Greatest Western of All Time - Elite Eight

[imported_anacardo]

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Well, say what you will about the monkeys who rate movies at IMDB, they got this one right. Seven out of the eight left are one or two seeds. Only Josey Wales (a six seed) managed to hang in there so far.


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I actually find IMDB ratings to be extremely reliable. Whenever I'm on the fence about watching a movie, if it's got a 7.0 or higher on IMDB I watch and am rarely disappointed.

The only time the ratings are really off is with fanboy-sensitive movies like LOTR, Matrix, Star Wars etc.

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IMDB ratings also tend to be highly sensitive to inflation for recent release dates. Remember when Amelie was like #2 overall?

[Borodog]

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Where did the Magnificent Seven exit?


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It lost out to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the last round.

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That's just awful. I'm pissed I've missed the rounds since the opener.

What did A Fistful of Dollars lose to? Whatever it was, it was a travesty.

Edit: Ok, I looked up the last round, and laughed my ass off. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[TheMainEvent]

Sorry guys, I've been voting in this the whole time and I've only seen like 3 of the movies.

[SackUp]

No John Wayne movies making the final four is just pathetic. He is the king of westerns, period. Eastwood is good, but he's no Duke.

[Blarg]

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.

[Army Eye]

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IMDB ratings also tend to be highly sensitive to inflation for recent release dates. Remember when Amelie was like #2 overall?

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Yes good point, you do need to wait a while on new movies for things to settle down. I like to use it a tool more for older movies anyway, with new releases there's reviews to read and word of mouth.

[CCass]

Actually, I think The Outlaw Josey Wales is one of the better westerns, and is generally underrated.

[swede123]

Seems like my predictions are mostly coming true. Now if Once Upon a Time in the West can get a few more votes. Sorry John Wayne fans, the dream ends here.

Swede

[MonkeeMan]

Time to head on out Pilgrim.

[diebitter]

OUATITW and the Searchers - both out!

Great Odin's Raven, there's some educating to be done somewhere [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]