Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[N41D]

Western Category is a MUST... Or just fold them over into another genre... I got a few that have to be on my draft list somewhere.

 

[N41D]

Western Category is a MUST... Or just fold them over into another genre... I got a few that have to be on my draft list somewhere.

 

[duba169]

I don't remember that many good western movies being made in the 90's though

 

[duba169]

I don't remember that many good western movies being made in the 90's though

 

[noskey]

I'm in the draft.

 

[noskey]

I'm in the draft.

 

[mronegative]

This thread is for books too right? What in the name of...

Amazon product ASIN 1936340313
They made a Black Dynamite comic...it goes out next week...the label making it? APE Entertainment?!

the full title? Black Dynamite: Slave Island!!

Black Dynamite: Slave Island follows everyone's favorite blaxploitation sensation as he brings his bad-#** brand of kung-fu to the sequential page! Based on the eponymous film starring Michael Jai White, Black Dynamite uses his fists of fury to shut down a mysterious island of slavers!

I might have to find this.

 

[mronegative]

This thread is for books too right? What in the name of...

Amazon product ASIN 1936340313
They made a Black Dynamite comic...it goes out next week...the label making it? APE Entertainment?!

the full title? Black Dynamite: Slave Island!!

Black Dynamite: Slave Island follows everyone's favorite blaxploitation sensation as he brings his bad-#** brand of kung-fu to the sequential page! Based on the eponymous film starring Michael Jai White, Black Dynamite uses his fists of fury to shut down a mysterious island of slavers!

I might have to find this.

 

[illmaticsoulchild]

I'm on board with whatever you guys are planning.. whatever it is 

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[illmaticsoulchild]

I'm on board with whatever you guys are planning.. whatever it is 

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[noskey]

595 cents 

I'm def. buying that when it's out.

 

[noskey]

595 cents 

I'm def. buying that when it's out.

 

[venom lyrix]

trailers for The Bang Bang Club, Hanna, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, news on The Rock's next movie and more - http://bit.ly/h9xrd1

 

[venom lyrix]

trailers for The Bang Bang Club, Hanna, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, news on The Rock's next movie and more - http://bit.ly/h9xrd1

 

[koolbarbone]

Originally Posted by Nowitness41Dirk

Western Category is a MUST... Or just fold them over into another genre... I got a few that have to be on my draft list somewhere.

Agreed. Westerns in the 90s were not great. However, it is a rich genre and it would be great to have as a category for other decades.

If others want to be flexible, the definition of a Western is very broad:

In the 1960s academic and critical attention to cinema as a legitimate art form emerged. With the increased attention, film theory was developed to attempt to understand the significance of film. From this environment emerged (in conjunction with the literary movement) an enclave of critical studies called genre studies. This was primarily a semantic and structuralist approach to understanding how similar films convey meaning.

Westerns usually have certain codes: for example, a hero wears a white hat, while the villain wears a black hat; when more than one cowboy faces the other with no one in between them, there will be a shootout; ranchers and mountain men don't talk to people and live alone, while townsfolk are family and community-minded; etc. All Western films can be read as a series of codes and the variations on those codes.

One of the results of genre studies is that some have argued that "Westerns" need not take place in the American West or even in the 19th century, as the codes can be found in other types of films. For example, a very typical Western plot is that an eastern lawman heads west, where he matches wits and trades bullets with a gang of outlaws and thugs, and is aided by a local lawman who is well-meaning but largely ineffective until a critical moment when he redeems himself by saving the hero's life. This description can be used to describe any number of Westerns, but also other films such as Die Hard, Top Gun, and Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai which are frequently cited examples of films that do not take place in the American West but have many themes and characteristics common to Westerns. Likewise, films set in the American Old West may not necessarily be considered "Westerns."

 

[koolbarbone]

Originally Posted by Nowitness41Dirk

Western Category is a MUST... Or just fold them over into another genre... I got a few that have to be on my draft list somewhere.

Agreed. Westerns in the 90s were not great. However, it is a rich genre and it would be great to have as a category for other decades.

If others want to be flexible, the definition of a Western is very broad:

In the 1960s academic and critical attention to cinema as a legitimate art form emerged. With the increased attention, film theory was developed to attempt to understand the significance of film. From this environment emerged (in conjunction with the literary movement) an enclave of critical studies called genre studies. This was primarily a semantic and structuralist approach to understanding how similar films convey meaning.

Westerns usually have certain codes: for example, a hero wears a white hat, while the villain wears a black hat; when more than one cowboy faces the other with no one in between them, there will be a shootout; ranchers and mountain men don't talk to people and live alone, while townsfolk are family and community-minded; etc. All Western films can be read as a series of codes and the variations on those codes.

One of the results of genre studies is that some have argued that "Westerns" need not take place in the American West or even in the 19th century, as the codes can be found in other types of films. For example, a very typical Western plot is that an eastern lawman heads west, where he matches wits and trades bullets with a gang of outlaws and thugs, and is aided by a local lawman who is well-meaning but largely ineffective until a critical moment when he redeems himself by saving the hero's life. This description can be used to describe any number of Westerns, but also other films such as Die Hard, Top Gun, and Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai which are frequently cited examples of films that do not take place in the American West but have many themes and characteristics common to Westerns. Likewise, films set in the American Old West may not necessarily be considered "Westerns."

 

[noskey]

I think we should throw Western's into the Drama category. There just aren't enough for every one of us 10 people to take 1 from each decade we include. Just my opinion *shrug*


The movie Bug... I feel like my mind got !!!*!$

But Ashley Judd looked good before she went crazy, so there's that.

 

[noskey]

I think we should throw Western's into the Drama category. There just aren't enough for every one of us 10 people to take 1 from each decade we include. Just my opinion *shrug*


The movie Bug... I feel like my mind got !!!*!$

But Ashley Judd looked good before she went crazy, so there's that.

 

[venom lyrix]

RIP Elizabeth Taylor.

 

[venom lyrix]

RIP Elizabeth Taylor.

 

[tmay407]

There are really one three good Westerns from the 90s. Tombstone, Unforgiven, and Dances With Wolves. Wyatt Earp isn't too bad, but it's not exactly good either. I feel sorry for the person that would have to resort to choosing Young Guns 2 as their Western

Edit: Forgot about The Last of the Mohicans. That one was pretty good as well.

 

[tmay407]

There are really one three good Westerns from the 90s. Tombstone, Unforgiven, and Dances With Wolves. Wyatt Earp isn't too bad, but it's not exactly good either. I feel sorry for the person that would have to resort to choosing Young Guns 2 as their Western

Edit: Forgot about The Last of the Mohicans. That one was pretty good as well.

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

Damn bro, we been skippin you, you want in on the draft as well?  I beleive we are at 11 as of now, and you certainly should be in if you want the spot. 


Illmaticsoul, PM sent. 

JPZ, you too. 

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

Damn bro, we been skippin you, you want in on the draft as well?  I beleive we are at 11 as of now, and you certainly should be in if you want the spot. 


Illmaticsoul, PM sent. 

JPZ, you too. 

 

[shaunhillftw49]

I want  in  :/