underrated
geez...needs to be put up to a 7.4 atleast
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no, it shouldn't be higher
shareI gave it an 8 but that's just cuz i'm a die hard clint fan. if it got to be somewhere higher than 7 i'd be surprised.
"Well if there's gunna be any shooting, I gotta get my rest."
And I gave it 4 - it almost bored to death :( And I'm Clint's fan also!
shareThe western genre can typically be boring, it normally leads up to a big scene in the end. In this movie it just wasn't THAT special... but a 4? Honestly? Oh well, as long as you still hail Clint!!!
"Well if there's gunna be any shooting, I gotta get my rest."
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There's no doubt the realism between the vigilantism v law was amazing. The struggle Eastwood has with the judge is a pretty powerful element to the film. I'm not doubting the film at all, i own it, and i love watching it. For me personally, there is no FILM better than TGBU. I honestly believe that it is if not the best movie ever, one of the top 5. I would prefer Unforigven before this film, along with High Plains Drifter and Pale Rider. Even the Outlaw Josey Wales, but that is not saying anything bad about Hang 'em High because it fits right in there with the rest...
fyi - Hang 'em High was Clints first western in the US. The Spaghetti westerns were made years early, the good the bad and the ugly (the last of the 3) was done in 64.
"Well if there's gunna be any shooting, I gotta get my rest."
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There's so many different routs to take while filming a movie in the western genre. I will agree that this one took a very very unique path, but it lacked in some elements that makes westerns really big, and i'm not saying this was a bad film at all, it's a very likable movie, i'm just trying to explain why i believe this is a good western but would deserve nothing more than a 7.0 rating.
"Well if there's gunna be any shooting, I gotta get my rest."
As for Unforgiven, I don't find it "entertaining". For me it is successful attempt at making film about real west, where hot shots spitting tons of bullets from their guns are plain fiction. Wild West stripped of it's usual mythology. I find this movie just great (gave it 8)!
shareHang 'em High was Eastwood's first American film. It could've used a bigger budget as the film and its soundtrack almost resemble a television production at times, but it's still good.
As mentioned, Hingle was great, and I think the exchange of dialogue between him and Eastwood are among the highlights of the film. Eastwood must've liked him too as he also worked with him in The Gauntlet and Sudden Impact. The film does have intersting thematic value on capitol punishment.
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The only bad thing about this movie is the title.
"Hang Em High" is a spaghetti title, not a title for a serious western which is what this is.
I didn't think this movie was really too booring. In fact, I thought it moved at a fairly decent pace.
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