Film recommendations to get me in the mood...

[Onholidayinmyhead]

I absolutely loved the first RDR but have never been much of a western film fan. Even after I’d stopped playing the game I wasn’t really inclined to explore the genre. 

 

However I’ve got the itch. I’m watching The Hateful Eight tonight.

 

Any suggestions of other good films to watch before the big day?

[Typhus]

Watch Seraphim Falls, it's an outstanding Western starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan which never got the love it deserved.

 

[Ol' Stinky Pete]

Someone on here mentioned 'The Wild bunch' 

Ive watched some of it the other day. Fell asleep. But that's not a dig at the movie! 

... I was just off night shift. 

It was good of what I seen of it lol. 

 

Will watch the rest on Sat

 

And I'll throw in '3:10 to Yuma' and 'The hateful eight'. 

Took me months to realise The hateful eight was a kinda play on The Magnificent Seven lol. Doh. 

 

 

 

Edited September 27, 2018 by Ol' Stinky Pete

[HMS_Duke]

Dollars Trilogy - A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

[SinisterRaccoon]

Django is the obvious one, I think true grit is pretty good too.

[Onholidayinmyhead]

 

2 hours ago, Ol' Stinky Pete said:

And I'll throw in '3:10 to Yuma' and 'The hateful eight'. 

Took me months to realise The hateful eight was a kinda play on The Magnificent Seven lol. Doh. 

 

Half way way through The Hateful Eight at the moment. I’m enjoying it but I’m so tired, I’ll have to catch the second half tomorrow. I didn’t see the Magnificant Seven reference either!

 

2 hours ago, Typhus said:

Watch Seraphim Falls, it's an outstanding Western starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan which never got the love it deserved.

 

Looks interesting, thanks. Weird trailer though! 

 

1 hour ago, UndeadPotat0 said:

Django is the obvious one, I think true grit is pretty good too.

 

Ah yes. Django is one of the few I have seen. 

 

Thanks for all the suggestions. Now to find time to fit them in... 

[Il Monco]

The Great Silence

Once upon a time in the West

[berzelmayr]

 

 

[Der Süden]

Movies:

- The Hateful 8 by Quentin Tarantino

- All western movies with Terrance Hill and Bud Spencer

- All Clint Eastwood western

- True Grit

- Bone Tomahawk

- Django Unchained

- Once Upon A Time In The West

- Dances with Wolves

- 3:10 to Yuma

- Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

 

Series:

- Godless

- Deadwood

- Hell on Wheels

[damienrayemusic]

Hype for RDR2 ? easy. Watch The Assassination Of Jesse James....

NUFF SAID! 

[Gtaman_92]

Django Unchained without a doubt.

[Mirokunite]

7 hours ago, Der Norden said:

All Clint Eastwood western

 

 

[Onholidayinmyhead]

Thanks everyone. Some good suggestions here. Just finished The Hateful Eight. 

[wagszilla]

The Big Country.

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by wagszilla

[berzelmayr]

 

[Anonamix]

Pretty much what everyone else said.  I also enjoyed Hostiles which is currently on Netflix.

[Onholidayinmyhead]

6 hours ago, berzelmayr said:

 

Ah yes, Rango! I hadn’t thought to include that. Good film... reminds me of Fear and Loathing for some reason... 

[PapasHota]

Giu la Testa

Barquero

[Atlas4]

Unforgiven is the best Westerm film ever made. 

 

The Searchers is great 

 

2 lesser known ones but have similar themes to RDR is Shane and The Shootist. 

[Mister Pink]

I would second Unforgiven as being the best or at least one the best. Also High Plains Drifter.  More recently, Bone Tomahawk and coming out soon, the new Coen Brothers film...

 

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs..(Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, James Franco, Tom Waits..)

 

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2018 by Mister Pink

[The Algerian]

In order of which ones you should watch first:

- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

- For a few dollars more.

- Once upon a time in the west.

- Unforgiven.

- Tombstone.

[Jabalous]

The Big Gundown (1966) has turned into one of my favorite Western movies after I've finished watching it just now. The last duel is legendary, and the music is one of the finest in the genre. You must watch it! 

 

[Gunboat138]

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is one of my favorite movies of all time, western or no.  Basically plays off the last 6 months or so of Jesse James' life, showing off how absolutely terrifying he was to the people around him.  Brad Pitt, Garrett Dillahunt, Sam Rockwell, Jeremy Renner are in it and Casey Affleck steals the show.  Great cinematography, great acting and it's the truest movie to the source material I've personally ever seen.  Only thing that ever bothered me about it was, they're a scene where Jesse and Charlie Ford are riding through Missouri and they stop at a lake at the foot of an inexplicable mountain.  Being born and raised in Missouri, the tallest mountain we have equates to a large hill.  But I digress.

[Xiled]

Back to the Future part 3

http://imgur.com/gallery/GnjBMKl

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LwuZzh79ds4

Edited October 1, 2018 by Xiled

[Onholidayinmyhead]

On 10/1/2018 at 3:30 AM, Xiled said:

Back to the Future part 3

http://imgur.com/gallery/GnjBMKl

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LwuZzh79ds4

Yep gota love that one! 

On 10/1/2018 at 1:02 AM, Gunboat138 said:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is one of my favorite movies of all time, western or no.  

Just watched it the other day. It was very good and Casey Afflec is indeed fantastic in it. 

[HockeyMike24]

It's technically not a western but got me in the mood...

 

1) Desperado 

2) Once Upon A Time In Mexico.

 

Robert Rodriguez films and I think Quinton Tarantino had a hand in Desperado.

[Hess1922]

Glad to see people praising The Assassination of Jesse James... I was planning on watching it in preparation for RDR2, but I wasn't 100% sure until now.

[Onholidayinmyhead]

 

6 hours ago, Hess1922 said:

Glad to see people praising The Assassination of Jesse James... I was planning on watching it in preparation for RDR2, but I wasn't 100% sure until now.

It doesn’t feel like a ‘western’ as such. Or at least not how I would think of a western. It’s more an end of life biopic(?)- of both men. But worth the watch. 

8 hours ago, HockeyMike24 said:

It's technically not a western but got me in the mood...

 

1) Desperado 

2) Once Upon A Time In Mexico.

 

Robert Rodriguez films and I think Quinton Tarantino had a hand in Desperado.

Ah yes Desperado. Good choice, not seen it for ages though. 

 

Since we’re thinking about ‘Neo-Westerns’ I enjoyed Wind River with Jeremy Renner as well. It’s also part murder mystery.

Edited October 3, 2018 by Onholidayinmyhead

[Little Big Man]

Southern Comfort

Interview With a Vampire

Hard Times

Princess and the Frog

Live and Let Die

 

For that Lemoyne flavour.

[Onholidayinmyhead]

Princess and the Frog. Ha I have actually seen that too, courtesy of my 6 year old!

 

And hasn’t someone suggested that the house that burns down in Interview with a Vampire looks uncannily like the plantation house in Lemoyne?