So here we go, I always find this a great discussion start when somebody is putting out his favorite movies out of a certain genre. I know a lot of times this is turning into a mess, because apperantly people tend to understand it as criticism about their own taste in movies, it their favorite movie is not up there, but regardless of this I can assure you all, that these Top-5 lists are only the best films out of a specific genre that I!!! think are good...I haven´t seen EVERY film out of those genres so feel free to fill out the blanks if you got a film on you mind!
This week we start of with Western, an older genre, that has not been utilized often recently but still I think it is one of the best genre of the entire movie-genres because it consists action, heroes and often great motives that are driving the story. It also might be one of the manliest genres, quite friendly I don´t know many women, that have ONE single western on their top-50!
I will write down the top 5 and tell a little bit about them and after that I will name some more films out of the genre that are good but couldn´t quite make the list!
1. For a few dollars more - This might be a suprise, but in my mind this is the best western ever! It has a great story all evolving around a mystery that is solved in this last part of the film. It contains great actors like Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef and a cool sidestory. All the strings are pulling together to a great showdown in the very end, underscored by a great soundtrack. And as always or quite often in those westerns there are some cool lines here and there!
2. Once upon a time in the west - The absolute classic of all the western, the masterpiece of Sergio Leone - the second best film out of the trilogy. Really not much to say about that, it has a great story, a great theme, the sound is awesome, the story is the driving force and it leaves you with a few thoughts and suggestions of how it will end and who the pieces you witness over the movie can be put together. Claudia Cardinale has not a huge role but it is a sideline story were she does a good job...and Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda are doing an awesome job!
3. The magnificent seven - A remake of a Samurai-movie about a bunch of people helping out a village that is terrorized by bandits...a common motive in westerns. Still the movie is good, this time not from the mainplot which is rather simple, but of the way it works out....honorary men are fighting for a good cause...great shootings, but this time a classic 1on1 showdown at the end is missing!
4. El Dorado - A totally different type of western starring the late great John Wayne. A funny western with a few punchlines and a story that is in many ways comparable to the magnificent seven. John Wayne and his companion are helping out drunk Sheriff John Mitchum in his fight against a group of bandits working for a rich guy who wants to take over a ranch. John Wayne as a mumbling and old hero with colts is great in that role!
5. A fistful of dollars - The first film out of that trilogy is considered the best of that trilogy in many reviews and so on. In my opinion it is the second best, because the story is not that thriving in my book. It is great to see Clint Eastwood in his role as he plays two families against each other to get a paycheck, but for me the motive in the second one is stronger than here! Still a great film with good gunfights and an introduction of a character that made Clint Eastwood a western icon - the man with no name!
Other good movies : Pale Rider, Hang'em high, True Grit (both of them), 3:10 to Yuma (both of them), Cat Balou , The good, the bad, the ugly , They call me Trinity, Trinity is still my name, My name is nobody!
Thats it for this time...if you wanna add a movie just do it in the comments...or just comment about my list!
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