John Wayne vs Clint Eastwood

[Merkurie]

Who would you rather ride with John Wayne or Clint Eastwood?

If I was driving cattle across the country -- John Wayne
If I was going through Indian territory -- John Wayne

If I was going down Mexico way -- Clint Eastwood
If I was going on a killing -- Clint Eastwood

[Dino Velvet]

Also let's not forget Sir Richard Harris and Morgan Freeman.

Richard Harris was a great bullshit artist. Morgan Freeman was also excellent again playing Eastwood's friend. Wonder what they talked about while the camera wasn't rolling.

[Abartig]

This one is def a question of western eras, I really enjoyed a lot of John Wayne westerns but never got into Roy Rogers, Gene Autry style westerns but man-o-man did I love the Spaghetti westerns, especially Clint Eastwood ones. There are so many great and enjoyable westerns over the years but The Duke and The Man With No Name do stand at the top I think. My vote was for Clint in this poll.

This thread did branch off a few time into other actors so I am throwing another of my favorite western characters in the mix




Terence Hill and Bud Spencer made some fun comedy westerns that are worth checking out and Terence also had one of my favorite westerns starring with Henry Fonda.

[Ben]

I have tried and tried to get into and enjoy John Wayne films. I respect the fact that people are huge fans of his. I'd love to jump on that bandwagon but have never been able to. I think he was more a man of his times.

It's easy for me to get into Eastwood's Western characters. Such greyness in his parts in that he'll save the day(sort of) but commit several unsavory acts in the process. Not only a fan of the Leone trilogy but also like High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, and Unforgiven.

I'm also a big fan of Lee Van Cleef, Charles Bronson, Franco Nero, and Tomas Milian. All 3 Sergios(Leone, Corbucci, Sollima) are good directors too.

I liked Lee Van Cleef in Escape from New York....

[Dino Velvet]

I liked Lee Van Cleef in Escape from New York....

Van Cleef actually out-shined Eastwood in For A Few Dollars More. Klaus Kinski played a hunchback.

Van Cleef was also excellent in The Big Gundown.

[fred41]

Do you like earlier Bronson films like The Mechanic and Mr Majestyk? Most everyone likes The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, and Once Upon The Time In The West.

Avoid this box set but I own it proudly.
Amazon.com: Charles Bronson Collection: (Kinjite / Messenger of Death / Murphy's Law / 10 to Midnight): Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Juan Fernández, Trish Van Devere, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, Wilford Brimley, Robert F. Lyons, Bert Williams, Iva Lane, Ola Ray, Richard Romanus, J. Lee Thompson, Gail Morgan Hickman, Harold Nebenzal, Paul Jarrico, Rex Burns, William Roberts: Movies & TV

Too bad they didn't include "Hard Times"...


As far as BBC shows...lots of great stuff...right now I'm making my way through the "Luthor" episodes from two seasons...
...of course like most shows of this kind you have to suspend all belief to think so many headline type serial killer and mass murder cases are handled by one lawman in so short a period of time...but that's why it's entertainment. I think you'd like this show.

[Dino Velvet]

Too bad they didn't include "Hard Times"...


As far as BBC shows...lots of great stuff...right now I'm making my way through the "Luthor" episodes from two seasons...
...of course like most shows of this kind you have to suspend all belief to think so many headline type serial killer and mass murder cases are handled by one lawman in so short a period of time...but that's why it's entertainment. I think you'd like this show.

The box set was from Cannon Films. I need a letterbox version of Hard Times. What about The Stone Killer? That needs a Blu-ray edition for sure.

[Merkurie]

One of Sergio Leone's finest.
Featuring Bronson and Fonda.
"Once Upon a Time in the West"

[robertlouis]

Are we moving towards a "Your favourite westerns" thread?

My top five:

Tombstone
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Unforgiven
Stagecoach

[giovanni_hotel]

Clint Eastwood all day, every day.

I didn't 'get' John Wayne until I saw Red River. Mean ass SOB in that flick.