Film recommendations to get me in the mood...

[busted666]

Unforgiven. Which is like my favorite movie. I recently rewatched it and there was like 4 or 5 hat references that were quite funny and subtle. So i know rockstar watched it too.

 

The flaw I see games are never as great as movies or (good) tv series story-wise.

[Cutter De Blanc]

People say Tombstone but I honestly apparently can't stand Wyatt Earp, I haven't liked the character of him in any incarnation I've seen.

I've tried to watch Tombstone maybe five times and I just ended up tuning out and getting distracted every time

[Ticko]

6 hours ago, busted666 said:

Unforgiven. Which is like my favorite movie. I recently rewatched it and there was like 4 or 5 hat references that were quite funny and subtle. So i know rockstar watched it too.

 

The flaw I see games are never as great as movies or (good) tv series story-wise.

I watched Unforgiven too recently for the first time and I did like it a lot. What are the references that you saw in the movie?

 

About the flaw in games not being as good story-wise I see what you mean but I do think that games have come a long way and that not long from now it will be just as good, it might even be better.

[busted666]

3 minutes ago, Ticko said:

I watched Unforgiven too recently for the first time and I did like it a lot. What are the references that you saw in the movie?

 

About the flaw in games not being as good story-wise I see what you mean but I do think that games have come a long way and that not long from now it will be just as good, it might even be better.

i did read the first rdr2 previews or maybe even watched the trailer and there was some hat reference by rockstar. and only after that i watched unforgiven again and there was a couple of hat-references too which i only noticed because i had been thinking about it because of rdr2, so i made the link that rockstar took it from that movie.

 

i dont know man about games having better stories than movies or tv series. its a different way of storytelling. people are oversaturated now with shows because of netflix and so on. its very hard for games to hold your attention like that. i mean i do binge-play videogames like i binge-watch some tv-shows but for the games its rarely about the story but because i want to explore the gameworld or because the gameplay is fun. i did see some guy say he just replayed rdr1 for the 10th time i envy that. like when i started replaying gta5 i just got distracted and couldnt bother. tho the few segments i played where better than i remembered them, i just barely find the motivation to continue with it, maybe its just me.

Edited October 15, 2018 by busted666

[Cutter De Blanc]

Just watched The Cowboys with John Wayne, he plays a tough old rancher who has to herd some cattle 400 miles and he has a bunch of young boys help him. They encounter cattle rustlers. Kind of an unconventional John Wayne movie, I think this one will stick with me. Sinister bad guy played by Bruce Dern. Sometimes heartwarming, often funny. I liked this one a lot.

Edited October 15, 2018 by Cutter De Blanc

[Ticko]

6 hours ago, busted666 said:

i did read the first rdr2 previews or maybe even watched the trailer and there was some hat reference by rockstar. and only after that i watched unforgiven again and there was a couple of hat-references too which i only noticed because i had been thinking about it because of rdr2, so i made the link that rockstar took it from that movie.

 

i dont know man about games having better stories than movies or tv series. its a different way of storytelling. people are oversaturated now with shows because of netflix and so on. its very hard for games to hold your attention like that. i mean i do binge-play videogames like i binge-watch some tv-shows but for the games its rarely about the story but because i want to explore the gameworld or because the gameplay is fun. i did see some guy say he just replayed rdr1 for the 10th time i envy that. like when i started replaying gta5 i just got distracted and couldnt bother. tho the few segments i played where better than i remembered them, i just barely find the motivation to continue with it, maybe its just me.

Yeah I get what your saying, I don't play the same game 10 times my self. But especially Rockstar games I just like the cutscene's which in my opinion are always original, funny and sometimes even a bit emotional. To each his own of course.

[TexasOdysseus]

3 hours ago, Cutter De Blanc said:

Just watched The Cowboys with John Wayne, he plays a tough old rancher who has to herd some cattle 400 miles and he has a bunch of young boys help him. They encounter cattle rustlers. Kind of an unconventional John Wayne movie, I think this one will stick with me. Sinister bad guy played by Bruce Dern. Sometimes heartwarming, often funny. I liked this one a lot.

One of my favorite movies of all time!

 

One of his last films and just amazing. Roscoe Lee Browne is great in it too. And Dern got death threats from this film! And John Williams' score is one of his most underappreciated works ever.

 

 

Visually stunning, paced out brilliantly, acted well, and Mark Rydell's direction and cinematography were fantastic. I love love love this movie so much. 

8 hours ago, Cutter De Blanc said:

People say Tombstone but I honestly apparently can't stand Wyatt Earp, I haven't liked the character of him in any incarnation I've seen.

I've tried to watch Tombstone maybe five times and I just ended up tuning out and getting distracted every time

Really? Wow, why is that, do you know? I'm curious because Tombstone is generally so broadly and highly regarded. I liked Kurt Russell's interpretation because it more closely mirrored Earp in real life--as a flawed man of dubious morality. The whole Gunfight at the OK Corral thing gets distilled down to good guys vs bad guys, which is so over-simplified, so Tombstone did a decent job of portraying it.

[Cutter De Blanc]

I just don't like the guy. I think he's boring. Him and his dumbass brother both. I prefer outlaws over lawmen.

 

Earlier I watched the original Django from 1966. Badass film. Whole lot of of fun. I highly recommend it. Wait till you find out what he's got in the coffin! "A man named Django." The version I watched was both dubbed and had subtitles, and the subtitles didn't say what was being spoken by the dub, so that was really interesting watching it. The subtitles made him seem a lot more badass than he sounded.

Edited October 17, 2018 by Cutter De Blanc

[TexasOdysseus]

Cool. Cinefix's Top 10 Westerns of all Time.

 

Good list--what I love about Cinefix's lists, is that there are always old school unknown or influential but not mainstream flicks in there. I've discovered a LOT of good movies from Cinefix. Good stuff. 

 

[Original Light]

 

[Cutter De Blanc]

This evening I watched The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. An enjoyable classic. Darkly funny the whole way through. Liked watching Humphrey Bogart play an asshole bum turned prospector, don't wanna give too much away but he's fascinating in the role. The themes of the movie touch on morality and greed. Definitely worth a watch.

[TexasOdysseus]

Oh yeah, Treasure of the Sierra Madre is awesome. 

 

So, I was rewatching the second gameplay trailer and this struck me...

 

Starts at 1:40, but does that bandit look like Eli Wallach in the original Mag Seven a little but? Calavera? 

 

[Ehrmantraut]

I've just watched The Hateful 8 for the first time. It's not the kind of Western I was hoping, but great movie, nonetheless

[Pocket Fox]

So I got Deadwood on Blu-Ray like..2014. Saw season 1, never 2, 3 on blu ray (but have seen them on DVD).

To my horror... there is a problem with the British/Aussie versions of Season 2 where audio is out of sync by like a good 2 seconds.  Ugh!

Apparently to get this fixed I need to contact Paramount with my receipt... from 4 years ago... which I don't have...

 

So, tonight I'll be watching The Quick and the Dead, instead (and rhyming too apparently)

[Cutter De Blanc]

I've been watching at least one Western a day for the last couple weeks. I'm trying to save the best ones for last. Tomorrow I will watch the Wild Bunch, on the 22nd 23rd and 24th I will watch the Dollars Trilogy. Don't know what I will watch tonight. Probably Once Upon A Time in the West, and possibly The Shootist

[Lonely-Martin]

10 hours ago, Mafia Assassin® said:

I've just watched The Hateful 8 for the first time. It's not the kind of Western I was hoping, but great movie, nonetheless

Beautiful movie though, great atmosphere in the snow parts too.

 

8 hours ago, Pocket Fox said:

So I got Deadwood on Blu-Ray like..2014. Saw season 1, never 2, 3 on blu ray (but have seen them on DVD).

To my horror... there is a problem with the British/Aussie versions of Season 2 where audio is out of sync by like a good 2 seconds.  Ugh!

Apparently to get this fixed I need to contact Paramount with my receipt... from 4 years ago... which I don't have...

I read of this and stuck with my DVD's, luckily with this show, not being in super HD adds to the rough edge for me. (Much like old horror movies too). Bad though as I would have for sure.

 

29 minutes ago, Cutter De Blanc said:

I've been watching at least one Western a day for the last couple weeks. I'm trying to save the best ones for last. Tomorrow I will watch the Wild Bunch, on the 22nd 23rd and 24th I will watch the Dollars Trilogy. Don't know what I will watch tonight. Probably Once Upon A Time in the West, and possibly The Shootist

Ha-ha, likewise. I caught The Wild Bunch just Thursday evening. Love that flick. Tonight it's The Revenant as I've a buddy popping by that's yet to see Leo on fine form once again.

 

You know, take me back to when Titanic and Romeo & Juliet came out, I'd have not expected to have became such a fan. But after seeing What's Eating Gilbert Grape and the many instant classics since. He's up there with the big boys for me. Great actor, and Tom Hardy too. Sweeeeet!

[TexasOdysseus]

11 hours ago, Mafia Assassin® said:

I've just watched The Hateful 8 for the first time. It's not the kind of Western I was hoping, but great movie, nonetheless

Yeah, it's a usual Tarentino flick--too long, broken up by "chapters" because directorially he has problems blending scenes, and the usual gore. But it was hellaciously well acted and the cinematography with the outdoor shots was really something. But I can envision RDR2 borrowing thematically from it. Just sounds like something R* might do. 

[Ehrmantraut]

16 minutes ago, TexasOdysseus said:

Yeah, it's a usual Tarentino flick--too long, broken up by "chapters" because directorially he has problems blending scenes, and the usual gore. But it was hellaciously well acted and the cinematography with the outdoor shots was really something. But I can envision RDR2 borrowing thematically from it. Just sounds like something R* might do. 

Yeah, the outdoors shots were just gorgeous, and the interactions in the stagecoach kinda reminded me of RDR1, somehow. I can totally see R* taking inspiration from this movie.

[SneakyDeaky]

4 hours ago, Cutter De Blanc said:

I've been watching at least one Western a day for the last couple weeks. I'm trying to save the best ones for last. Tomorrow I will watch the Wild Bunch, on the 22nd 23rd and 24th I will watch the Dollars Trilogy. Don't know what I will watch tonight. Probably Once Upon A Time in the West, and possibly The Shootist

I've been doing the same thing for the last few months. I've watched about 50 odd. I am down to my last 6, the first two are great, but the last 4 are my personal favourite westerns of all time.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid.

My favourites:
The Dollars Trilogy.
Once upon a time in the West

I'd include The Wild Bunch and Unforgiven in my top 6 with the Leone movies, too. I've watched Wild Bunch twice this year already. It is the perfect movie to get in the mood for RDR 2. It's themes and characters are a direct inspiration for the RED DEAD series.

[Ol' Stinky Pete]

Just watched 'True Grit' and 'Young Guns' last night. 

Great films. 

 

Some of the lingo is great from that era. 

 

"You better flatten your tongue boy!"  

Modern day translation - 'You better stop snitching" Lmao 

Edited October 23, 2018 by Ol' Stinky Pete

[Cutter De Blanc]

Here is a short film FROM the old west. You really can't get any more authentic than this
 

 

[Fidzy]

I'm surprised to see no one's mentioned A Million Ways to Die in The West.

[Mac-]

Lighting Jack Kane is a good western if no one has seen it.

 

[imburgundy]

The Outlaw Josey Wales!

I know it's been mentioned on here already but I really want to emphasize the greatness of this movie! Clint is the perfect actor and is at his all time best here in my opinion. Also this might be the inspiration for John's scars as Josey has a large scar on his right cheek as well. Check out this little clip to get an idea of what you'll be getting I promise you will not be let down.

 

[berzelmayr]

Four years ago they made a Alps-western in Austria btw:

 

 

 

 

[xXManATeeXx]

Only one movie I could watch tonight to get me in the mood before I play. 

 

Blazing Saddles

[DonJulio]

Just picked up the pro bundle & Watching 3:10 to Yuma for the 1st time while I wait for my game to download.. 1st time seeing it & im not sure if this is done in many Western movies, but in the 1st few scenes of the movie Russell Crowe uses a little book to draw animals, etc. RDR2 get that idea from them ?

[White Shark]

Lol it's funny. Has anyone else noticed on Netflix they're suddenly getting recommended Western films even though they haven't searched or watched these preciously? Obviously Netflix has had a spike in searches for these types of films which is now filtering down to all users.