Tombstone

Bug-Eyed Earl · Post by **Bug-Eyed Earl** » 2003-08-21 12:53am

I hadn't seen Tombstone in years. I just saw it again. It was great, though i had to laugh at all of the scenes where Kurt Russell(who is 5'10) and val Kilmer (who is 6'1") walked side by side and Kurt appeared to be taller.

But all the same, it was fucking great. The scene with the doctor trying to get the bullet out of an unanasthetized Morgan Earp made me so glad I live in the 20th century,

So to make a topic out of this, what are your favorite Westerns?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-08-21 12:54am

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with Tombstone a close second.

I'd like to see 'Unforgiven' and 'Once Upon a Time in the West'.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-08-21 01:09am

Check the av, dude! Tombstone rocks.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-08-21 01:11am

HemlockGrey wrote:Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with Tombstone a close second.

I'd like to see 'Unforgiven' and 'Once Upon a Time in the West'.

You haven't seen "Unforgiven?"

See it now.

Bug-Eyed Earl · Post by **Bug-Eyed Earl** » 2003-08-21 01:17am

Dalton wrote:Check the av, dude! Tombstone rocks.

I think your avatar put the idea to see it again in my head subconciously.

I never nitpick historical errors unless they're glaring (like Pearl Harbor), but an interesting note is that Jason Priestley's character went on in real life to write a book about the Earps. It was not kind, but it was well known he was always jealous of Wyatt.

I haven't seen Unforgiven yet either. I've been concentrating on trying to find High Noon. Blockbuster doesn't have it.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-08-21 01:19am

AW, man, you guys are forgetting a PIONEER movie in westerns! The Wild Bunch! I think it was the first western where chunks of flesh are forefully ejected from an exit wound! Blood abounds!!! What a Great fucking movie!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-08-21 04:53am

Yeah, But Sam's dead... Crying Shame Pechinpah made the best westerns too....

But Unforgiven kicks ass

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-08-21 04:59am

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

Classic Western and great fun

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-08-21 06:19am

A Fistfull of Dollars
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Wild Bunch
Unforgiven
For A Few Dollars More
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Magnificent Seven
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Tombstone

Those are in rough order of badassness. I also love The Quick and the Dead, and Blazing Saddles, for western comedies. The one western I really want to see is Dead Man.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-08-21 07:51am

Deadman is cool I have seen it three times

And although I am a big fan of Clint I think it's a shame to bring up westerns without mentioning John Wayne....

Of course the original The Quick and the Dead with Sofia Loren was good too.

theski · Post by **theski** » 2003-08-21 07:59am

I can't believe that no one has said the best western of all time!

The Long Riders!!

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-08-21 09:07am

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Unforgiven.
For a Few Dollars More.

Hethrir · Post by **Hethrir** » 2003-08-21 09:10am

I can't believe no-one mentioned Western World! That movie rocked.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-08-21 12:40pm

Ah, the Magnificent Seven. Best western ever to be inspired by a Japanese movie.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-08-21 01:05pm

Tombstone was very entertaining.

Been to the actual city as well. If you're really into that sort of thing you might like the extra trip.

What do people here think about Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp? I didn't care for it but my mom liked it but not Tombstone and she's even a Kurt Russel fan. On it's own I think it's a pretty good movie but it came out too close to Tombstone which told mostly the same story faster and in a more entertaining fashion.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-08-21 01:14pm

I love most of Clint Eastwood's westerns, especially the "Man With No Name" trilogy and The Outlaw Josey Wales

"Are you going to pull those pistols or whistel dixie?"

Second tier one would include High Plains Drifter and Pale Rider even if it was a remake of Shane.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned any John Wayne movies. I know some of them are cheesy now but I like them anyway. Rio Lobo was a favorite while I was growing up. I still like Big Jake a lot .

"Who are you mister?"
"Jacob McCandles".
"I thought you was dead."
"Not Hardly"
bad guy dies.

The Shootist is excellent.

I also like Rooster Cogburn but True Grit is depressing as is The Cowboys. I heard that Laura Dern got harassed by the kids at her school as a kid because her father, Bruce Dern, played the guy who killed John Wayne in The Cowboys

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-08-21 01:37pm

Hmm, the new Costner western is a good movie, Open Range. Maverick is a good one, and really funny as well. As for classics, I really like John Wayne in "Rooster Cogburn".

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-08-21 01:38pm

"Seven Samurai with Guns"... er I mean "The Magnificent Seven".

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-08-21 10:58pm

I loved Tombstone. I got the special edition DVD as soon as it came out.

Movies like that inspire me to look up the RL details of the event. Several historians say that Tombstone has the most accurate depiction of the "Gunfight (near) the Ok Corral" ever filmed. There are a multitude of historical errors throughout the rest of the movie, however.

One thing that was true was Wyatt Earp's charge after the Cowboys in the middle of a hail of bullets!

Of course, many historians agree that the Earps weren't exactly the law abiding citizens some of their fans portray them to be.

Ya goddamn pimps!

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-08-21 11:02pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Ah, the Magnificent Seven. Best western ever to be inspired by a Japanese movie.

But only the second-best Kurasawa film shamelessly ripped off by an American *whistles and looks innocent*...

I haven't seen that many Westerns, and the only one I really liked was The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I guess I'm too much of a nitpicker over things to really enjoy serious Westerns with historical errors (like double-action .45 revolvers...

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RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-08-21 11:08pm

I loved The Cowboys. Reminded me of my time out in western Wyoming. I could dig that kind of life.

Sektor31 · Post by **Sektor31** » 2003-08-21 11:25pm

Yall forget about The Searchers.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-08-21 11:35pm

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart!

This has got to be greatest movie ever made!

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-08-21 11:42pm

RedImperator wrote:I loved The Cowboys. Reminded me of my time out in western Wyoming. I could dig that kind of life.

I couldn't. I enjoy a good western as much as the next guy, but when the movie stops, I'll happily live with treated running water, grocery stores, refridgerators, and electricity, thank you very much.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-08-21 11:45pm

Darth Wong wrote:
RedImperator wrote:I loved The Cowboys. Reminded me of my time out in western Wyoming. I could dig that kind of life.
I couldn't. I enjoy a good western as much as the next guy, but when the movie stops, I'll happily live with treated running water, grocery stores, refridgerators, and electricity, thank you very much.

Yeah yeah yeah, electricity, pennicilin, living past forty. Got it. Leave me my romantic notions.