OT: Movies/TV Shows

[WellPlayed]

Is No Country for Old Men considered a Western? I rewatch that every few years. It holds up.

 

[oscarheyman]

I haven’t, was under the impression it was a horror/gore flick? Which isn’t my bag.

Doubt you would like "Dead Birds" then (another "Western Horror" type of flick) then:

(yeah, that's the same Henry Thomas of ET fame)

 

[CH1]

“I watch it every year, hoping I like it”

 

[zeke]

Nah i don't think so. Neither is There Will be Blood.

Westerns i think have to be about OG settlers or outlaws before the west was civilized

 

[CH1]

Is No Country for Old Men considered a Western? I rewatch that every few years. It holds up.

it’s got enough Western genre elements to qualify

 

[Montana]

No Country is neo-noire imo, along with Hell or High Water, Lonestar, etc…..but I think There Will Be Blood toes the line.

Although zeke’s distinction of civilized vs not, does make sense as the line.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Thoughts on Appaloosa?

 

[LeafOfFaith]

“I watch it every year, hoping I like it”

It's a good movie. The psychotic performance Bardem gives, and the slow buildup gave me major anxiety as I was watching it. I'm not into rewatching that one because it just frays the nerves all over again.

 

[CH1]

I actually like the movie (saw it twice) my quote was a fake blurb I want to see

 

[Montana]

It's a good movie. The psychotic performance Bardem gives, and the slow buildup gave me major anxiety as I was watching it. I'm not into rewatching that one because it just frays the nerves all over again.

now who needs things explained to them.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

now who needs things explained to them.

I don't follow. What do you mean?

 

[Montana]

Thoughts on Appaloosa?

I enjoyed it, nothing spectacular, but a real solid 6.75/10….extremely easy watch given the cast…

Ive been reading a bunch of Elmore Leonard westerns, and quite a few are just short little novellas….’Appaloosa’ felt like a 175-200 page novella adapted to the big screen.

 

[Montana]

I don't follow. What do you mean?

you were explaining the Portal just being FaceTime the other day….but now whooshed CH1’s joke, requiring him to explain it.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

The best Elmore Leonard movie by a mile was Get Shorty. I just rewatched it a month ago and it did not disappoint. Every fucking scene is genius.

I really miss Gene Hackman being in movies... : (

 

[LeafOfFaith]

you were explaining the Portal just being FaceTime the other day….but now whooshed CH1’s joke, requiring him to explain it.

And now requiring you to explain this!

I thought you meant I needed No Country explained, that's why what you said didn't compute.

 

[Montana]

And now requiring you to explain this!

…and I somehow missed this opportunity, requiring you to point it out, hah.

 

[zeke]

Get Shorty.

Unwatchable.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Unwatchable.

Insanity. One of the funniest movies of the last 30 years.

 

[CH1]

the truth is somewhere in the middle

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

I actually Re watched Tombstone a few weeks ago and it’s still holds even if it’s overrated ( by those who think it’s the best western)

val Kilmer is a stud in it though