Greatest Western of All Time - Second Round

[swede123]

Round one brought a few upsets, but all one and two seeds ended up persevering. This round is going to get a lot nastier, at least for me. The Wild Bunch vs. Josey Wales, shesh.

In terms of the Wayne/Eastwood matchup there are still ten John Wayne movies in the tourney, while six of Eastwood's remain.

Anyway, here are today's match-ups...

[swede123]

Damn poll. First the starting time to vote got all screwed up, and now the poll questions appear out of order! Sorry about the confusion.

Swede

[diebitter]

Nice work, Swede!

You've done a man's job, sir!

[SL__72]

I was just going to ask you when round two was going to start... haha.

Ouch, tough matchup for The Shootist...

I am going to be pissed when a stupid Kevin Costner movie knocks out one of my favorite movies (Rio Bravo)

[swede123]

Thanks. All might be lost though, if Dances with Wolves end up beating my all-time John Wayne fave, Rio Bravo. Seriously, how can anything compete with the movie that features a musical number starring Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan.

Swede

[imported_The Vibesman]

Well, at least Rio Bravo made it out of the first round. My personal favorite western (best? I dunno-but it's my favorite) The Long Riders got smacked down by Shane in the first round. Long Riders was the only movie on the whole list w/ a Ry Cooder score, and still, already gone.

*sniff*

[diebitter]

Looks like we might be forgetting the Alamo, given current voting [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[SL__72]

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Thanks. All might be lost though, if Dances with Wolves end up beating my all-time John Wayne fave, Rio Bravo. Seriously, how can anything compete with the movie that features a musical number starring Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan.

Swede

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Haha... exactly! Walter Brennan is hillarious in this movie.

[fyodor]

WTF? The Wild Bunch going out in round 2? Did anyone who voted against it even see it? How is this possible?

[swede123]

Well,

Josey Wales kind of is to westerns what Scarface is to mobster movies. Not among the best movies in the category, but very popular, lots of mainstream fame etc. Essentially you're right, people are going with the movie they are more familiar with. Not that there's anything wrong with voting for Josey Wales, it's top five Clint Eastwood movie for me.

Swede