You guys should do an episode on movies you haven't seen in a really long time and only vaguely remember, but try to explain them in as much detail as possible.
I love that we are caught in this strange spot in time where. Mr.Sunday and this podcast are still underground enough so that we al feel like a close nit community. However at the same time we get to watch as the popularity grows. We need a word so we know who has been here since the early days.
My favorite westerns: 1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2. The Searchers 3. Once Upon a Time in the West 4. No Country for Old Men 5. A Fistful of Dollars / For a Few Dollars More 6. The Revenant 7. True Grit (2010) 8. The Ox-Bow Incident 9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 10. Blazing Saddles
I'm surprised The Great Silence or Once Upon a Time in the West weren't mentioned. Wyatt Earp is excellent by the way, so is Treasure of the Sierra Madre :D
1. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, 2. Unforgiven, 3. The Revenant. Shout-outs to the rest of the "man with no name" trilogy, Tombstone, Silverado, Desperado, Django: Unchained, 3;10 to Yuma, No Country For Old Men, The Lone Ranger, Shanghai Noon, Blazing Saddles, and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Personally prefer Mitchum and Caan to Martin and Nelson but each to their own. :) The Shootist is another great Wayne western and would recommend if you haven't seen it.
Mason knows the LoBot backstory. You know, where he's denied drinking at the Mos Eisley cantina and he organizes a sit-in and gets named cyborg of the year.
Solid Australian westernesque movie Mystery Road. Starr's Hugo Weaving and Mad Max's own Bruce Spence. Saw it on BBC iPlayer on whilst on a night shift totally took me by surprise how gripping it was
The Ghost in the Shell trailers, when you watch them all at once, are a bunch of weird imagery that makes no sense? Sounds just like Stand Alone Complex. This could be the rare faithful adaptation.
Garner was in The Great Escape and was awesome in the comedy western, Support Your Local Sheriff. Also you really should have mentioned The Wild Bunch and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as truly classic westerns.
You guys should watch Django 1966, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Great Silence, Joe Kid, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Hang Em High, High Plains Drifter, Two Mules for Sister Sarah, The Searchers, 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Hombre, Dead Man, and My Name is Nobody.
Another western comedy I like, but was I didn't hear mentioned is City Slickers. I also like Shanghai noon too. I remember liking The Last of the Mohicans too at the time or maybe because I like the music.
Alloy of Law, by Brandon Sanderson is a great Sci Fi Western, it is really well written and well preformed on Audible. It is a relatively short book, though it is the first of 4 books in a series and it is a spin off of the Mistborn trilogy, so they is still lots of mythos and content to this book. I would say that if you are in the mood for a western setting with some nerd mixed in, this is worth checking out.
Alright, I've been waiting for this western movie podcast! I contributed on twitter. also there's a Harry's in a local store near me, but the "too your door" is nice...
might have missed you mentioning but The Searchers is am amazing western. John Wayne is perfect because he's an grumpy old man who hates people who aren't Americans in it. Plus probably the best opening shot of any film ever if I remember correctly
American Outlaw: A not boring Jesse James Story. Not at all historically accurate and make Jesse James out to be a kind of Robin Hood, which he wasn't really, but it was a fun movie with some good action set in my home state Missouri. Nothing ground breaking, but its fun competently executed, and worth a watch.
John Wayne western - "The Searchers" is supposed to be good. We watched it in Intro to Film.. don't remember if I cared about it or not. My favorite westerns are as follows: Clint Eastwood
Mr sunday hinted at punisher warzone which nudged me into commenting that the Thomas Jane Punisher was very westerny. had lots of Mexican standoffs, the guitar music, the guns and general feel of the laws powerless to enforce justice
Not to mention Dirty Laundry basically being the same as the lone gunman passing through seeing the dancing girls and sweeping boy getting hassled by thugs, talks to the bartender who's seen it all then uses a bottle from behind the counter to rough them up.
On the off-chance that someone reads this... Here's a List of good John Wayne westerns: The Cowboys Stagecoach The Shootist True Grit Rooster Cogburn The Searchers Red River She Wore a Yellow Ribbon The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 3 Godfathers Hondo Rio Bravo El Dorado Rio Lobo Fort Apache Rio Grande McClintock Big Jake The Sons of Katie Elder
the reason you have trouble naming what makes a great western, is the same reason you don't appreciate John Wayne stating 'he's not a tough guy'. Great westerns are not made by 'tough guys' who need to prove something and dark bad boy outlaw hero's. They are made by any character who personifies that spirit of independence of the West. and so a laid back cattle barren charachter who doesn't try to start fights but stands up for himself or the right thing when trouble is ready to role his way can be such a person without being a tough guy. McClintock, Sons of Kaiti Elder, The War Wagon, and The Cowboys are some of my favorite John Wayne Westerns that capture that independent spirit I'm talking about. Give them all a second look please.
You missed Quigley Down Under I dont know if it was filmed in Australia but the setting was in Australia. It stars Tom Selleck as a hired gun hired to kill aborigines because he is an old timey sniper but refuses and has to kill all of an evil ranchers men played by Alan Rickman.
I think the extended audio of CoG should be released first. knowing that a second video with pictures is coming adds enough for me to want to watch both videos. but if I've already seen the video with pictures first, there's no reason to watch the audio only one
ps- you MUST watch 'The Proposition' lads, it really is THAT good. You're right about Nick Cave and the music but I've a feeling he might have actually written the script', or the story outline? I know he was heavily involved. The performances in that film are just towering (not to sound cliché), Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce and Danny Huston are immense, Emily Watson too. Cinematography is astounding as well, you can just feel the searing heat. Sorry, I've gone on, do watch it though, it'll stay with you, in a good way. Full of suspense and entertaining, as well as being a wonderful treatise on humanity, and lack thereof in late C19 early C20 Australia under British rule.
Jared Leto as Doctor Strange was discussed on a podcast called Pretty Much It a few years ago, that he was in talks to play him and all. Why is this news now?
The Proposition: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone - A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
Appaloosa: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons - Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Support Your Local Sheriff!: James Garner - In the old west, a man becomes a sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. In the end, he uses ingenuity instead.
Silverado: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldbloom, John Cleese - A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Lee Marvin - A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
The Professionals: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Jack Palance - An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
You Aussie types never answer my questions (flippin' colonials!) but wasn't there a pretty good revenge one with Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan? It had a few daft bits where they tried to add some lofty themes, but in the main it was a real down n' dirty piece a la 'The Proposition' (which I love). Now then, go and throw another shrimp up your er' barbe hole? Best wishes, from Blighty. Always a Brilliant podcast, you always make me laugh and lift my spirits, whilst offering insightful and intelligent opinions (intelligent y'know for Aussies I mean. ;)
