Westerns is such a broad genre that it even has its own
section in HMV. I’m going to go for the traditional kind.
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True Grit
Wanted to fit a Coen Brothers film in here and True Grit
just fit right. I actually saw this film 3 times at the cinema as my friends
all saw it separately and I was too excited so went along each time. Mattie Ross hires lawman Rooster Cogburn to
help her track down the man that murdered her father. It’s a simple story of
revenge and an unlikely friendship or sorts. Everything about this film is just
superb and having Jeff Bridges take the lead just makes the film stand out on
high. Finding unknown Hailee Steinfeld was also an excellent idea, she is a picture of determination and the two are well matched.
Slow West
A horribly tragic story about young English nobleman who
travels to the west to find his love, Rose. She and her father were accused of
murder and ran away from Scotland. Young Jay Cavendish teams up with Irish
bounty hunter Silas to find the fugitives. But with Silas keeping his true
motives secret and with a gang of hunters on their trail, it’s only a matter of
time before a deadly standoff. I say it sad because Cavendish is in love with
Rose but she isn’t with him and its painfully obvious in the flashbacks and
when they are finally reunited. Kodi Smit-McPhee and Michael Fassbender do make
an excellent team though.
High Plains Drifter
When I was younger, I was ill quite frequently. It actually
really sucked. I missed out on some field trips, fun music lessons and events.
I even missed out performing at the Christmas musical one year. But during the
times I was ill, I watched movies. If my mum had to go to work or go shopping,
I’d stay at home and raid the video cupboards. Mostly taped from the TV, we had
Disney and a few random ones too, one being High Plains Drifter. It was
certificate 18 so to a 10/11 year old this was enticing. A supernatural western
starring Clint Eastwood in a story inspired by his previous roles in Sergio
Leone and Don Siegel’s films, where he plays a mysterious stranger who arrives
in a corrupt town who had their sheriff killed. He is violent, mean and uncaring
and orders the town people to paint the place red as the criminals their hired
come back. It’s actually a pretty good movie, but to be honest, 15 certificate
would have been fine.
When I was younger, I was ill quite frequently. It actually
really sucked. I missed out on some field trips, fun music lessons and events.
I even missed out performing at the Christmas musical one year. But during the
times I was ill, I watched movies. If my mum had to go to work or go shopping,
I’d stay at home and raid the video cupboards. Mostly taped from the TV, we had
Disney and a few random ones too, one being High Plains Drifter. It was
certificate 18 so to a 10/11 year old this was enticing. A supernatural western
starring Clint Eastwood in a story inspired by his previous roles in Sergio
Leone and Don Siegel’s films, where he plays a mysterious stranger who arrives
in a corrupt town who had their sheriff killed. He is violent, mean and uncaring
and orders the town people to paint the place red as the criminals their hired
come back. It’s actually a pretty good movie, but to be honest, 15 certificate
would have been fine.