The strongest light that, at times, casts a heavy shadow on the remaining cast is Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday in Tombstone.
The most recent watch of this was during the 19th HoF and, with a good five or more years since my last viewing of Wyatt Earp which causes me to turn off this film or just flat out skip it and put on my favorite; gave me the opportunity me to actually enjoy this popcorn munching salute to Western Mythos under the guise of looking to be historically correct. Though, admittedly, who CAN say what did or did not happen at this point of the game when it comes to such things.
It is said that, at the time with TV threatening the future of movie-goers spending their time at the theaters and drive-ins, film makers went BIG. And with an epic, archetypal story and Gregory Peck playing it stoic and un-moving between two warring factions over a watering stream, we have an immense and thoroughly enjoying film. Not to mention Burl F@ckin Ives as head of one of the factions, and what a job he did!
I did not see this film until the announcement of this Countdown and was so impressed that it made my list at #22.
I remember the first time seeing this at a late evening showing and leaving afterward, amazed, impressed, but very, very confused about it all. Feeling that there was a lot going on that my uneducated brain had no idea about.
Which, you would think would cause resentment, but there wasn't. Nor were there ever. Just amazement and appreciation for what I do understand and respect for all that I do not.
The Revenant is a truly beautifully shot film, framing the backdrop for some brutally ugly actions by those that betray DiCapro's Hugh Glass and his eventual revenge against them.
While it did not make my own list, I had my fingers crossed it would make it to a high position in this Countdown -- very glad to see it occur.
Movies Watched 52 out of 76 (68.42%)
John Wayne Films: Two
Clint Eastwood Films: One
MY LIST
1.
2. Open Range (#2)
3.
4.
5.
6. Ride The High Country (#63)
7. The Proposition (#46)
8.
9.
10. The Cowboys (#50)
11. The Grey Fox (#66)
12. The Great Silence (#34)
13. The Gunfighter (#40)
14. 3:10 To Yuma '07 (#29)
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16.
17.
18.
19. The Quick & The Dead (#42)
20. High Plains Drifter (#31)
21.
22. The Big Country (#27)
23.
24. Red River (#56)
25.
Rectification List (for my own old decrepit noodle)
1. Warlock (#94)
2. Naked Spur (#86)
3. The Great Train Robbery (#60)
4. Winchester '73 (#53)
5. 3:10 To Yuma ['57] (#48)
6. Jeremiah Johnson (#37)
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What I actually said to win MovieGal's heart:
- I might not be a real King of Kinkiness, but I make good pancakes
~Mr Minio
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