For those who into de contemporary western movie genre, leh meh hear all yuh favorite. Mine is Tombstone.
Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday was dread in that role. De showdown between him and Johnny Ringo, and de build up to it was epic. The movie may not have been an accurate depiction of what really went down at de O.K. Corral, but it was certainly entertaining. Ah next fav is Young Guns 2...
yeah, kilmer real nail dat role.
my guilty pleasure: the quick and the dead. sharon stone real look good in dat one and leo di caprio was good. of course eastwood's the unforgiven was fantastic. ah haven't seen the remakes of 3:10 to yuma or true grit yet. thing is them old westerns had some real racism going on and hollywood get all liberal, so dey have to tread lightly with de remakes.
firebrand, yuh ever check out the tv series deadwood? that was a boss series. ian mcshane was 4king amazing as al swearengen. and ah real hate hbo for cancelling dat series.
aside: gene hackman really do a turn as the charismatic villain, even before the joker in those batman movies - ah mean hackman as lex luthor was absolute classic.
Ribbit,
you and I on the same page bro. I have almost nothing to add.
I have to say of the contemporary westerns, Unforgiven is the best for me. It gave you the feel of the West and not that of a glossy movie. And what a fkng cast.
Quick and the Dead was also pretty good.
3:10 to Yuma and True Grit (remake) also pretty good. But I have to say that by far and away the best was Unforgiven.
Never really understood why the series Deadwood was cancelled. Won enough awards.
Both Wyatt Earp movies were good. Thought that the Kevin Costner one was better. But the rold Val Kilmer played was amazing. Thought he should've won and Oscar for that. Never really noticed how brilliant he was until that role. It was becz of that performance I became a Kilmer fan. Unfortunatley he put on weight and his career kind of fizzled a bit. Pity, a really fine actor.
VB