Pielorinho
Iron Fist of Pelor
Great list! Some comments:
Wanna know how NOT to watch The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance? DON'T watch it as background at a cowboy-themed party. I get the impression that if I saw it by myself, I'd love it; but it's not remotely appropriate for party-showing. Too quiet, and John Wayne's "Dude!" is just too eminently mockable. I gotta watch it again sometime.
Unforgiven is my favorite Clint Eastwood movie, and just all-round a fantastic show.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly has not, in my opinion, aged very well. I watched it a few weeks ago, and while there were a few really great scenes, most of it just left me flat. Great soundtrack, though.
Now for two that you unforgiveably left off your list. Well, given that I'm cheating a little to put them on, I guess I can forgive you.
Deadwood, the HBO show. It's unbroken obscenity in iambic pentameter, but it's got some of the most compelling characters I've seen on a screen. And a fantastic line for a D&D game: "For a base of operations, you can't beat a F******* saloon!"
Blood Meridian, the novel, by Cormac McCarthy. It's horrorshow, a bleak, nightmarish, spectacular account of a band of Indian-killers travelling through Mexico. Beautifully written and absolutely appalling.
Daniel
Wanna know how NOT to watch The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance? DON'T watch it as background at a cowboy-themed party. I get the impression that if I saw it by myself, I'd love it; but it's not remotely appropriate for party-showing. Too quiet, and John Wayne's "Dude!" is just too eminently mockable. I gotta watch it again sometime.
Unforgiven is my favorite Clint Eastwood movie, and just all-round a fantastic show.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly has not, in my opinion, aged very well. I watched it a few weeks ago, and while there were a few really great scenes, most of it just left me flat. Great soundtrack, though.
Now for two that you unforgiveably left off your list. Well, given that I'm cheating a little to put them on, I guess I can forgive you.
Deadwood, the HBO show. It's unbroken obscenity in iambic pentameter, but it's got some of the most compelling characters I've seen on a screen. And a fantastic line for a D&D game: "For a base of operations, you can't beat a F******* saloon!"
Blood Meridian, the novel, by Cormac McCarthy. It's horrorshow, a bleak, nightmarish, spectacular account of a band of Indian-killers travelling through Mexico. Beautifully written and absolutely appalling.
Daniel
