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1000 votes!

posted 19 years ago by cengelm
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1000 votes means that it is a popular Western. Not counting comedies it should be among the Top 100 Westerns.

[–] Lunalou 19 years ago

I can't comment on how it ranks among westerns....I'll just say, take Brando out of it and what's left?

[–] cengelm 19 years ago

I'll just say, take Brando out of it and what's left?

It would be pretty much a routine oater but still not a bad film. Then it would probably deserve the rating of 6.0.

[–] sabsco 19 years ago

"I'll just say, take Brando out of it and what's left?"

Really wouldn't want to but I'll say: - damned good performances by Nicholson, Stanton, Quaid, Forrest, and Ryan, some uniquely "authentic" dialogue (Could ya' hurry it up? I'm beginnin' to chafe!"), and a nice musical score by John Williams.

[–] WalterDenton 19 years ago

Nicholson is good, Brando is lousy. If it is one of the top 100 westerns, then I hope it is number 100.

"It's the stuff that dreams are made of."

[–] cengelm 19 years ago

I think that Nicholson plays only his usual small time crook here but Brando is better than in other films.

[–] davo__b 18 years ago

I'll just say, take Brando out of it and what's left?

Perhaps a better film than it turned out to be.

[–] cengelm 18 years ago

Well, it would be something like TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN. A simple vigilante Western