Jesuit Theater; one of the banes of modern existence.
I note how impressed we are by those few instances wherein they get something, anything, mostly right.
The final, protracted battle in Open Range might qualify, but for Kevin Costner fanning a nine shot “burst” from his Peacemaker, and a blast from a shotgun tossing a grown man as though he’d been hit by a locomotive.
Quigley of course demonstrates super-human speed and accuracy in all manner of gun handling, putting even Jerry Miculek to shame.
Piffle!
Any 5 randomly selected ones from Eastwood’s spaghetti westerns.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. – final shootout.
High Noon.
Once Upon A Time In The West – opening gunfight
The Magnificent Seven – original
And the best gunfight:
“Fill your hand’s you sonofabitch!”
June 7th, 2018 at 6:47 pm
Jesuit Theater; one of the banes of modern existence.
I note how impressed we are by those few instances wherein they get something, anything, mostly right.
The final, protracted battle in Open Range might qualify, but for Kevin Costner fanning a nine shot “burst” from his Peacemaker, and a blast from a shotgun tossing a grown man as though he’d been hit by a locomotive.
Quigley of course demonstrates super-human speed and accuracy in all manner of gun handling, putting even Jerry Miculek to shame.
June 7th, 2018 at 10:17 pm
I agree with a comment on the original article – BOTH final gunfights in Magnificent 7 – both the Yul Brenner version and the remake!
June 7th, 2018 at 10:42 pm
Piffle!
Any 5 randomly selected ones from Eastwood’s spaghetti westerns.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. – final shootout.
High Noon.
Once Upon A Time In The West – opening gunfight
The Magnificent Seven – original
And the best gunfight:
“Fill your hand’s you sonofabitch!”
June 8th, 2018 at 8:59 am
The Heat scene is so good…and there is no gun-kata in it.
June 8th, 2018 at 12:09 pm
Nice list
June 9th, 2018 at 2:41 pm
And for de-escalation of potentially violent situations, the Italian movies about Trinity are wonderful. /s
June 9th, 2018 at 10:50 pm
All those are nice and entertaining, but for how famous “gunfights” prolly really happened you want the ending of Bonnie and Clyde.