The Last Western You Watched?

[Phantom_Stranger]

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Seven gunmen defend a small Mexican village aganist a band of outlaws

In my opinion this one of the greatest American made westerns ever. Great story, action, and music. A classic.

[ENNIOO]

Just viewed THEY CALL HIM VERITAS (DVD R) starring Mark Damon, who was sporting a rather ‘dodgy’ hairstyle in this one!

Not really my kind of film , as a bit to silly, and I am still trying to figure what the film was all about really.

Has one scene where a guy is having a duel against a bottle, with some spoof type Morricone music.

One guy even said ’ Thought one of them had intercourse with the Loch Ness Monster’, and on that note if anyone wants the disc just give me a buzz.

[Pacificador]

@Bad Lieutenant

Yesterday I watched the Grand Duel (Wild East dvd) again. The transfer isn’t great, but it’s very decent. The movie starts out like your average spaghetti western. However, as soon as the Saxon brothers make their entrance in the flick (Marc Mazza shooting the old man in cold blood), it gets about a dozen times more interesting. Horst Frank is great in this one as the most intelligent of three brothers, having to deal with his idiot brothers - one an incompetent marshal and the other a gay psychopath- and of course Philip Vermeer and Sheriff Clayton. The murder plot was woven nicely into the movie. I think this movie has all the cliched elements of the spaghetti western fitted into one movie in a coherent way. The movie never gets boring and the cast shows a nice assembly of talent. I rated it 7/10 the first time and I think i’ll stick with that.

Just finished watching it myself…I don’t have the Wild East release but it’s on my “buy when I have extra cash list”. I agree with the above review, good solid movie and of course LVC is the man as always.

[AvatarDK]

Rewatched The Hills Run Red a couple of nights ago. This time the ‘new’ disc from MGM. It’s a fine transfer but the picture quality certainly isn’t flawless. The movie itself is a fine little vengeance piece. As has been said elsewhere on this board I think, it’s a shame Henry Silva didn’t do more spaghetti westerns, plays an excellent villain, and what a face !

[Chico_Martino]

[quote=“scherpschutter, post:1620, topic:141”]Welcome to the Forum, Amigo.
Saw you’re from Hamburg.
There are more guys from Germany around here, so you won’t feel lonely.
Of course, QUIéN SABE ? is an excellent western.
Don’t remember the soundtrack, though.[/quote][quote=“scherpschutter, post:1620, topic:141”]Welcome to the Forum, Amigo.
Saw you’re from Hamburg.
There are more guys from Germany around here, so you won’t feel lonely.
Of course, QUIéN SABE ? is an excellent western.
Don’t remember the soundtrack, though.[/quote]Thanks a bunch!
I never heard of this movie until last week. Especially Gian Maria Volontè is wonderful. Will continue watch the KochMedia Collection today.

[Phantom_Stranger]

Welcome to the group "Chico Martino"
Have fun and you’ll like it here.

Today’s movie:
A true Spaghetti classic:

“For A Few Dollars More”

[Phantom_Stranger]

“American Outlaws” (2001)
-Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter

Highly fictionalized account of the James-Younger gang.

This is one of those movies that no one seems to like but me. I think it’s a fun movie. It’s not a great movie, not by a long shot, but I enjoy it. Kind of a big budget “B” movie.

[stanton]

3:10 to Yuma. And it’s … a lousy film. Shit!

[Bad_Lieutenant]

@stanton

3:10 to Yuma. And it’s … a lousy film. Shit!

The original or the remake?

[ENNIOO]

Finders Killers has been viewed.

O.K but nothing great.

[ENNIOO]

CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES has just been viewed for my Christmas morning treat.

Excellent film which I really enjoyed.

[alk0]

Duccio Tessari’s Zorro. Fun movie but not much of a western i think.

[Tom_B]

KARATE, FISTS & BEANS, ugh…

[Bluntwolf]

@Tom B.

KARATE, FISTS & BEANS, ugh…

I agree !!! Big time ugh… !!!

[stanton]

@Bad Lieutenant

The original or the remake?

Remake, of course, and in a cineplex, which doesn’t help. Crowe is good, but the whole film is rather conceptless, often a bit boring. Well … James Mangold, uhh … never was a good genre director.

The Delmer Daves original on the other hand is deservedly a classic. Maybe I watch it again.

[ENNIOO]

Just viewed FORT YUMA GOLD and was nice to see in a widescreen format.

Interesting plot and Gemma kicks some arse, so it did the trick for me.

[AvatarDK]

Just finished Unholy 4. Pretty nice little piece about a man who’s lost his memory (Leonard Mann) until someone recognizes him as a certain Chuck Moll and then the action unfolds. Nice performances also from ‘regular’ George Eastman and semi-regular Woody Strode. Definitely recommended.

[Lode]

Watched Fistful of Dollars yesterday. Nice nice nice.

[ENNIOO]

One Against One…No Mercy with Peter Lee Lawrence which was O.K I guess, and should keep Peter Lee Lawrence fans happy.

Then I watched A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe, which I enjoyed in a silly kind of way.

[scherpschutter]

FIVE CARD STUD (1968)

A solid murder mystery western (yes sir) with Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum, directed by Henry Hathaway.
Unlike you can read here and there, it’s not a remake of the 1950 Dark City (with Charlton Heston), the two scripts just have some similarities. The near-claustrofobic setting in a western town, the presence of a gunslinging priest and use of a impressive mountain range in the background of nearly every scene shot outside the town, give the film the feel of a spaghetti western. You could well imagine Giuliano Gemma and Lee van Cleef taking over from Martin and Mitchum.

Maybe this spaghetti western feeling is the reason for the film cold reception when first released.
All in all a fine film, if a bit static. The two leads turn in a decent performance. Martin isn’t a great actor, but the part of the womanizing professional card player fits him like a glove. The identity of the killer is all but hard to find.