I also rate this moive a 10. I don't see it as trying to make a statement or display artistic skills. To me it's a homma
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xyZee — 19 years ago(February 13, 2007 07:14 PM)
I can't say, I know any critics that say it's one of the worst movies ever. Criterion thought it was great enough to add it to their sizeable laserdisc collection(although it's long out of print), and to me that says something.
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dogsoldier_spoon-1 — 19 years ago(February 14, 2007 11:15 AM)
who cares about the critics? Really, it about you not about the critics. There are critics who think that Braveheart's one of the worst movies ever. BRAVEHEART for christ's sake!
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BuckFlicks — 19 years ago(February 20, 2007 05:47 PM)
When I watch Fist Full of Dollars, I think to myself "What's all the fuss about?" It's not a good movie, and it wasn't even an original screenplay. It was adapted from a Kurosawa film - not even adapted so much as copied it was almost taken cut for cut. So any argument against Silverado for being trite or unoriginal that includes Fist Full of Dollars in support of its premise is invalid.
Now let's take a look at the other elements of the movies and see which one comes out on top:
Dialogue: Clearly the winner here is Silverado. It's not even close - for one thing, all the actors in Silverado speak English and didn't need another actor to dub their lines.
Characters: Silverado's characters are immensely more entertaining and engaging (whether likable or not) than the various sneering thugs in FFoD.
Suspense: I have to give the nod here to FFoD. Leone could take a tense moment and stretch it out for days.
Cinematography: no contest here Silverado, above all else, is a beautiful movie. Some of the images are permanently burned into my brain they were so striking.
Fun Move Experience: Well, considering I own the Silverado DVD and watch it a few times a year, and couldn't make it all the way through FFoD before sending it back to Netflix, I'd say that experience goes in the Silverado Column.
So, since everyone here thinks that their opinion is the only one that is right, then it's time for me to declare (with tongue firmly planted in cheek) that Silverado is a master work and anyone who doesn't think so is clearly an ignorant wretch.
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one189teen50five — 18 years ago(April 09, 2007 12:44 PM)
I love Silverado but my only problem with it is there isn't enough of Kevin Costner in it. He is adorable in this. Love it when he rides wild into town and kicks in the saloon doors and then gets two baddies at once. Really cool.
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one189teen50five — 12 years ago(November 30, 2013 05:23 PM)
First of all, this was meant to be a fun tribute to the westerns of yesteryear. Second, OPEN RANGE is one of the best movie westerns ever made AND Kevin Costner knows how to make those masterpieces. HE IS BETTER than Eastwood any day of the week. Third, John Wayne was just ok. In every western, he played basically the same cowboy. Talk about having no range!!! Please. Fourth of all, the characters were great in Silverado. Not everybody has to like it but to say it's the worst is a downright LIE. FIFTH POINTget your stupid friends to tell you whether or not you should go and see a movie because you are too ignorant to make up your own minds. END OF LESSON.
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Fibre_Optic — 11 years ago(January 21, 2015 08:17 AM)
LOL I like Silverado but that's quite the hissy fit, ah I get it now you're a Costner fanboy. As much as I quite like Costner, he isn't anyhwhere near to Eastwood in acting or directing, period. As a Costner fanboy you lack any real subjectivity don't you as I will show below.
Just looking through your IMDB ratings you've given Costner 10 out of 10 for every film he's made lol, Waterworld, Postman, The New Daughter, American Flyers etc etc etc. Yet we are to take you as credible when you've given films like Pulp Fiction 1, Forrest Gump 1, Gladiator 1, Goodfellas 1, The Silence of the Lambs 1, Saving Private Ryanm 2, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 1, No Country for Old Men 1, Heat 1, Unforgiven 1. I understand people have diferent tastes but seriously? I bet it nearly killed you to give A Perfect World 10, Eastwood, directed and starred, good job Costner was in it otherwise it would have got a 1. It's people like you that make the IMDB ratings system a joke.
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vranger — 11 years ago(March 01, 2015 04:18 AM)
There's no reason for a comparison, anyway. Most of us have enough time left in our lives to watch our favorite Costner films, our favorite Eastwood films, and our Favorite John Wayne films at least once more.
So who needs to choose?!?
Frankly, of the three stars, there are more John Wayne films I'd choose to watch as my "last movie" than Eastwood films, and more Eastwood films than Costner films and I like all three actors a lot.
For Costner, I'd probably go with either Silverado or Tin Cup.
For Eastwood, it would be Kelly's Heroes, hands down, although Any Which Way but Loose would be in there swinging.
For John Wayne, the list is REALLY long. Great war films, great dramatic westerns, great adventure comedies all come to mind. How do you choose between The Quiet Man, McClintock, In Harm's Way, Sands of Iwo Jima, Stagecoach, True Grit, The Searchers, Donovan's Reef, Hatari!, and on and on. Say what you will about the versatility of his acting, but he left a legacy of VERY watchable films that is virtually unrivaled.