What is Your Favorite Part of the Movie?
I wanted to try and liven this board up with some discussion and am just curious as to what your favorite part or parts of the film are?
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I think if I had to pick just one, it would either be the part when he walks into the saloon in Santa Rio and orders a whiskey, and then a beer. "first the silver run out, then the people run out, then the whiskey run out, then the beer run out, oh well it's good to see a high roller come through." Then Josey leave and comes back with the whiskey from the Comancheros.
And of course the "Buzzard's gotta eat same as a worm" scene.
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Thanks for posting chocolatepiazza. Yeah, I've always loved that scene too; it shows Wales' heart and generosity, too bad the bounty hunter that shows up sort of ruins what was turning into a good little party. I am reflecting on a few of my own favorite scenes and will post them later tonight or tomorrow. And, as for the "the buzzards gotta eat...," I still think that is probably the most bad ass line in the film.
shareObviously I like the confrontation with Lige, Abe & the unseen Benny. I also like the whole affair at the ferry; especially Sim Carstairs' (sp.?) renditions of "Dixie" & "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
He sings them both with equal enthusiasm!
Watch 'em Abe, I seen 'em do some things!
The dialogue between Sim Carstairs and the Carpet Bagger is amongst the best in the film. It is well acted scenes like the ones with Carstairs that give this film a sense of realism and serves to counter-balance Wales' mythical persona. This movie is full of great supporting performances that really make it stand out from other films: you have the weasle Zukie Limmer who runs the trading post, you have a real disgusting pair of low lifes, Yoke and Al, in the same place, and you have great performances from all of the minor characters really, although some complain Sondra Locke brings it down a bit, I just don't see her role as all that significant or even poorly acted. I mean she is supposed to be playing a naive, odd, and, innocent girl which I think she did well at.
shareObviously I like the confrontation with Lige, Abe & the unseen Benny. I also like the whole affair at the ferry; especially Sim Carstairs' (sp.?) renditions of "Dixie" & "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
I like the part just after that, where Josey shoots the thick rope of the ferry and it drifts downstream. As it does so, there is a "F You" version of Dixie playing.
I have so many scenes it is hard for me to pick just a few:
1. When Wales pulls his guns from the ashes and makes his transformation from farmer to gunslinger, and the whole scene that effectively starts the action of the film, with Wales sitting distraught and Bloody Bill telling him the Red Legs are up in Kansas and that they are "goin up there and settin' things a right." When I first seen the beginning, some 17 years ago, and heard Wales' response "I'll be comin' with ya," I knew I was about to watch a kick ass movie.
2. When Josey requests Rose of Alabama near the end, telling the gang it is the only song he can think of; I find that to be an awesome and moving scene: here Wales has this new family and he somehow finds a way to include the kid's memory in it, and just the way Josey and the kid look out for each other and the part when Jamie dies and the look on Wales' face when he comes back-it is a powerful part of the story and speaks to the friendships that were established and destroyed by the war.
3. The ferry scene, the trading post scene, and the Lost Lady Saloon scenes all rule.
4. Of course the confrontation between Ten Bears and Wales is epic, especially Ten Bears's "you are the Gray Rider who would not make peace with the blue coats, you may go in peace" and "there is iron in your words for all Comanche to see."
5. The ending is amongst the best ever, full of meaning and pathos.
To me the most "bad-ass line is when the bounty hunter confronts him in the saloon.
Josey says "You a bounty hunter?"
he replies " Gotta make a livin' somehow."
To which Josey responds "Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy".
IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT YOU THINK...
thats my favorite film line ever,just forgot it was this film lol i thought it was pale rider or unforgiven.
spectre can
suck it.