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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 01:53 PM
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So sue me! I hate western movies!
Except for Unforgiven and Tombstone!
My husband thinks that is just ridiculous!
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 01:54 PM
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1. I'm not a huge fan either, but my two exceptions are Dead man and El Topo.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 01:55 PM
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3. I haven't seen those since I usually refuse to watch a western.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:03 PM
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9. They're not your typical westerns, haha.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Topo

Both could probably be classified as surrealist films, which is why they appeal to me.
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 04:34 PM
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41. Have you read any Cormac McCarthy?
I think Dead Man has a lot in common with Blood Meridian and Outer Dark.
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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 01:55 PM
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2. those are my two picks
I suppose I should watch "High Noon"
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:00 PM
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6. high noon is a great film, western or not.
you will not be disappointed.
there was a bit of a scandal when it lost the oscar for best picture to "the greatest show on earth", a movie about the circus.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 01:55 PM
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4. I do too. I have bad memories of watching Tombstone in h.s.
at a party, drunk, at which I made out with some kid whom my friends taunted me about for weeks.


:rofl:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 01:57 PM
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5. Hahahaha! I think we all have one of those guys!
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:03 PM
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7. My Attorney is filing the case right now.
You will get your subpeona shortly.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:04 PM
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10. I wouldn't be surprised. Did you hear of the man suing the dry cleaners
for $67 million for losing his favorite pants? :o For real tho!
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:05 PM
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11. Yeah, and he is a judge too.
I am only asking for 100,000,000. That is for emotional trauma.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:07 PM
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14. Oh is that all? No need to sue! I got that in my pocket and will send it right over!
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Zywiec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:03 PM
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8. Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
That's a great Western!
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:05 PM
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12. Clint Eastwood is just good at pretty much all of his movies!
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:06 PM
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13. i have dispatched a process server to your residence
venue is in jefferson county, texas, 5th circuit court
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:08 PM
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15. Circuit, eh? I am a criminal now?
:P
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 02:11 PM
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16. you are in violation of an obscure law somewhere
i think we all are.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 03:56 PM
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17. Even Blazing Saddles?
How can anyone hate that movie?

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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 03:57 PM
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18. I put that in the comedy category!
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formerrepuke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 04:17 PM
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19. For every good one, there are 1000 bad ones, but try seeing "The Searchers"
Edited on Fri May-04-07 04:18 PM by formerrepuke
..that's the one that turned me- even if it does feature a Republican stalwart in the lead.
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 11:49 PM
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29. That is one of the four films that Steven Spielberg watches before he starts to direct a new movie
The others are: The Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, and It's A Wonderful Life.
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Merrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 04:24 PM
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20. What about 'Once Upon a Time in the West'?
Better even than 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' IMO
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Ekirh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 04:27 PM
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22. Oh man . . . .
Good choice.

I actually prefer Good The Bad The Ugly, but oh Man.. I bought That on D.V.D one day on a whim . . and it kicks ass . . .

whenever that harmonica plays a few notes.. chills.
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Merrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 04:36 PM
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23. I love the ambience of the first ten minutes
with the sound of that windmill churning in the background.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 04:26 PM
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21. Not my favorite either
Unless you're talking about "Young Guns" :D

I loves me some Kiefer Sutherland! :loveya:
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 04:51 PM
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24. Two words: Lonesome Dove
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 01:38 AM
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33. OH!!!! My very favorite western!!!!
Gawd, I love that movie!
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 08:08 PM
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25. Big western fan here, but I think it's a generational thing.
I grew up at a time when there were more western movies being made and more westerns on television than anything else being produced.
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AmyDeLune Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 08:52 PM
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26. Not typical Westerns- Silverado, & The Cowboys
I like Westerns okay, but those are two of my favorite movies. :)
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OllieLotte Donating Member (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 10:58 AM
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35. Those are two of my favorites as well.
Quigley Down Under - Cat Balou - Rooster Cogburn - Shootist...OK I love westerns.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 09:06 PM
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27. You missed the days of the big western movie.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-04-07 09:08 PM
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28. I do too
for the most part.
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 01:35 AM
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30. Hired Hand (1971). Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom.
Heartbreaking, realistic, unforgettable.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 01:36 AM
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31. those two are awesome though
Edited on Sat May-05-07 01:37 AM by Wetzelbill
My friends back home call me "Doc Holliday" haha.

I am a little bit crazy like Doc is in the film. :)
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 01:37 AM
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32. ..........
I'm suing you...



Sorry, but the Outlaw Josey Wales, and The Man with No Name trilogy is amazing...so, I must sue you.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 01:43 AM
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34. So, that leaves Spike Lee films and BBC stuff, I guess.
Since most movies are made out west, you know. Calyfornayea.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 11:01 AM
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36. What you hate are westerns that suck.
I imagine there are a few more that you might like.
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txwhitedove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 11:27 AM
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37. Love Westerns! "The Missing" with Cate Blanchett is
really good. A Western with a strong female lead, and very exciting.

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benEzra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 02:58 PM
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38. The only one I really like would be Quigley Down Under...
and that's not even a traditional western, really. Liked the Zorro movies too, but they also don't fit the genre.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 03:01 PM
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39. I only really like two "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "The Shootist"
I don't care that much for the genre, overall.
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 04:22 PM
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40. I don't like the classic Hollywood westerns
But I love Leone, Peckinpaugh, and Kurosawa
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