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baja · 01-19-2009, 01:56 PM

Appaloosa

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809942136/info

Dutch · 01-19-2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by baja

Appaloosa

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809942136/info

Just picked it up at Blockbuster this afternoon...looking forward to it.

Bronco Bob · 01-19-2009, 02:01 PM

What about Brokeback Mountain?

Chris · 01-19-2009, 02:03 PM

Brokeback Mountain's a frickin great movie, just not a western.

Los Broncos · 01-19-2009, 02:03 PM

I love the old Lee Van Cleef movies, For a few dollars more was epic.

Los Broncos · 01-19-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bronco Bob

What about Brokeback Mountain?

All good up to a point.

Lidderer · 01-19-2009, 02:08 PM

What did all you Western fans think of "Down in the Valley"?, which was a pretty surreal take on someone stuck in the idea that they're in a Western.

baja · 01-19-2009, 02:10 PM

Appaloosa has some of the best dialogue of any movie I have seen in some time and the characters are unique and superbly portrayed.

This film is a real sleeper.

MechanicalBull · 01-19-2009, 02:10 PM

Saw Appaloosa in the movies and thought it was pretty good. I was a little suprised when I first saw Jeremy Irons was casted but as usual he pulled it off and was good.

It also had a good script with some funny lines thrown in every now and then.

Lidderer · 01-19-2009, 02:11 PM

It was like Harris watched the Jesse James movie and fell in love with all the transitional scenes and decided he'd make a movie with just that...and some pretty broad comedy.

Crushaholic · 01-19-2009, 02:20 PM

I read the DVD cover for Appaloosa the other day. It looks good and I'll have to watch it sometime. I had never heard of the movie before the DVD was released...

Spider · 01-19-2009, 02:22 PM

I will Check it out ...last great western I saw was Lonsome Dove , I liked open Range , but Lonesome Dove was better

Kaylore · 01-19-2009, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris

Brokeback Mountain's a frickin great movie, just not a western.

I disagree. It was pretty lame on some stereotypes (all people from Wyoming are poor. All people from Texas are trashy) and you didn't see the "love" between the two men behind them meeting every few years to screw each other and the fact that they couldn't commit to their wives. There was nothing redeeming about their relationship that the great love stories, even the tragic ones, engender. I thought the wives were the best actors in the whole move. Ledger was pretty good, but I didn't see anything between the protagonists to create a beautiful redeemable love. In fact the Jake Gyllenhaal's character ends up cheating on Ennis. There wasn't a strong enough antagonist to motivate the storyline, either. The footage is gorgeous with some really epic looking shots, but I need more than pretty landscapes or Attack of the Clones would be 4 stars to me. I just don't get why people liked it. I think a lot of it was hype for it being a "gay" movie.

How about 3:10 to Yuma? There's a western for ya.

Rohirrim · 01-19-2009, 02:24 PM

Viggo and Ed Harris? Can't miss. I'm going to see that one this weekend. Viggo has done some great films. Check out Eastern Promises if you want to see the scariest film fight of all time. He's also slated to play the father in Ridley Scott's upcoming version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road.

Rohirrim · 01-19-2009, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Spider

I will Check it out ...last great western I saw was Lonsome Dove , I liked open Range , but Lonesome Dove was better

Lonesome Dove was the best Western ever. Augustus McRae and Woodrow Call. Doesn't get any better than that. "Hell of a vision."

Spider · 01-19-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaylore

How about 3:10 to Yuma? There's a western for ya.

That was good , I normally dont like Western Remakes , but Crowe was good in that ......

Spider · 01-19-2009, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rohirrim

Lonesome Dove was the best Western ever. Augustus McRae and Woodrow Call. Doesn't get any better than that. "Hell of a vision."

Yeah I can watch that show over and over Augustus was a real Character ..... I never knew the show existed until one day a preacher knocked on my door , he just moved into the neighborhood , and was introducing himself , saw me watching a john Wayne movie , he said i got a western you should watch , be right back , sure enough he came back with Lonesome dove we sat there and watched it ...never talked religion

crawdad · 01-19-2009, 02:34 PM

A Man Called Horse was one of the best I can remember. I really liked DanceswithWolves as well.

Alkazar · 01-19-2009, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Spider

Yeah I can watch that show over and over Augustus was a real Character ..... I never knew the show existed until one day a preacher knocked on my door , he just moved into the neighborhood , and was introducing himself , saw me watching a john Wayne movie , he said i got a western you should watch , be right back , sure enough he came back with Lonesome dove we sat there and watched it ...never talked religion

Hmm, a preacher that don't talk religion? My kinda Preacher!

I figure your fav is gonna depend on your tastes, but I like Unforgiven and Open Range for the best "recent" westerns.

Kaylore · 01-19-2009, 02:35 PM

My favorite western is High Noon. It's so characteristically un-western. No pretty landscapes. No rolling mountains. It's really a morality play. It also makes me cry every time I watch it. Also, a young Grace Kelly is always a plus.

orinjkrush · 01-19-2009, 02:36 PM

I thought "Unforgiven" was fabulous. Eastwood said it was one of his favorites.

Spider · 01-19-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Alkazar

Hmm, a preacher that don't talk religion? My kinda Preacher!

he was a hellva man , I miss the hell out of him , I considered him the best friend I have ever had , but Cancer took him 2 years ago ..........even 2 years later i think about him I shed a tear ......

bronclvr · 01-19-2009, 02:39 PM

How can you leave out "John Wayne and the Cowboys"? Or, and of the Clint Eastwood spaghetti Westerns? OT, I just went to Gran Torino-if you are an Eastwood fan (and like his sneer) you'll love it-

SoDak Bronco · 01-19-2009, 02:42 PM

tombstone is my favorite western. I might have to rent this one, it looks pretty good.

crawdad · 01-19-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SoDak Bronco

tombstone is my favorite western. I might have to rent this one, it looks pretty good.

I'll be your Huckleberry

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01-19-2009, 02:01 PM	#3
Bronco Bob Tastee Freeze Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,464 Adopt-a-Bronco: Champ Bailey	What about Brokeback Mountain?

01-19-2009, 02:03 PM	#4
Chris Millenium Scrooge McDuck Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7,541 Adopt-a-Bronco: OrlandoFranklin	Brokeback Mountain's a frickin great movie, just not a western.

01-19-2009, 02:03 PM	#5
Los Broncos Flaw Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 18,803 Adopt-a-Bronco: Ryan Clady	I love the old Lee Van Cleef movies, For a few dollars more was epic.

01-19-2009, 02:08 PM	#7
Lidderer & Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,780	What did all you Western fans think of "Down in the Valley"?, which was a pretty surreal take on someone stuck in the idea that they're in a Western.

01-19-2009, 02:10 PM	#8
baja It is what it Is. Pay attention. Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: in a bunker Posts: 54,372 Adopt-a-Bronco: Julius Thomas	Appaloosa has some of the best dialogue of any movie I have seen in some time and the characters are unique and superbly portrayed. This film is a real sleeper.

01-19-2009, 02:10 PM	#9
MechanicalBull Interesting Times Ahead Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,825	Saw Appaloosa in the movies and thought it was pretty good. I was a little suprised when I first saw Jeremy Irons was casted but as usual he pulled it off and was good. It also had a good script with some funny lines thrown in every now and then.

01-19-2009, 02:11 PM	#10
Lidderer & Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,780	It was like Harris watched the Jesse James movie and fell in love with all the transitional scenes and decided he'd make a movie with just that...and some pretty broad comedy.

01-19-2009, 02:20 PM	#11
Crushaholic Armchair Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 22,076	I read the DVD cover for Appaloosa the other day. It looks good and I'll have to watch it sometime. I had never heard of the movie before the DVD was released...

01-19-2009, 02:22 PM	#12
Spider Mr Diplomacy I survived Tebow Mania at the Mane Join Date: May 2001 Location: Elway was just an arm =MacGruder Posts: 84,438 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	I will Check it out ...last great western I saw was Lonsome Dove , I liked open Range , but Lonesome Dove was better

01-19-2009, 02:24 PM	#14
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 49,099	Viggo and Ed Harris? Can't miss. I'm going to see that one this weekend. Viggo has done some great films. Check out Eastern Promises if you want to see the scariest film fight of all time. He's also slated to play the father in Ridley Scott's upcoming version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road.

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crawdad IL Oldest Bronco Maniac Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Decatur, IL Posts: 4,944 Adopt-a-Bronco: Bay Bay	A Man Called Horse was one of the best I can remember. I really liked DanceswithWolves as well.

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Kaylore 6-37, Raider fans. Yummy birds and snow! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ceti Alpha V Posts: 41,322 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Duke	My favorite western is High Noon. It's so characteristically un-western. No pretty landscapes. No rolling mountains. It's really a morality play. It also makes me cry every time I watch it. Also, a young Grace Kelly is always a plus.

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bronclvr Ring of Famer She is faster than you! 8.39 @ 156 Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,996	How can you leave out "John Wayne and the Cowboys"? Or, and of the Clint Eastwood spaghetti Westerns? OT, I just went to Gran Torino-if you are an Eastwood fan (and like his sneer) you'll love it-

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SoDak Bronco Lace em' up and lets go!! Von Miller aka QB Killa Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 4,133 Adopt-a-Bronco: Robert Ayers	tombstone is my favorite western. I might have to rent this one, it looks pretty good.