Re: Greatest Western of All Time - Elite Eight
 

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I like Eastwood a hell of a lot better, but the real argument for the Duke's films is that John Ford directed some of them.

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Give me Hank Fonda in a Ford film any day

Gary

Re: Greatest Western of All Time - Elite Eight
 

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I imagine a lot more voters have seen Butch Cassidy than The Searchers. That's also probably why High Noon and Liberty Valance are not doing well.

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Man Who Shot LV should've gotten a pass to the Final Four. THAT'S a great film.

Re: Greatest Western of All Time - Elite Eight
 

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Unforgiven should win. Period. Not only is it the best Western, it would fare very well in the voting for best movie of all time.

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Have you seen all the others in the list?

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This is a symptom of people being only familiar with a very limited number of movies.

Re: Greatest Western of All Time - Elite Eight
 

Here's a general observation. In each of my previous movie polls there's been a fair amount of bitching when various classics got punked, but nothing compares to the amount of frustration and anger voiced over this one. I guess the movie buffs around here REALLY care about their westerns.

Like I said before, the thing I enjoy about these polls is discovering "new" stuff to watch. And this particular one featured quite a few movies that I've never seen, including one of the eight remaining in this round - Liberty Valance. Where am I going with all this? I guess I need to go out and buy a John Wayne collection pronto!

Swede

Re: Greatest Western of All Time - Elite Eight
 

Yes, yes you do.