a we both thought it was very funny
Later we watched Sheriff, with high expectation, because most reference works said it was better, and we were dissapointed. It wasn’t bad, just not as funny.
Landres: Son of a Gunfighter[url]http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Son_of_a_Gunfighter[/url]
-USA/Spain collaboration from 65 starring Russ Tamblyn. Tamblyn is a bit too gentle looking for western maybe but he’s ok in the lead. I just couldn’t help thinking of his role of dr. Jacoby from Twin Peaks.
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:8892, topic:141”]Probably a matter of which film you see first. I saw Gunfighter - long ago - on a saterday or sunday afternoon, with the wife, a we both thought it was very funny
Later we watched Sheriff, with high expectation, because most reference works said it was better, and we were dissapointed. It wasn’t bad, just not as funny.[/quote]
It’s a typical movie for a boring saturday/sunday afternoon. Both movies are funny but aren’t both very similiar?
Stagecoach
John Ford’s wonderful Western with a young John Wayne. I watched the OV but interestingly the German Version has another music: [url]- YouTube and another title: Ringo - Höllenfahrt nach Santa Fe (Ringo - Hell ride to Santa Fè). Funny but they go to Lordsburg and not to Santa Fè ;D
I watched it several times and I have to admit I like it more and more.
I just finished watching One After Another starring Richard Harrison. It went on a bit longer than I’d expected and there is a real twist to the ending. I would say this was a slightly above average SW with some enjoyable moments and a good story.
i was doing some rewatch of short movies
and this one is certainly worth watching, it is postapo but with a spaghetti input Man vs. Woman(vs. robot vs. dinosaur), well made and good fun
[quote=“tomas, post:8897, topic:141”]i was doing some rewatch of short movies
and this one is certainly worth watching, it is postapo but with a spaghetti input Man vs. Woman(vs. robot vs. dinosaur), well made and good fun
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Postapo: You almost had me here, I almost thought you meant some kind of step in the evolution, a post apo, a creature following an apo (some kind of gorillo, I presumo). Man vs; Woman, Dino vs Robo, all supervised by a postapo capo.
Winnetou and Old Firehand
this was probably most spaghetti winnetou movie i´ve seen
its 1966, so they certainly were inspired by spaghies, maybe its coincidence
but one of characters was called Leone
maybe scherp mentioned it in his review - have to check it out ;D
really good music by Peter Thomas, it also has spaghetti feeling, some guitars and harmonica
superb cinematography in some scenes, as well as action
i kinda liked this one, even if it had most ridiculous main villain killing - Rod Cameron got him with arrows and it all looked like from another movie
yap, and Rik Battaglia was a goog guy
well, something like that i would expect in a Stranger movie, little reminds a gun called Lancaster Howdah
