When I heard that there was a new movie with Sam Elliott who is one of my favorite actors I was pretty excited. He was in many of my favorite Westerns from the last few decades. Tombstone. The Hi Lo Country. The Sacketts. Conhager. The Rough Riders. Gettysburg. You Know My Name. Other cool movies like The Big Lebowski. Once an Eagle. Roadhouse. So when there was a new movie starring him I was pretty enthused.
What a let down. It is a dreary sad piece of work. Full of elispes and scenes of him staring into the ocean. Boring stupid shit. A total waste of time. I waited until it was on Hulu since I wouldn't spend any money on it. Not worth the effort.
I think I will just download The Sacketts again. Co-starring Tom Selleck, Ben Johnson and Glenn Ford. Based on two Louie Lamour novels. A classic.
That's the ticket.
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Oh, but all the Lefties loved it.
Never a fave of mine, but he and Tom Selleck worked a lot of the Louis L'Amour canon nicely. So he rates applause for that.
I think he is a quintessential Western character actor like Ben Johnson or LQ Jones.
He has a slow way of talking and walking that is just very effective in a Western role.
Didn't LQ Jones just make or act in a movie about a 90 year old guy living in a shack in some desert town...and then he died? I know the local art theater was showing it and I debated should I shouldn't I and decided no, it was bound to be thin stuff. Or was this the guy who made that film and then croaked?
Ben Johnson was probably the best thing in One Eyed Jacks.
LQ was one of the great things going for The Virginian.
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