Films/DVD Asylum

Good movie, but not one of my favorites.

75.56.5.150

Harmonia

In Reply to: RE: High Noon, best western ever? Pres Clinton's favorite film posted by Brian A on August 30, 2008 at 01:42:57

A good movie, and considered a classic by many, it doesn't rank with The Searchers, My Darling Clementine or several others in my personal pantheon. It's always seemed over-contrived to me.

Lots of people love it though.

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RE: Good movie, but not one of my favorites. - patrickU 13:09:31 08/31/08 (0)
Yes.
" Mieux vaut une t�te bien faite qu'une t�te bien pleine."
Me too...No one filmed a Western like Ford - DWPC 18:50:38 08/30/08 (0)
"The Searchers" was cinematic poetry.

As the guy who jumped off the 20-story building shouted as he passed the 10th Floor "So far..so good!"
- A few here from the master's eye (Open in New Window)
It, and "Shane," portray courage in primal colors unmatched by other Westerns. - tinear 18:07:04 08/30/08 (2)
That's why both are "classics," and always mentioned among the very best of the genre.
- RE: It, and "Shane," portray courage in primal colors unmatched by other Westerns. - Tom Brennan 18:35:21 08/30/08 (1)
  "That's why both are "classics," and always mentioned among the very best of the genre."
  
  Always? Yer throwing a pretty wide loop there pard.
  
  I know quite a few western fans who think little of either and think about them even less.
  
  At least Shane had Ben Johnson and John Dierkes.
  - You forgot Jack Palance. Nationally known critics, I meant, too, not - tinear 21:06:52 08/30/08 (0)
    amateurs like us.

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