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You are right. I had The Outlaw Josey Wales listed and I actually like it quite a bit more than The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, but somehow.......I deleted part of my OP when editing. Thanks for catching that.
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Watched a ton of westerns back in the 50's; one of my favorite actors was Bob Steele, particularly when dressed in black... https://youtu.be/E-0qvAB2xGE
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Damn that was Saturday mornings.
Looking back at that now it was not too good.
They could not pump out enough of those type westerns.
Lash Lerue. Pancho and Cisco. Gene Autry. Roy Rodgers. The Lone Ranger.
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There were so many cool lines in Tombstone.
"I'm your huckleberry, say when".
At the end when Doc was dying he said to Wyatt.
" Wyatt want do you want from life?" Wyatt responds "I don't know I just want a normal life."
Doc responds "Wyatt there is no such thing as a normal life; there is just life."
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[color:#FFCC33]There were so many cool lines in Tombstone.
“Poor soul, just couldn’t take the stress.”
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The Revenant was really a unique movie. Major props to the director. The way it was filmed like with "go pros".
The movie was filmed using only natural light. So if a scene was at night around a fire, the fire was the only sources of light for the shot.
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O You are right. I had The Outlaw Josey Wales listed and I actually like it quite a bit more than The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, but somehow.......I deleted part of my OP when editing. Thanks for catching that. That’s my favorite line too. The wide eyed soon to be dead sideman asks, “shouldn’t we bury them.” Josey replies and spits on the ground; his only purpose is vengeance. What was the move e where Eastwood gets killed and comes back to take vengeance on those who stood idly by forcing them to paint the town red? High Plains Drifter?
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What John Wayne movie was it where he just called his dog, dog? I cant remember the name to save my life.
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Love the 3:10 to Yuma reboot. Love the s end when everyone has forsaken him but he refuses to back down. He explains how he walked away when he lost his leg and tells his son, “I’ll be right behind you, but if I’m not you tell everybody your daddy got Ben Wade on that train.”
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Yeah, that's High Plains Drifter where he paints the town red. Did he come back from being dead in that one? I remember he came back from the "dead" in Hang 'Em High.
One more thing about The Outlaw Josey Wales. I think he actually spit on the forehead of the dead bushwhacker when he uttered that line.
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That would be " Big Jake " ..
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Understated movie but really good. The original with Glenn Ford was also good.
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j/c
I don't really have anything to add that hasn't been mentioned.
Tombstone ranks very high with me. Open Range as well. A lot of the older movies were great in their time, but I just feel they don't quite measure up in terms of "feeling real" when it comes to the technical side or in terms of native Americans.
While it wasn't a movie, Deadwood on HBO has to rank #1 in how I believe the west really was in that time period and was a great series. Second to none in the western genre' IMO.
The first western I can remember where the native American population seemed to have a voice was The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Lone Watie : [realizes Josey has snuck up behind and pulled a gun on him] They said a man could get rich on reward money if he could kill you.
Josey Wales : Seems like you was looking to gain some money here.
Lone Watie : Actually, I was looking to gain an edge. I thought you might be someone who would sneak up behind me with a gun.
Josey Wales : Where'd you ever get an idea like that? Besides it ain't supposed to be easy to sneak up behind an Indian
Lone Watie : I'm an Indian, all right; but here in the nation they call us the "civilized tribe." They call us "civilized" because we're easy to sneak up on. White men have been sneaking up on us for years.
It was far past time they were given at least somewhat of a voice in westerns.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
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Dances with Wolves went out the way to bring a native American point of view.
"A Man Called Horse" with Richard Harris was a pretty accurate portrayal of Native Americans.
There is room for Hollywood to do a lot more especially with some historical figures like Tecumseh, Captain Jack, and Quanah Parker. Their lives would make for great movies.
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I would add Cochise, the great Apache chief who was intelligent, loyal, and reasonable.
Another would be Chief Joseph [obviously not his real name, but no one could pronounce or spell it] from the Nez Perce. It disgusts me what the United States government did to him and his people.
As I kid, I read every "Indian" book that I could get my hands on. I am not exaggerating that I read every single book about them in the local library and the school library.
I agree w/you, bonefish. There could be some great movies made of these people. I think we all could learn a lot from their history.
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Damn that was Saturday mornings.
Looking back at that now it was not too good.
They could not pump out enough of those type westerns.
Lash Lerue. Pancho and Cisco. Gene Autry. Roy Rodgers. The Lone Ranger.
Yep...every Saturday morning. I was not a Roy Rogers fan tho...
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Anyone else like Little Big Man, w/Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, and Martin Balsam? I loved that movie. Great combination of historical fiction, drama, and humor.
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My college degree was with a major in Anthropology.
I have lived in New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, and now Nevada. Now retired I still travel to many Native American "sites." Native American culture and art work has always fascinated me.
If you have not read this book. I think you would enjoy it.
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne.
Amazing book.
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That was an interesting story. Hoffman relaying the story as old man was great. His narration was entertaining.
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The Young Guns movies were pretty good too.
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