Comments on: Westerns for Guys Who Don’t Like Westerns http://cineleet.com/2008/04/16/westerns-for-guys-who-dont-like-westerns/ Celebrating the Art in the Dark Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:11:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Zythromax » Blog Archive » Six Western Movies for Guys Who Don’t Like Westerns http://cineleet.com/2008/04/16/westerns-for-guys-who-dont-like-westerns/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Zythromax » Blog Archive » Six Western Movies for Guys Who Don’t Like Westerns Tue, 06 May 2008 12:40:26 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=57#comment-138 [...] few Westerns where the basic tenets of the genre have been taken out of the crusty, dusty old west.read more | digg [...] [...] few Westerns where the basic tenets of the genre have been taken out of the crusty, dusty old west.read more | digg [...]

]]> By: nobody http://cineleet.com/2008/04/16/westerns-for-guys-who-dont-like-westerns/comment-page-1/#comment-80 nobody Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:02:54 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=57#comment-80 Check out Way of the Gun. It's a kind of psudo-modern western. All of the elements are there except for the pioneer setting. It's an awesome watch. Check out Way of the Gun. It’s a kind of psudo-modern western. All of the elements are there except for the pioneer setting. It’s an awesome watch.

]]> By: John M. http://cineleet.com/2008/04/16/westerns-for-guys-who-dont-like-westerns/comment-page-1/#comment-78 John M. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:04:06 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=57#comment-78 I'm not a huge fan of the Western, but there are a number of great films in that genre. One that everyone can enjoy is Little Big Man. Every Western-hating person I've showed it to has loved it. This is sort of a reversal on your theme. It's a non-Western set in a Western environment. I’m not a huge fan of the Western, but there are a number of great films in that genre.

One that everyone can enjoy is Little Big Man.

Every Western-hating person I’ve showed it to has loved it.

This is sort of a reversal on your theme. It’s a non-Western set in a Western environment.

]]> By: pwscott http://cineleet.com/2008/04/16/westerns-for-guys-who-dont-like-westerns/comment-page-1/#comment-77 pwscott Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:19:00 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=57#comment-77 I've heard the opinion a few times that No Country for Old Men had a bad ending. I thought it was great. LIke the character described he woke up from a dream, so why couldn't the movie end the same way. Just like a really wierd dream. I’ve heard the opinion a few times that No Country for Old Men had a bad ending. I thought it was great. LIke the character described he woke up from a dream, so why couldn’t the movie end the same way. Just like a really wierd dream.

]]> By: Cineleet http://cineleet.com/2008/04/16/westerns-for-guys-who-dont-like-westerns/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Cineleet Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:23:13 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=57#comment-76 @JollyJeff I never thought about it that way either, but you're right, "Jaws" does seem to follow the "High Noon" structure. Funny, even in a movie that takes place largely at sea, the hero still manages to take out the bad guy with a rifle. @JollyJeff I never thought about it that way either, but you’re right, “Jaws” does seem to follow the “High Noon” structure. Funny, even in a movie that takes place largely at sea, the hero still manages to take out the bad guy with a rifle.

]]> By: JollyJeff http://cineleet.com/2008/04/16/westerns-for-guys-who-dont-like-westerns/comment-page-1/#comment-74 JollyJeff Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:17:47 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=57#comment-74 How about Jaws? Everybody in the small town is against the White Hate sheriff. Then at the end, with no one else to back him up he faces down the ultimate Black Hat blows him up. Damn, I never thought of it that way before. How about Jaws? Everybody in the small town is against the White Hate sheriff. Then at the end, with no one else to back him up he faces down the ultimate Black Hat blows him up. Damn, I never thought of it that way before.

]]> By: Will http://cineleet.com/2008/04/16/westerns-for-guys-who-dont-like-westerns/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Will Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:09:44 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=57#comment-73 I just saw No Country For Old Men for the first time last week. It was a great movie, with a horrible ending. Seriously, it was chugging along at an A+ pace, then the final 12 minutes or so just decided to go off on their own, they didn't want to play anymore. Without giving away anything, it's also unforgivable that one character was killed off-screen. Final review: B+ I just saw No Country For Old Men for the first time last week. It was a great movie, with a horrible ending. Seriously, it was chugging along at an A+ pace, then the final 12 minutes or so just decided to go off on their own, they didn’t want to play anymore.

Without giving away anything, it’s also unforgivable that one character was killed off-screen.

Final review: B+

]]> By: TheMovie Whore http://cineleet.com/2008/04/16/westerns-for-guys-who-dont-like-westerns/comment-page-1/#comment-72 TheMovie Whore Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:40:21 +0000 http://cineleet.com/?p=57#comment-72 I like this. I truly do. I would go with a lot of super hero movies all based of the The Lone Ranger. Really he was the prototype for the mask and secret Identity as well as the sidekick and kick butt mode of transportation. Not to mention tag line. Hi Ho Silver Awaaaay! I mean look at the Green Hornet, Bat Man, and every other hero to ever put on a mask. I like this. I truly do. I would go with a lot of super hero movies all based of the The Lone Ranger. Really he was the prototype for the mask and secret Identity as well as the sidekick and kick butt mode of transportation. Not to mention tag line. Hi Ho Silver Awaaaay! I mean look at the Green Hornet, Bat Man, and every other hero to ever put on a mask.

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