I can't believe people actually liked this movie
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The_Walking_Dude — 20 years ago(April 21, 2005 12:10 PM)
Yeah. I mean, Leone's classics are better. No doubt.
But Silverado is, in my not-so-humble opinion, the best "fun" Western. It doesn't make you think, it doesn't make you question your morals, it just sets up some good guys and some bad guys and lets the story play from there.
Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.
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cengelm — 20 years ago(June 23, 2005 01:20 AM)
Well, then watch MY DARLING CLEMENTINE or RIO GRANDE! SILVERADO is a good Western entry, particularly recommended to people who are new to the genre. I can hardly believe that anyone loves MY DARLING CLEMENTINE or RIO GRANDE.
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ecarle — 20 years ago(June 29, 2005 02:20 PM)
I believe that "Silverado" was explicitly intended as an attempt to go back in time BEFORE the violent, operatic and international looking "Spaghetti Westerns" of Leone (with their terrible dubbing) indeed before the ultra-violent Peckinpah "Wild Bunch" to a time when the Western featured a clear match-up of good vs. evil under sunny skies on the open prarie.
Kasdan had recently helped reinvent such genres as the film noir ("Body Heat") and the adventure movie ("Raiders of the Lost Ark"), and wanted to try to do the same for the Western.
But alas, the Western was still a dead genre for many audience members, especially women.
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alvink — 20 years ago(July 07, 2005 06:45 PM)
yeeeesssss.
silverado is shallow and pointless, and, when it tries to have mr. klein 'stare down the villian', eastwood-style, it's just pitiful, but it's ok for the people that do not know anything about westerns.
but for those who compare this movie with rio bravo or once upon a time, get a life, preferably watching old ricky martin re-runs. -
lam33gb — 20 years ago(July 21, 2005 04:08 PM)
I know more than my fair share about Westerns. I'm from West Texas. And yes, I did grow up with alot of land with a few horses and some cattle. A family friend is actually in the movie. Most of his career involved Westerns (Roy Mac).
Personally, I love the movie. It is in my Western collection that includes many John Wayne greats along with Desperado, Lonesome Dove, Open Range, and many more.
It's fine to not like a movie, but to question someone's intelligence concerning a subject because they actually do like a movie is rather shallow. What makes your opinion worth more than anyone elses? NothingAbsolutely nothing. -
cengelm — 20 years ago(July 31, 2005 12:17 PM)
Anyone who prefers that film to Clementine and Rio Grande probably doesn't care very much about filmmaking or artistic content.
Whatever content there is. What's the point of MY DARLING CLEMENTINE?
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smith93 — 20 years ago(August 18, 2005 09:09 AM)
The point of My Darling Clementine? John Ford used the mythology of the western to make movies about his understanding of America's national identity. My Darling Clementine is about the taming of the west and the values of civilization. And defending a movie by saying that it is "more difficult to handle" because it's in color is ridiculous. Aside from the fact that that isn't even necessarily true, are you arguing that a movie is better if it was more difficult to make? It could be more easily argued that a subtle and meaningful movie like Clementine or Rio Grand is "more difficult to handle" than a shallow, generic shoot-em-up like Silverado.
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alvink — 20 years ago(August 31, 2005 06:34 PM)
i agree soooooo much. people like it, and i don't understand, but i want to understand, but this movie is doggie-doo.
kline needs to comunicate with glover, so he shoots the rifle action of glover's rifle; glover says 'thanks' then continues to use the same rifle. duh.
this movie encompasses the same realism as does 'terror in tiny town', the western made with midgets riding shetland ponies.
however, if you would like to get goofed up and cheer, how about kline trying to make the same faces as eastwood, van cleef, and wallach.
more 'camp', in a ridiculous way' than this movie would be difficult to find.
this is one really stupid movie. just ridiculous.
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Phantasm21 — 20 years ago(September 08, 2005 04:24 AM)
kline needs to comunicate with glover, so he shoots the rifle action of glover's rifle; glover says 'thanks' then continues to use the same rifle. duh.
Are you talking about when Glover was on top of the roof in the big shoot out near the end when that guy was sneaking up behind him? Cause it looked like to me that Kline just shot the stonework above Glover's head. That actually made me laugh since it was such an insane way to warn somebody. -
lwarren777 — 20 years ago(October 11, 2005 11:58 AM)
Has anyone ever taught you how to use the shift button on your keyboard? But maybe they don't teach that until second grade?
Everyone has their own tastes. Sometimes, even I can't explain why I like one thing over another, let alone why I like something that someone else doesn't. All I know is that I love this movie. One of my favorites.