#903 – Breaking Good…
Well, Intervention Con 2013 is here and gone… time to get back on the saddle again with the regular strips. That’s not easy to do when you get home and Silverado is playing on the ol’ cable box.
For me, Silverado is one of my favorite movies that I have a hard time not watching whenever it comes on. It’s one of my favorite westerns with a pretty awesome cast – even if they weren’t big names at the time. Danny Glover had not yet been cast in Lethal Weapon and how many people knew Kevin Kline before that movie? And, of course, there’s the famous story about Kevin Costner being cut out of The Big Chill and Lawrence Kasdan feeling so bad about it, he promised Costner a role in his very next film – and that was… yup, you guessed it – Silverado.
Of course, there were a lot of other great actors in this as well… Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehy, Linda Hunt and Jeff Fahey.
And, just to show my age, this was another great movie that I saw in the theater when it was first released. Always wished they would have made a sequel – especially since the last line in the film is Kevin Costner shouting “We’ll be back”. Well, I’m still waiting for them to return.
Silverado is just one western of many that I like. What are some of your favorite westerns and why?
Give me Unforgiven any day of the week. My boss closed the off ice and took the whole staff to see it. Of course thst was just him (my father in law), my wife, and me, but it was still the coolest thing he ever did at work.
You really can’t go wrong with ANY Clint Eastwood western… but yeah, Unforgiven is a really great western too.
I haven’t seen many film westerns. Those I have I didn’t like very much. However two of my favorite shows are Hell On Wheels (AMC) and arguably the best show on TV right now, Justified. (FX) both on Netflix.
Joel, you’re missing out on a great movie genre. You should give westerns a chance – but you gotta be careful because, just like sci-fi (or really any movie genre out there), there are some real gems but there are also some real stinkers too.
Haven’t seen Hell On Wheels yet but a few people in my office really like that show. I have always like Timoth Olyphant but I’ve been late to catch the Justified bug. I started watching the last few episodes from last season on Video On Demand though. That’s a really good “modern western”.
Another great “western” is Quigley Down Under with Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman. It’s basically a western set in Australia – hence the title of the movie. And, even though it didn’t do great in the box office, I liked Australia too starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman.
In fact, there were some scenes in Australia where Hugh Jackman looked eerily like a very young Clint Eastwood. I always said if they ever wanted to reboot any of the Dirty Harry movies or any of the Pale Rider westerns, they could easily get Hugh to play Dirty harry or The Man With No Name…
🙂
Thanks for the recommendations! I’ve seen Australia and wasn’t a fan. Though, that could be more of a Nicole Kidman thing. I just found the movie horribly long and a bit on the dull side. I agree about Jackman though and I think he should do more westerns.
Joel… yeah, I wouldn’t disagree with you about Australia. It is a pretty long movie and had some dull parts in it but i can pretty much watch anything with Jackman in it. I don’t have any problems with Nicole Kidman either. Quigley Down Under had a lot more action and a quicker pace, that’s for sure. 🙂
My favorite western is Back to the Future Part III. 😛
And there’s Bill with the Combo Meal of Sci-Fi AND Western. 🙂
Yeah. I went straight to Cowboys & Aliens, myself. 😀
Anyone have a tissue? These alergies and eye strain are really doing a number on me 😉 🙂
I need to add 2 more, 1 classic 1 new. Paint Your Wagon and 3:10 to Yuma. Two completely different movies!
Denis, don;t think I have seen Paint Your Wagon. Doesn’t sound familiar. With 3:10 to Yuma, are you talking about the remake with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe or the original?
I’ve only seen the remake. Check out Paint Your Wagon on IMDB – very funny.