top 5 western - Open Range (2003) Discussion

[–] willye-1 19 years ago

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the TV movie Connagher. To my mind , this is one of the best "Cowboy" movies that I've ever seen!

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[–] johnrapp 19 years ago

Support Your Local Sheriff.

I actually liked "Outland" better than "High Noon".

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[–] raweater 19 years ago

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2. The Wild Bunch
3. Hang'em high
4. Once upon a time in the west
5. A man called horse

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[–] westernmoviefan 19 years ago

1. "Shane"
2. "Unforgiven"
3. "Open Range"
4. "Wyatt Earp"
5. "The Jack Bull"

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[–] Westmalle 19 years ago

1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
2. Lonesome Dove
3. The Wild Bunch
4. The Outlaw Josey Wales
5. Jeremiah Johnson

3 weeks untils The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is on the big screen at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. wooohooo!!!

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[–] id78 19 years ago

I hate the thought I'll never see great westerns on the big screen, where I live only the latest movies are shown in cinema.

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[–] rp__rt 19 years ago

Okay, here goes.

Unforgiven

Tom Horn

Silverado

Tombstone

Wyatt Earp

Dances With Wolves

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[–] piercearr 19 years ago

I've finally found some common ground, well--almost. Even though you named six, I'm in total agreement--except for Silverado. As far as Wyatt Earp goes, well, only because of Dennis Quaid's great performance. The rest of the movie was very innaccurate historically. Tombstone was more historically correct(although historical correctness was not a criteria for this list). I would have to add Heaven's Gate(because of attention to detail)...The Big Trail, because of unusual authenticity(uncommon in 1930), Cimarron(1930 version), Buffalo Stampede(because of unbelievably authentic stock footage), McCabe and Mrs. Miller....and last of all...Open Range(most authentic gunfight).

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[–] photoseller 19 years ago

My favorites in order (my opinion) and could not hold to 5

(1) Rio Bravo
(2) The Unforgiven
(3) Open Range
(4) Dances With Wolves
(5) Wyatt Earp
(6) Quiggly Down Under
(7) The Outlaw Josey Wales
(8) True Grit
(9) The Shootist
(10) The Longriders
(11) Tombstone
(12) The Magnificent Seven
(13) Hang em High
(14) Silverado
(15) Once Upon a Time in the West

and last and not on the list because it is not a movie but a mini series is

Lonesome Dove (Would be #2 on my list)

John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner 4 of the best western stars (again, in my opinion)

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[–] piercearr 19 years ago

Yes--if we include mini-series, Lonesome Dove would be at the top of my list...also, Into The West and Broken Trail. I would have to include Gary Cooper, Harry Cary, Wallace Beery(and his brother, Noah)and Raymond Hatton to my list.And, yes--The Shootest was Wayne's last--and in my opinion, one of his best.

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[–] photoseller 19 years ago

piercearr, you are right I had forgotten about some of the other classic western charactor actors, (Gary Cooper not a charactor actor but a leading man type, also in this class would be Jimmy Stewart and Randolph Scott) All of those you listed are right there for me as well, also lets not forget some other Great Western Charactor Actors like, Slim Pickins, Dub Taylor, Ben Johnson, Jack Elam, and Neville Brand (also known for his war films) there are others to be sure, but these were some i could think off right off hand.

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[–] corey4nd 19 years ago

there's so many.... ok here's five that keep cropping up in my mind--

1) Shane (does it get any better than this? western at its best.)
2) dances with wolves (yes, i cried when they shot two socks)
3) The Outlaw Josie Wales (nobody spits like eastwood)
4) Jeremiah Johnson (set before the time of most Westerns, but I have to include it)
5) The Unforgiven (darkness and tortured souls)

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[–] eze1980 19 years ago

1) Open Range
2) Tombstone
3) Unforgiven
4) Quigley Down Under
5) Lonesome Dove 1 & 2

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[–] jasperparker 19 years ago

1. Tombstone

2. Silverado

3. Unforgiven

4. The Outlaw Josey Wales

5. Open Range

6. Shane

7. Quigley Down Under

8. Once Upon A Time In The West

9. High Noon

10. Wyatt Earp

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[–] Archaictear8x 19 years ago

1) Once Upon A Time In The West
I love the trading post/bar where Cardinale, Bronson, and Robards are all together for the first time. In my opinion that segment of the movie is the greatest scene ever filmed. Everything that made up that movie is present in that scene. Sergio Leone was brilliant!

2) The Great Silence
Sergio Corbuccies Anti-western masterpiece. Klaus Kinski was so incredibly evil and had a magnificant performance. I also loved the haunting yet beautiful dreamlike ending.

3) The Four of the Apocalypse
A western by Lucio Fulci!?!? You just cant go wrong. I love the structure of this western. How the movie entirely shifts its focuse half way through. It shifts from being hunted, tortured, and thoughts of death in the desert to snowy mountains in a small town where everyone is free, and the important scene with the beautiful Lynne Frederick giving birth. I just love the Death to Life/ Desert to snow transition.

4)Django
Another Corbucci legend. I think the reason i love spaghettie westerns so much is because they take all the rules and throw them out and because of the characters. The imagery of Django always pulling around a coffin of death seemed more suited for a bad @SS comicbook than that of a western. But thats what make these italian movies so great. The fact that they keep pushing the boundries of imagination.

5)The Gunslingers Revenge
This little gem made almost 30 years after the boom of Spaghettie Westerns truly supprised me. Not only does it have the most irrelevant title for a movie, but it also has David Bowie (Yes THAT David Bowie) playing one of the most awesome Comicbook esque villians ever put to screen. This is no epic mindblowing western, just a solid breath of fresh air into a lost genre.

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[–] OttoVonB 19 years ago

1) Wild Bunch.
The feel of old renegades yearning self-destructively to reach their full brutal potential. The shoot out is the best ever shot...

2) Missouri Breaks.
Just a wild, chaotic masterpiece of the absurd. Jack Nicholson as a rogue and Marlon Brando as a granny-impersonating psychopath make this essential viewing, regardless of your enjoyment of westerns...

3) Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
The best screenplay ever to grace a Western and among the best ever written. Jealousy and double-crossinga bound in what is, first and foremost, a formidable duel of whits.

4) Grand Silence.
Archaictear said all that needs to be said.

5) Once Upon A Time in the West.
Basically a Western transposition of Greek Mythology. So grandiose and epic...

6) Unforgiven.
Lean and mean and subtle as hell. Clint Eastwood's finest hour both on and off screen!

7) Patt Garett and Billy the Kid.
There's a feeling of camaraderie and of men just letting loose that is hard to match. It may be Coburn's charisma, Dylan's score or Peckinpah's tsyle, or just the perfect combination of the three.

8) The Professionals.
In terms of pure fun, this is just wonderful. It has a compelling playfullness. It also has a stellar cast (Lancaster and Marvin in the same film!?!)

9) Gunfight at the O.K. Coral.
Again, playful, but this time with a dark side largely due to Kirk Douglas. Lancaster's clumsy but endearing courtship is also a highlight.

10) Dead Man.
Jim Jarmush's Western is as bizarre, quirky and experimental as you can get in the genre.

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[–] Alex_de_large734 18 years ago

SHANE

HIGH NOON

Wyatt Earp

Open Range

but thats just me.

You're just jealous because the voices talk to me

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[–] whygohome725 18 years ago

1) The Wild Bunch
2) The Searchers
3) Open Range
4) Unforgiven
5) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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[–] RenlyStannis 18 years ago

1) High Noon
2) Vera Cruz
3) Red River
4) Magnificent 7
5) Wild Bunch

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[–] Burning_Sosobra 18 years ago

1. Unforgiven
2. The Outlaw Josey Wales
3. Open Range
4. Tombstone/Wyatt Earp
5. Dances With Wolves
6. Pale Rider
7. American Outlaws(that's right, I said it)

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[–] Enlil-An 18 years ago

1. One Eyed Jacks (1960)

2. Bad Company (1972)

3. Tom Horn (1979)

4. Unforgiven (1992)

5. Wyatt Earp (1994)

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[–] finlayson-m 18 years ago

The Searchers

The Searchers

The Searchers

The Searchers

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The Searchers

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[–] Enlil-An 18 years ago

To this day, I still don't get what is so great about The Searchers. And I really like John Wayne. Maybe someone can explain it.

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[–] drystyx 18 years ago

I think this movie isn't all that great, but it is appreciated as a good movie. A lot of people think it's great because John Wayne shows some acting prowess. He usually plays good guys or rough and tumble half good guys. In this movie (and in Red River) he can only be characterized as downright evil! I mean rotten to the core! Unlike Red River, he changes in the end of this film. The actors of the movie are all known as having great presences, even the romantic character, Jeff Hunter, probably had the greatest presence of the romantic actors of that time. And his character is the one people can relate to in the movie, and feel with. I think it's by following his character, not John Wayne, that you can appreciate this movie.

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