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quote:Yeah it's rather unfortunate that somebody might be with somebody because they actually love them for who they are instead of grabbing onto the latest trophy that shakes her a$$ in his vicinity.
Originally posted by ISIS:
You know...I never thought Clint Eastwood had good taste in women in real life, and I always thought that he was one of the best looking men in movie history.
quote:Have you ever seen Hombre with Paul Newman? That might be more up your alley. Newman plays a white man who has lived with the Apache for years and has taken to their way of life (eschewing Western European culture in the process). He ends up on a stagecoach with a bunch of civilized white folk and is almost instantly met with derision and castigation. But when the stage is attacked and pilaged, and the passengers are left in the middle of nowhere with no means of survival they all turn to the bitter Newman for help. It's one of my favorite Westerns. And it also has one of the all-time greatest one liners: Richard Boone and his thugs have the passengers pinned down in a mining cabin at the top of a hill. He arrogantly marches up the hill to give the besieged passengers his list of demands if they are to leave with their lives, while they all nod approvingly like a pack of cowards. When he's all done laying out his terms, he closes with "Any questions?". To which Paul Newman matter-of-factly responds "Hey, I got a question. How are you planning to get back down that hill?" and shoots him. Awesome.
Originally posted by Kash:
Yes, I like old westerns sometimes, but they’re always a bit disappointing because I want the Native Americans to win!
Scalping was actually proliferated by the white settlers (Britishers & Frenchmen who prefered decapitation up until that point) and its only through years of cinematic propaganda that we associate it just with the natives.
1756: The governor of Pennsylvania, William Denny, offered a bounty of $130 for "...the scalp of every male Indian enemy above the age of 12 produced as evidence of their being killed".
I saw ‘Hang Em’ High’ a long time ago, all I remember is that great scene where Eastwood, now sheriff, walks into a saloon and shows an old enemy his noose scar, and tells him that if you’re gonna hang a man; you better make damn sure you do it right, or something along those lines. It was a good western as far as I can remember.
quote:Hondo is good, but by no means Wayne's best Western. For that, I'd recommend either The Searchers or Red River.
Originally posted by ISIS:
I watched part of a John Wayne movie called "Hondo". I have never watched any John Wayne movie. But, I kind of am fascinated by the wild west time period...when there were Indians running around scalping people...I can't imagine living back then.
Is anyone a big fan of old westerns?
quote:Thanks Journey, I've not seen 'Hombre' but it sounds good, the stagecoach scene reminds me of Sergio Leone's 'A Fistful of Dynamite' when Rod Stegier's Mexican bandit is on board with that bourgeois party, just before his family holds them up. Love his OTT Mexican accent in that one: "can ju mak a bebe?"
Originally posted by journey:
quote:Have you ever seen Hombre with Paul Newman? That might be more up your alley. Newman plays a white man who has lived with the Apache for years and has taken to their way of life (eschewing Western European culture in the process). He ends up on a stagecoach with a bunch of civilized white folk and is almost instantly met with derision and castigation. But when the stage is attacked and pilaged, and the passengers are left in the middle of nowhere with no means of survival they all turn to the bitter Newman for help. It's one of my favorite Westerns. And it also has one of the all-time greatest one liners: Richard Boone and his thugs have the passengers pinned down in a mining cabin at the top of a hill. He arrogantly marches up the hill to give the besieged passengers his list of demands if they are to leave with their lives, while they all nod approvingly like a pack of cowards. When he's all done laying out his terms, he closes with "Any questions?". To which Paul Newman matter-of-factly responds "Hey, I got a question. How are you planning to get back down that hill?" and shoots him. Awesome.
Originally posted by Kash:
Yes, I like old westerns sometimes, but they’re always a bit disappointing because I want the Native Americans to win!
Scalping was actually proliferated by the white settlers (Britishers & Frenchmen who prefered decapitation up until that point) and its only through years of cinematic propaganda that we associate it just with the natives.
1756: The governor of Pennsylvania, William Denny, offered a bounty of $130 for "...the scalp of every male Indian enemy above the age of 12 produced as evidence of their being killed".
I saw ‘Hang Em’ High’ a long time ago, all I remember is that great scene where Eastwood, now sheriff, walks into a saloon and shows an old enemy his noose scar, and tells him that if you’re gonna hang a man; you better make damn sure you do it right, or something along those lines. It was a good western as far as I can remember.