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1241

Maybe the kitten that Clint pats

1242

I would say no.

There are similarities to the Zapata westerns via Solinas, but it doesn’t have any real western elements.

But you can still mention its possible rank besides competition. Just to satisfy our curiosity.

1243

Or Colonel Mousimer

1244

HER favourite character to be precise. In fact it is Catjango.

1245

[quote=“Dillinger, post:1244, topic:190”]HER favourite character to be precise. In fact it is Catjango.[/quote]sorry, HER my apologies to your girlfriend’s cat.( notice i didn’t yield to temptation and put pussy! snicker, snicker)

1246

You’re too good to be true!

1247

[quote=“Stanton, post:1242, topic:190”]I would say no.

There are similarities to the Zapata westerns via Solinas, but it doesn’t have any real western elements.

But you can still mention its possible rank besides competition. Just to satisfy our curiosity.[/quote]

Yeh, Solinas, and the opening credit sequence is very much SW in style - very much like “The Mercenary” actually which again makes the Solinas connection.

1248

[quote=“Dillinger, post:1246, topic:190”]You’re too good to be true![/quote]Thank you (i think)it’s all down to the British restraint.

1249

Well it´s been quite a while since i´ve seen some of these movies so my mind is a little bit foggy regarding some titles. Keep in mind that that i base my rankings on the simple entertainment value i get from these movies. Other movies might be technically much more accomplished but somehow don´t peak my interest as much.

That said my top 20 would probably look something like this:

  1. The Great Silence (Corbucci)
  2. Once Upon A Time in the West (Leone)
  3. Il Mercenario (Corbucci)
  4. Face To Face (Sollima)
  5. A Few Dollars More (Leone)
  6. The Good, The Bad & Ugly (Leone)
  7. Keoma (Castellari)
  8. Django (Corbucci)
  9. The Specialist (Corbucci)
  10. Four of the Apocalypse (Corbucci)
  11. No Room To Die (Garrone)
  12. Django The Bastard (Garrone)
  13. Companeros (Corbucci)
  14. Ringo Returns (Tessari)
  15. Matalo (Canevari)
  16. Today we Kill… Tomorrow we Die (Cervi)
  17. Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming (Carmineo)
  18. Quand fumavano le colt… lo chiamavano Camposanto (Carnimeo)
  19. Testa t’ammazzo, croce… sei morto… Mi chiamano Alleluja (Carnimeo)
  20. A Barrel Full of Dollars (Fidani)
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[quote=“Dr. Menard, post:1249, topic:190”]Well it´s been quite a while since i´ve seen some of these movies so my mind is a little bit foggy regarding some titles. Keep in mind that that i base my rankings on the simple entertainment value i get from these movies. Other movies might be technically much more accomplished but somehow don´t peak my interest as much.

That said my top 20 would probably look something like this:

  1. The Great Silence (Corbucci)
  2. Once Upon A Time in the West (Leone)
  3. Il Mercenario (Corbucci)
  4. Face To Face (Sollima)
  5. A Few Dollars More (Leone)
  6. The Good, The Bad & Ugly (Leone)
  7. Keoma (Castellari)
  8. Django (Corbucci)
  9. The Specialist (Corbucci)
  10. Four of the Apocalypse (Corbucci)
  11. No Room To Die (Garrone)
  12. Django The Bastard (Garrone)
  13. Companeros (Corbucci)
  14. Ringo Returns (Tessari)
  15. Matalo (Canevari)
  16. Today we Kill… Tomorrow we Die (Cervi)
  17. Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming (Carmineo)
  18. Quand fumavano le colt… lo chiamavano Camposanto (Carnimeo)
  19. Testa t’ammazzo, croce… sei morto… Mi chiamano Alleluja (Carnimeo)
  20. A Barrel Full of Dollars (Fidani)[/quote]

I am glad that you include Four of the Apocalypse (Fulci) and Django The Bastard (Garrone), the are in my Top 20 also.

1251

A Fidani in a top 20… now that’s something new!

1252

No, it’s not new. This master-shit :wink: has already garnered a few miserable points by two others.

That’s exactly what we are looking for with this voting.

Besides most of yours are also winners from the technical point of view. (Except for the masterFid of course)

1253

[quote=“Silence, post:1251, topic:190”]A Fidani in a top 20… now that’s something new![/quote][quote=“Stanton, post:1252, topic:190”]No, it’s not new. This master-shit :wink: has already garnered a few miserable points by two others.
That’s exactly what we are looking for with this voting.[/quote]

That’s why the Fidani is included in Doc’s list.

1254

[quote=“Dr. Menard, post:1249, topic:190”]Well it´s been quite a while since i´ve seen some of these movies so my mind is a little bit foggy regarding some titles. Keep in mind that that i base my rankings on the simple entertainment value i get from these movies. Other movies might be technically much more accomplished but somehow don´t peak my interest as much.

That said my top 20 would probably look something like this:

  1. The Great Silence (Corbucci)
  2. Once Upon A Time in the West (Leone)
  3. Il Mercenario (Corbucci)
  4. Face To Face (Sollima)
  5. A Few Dollars More (Leone)
  6. The Good, The Bad & Ugly (Leone)
  7. Keoma (Castellari)
  8. Django (Corbucci)
  9. The Specialist (Corbucci)
  10. Four of the Apocalypse (Corbucci)
  11. No Room To Die (Garrone)
  12. Django The Bastard (Garrone)
  13. Companeros (Corbucci)
  14. Ringo Returns (Tessari)
  15. Matalo (Canevari)
  16. Today we Kill… Tomorrow we Die (Cervi)
  17. Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming (Carmineo)
  18. Quand fumavano le colt… lo chiamavano Camposanto (Carnimeo)
  19. Testa t’ammazzo, croce… sei morto… Mi chiamano Alleluja (Carnimeo)
  20. A Barrel Full of Dollars (Fidani)[/quote]

A Fidani in the top 20 surprised me too. ???
2 films by Garrone is also very surprising. I find his movies very average. There are some good ideas, but Garrone does not use the potential.

But opinions differ. And that’s good. :wink:
Please write it once in each movie forum what you at the movies (Garrone) like it. I would be interested.

1255

There are still a few I would like to see, but for the time being here are my picks:

  1. Once Upon a Time in the West - Leone
  2. Duck, You Sucker - Leone
  3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Leone
  4. For a Few Dollars More - Leone
  5. A Fistful of Dollars - Leone
  6. Cemetery Without Crosses - Hossein
  7. The Great Silence - Corbucci
  8. The Mercenary - Corbucci
  9. The Taste of Violence - Hossein
  10. My Name is Nobody - Valerii & Leone
  11. Run Man Run - Sollima
  12. Compañeros - Corbucci
  13. The Big Gundown - Sollima
  14. Tepepa - Petroni
  15. O’Cangaceiro - Fago
  16. Navajo Joe - Corbucci
  17. Django - Corbucci
  18. Ace High - Colizzi
  19. The Price of Power - Valerii
  20. The Specialist - Corbucci
1256

So you like Leone? :wink:

1257

That’s a pretty fine list, Novecento.

What’s with Taste of Violence? It’s again the western/non western question. I consider it not as western, otherwise it would doubtless be in my top 20 too. What do other people think?

Well, your decision, Novecento. It’s not the first “questionable” choice in the list. You can take another one, but if you like to keep it, I’ll count it.

1258

[quote=“Dr. Menard, post:1249, topic:190”]1. The Great Silence (Corbucci)
2. Once Upon A Time in the West (Leone)
3. Il Mercenario (Corbucci)
4. Face To Face (Sollima)
5. A Few Dollars More (Leone)
6. The Good, The Bad & Ugly (Leone)
7. Keoma (Castellari)
8. Django (Corbucci)
9. The Specialist (Corbucci)
10. Four of the Apocalypse (Corbucci)
11. No Room To Die (Garrone)
12. Django The Bastard (Garrone)
13. Companeros (Corbucci)
14. Ringo Returns (Tessari)
15. Matalo (Canevari)
16. Today we Kill… Tomorrow we Die (Cervi)
17. Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming (Carmineo)
18. Quand fumavano le colt… lo chiamavano Camposanto (Carnimeo)
19. Testa t’ammazzo, croce… sei morto… Mi chiamano Alleluja (Carnimeo)
20. A Barrel Full of Dollars (Fidani)[/quote]

I like your list Dr, 3 Carnimeos and 2 Garrones who would’ve thought?

1259

yeah, i´m kind of suprised myself when i look at my list. I love those big epic movies like “Once Upon a Time in the West” or “Il Mercenario”. But i rarely have the desire to revisit them in a short span of time. It must have been at least 5 years since i´ve watched “Once Upon A Time in the West”. These movies often require you to be in a certain mood or mindstate, you don´t just throw them on and watch them with one eye while your doing dishes.

The smaller and simplistic titles are much more accesable in a way that you can throw them on whenever you feel like it since they rarely have complex narratives or characters .Plus i always have a soft spot for the low budget gritty stuff like “No Room To Die” or “Today we Kill… Tomorrow we Die”. These movies might be far from perfect but they have a raw edge to it with lot´s of nasty and unrelenting violence and somewhat of a dark mood. “Django The Bastard” for instance was just love at first sight for me since it has this almost gothic-like quality to it. And being a great Hammer and Bava fan it instantly clicked with me.

In real life i´m somewhat of a pessimist and for some reason i´m always drawn to the darker things in life. I guess this influence also shows in my taste of movies in the end. That´s probably why “The Great Silence” takes the number 1 spot for me. It´s dark, depressing, moody and the ending couldn´t be more downbeat. Extacly how i love it! But of course nobody like´s to be depressed and moody all the time so that´s where the Carnimeo titles come into play to balance things out. :slight_smile:

1260

Just a little :wink:

Well at least I kept Pontecorvo’s “Burn!” out of the list. I know Weisser includes “The Taste of Violence” in his book, but how about Giusti and Bruckner?