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MCT:October 7, 2008along wth the good the bad and the ugly one of the best western movies ever made, this is also westerns movies ever made and this was one of the best movies of 1976.this Clint Eastwood western is among his finest work.
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MCT:September 7, 2008Personally, this is my favorite western of all time. A great tale of personal freedom and the courage of rebellion.
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MCT:August 27, 2008
its my favorite i watch it lots of times and if have it on dvd ill see it every day:) its really makes me happy clint is so stong hes my man
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MCT:July 11, 2008
Clint needs to stop spitting on animals. That poor dog...
The Outlaw Frank Castle is more like it. This movie was The Punisher. Sure, I'm aware that lots of gruff, hard-edged stories come out of men seeing their families killed and swearing vengeance, wondering if they can ever find their souls again, but this movie defintiely was The Punisher. It even goes as far as to have the Punisher "family-dying" flashback. I don't mind that so much because this was a pretty solid movie. I won't say that it was perfect, but it was more entertaining than I expected.
Clint's directing has defintely gotten better over the years. I think he's become significantly more solid in his older age because he puts a little bit more art into his more contemporary films. He has always been a competant director, but there's a certain spark that you see with his recent endeavors that you don't really catch in films like Josey Wales. But the movie is pretty straightforward and very clearly directed. Heck, it's even a good time so I don't know what you can really ask for in a Western. (Okay, you could ask for Unforgiven.) The only visual cue that Clint took that I didn't really care for in this one was the fogged out effect. I keep seeing that in a lot of 70's films and it is really stressed in 70's Westerns, but I can move past that because it is used somewhat sparingly.
I don't know what it is about Westerns that always has the Union Soldiers be assholes. Sure, I hear all of the travesties done by both sides of the war, but when I watch these Westerns, there's always a comment made by the heroic, dashing protagonist that "he was in the war" and something deragatory about the North. Perhaps it's just ignorant Michigan talking, but I thought that they were both equally evil. It was war and I know that people take things too far in the name of Patriotism. In this case, the war served as an excuse for brutality and selfishness. I know that this was based somewhat on a true story (very kind of) and I know that this wasn't the only example. But I'd like to see the Western where the Yank is a hero instead of a coward.
I wouldn't say that this movie is particularly strong when it comes to story. Really, it is a more of a concept movie where we see a character dealing with a situation. There's a bit of a change going on and I think that it was wise to really include that aspect to the story. I don't really see it as an inevitable choice, but it does make the movie what it is. What is always a little is odd to see how there's always a crazy hot chick in the West. I'm sorry, but I don't believe that girl would have really existed in this period of time. Those kinds of perfect teeth and even more so, the 70's feathered hair. Honestly, that's something out of the 70's. Every one of those Westerns (okay, this and True Grit) just stick out and reflect the decade in which they're filmed. But I'd rather see a super-hot chick in this movie than a realistic gross chick with teeth falling out.
The gunplay in this movie is more of the draw than the story. While McCabe and Mrs. Miller is more of a love story, The Outlaw Josey Wales is just about how much killing you can get in a creative setting. The body count in this movie is pretty obscene. Wales shoots the hell out of anything. At one point, I thought that he was shooting too many bullets. I mean, he's using a revolver throughout the film. But then I realized that he's shooting from four guns and disposing of them as he goes throughout his battles. But then we know that he can only kill so many people without running out of bullets. The end with the gun clicking was a cool moment. You see that he's almost insane with vengeance for his family. Not only that, but that scene goes on only a little too long creating this almost awkwardness. It's such a great ending.
I won't say that it's a perfect movie, but it certainly is fun. This is more of an action film than it is character depth, but it's a good time. Have fun with this one. -
MCT:July 6, 2008
If you know me at all you already know that I have an affinity for westerns. This is one of my favorites. Clint Eastwood manages to merge the atmospheric nuances of his earlier 'spaghetti westerns' with a uniquely relateable and empathetic characterization. The Outlaw Josey Wales is a true genre classic.
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MCT:June 19, 2008Amazingly disappointing. Great story, but it didn't have the same feel as Eastwood's other westerns.
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MCT:June 16, 2008
The film starts off with the murder of farmer Josey Wales's (Eastwood) family. From there it seems that this film is going to be like Eastwood's other films where he seeks revenge and shoots 'em up and rides off alone. But here Eastwood's character befriends several misfits and forms a sort of surrogate family where he finds redemption. It's a more heartfelt western than most.
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MCT:June 14, 2008
A beautifully shot film that leaves many bodies in Eastwood's wake, yet is somehow filled with a grim sense of humor.
What a great flick all the way around.
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MCT:June 5, 2008
aah good ol' TCM you can always count on it for some late night great movies. The photography was the first thing that captured my attention, simply beautiful. The story is very entertaining a true western, Eastwoods character doesn't say much but when he does they are lines you won't forget.
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MCT:June 1, 2008
along wth the good the bad and the ugly, best western ever made, aND really moody but very interesting, not a action western but certainly films like unforgiven got there edge from films like this, eastwood a great presence and directing talent
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MCT:May 12, 2008
The last western movie Clint Eastwood made in the 1970s and the first one to pair him with Sondra Locke.
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MCT:April 9, 2008
Clint Eastwood provides a more developed form of the Man with No Name, including, appropriately enough, a name. The story is not especially compelling, but it continues the use of Spaghetti Western traditions, which is good enough in its own right. The group tha assembles around Josey Wales is full of well written characters, and the post-Civil War setting make this a very worthy Western.
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MCT:February 25, 2008
Very cool old school shoot-em-up Cowboy movie. great Characters, story, acting and filming. A little long though, but at least it provided closure.
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MCT:February 16, 2008
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES is a wonderful story about a wounded man, Josey Wales, a Missourian who has lost his home and his family to the Civil War. As the Civil War ends in defeat and despair for the South, Wales alone of his guerrilla unit refuses to surrender. He has nothing left to live for, except to fight, and he cannot give that up.
This is a setup that has appeared many times in the movies, as the hero with nothing left to lose is a perfect excuse to show nonstop gunplay. To some extent, this happens in THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES too. It is an action western according to the classic formula, but it is more than that. Josey Wales heals his wounds as the story goes on, and begins to replace the friendship, and then the love, that he has lost. And as he heals, he begins to grow out of violence as a way of life. Many westerns have the theme of the older breed of man who tamed the west by violence being abandoned by his fellows; only this one, so far as I know, has the older breed of man abandon himself, that is to say, change his ways with the changing of the times.
Clint Eastwood is a decent actor, not a great one. But at times he has shown the skills of a really first-class director, and given his limitations as an actor it is the more to his credit that he did not hog the stage. He gives plenty of screen time to an excellent supporting cast, of whom the most memorable is Chief Dan George as aged Cherokee warrior Lone Watie, a role he plays with an eerily perfect balance of dignity and humor. Will Sampson makes an unforgettable cameo as Comanche chief Ten Bears, and Paula Trueman is a magnificently feisty Sarah.
John Vernon plays Fletcher, the man who betrays Josey Wales early on. I don't understand why Vernon could not find work in quality movies after this (he has appeared in 38 cinema releases since this movie and I challenge you to name any of them). Vernon has one of THE great basso-profundo voices in American cinema; only James Earl Jones could compare to it. If mountains could speak, they would sound like John Vernon. His role is a neat twist on the trope of the 'reluctant hero'; Fletcher is a reluctant villain.
The ending of THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES is the most beautiful and poetic of any in western movie history, maybe the most beautiful of any movie ever. According to the rules of the genre, the final confrontation between Wales and Fletcher can have only one outcome; the movie finds another way, because Josey Wales has found another way. -
MCT:February 15, 2008
Release: 1999
Director: Clint Eastwood
Rated: PG
Running Time: Forgot
Actors:
Clint Westwood
Sondra Locke
Chief Dan George
Bill McKinney
John vernon
Paul Trueman
sam bottoms
Geraldine Keams
Clint Eastwood a gun at directing -
MCT:February 10, 2008
The Outlaw Josey Wales is definitely one of Eastwood's more bad-ass movies. This was a fairly typical western movie, featuring Eastwood's character- Wales- as a fugitive from the Union government. Just about everyone he crosses paths with tries to kill him and those who don't want to tag along. The acting is only as good as it needs to be and the same went for the plot. There was good action and some pretty funny moments. It did drag on a little, but everything tied together pretty well. If you like westerns and/or Eastwood this one is a lock, if not it's still worth a try.
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MCT:February 7, 2008
its the second i think film of the trilogy ,Clint Eastwood made..this great finally filmmaker not only actor has here a road movie , with a dog , two Indians , an old lady with the young girl . its the best western film by Eastwood before the last film of trilogy {unforgiven }
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MCT:February 1, 2008
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MCT:January 31, 2008
Yet another great western from Clint, he directs with real conviction probably more in the no nonsense style of Don "Dirty Harry" Siegel than Leone, but the result is an affecting and hugely likeable story. Josey Wales is a farmer who joins the southern rebels when his family is butchered by unionist raiders, only to see his friends murdered when they try to surrender at the end of the war. While on the run from their now state sanctioned killers, he encounters and befriends an entourage of oddballs and misfits who become his surrogate family. The first half hour is a fairly generic revenge western, but things come to life at the appearance of Chief Dan George, who brings real warmth and humour to his character, a kind of deconstructed portrait of the noble savage who is dismayed at his waning powers when faced with old age and "civilisation". Clint is also at his laconic best, of course adept at the machismo-fuelled gunplay, but also bringing real humanity to a man who finds more to live for than vengeance. Great stuff.
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MCT:January 27, 2008
Yup it's Eastwood week-end in our house. This has got to be my all time fav. About one good man gone bad. Wasn't really his choice I supposse, you mess with my family I'll come after you too...I loved the Chief, he was hilarious.
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MCT:January 8, 2008
A Missouri farmer joins a Confederate guerilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
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MCT:January 5, 2008
My second favorite Clint Eastwood movie, full of memorable characters, a unique story, filmed magnificently and treats it's characters as real people, not caricatures of western sterio types, one scene in particular where Josey is talking to the Indian Comanchee Chief near the end of the movie is classic, for it's lines come straight out of the Bible, yet sound so natural and moving that you would swear they were written for this movie. See this if you haven't you will not be disappointed!
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