Not read the book, but dad might have it...
Yep, I just think that Fist Full and For a Few Dollors more were better, maybe I just enjoyed them more, GBU seemed more "violent"*, less humour, I liked the hunour of 1st one, will you say sorry to donkey - just tickled me - says* he who loves Black Hawk and We Were Soldiers etc etc
Also liked 2 Mules for Sister Sara, its a small shrine, make it a small prayer, something like that.

Mind you my favourite quote is "you're gonna need a bigger boat"!!! Jaws.

Not read the book, but dad might have it...
Yep, I just think that Fist Full and For a Few Dollors more were better, maybe I just enjoyed them more, GBU seemed more "violent"*, less humour,

Josey Wales is now published under the title GONE TO TEXAS, and is printed in combination with its sequel, THE VENGANCE TRAIL OF JOSEY WALES. Both are excellent stories.

As is so often the case, a successful movie inspires a sequel which is never as good as the original (there are some exceptions of course.) A FIST FULL OF DOLLARS was an excellent film, but by the time THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY came out, it had deteriorated to little more than senseless violence -- hardly any actual plot to the film.

I liked the hunour of 1st one, will you say sorry to donkey - just tickled me

Also.

Mind you my favourite quote is "you're gonna need a bigger boat"!!! Jaws.

One of my all time favorite quotes comes at the end of QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER: "I said I never had much use for one. I never said I didn't know how to use it."

Ken V.

Shane
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jeremiah Johnson
Unforgiven
High Noon

I'm surprised Butch and Jeremiah haven't appeared on previous lists.

Shane
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jeremiah Johnson
Unforgiven
High Noon

I'm surprised Butch and Jeremiah haven't appeared on previous lists.

Yup, Butch a great western.
There was a new one called 3.10 to Yuma, Christain Bale, that was good.

In order to be a good "martial artist" in movies, you only need to be a good dancer.

Ken V.

Exactly.

My wife was bragging about some actress who trained for 3 months to get ready for some fight scenes in a film. I told her they were basically teaching her to dance. Michael Jackson would have been able to do it with far less training. Jacko had everything it takes to be a hell of a movie martial artist. He was flexible, had good balance, aThat's all fight scenes are, especially for martial arts films.

Professional fighters usually don't perform fight scenes well in movies.

Don't get me started on the "sounds" they use for guns in movies though.


Ken V.

I wish they sounded that way in real life! I also wish real guns had zero recoil, like in the movies.

And Josey Wales is also a favorite. Have you read the Novel?

Ken V.

There was a lot of old combat strategy mentioned in the film. One, where Josey talked about how he chose the order in which to kill several guys. Another was where the old Cherokee talked about Josey keeping the sun to his back on the upcoming confrontation. There were others I can't think of.

Was that from the novel or something added for the film?

One of my all time favorite quotes comes at the end of QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER: "I said I never had much use for one. I never said I didn't know how to use it."

Ken V.

They built the film for that one scene. That was a perfect example of how to finish a movie.

But when -- as in THE COMANCHERO'S -- the first scene states that the year is 1843, and the guns being used are 1873 Colt's, an 1875 Remington, 1892 Winchesters and more 1892's made to look like 1860 Henry's, I'd say that was moving reality around a little too much.

Ken V.

I get yelled at a lot because I can't help but point out every time they change horses.

Shane
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jeremiah Johnson
Unforgiven
High Noon

I'm surprised Butch and Jeremiah haven't appeared on previous lists.

I mentioned both in my top five, you must not have read the whole thread. I'm curious. Do you think the jump scene in Butch and Sundance was an influence on the jump scene in Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man?