It's time for the annual Legends of Western Cinema Week blogathon. Check out this link at Hamlette's blog for a round-up of all the links to the various posts. As usual, there is a giveaway and fun games!
Here are my answers to this year's tag questions.
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Stetson -- a favorite hero moment (i.e. highlighting their character and/or making a pivotal decision, etc)
Silverado (1985) - Scott Glenn and Danny Glover arming themselves. "This oughta do." Bruce Broughton's magnificent score.
Petticoat -- a favorite heroine moment (ditto)
Cora in Quigley Down Under (1990) overcoming her past and protecting the baby from the dingoes.
Canteen -- a favorite scene with a leader/mentor
Jackson helping Kid Shelleen prepare and dress for his confrontation with Tim Strawn in Cat Ballou (1965).
Gloves -- a favorite sidekick/friend scene
Ride Lonesome - the "you're not going to work for me/you're gonna be a partner" scene between Pernell Roberts and James Coburn.
Canyon -- a favorite western landscape
Any landscape in a Western directed by Kevin Costner, because he understands the beauty of the West and shows it in all its glory and color. None of that washed out BS a lot of modern Westerns like to rely on.
Pistol -- a favorite fight scene
Big Jake (1971) - Glenn Corbett/Patrick Wayne showdown: "They tell me you killed two men in a fair fight tonight. That true?" "No: three, counting you." It's a very short gunfight, but its one of my favorites. I suppose for fist fights, I'm quite fond of the barroom brawl from the same movie. "But I ain't never been to Nacogdoches!"
Saddle -- a favorite horse / animal in a western
Silver, from The Lone Ranger (2013). I mean I named my Husky after him!
Sky -- a favorite ambitious / crazy plan in a western
The finale of Cowboys & Aliens (2011). Very ambitious. Very crazy.
Rifle -- a favorite scene with an antagonist
End showdown between Richard Boone and John Wayne in Big Jake.
Chuckwagon -- a favorite meal scene
"I gotta real dislike of red beans," Jack Palance's character from Chato's Land (1972) during a camp breakfast. Mostly because that line is still quoted around here all the time even though we haven't rewatched the movie since the 1970s. And I agree with his character's sentiments.
Badge -- a favorite scene with peace officers / sheriff
Doc Holliday (Jason Robards) confronting Wyatt Earp (James Garner) after Wyatt guns down Warshaw at the corral. Hour of the Gun (1967).
Lariat -- a favorite cattle drive /roundup
The end cattle drive in Alvarez Kelly (1966).
7 comments:
Enjoyed reading your answers & thanks for participating in LOWCW! :)
Yessssssss, "This oughtta do" is just a classic, delicious moment.
I've been wanting to rewatch Quigley Down Under lately. Now that I don't have the soundtrack on constant repeat anymore.
You're right, Costner really does do color-saturated western landscapes well. Though I have to say that, driving through Montana and Wyoming in early summer, there was a LOT of grey and brown and greyish green already, so I don't really mind the more grey-scale western aesthetic, I just figure those movies take place later in the year than the classic ones :-D (But I tend to set my own western books in May because the world is still green and colorful then...)
I'm mentioning that exact same Bat and Wyatt moment in my tag answers too, but in a different slot :-D
Fun stuff!
Silverado is still high on my to-watch list, and I LOVE that Cora moment in Quigley Down Under. It's fantastic.
I could have sworn I commented on this post. I read this post. I remember commenting about the Silverado scene and how much I love the "This oughtta do" line. Weird. Where did my comment go? WEIRD. Blogger is getting so funky. Sigh.
BTW, I tagged you with the Sunshine Blogger Award! Play if you want to :-)
Hamlette -- apparently blogger decided it was spam at some point. I just unspammed it, cuz it didn't notify me that it had done that, so I was thinking, yeah, you did comment! It has been getting weird about stuff. Weirder, I should say!
Olivia - Silverado is an awesome Western, well worth the watch. It satisfies on so many levels! I hope you get to see it soon.
Heidi - thanks for co-hosting! I really enjoyed this year's edition!
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