Western Hall of Fame II

exactly. It had great dialogue and the violence (shoot outs) that occurred were not just quick draw action, but actual strategy and out-thinking the other fella. Gotta really appreciate that.

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Now I feel like watching more John Wayne.................and Bruce Dern!

This is an interesting bit of info from IMDB's trivia page on Rio Bravo:
And I tend to like character driven films in general myself. In fact I have one in mind for the next western HoF II.

I read that too, and it totally shows in the movie. The script was also smart as a whip, which is uncommon for a Western (in my opinion).

Moves like this and the Good the Bad and the Ugly are slowly beginning to open me up to Westerns.

Are you hosting the next Westerns?

I wasn't planning on hosting. I just want to join I do hope we can do a second one though.

I recently rewatched The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for the upcoming Westerns List. I'm still not a fan of the movie, but it was better than the last time I watched it.

But here's a weird aside: After I watched it, I had a dream that Clint Eastwood's character made it through the walk through the desert by seeing mirages of Baby Yoda giving him advice on how to survive. (I haven't even seen an episode of "The Mandalorian" yet, but Baby Yoda's image is everywhere, so I guess it just stuck in my mind.)


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I recently watched Posse (1975) starring Kirk Douglas and Bruce Dern. It didn't really get interesting until about an hour into the movie, but by then, I was already bored with the movie. I thought it was only okay, but maybe you'll like it more than I did.

Um, wow. interesting dream?

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I think it was a bit more strange than interesting.

The Cowboys is one of my very few favorite westerns and one of my favorite movies overall (since I never liked westerns!)

Another amazing aspect of this film is the cinematography - the wide vistas (great when viewing in letterbox) and the John Williams score!

I had this on a DVD set and it had one of the most interesting extras - discussing the making of the film.

Most of the boys in it were not actors (except for Carradine - his film debut & Martinez), but were hired for their horse-riding ability! Yet their acting turned out great. And many of their real-life parents played their parents in the film.

And I loved the story of how Bruce Dern terrorized the boy (unintentionally) on the set that he terrorized in the movie - Dern was so convincing, that after filming their scene, it was said the boy couldn't even look at Dern and didn't want to go near him!

The Cowboys

A fun film I guess. I didn't love it and it's my least favorite John Wayne movie so far, but it had some good qualities.

I wish the characters were more well fleshed out. All the boys were very forgettable and there were too many to really get attached to them.

The first half was probably a 1/5, but it definitely picked up, and the last half turned out to be quite good. Just wish it were more consistent.

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This may sound horrible, but one of the reasons I liked it so much is...
A good surprise that deviates from formula makes for a good movie.

That did catch me by surprise and was a great part of the movie! That entire scene was almost like a Coen Brothers thriller, it was totally not what I was expecting.

It definitely made for a more incredible climax. Even more so for today's standards for the final shootout.

I had read that in IMDb since I've always thought that they were trained because pretty much all of them KNEW what they were doing. Rather enjoyed reading about that. In fact, one of the boys grew up to be a top rodeo rider.

Yes! The IMBb trivia said most of them were already involved in the rodeo circuit before the movie was made.

I remember watching the TV series that came from the movie (which kept Carradine & Martinez... and maybe a couple other boys from the from the movie?)
I was very enthused for it. It was okay, but it just wasn't the same without the original Mr. Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Brown) and obviously didn't have the intensity of the film.
And since I could never stand any TV westerns (even worse than movie westerns), I didn't watch for long... but it only lasted 1 season.

I'll watch The Good The Bad and The Ugly next. Then I'll basically be done as I'm holding off on watching The Great Silence until the very end of the HoF. I want to make sure it's still in the HoF and I've seen it already too.

@Zotis you still participating? I just watched Great Silence, I’ll have a review up soon.

Great Silence IS on my rewatch list, so I'll try to see it all the same. I have Who Shot Liberty Valance to write up next. I do need to play catch up on the Japanese HoF so I'll be knocking a few them out.

I should be able to knock 2 of them out this week.
The shooting is available on Amazon video, and I own The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Going to the local rental this week to see what they have available for the other 5.
I like this particular HOF. The Great Silence, The Shooting and The Salvation were unknown to me so it’ll be interesting to watch them.
Especially The Great Silence. Ever since I learned of Django from Corbucci, I’ve been interest in it. (A full decade now I think? Availability was always an issue).
Since I’m not familiar with his work at all, Silence will be a nice introduction