For me one of the best scenes in the movie was when Ringo was walking Dallas to her new "place of business"--the pain and anguish in Claire Trevor's face said way more than any words ever could.
shareI have to say the best part was at the end for the gun shooting. Ringo jumps to the ground real quick and fires his round. The two guys walk back into the bar and fall to the ground. It's so different then most gun scenes from that time period. I love it.
shareI have to put my vote in for the end, when Doc Boone & Curley hop out of the wagon & set the horses running, shouting & chunkin' rocks. Except for the multi-day stubble & roadwearyness, their expressions and actions remind me of a couple of 13-year-olds, like they set themselves free, along with Ringo & Dallas.
Fun moment.
Incidentally, I am a Boone descendant myself, so I claim kinship with the good doctor. (The Boones were a remarkably...fecund clan.) dolceri ac dolcere
My favorite scene is where Mrs. Malloy is praying and Hatfield tries to use his one bullet to spare her from the horrors of the Apache. That scene stuck with me more than any other.
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All these are great scene's that have been mentioned. so they are up on top of my list as well. But because I like metaphors I'll put out Before leaving the game of poker The hand that the bad guy had A's and 8's the dead mans hand then while walking to the Gun Fight a Black Cat crosses their path. As if we didn't know he wasn't going to see the end of the film that was a good hint.
Col. G. Stonehill: Most people around here have heard of Rooster Cogburn.
Watching that scene tonight, it reminded me of the final scene in Casablanca: Ringo and Dallas are Paul Henreid and Ingrid Bergman, escaping the Nazis as the fly away, and Doc Boon and the Marshal are Bogart and Claude Rains, allowing them to escape, and then jaunting off together to celebrate a beautiful friendship.
shareThank you for that wonderful comparison! I see exactly what you mean.
This is one of the reasons I love the internet -- exchanging ideas is how we all learn. I firmly believe that God, the Universe -- however you want to think of the Primary Power -- gives us the power, for good or ill, to be both a teacher and a pupil. You may have heard the expression, "You learn something new every day." This is one of the ways we learn -- through observing others.
That is why I love the Latin quotation I always stick at the end of my emails and other communications. It means, "To be taught and to teach."
-- sandy aka yourauntgussie
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