Western Movie Tournament
Added 2021-12-28 04:28:40 +0000 UTCIt is time people! Time for some Westerns on this channel. I thought John Wayne was a former president up until like 2 months ago, so I guess it's time I am educated in the ways of the wild west. I have this bias against Westerns in my head for some reason, but I am hoping, like pretty much everything else I didn't want to watch before, I will be surprised!
These are all suggestions from patrons, a sweet 16 bracket. They are randomly seeded, so there will be a losers bracket as well. Each round is 24 hours long and it will end on January 4th!
I am excited...I think, lets do this!
Comments
Lonesome Dove Off the chart.
Louis Wilberger
2022-08-10 05:33:42 +0000 UTCQuigly Down Under
Louis Wilberger
2022-07-22 20:07:49 +0000 UTCOpen Range is a good one...for a "real" western
Rick Sullins
2022-07-08 16:33:49 +0000 UTC100% on Open Range
Louis Wilberger
2022-06-17 17:16:27 +0000 UTCOpen Range is one of the best westerns of recent years and it has one of the best gunfights ever similar to High Noon which you should also watch. Both have good love stories also which are right up your alley.
Jerry Eiff
2022-04-17 08:11:02 +0000 UTCGo back and read her post... she said above that all of these movies in this poll were suggested by "we" the "patrons."
Robby R
2022-01-21 23:37:31 +0000 UTCWhat you mean "we" kimosabe? It's her poll!
Michael Simpson
2022-01-21 23:04:20 +0000 UTCOkay, I shall now reply to my own comment... And the winners of westerns who have interesting female roles goes to... Tombstone - wowsers, insert winky face Maverick - I have not seen this movie but Clarise is on the cover! Unforgiven - yes The Quick and The Dead - the lead role
Em McG
2021-12-31 18:51:47 +0000 UTCOkay so I may not have understood how the matches work - so far zero out of zero prediction, lol Looking ahead, generally Unforgiven will eat up any competition - but I'm happy if Tombstone wins.
Em McG
2021-12-30 18:27:04 +0000 UTCIf you've seen all of the classics, The Frisco Kid (1979) with Gene Wilder (and a young Harrison Ford) is a nice little western-comedy. And it is only now that I have realized with great shock (!!!) that the classic comedy-western Blazing Saddles (1974) is conspicuous in its absence.
Happy Hanukkah
2021-12-30 17:33:47 +0000 UTCAnother recommendation for you fine connoisseurs of spaghetti westerns is Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970), currently available on YouTube. Fun movie.
Happy Hanukkah
2021-12-30 03:58:57 +0000 UTCIs there any way we can add "Open Range" it's a great Kevin Costner/Robert Duvall western, with a love story!
Robby R
2021-12-30 01:45:14 +0000 UTCRio Bravo and El Dorado are both great. I think I'd always prefer El Dorado because I saw it first. Plus later in life I wrote a paper on the poem "El Dorado" in HS.
Prophet2272
2021-12-30 01:17:57 +0000 UTCJoseph yes it seemed such a 180 for Fonda but god was he good!! And with those cold steel blue eyes!! Awesome! One of the best Westerns villains ever!
Krusty “Topher”
2021-12-29 21:49:50 +0000 UTCJon Johns I THINK that’s just him!! If it was makeup they did a great job but think it’s mostly him.
Krusty “Topher”
2021-12-29 21:47:45 +0000 UTCI agree! Leone loved the Western genre. Music, actors, setting were all optimal. Of course Fonda as the villain was so anti previous characters.
Joe Aschenbrener
2021-12-29 19:26:48 +0000 UTCAny chance for a new Star Wars reaction for New Years weekend?
Gideon James
2021-12-29 17:31:17 +0000 UTCI gotta ask, do you think Fonda wore heavy make up? Or was he naturally that tanned? I thought it looked pretty natural, but seeing him in B & W so much, he looked naturally pasty...
Jon Johns
2021-12-29 14:14:14 +0000 UTCOnce Upon a Time in the West is my all time favorite Western. Charles Bronson the harmonica playing hero! Henry Fonda playing a villain!!! I think this was Sergio Leone at his best!
Krusty “Topher”
2021-12-29 14:03:08 +0000 UTCUnforgiven vs Good-Bad-Ugly in the first round? Oof! That's a textbook justification for a losers' bracket. This category is already sufficiently loaded, but as I mentioned in a previous comment, even though it is technically science-fiction, I consider Kevin Costner's The Postman (1997) to be a pseudo-western epic. I've always thought it was unfairly underrated (as opposed to Waterworld :-) ). One western I only discovered recently is Gunfighter's Moon (1995), which I enjoyed primarily (or rather solely) for Lance Henriksen's performance. Given the number of excellent movies in this tournament, I'm definitely not pushing it for Cassie, but some of y'all might enjoy it.
Happy Hanukkah
2021-12-29 13:26:28 +0000 UTCLol. I do love them both. Always have.
nick bell
2021-12-29 12:54:26 +0000 UTCYou have a great list and interesting that you have both El Dorado and Rio Bravo considering that El Dorado is a remake of Rio Bravo, you seem to really like that story. I like both movies, it is hard to pick between them. I like Robert Mitchum in the drunk sheriff role better than Dean Martin.
Mike LL
2021-12-29 12:50:32 +0000 UTCLooks like it's gonna be either Magnificent Seven or Tombstone vs. The Good Bad Ugly. Based on the number of comments I'd say this is a pretty passionate group of western fans. Given the number of movies omitted from the list and some of the tough choices we were given maybe Cassie could consider another poll or list other than a losers poll. Westerns are obviously a popular genre with this group. Another poll would probably be a good idea Outlaw Josey Wales Appaloosa Open Range Lonesome Dove Rio Bravo Eldorado Young Guns Silverado Etc etc.....point is...lots of great movies passed over. Let's get one more full poll after the loser poll and do this right.
nick bell
2021-12-29 10:03:00 +0000 UTCmight be curious research to note which of the movies have an interesting female character, not necessarily in a romantic role. I guess I count at least 8 out of 16 - but I'm not familiar with many of the other titles.
Em McG
2021-12-29 09:25:50 +0000 UTCI'm looking at the bracket and beginning to understand it... Unforgiven has a chance to make it to Losers Round 4 where it goes against Maverick The Quick and The Dead faces off with 3:10 to Yuma, a fair fight The Searchers will square off against The Magnificent Seven, whoah could get messy
Em McG
2021-12-29 09:07:48 +0000 UTC
