No Right Answer: Best Western Film Ever
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Thank god I am not alone in thinking Tarantino has gone down a deep, dark path and should probably just retire before it gets any worse. First few movies = really good, everything else that came after = total tosh. His Kill Bill trilogy missed the mark by a mile in trying to emulate kung-fu movies, mostly from some pretty basic mistakes any Chinese director simply wouldn't have made. His grindhouse movies might have limped by if Rodriguez didn't also make the same genre in partnership with him and BLOW HIS MOVIES OUT OF THE WATER by comparison. Well said sir, and cruelty indeed to cut you short mid rant!
They gave you guys a good one this week. I was a big fan of the cream soda myself. I'll bet if I asked them real nice, they'd probably send me some free too, but not because I'd be plugging it.Firefilm said:
I personally don't even think a western could be in the running without John Wayne or Clint Eastwood in it.
Best Western ever? Surely it's either an animated film or a sci-fi film.
I like the way you think.
I like the way you think.
In general, I like the ideas behind both 'No Right Answer' and 'Drinking Games', but they both need to work on execution. For Drinking Games, just give me a list in text form. And then look up innumerable other lists of video game drinking games. And then cancel the show.
For 'No Right Answer' the problem I have with the show is that the worthlessness of the debate makes me incapable of caring about either the outcome or the debate itself. And that makes it hard for the jokes to be very funny. This week's episode would have been exactly as entertaining, if not more so, if the debate was "Best western ever made: 'Jem' or 'this piece of lint I found in my bellybutton'." If both sides adequately researched their arguments, I would absolutely watch that.
For 'No Right Answer' the problem I have with the show is that the worthlessness of the debate makes me incapable of caring about either the outcome or the debate itself. And that makes it hard for the jokes to be very funny. This week's episode would have been exactly as entertaining, if not more so, if the debate was "Best western ever made: 'Jem' or 'this piece of lint I found in my bellybutton'." If both sides adequately researched their arguments, I would absolutely watch that.
Tombstone is really good!
So, it's that.
EDIT: Didn't realise this was the title of a show, thought it was a thread telling me that my opinion was okay.
So, it's that.
EDIT: Didn't realise this was the title of a show, thought it was a thread telling me that my opinion was okay.
Back to the Future Part 3 is far superior. Tannen drools like a mad dog! It both doubles as a solid self contained Western themed plot, while simultaneously fitting in with the mythology of the series and wrapping up the overall story. Also, it's not a goddamned cartoon. By the way, this Quentin Tarantino bashing shall not stand! I'll quit watching, I swear (no he won't).
Awesome call.Agent Larkin said:
Corbucci certainly had some amazing stuff, and could use more recognition; of his westerns that I've seen, my favorite is The Great Silence, though Django is definitely full of awesome.
My favorite western director, though, would definitely be Leone.
The Man with no name trilogy(screw you I'm counting it as one massive movie of awesome)
For a fist-full of dollars
For a few dollars more
The Good,The Bad, And the Ugly
Best western Ever
For a fist-full of dollars
For a few dollars more
The Good,The Bad, And the Ugly
Best western Ever
Tombstone, or The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, or 3:10 to Yuma.
Assassination was raging film-making boner. One of the best movies of all time. The only reason why I won't settle with that as my unright answer is because it wasn't a traditional western. It was almost closer to Broadway than Clint Eastwood.
Tombstone had class and realism, but no production value. And while I don't want to blame actors and film-makers for not being able to buy a better movie, it does factor in to a point. Although, I believe it to be Val Kilmer's greatest performance, and that he played one of the best cowboys in the history of film.
3:10 to Yuma seemed to find the middle ground between Assassination and Tombstone, where it wasn't so drenched in money that you couldn't hear the movie past the loud sound of the cha-ching sounds but at the same time it was enough of a money grab for the studio not to let the writers get too original. The actors were pretty good, and the story was great.
But at the end of the day, I haven't seen every Western movie ever made, so I have no ground to stand on, and neither do many of us (considering the possibility that someone reading this has, in fact, watched every single Western movie, whether big budget or indie amateur, ever made.)
Assassination was raging film-making boner. One of the best movies of all time. The only reason why I won't settle with that as my unright answer is because it wasn't a traditional western. It was almost closer to Broadway than Clint Eastwood.
Tombstone had class and realism, but no production value. And while I don't want to blame actors and film-makers for not being able to buy a better movie, it does factor in to a point. Although, I believe it to be Val Kilmer's greatest performance, and that he played one of the best cowboys in the history of film.
3:10 to Yuma seemed to find the middle ground between Assassination and Tombstone, where it wasn't so drenched in money that you couldn't hear the movie past the loud sound of the cha-ching sounds but at the same time it was enough of a money grab for the studio not to let the writers get too original. The actors were pretty good, and the story was great.
But at the end of the day, I haven't seen every Western movie ever made, so I have no ground to stand on, and neither do many of us (considering the possibility that someone reading this has, in fact, watched every single Western movie, whether big budget or indie amateur, ever made.)
I'm still not sure what to think of this series. Are they seriously defending these 2 movies as the best? Or is that the joke. Because that seems like REALLY strange choices for best western ever. If that is the joke, I suppose I get it, but it just isn't that obvious or even that funny. If that isn't a joke, then I don't know what to think. And the Jones plug really bugs me. Blatant product pandering can't really be done in a funny way more the once. Kinda loses it's "funny" after the first time.