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General Information => Clint Eastwood Westerns => Topic started by: Rawhide7 on September 24, 2012, 06:49:49 PM
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These are the only three Eastwood westerns that I dont own. Joe Kidd, Hang Em High, and Two Mules for Sister Sara. Just curious which movie out of these three is your favorite?
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I edited your post to make the title more descriptive.
I don't feel very strongly about any of these. I guess Hang 'em High and Two Mules for Sister Sara are about equal in my affections, with Joe Kidd trailing behind ... pretty far behind, come to think of it.
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I agree with KC! :)
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Have you seen all three movies, Rawhide? Two Mules for Sister Sara is easily my favorite out of those three.
I got this collection that included two of those:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ft6VDjgzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I had already owned High Plains Drifter but it was a good enough price that I got it for Joe Kidd and Two Mules.
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I've actually never seen Two Mules all the way through before. And Iv'e never seen Joe Kidd before. I know pretty sad considering how big a fan I am of Clint's. But I have watched Hang em high several times before. I have seen that same 3 movie dvd set before and am very tempted to buy it even though i also have High Plains drifter as well. But it would knock out two more that I dont have. Does this three movie dvd set have each movie on its own disc or are the disc double sided. Is it a pretty good case how are the movies inside the case set up?
thanks
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I think it's a two-disc set.
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Hang em High
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Do they sell all three of these Joe Kidd, Two Mules, and Hang em high on one dvd case. I saw above that two are in one case but am wondering if they sell all three in one dvd case? I just dont want to have a ton of dvd cases if I dont have too. Also, if you have all three of these movies do you have all three in there own dvd case like each movie individually? Three individual movies, or do you have like the set above which has two mules and Joe kidd in one dvd case?
Thanks
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Joe Kidd is his best Western after Josey Wales, H.P.D. and the Spaghetti Leone's.
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Haha I'm with KC on that one.
Don't even get me started on Joe Kidd :D
Let's just say that it wasn't love at first sight ;D maybe I should watch it again. And maybe I will. In the meantime:
1) Hang 'em High
2) Two Mules
3) Joe Kidd
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Hang'Em High.
For some reason, I never really liked "Joe Kidd"
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Hang 'em High would be my first pick and then followed by Two Mules. If I never see Joe Kidd again it will not break my heart. I put that film with City Heat and Pink Cadillac!
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If I never see Joe Kidd again it will not break my heart. I put that film with City Heat and Pink Cadillac!
Haha! I agree with the first part but I've always liked City Heat and Pink Cadillac :P
They're so silly... they're almost good ;) They're not masterpieces but I've always had a fun time watching them.
Joe Kidd on the other hand was so bad it felt like nails on a chalkboard to me :o
I'll try and watch it again sometime, just to make sure...
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Hang Em High & Two Mules are both very entertaining but I feel they are too long and a bit dissjointed. They feel more like a traditional studio movie but not in a good way.
Joe Kidd on the other hand has always felt more like a Clint film if that makes any sense. It has a terrific score and John Saxon in his best "mexican" guise. Add to that, Robert Duvall chewing up the scenery and I find it to be the one out of these three that I can watch time and time again.
I know I'll be in the minority but Joe Kidd for me, by a mile.
" One day, one day there was a fire" Love it O0
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Hello! I'm back after a LONG haitus! I thought my handle was MakeItVin, but I guess I'm just good 'ole FourEyedTom! Anyway, I like Two Mules best of those three. Joe Kidd is awesome, but High Plains Drifter always seemed to be on TV whenever I'd flip through channels as a kid. But definately "Two Mules". Excellent locations and, well, just every reason....
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Welcome back, MakeItVin! We're very glad to see you back around here! 8)
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Hello there,
I think that the best one is Hang'em High because I always enjoy the fact that someone takes revenge...
**Forgive me about making mistakes, I'm from Greece and I don't speak english very well..... :(
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I'm surprised Joe Kidd gets so little love, I've always found it very enjoyable, just like I've found the other two mentioned in the thread. Hard for me to choose though, it would have to be between Joe Kidd and Hang 'Em High.
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Like all three films but when compared,Joe Kidd loses in my books too.I´ve always thought that with a cast and all the other talents involved with that film,it should`ve been much better.Now it`s"only" entertaining enough-little western.
Have not watched Hang `Em High for ages but have seen it so many times that I do remember it to be a good,solid western with an ending that slightly disappoints me.Still better film than Joe Kidd easily.
Two Mules For Sister Sara is a great western if not as great as Sergio Leone`s westerns or rest of the Eastwood`s westerns (Josey Wales etc ).The film has quite good chemistry between Maclaine and Eastwood,lots of action,great music and good plot.Very entertaining.
Need to watch these last two again soon ;)
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Imteresting thing about Hang Em' High is the role of Tommy is played by actor Jonathan Goldsmith who today makes the Dos Equis beer commercials..Stay thirsty my Frends.....
Ox Bo
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Imteresting thing about Hang Em' High is the role of Tommy is played by actor Jonathan Goldsmith who today makes the Dos Equis beer commercials..Stay thirsty my Frends.....
Interesting, if not the most interesting trivia factoid in the world. He went by Jonathan Lippe then.
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I enjoy being a factoid junkie and the most interesting person in this website.
OxBo
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Hang 'Em High, no contest. And not because I happen to share the last name of Clint's character in the film, either. I'm not a big fan of the other two but out of these 3, I'd choose Joe Kidd next and then Two Mules For Sister Sara.
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I like all three of these films. Two Mules for me, Don Seigel directing and yummy redhead Shirley MacLaine as female lead. Hang 'Em High next, although an interesting script and we'll acted I find Ted Post's directing to be a bit flat and the set bound scenes make me think of TV shows like Bonanza (loved Bonanza btw but not right feel for an Eastwood movie). Joe Kidd is the weaker movie for me here and although there is much to enjoy it is disappointing considering the talent involved - Robert Duval, John Saxon and Don Stroud should have brought a grittier tone to this. John Sturges directing a script by Elmore Leonard suggests quality on paper. But it never quite settles into it's stride. Lalo Schiffrin's score is the one thing that holds up all the way through yet there are many enjoyable scenes in the film so I still watch it now and again.
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Watched Hang em high last night and watched two mules the night before and am watching Joe Kidd tonight. These three are defenately the weakest westerns Clint made. All the others are some what close to each other. For me personally I liked Hang em High better than Two Mules. Basically because Hang em High has more to it than two mules plus it is a more serious western as well. Two mules is more of a western comedy. Which western comedies are good and fun to watch and I liked the fact that Clint did a western that was a little different and comical. But I just prefer and like the serious type westerns better. With that said I do like Two Mules a lot as well. And these two movies are way better than Joe Kidd not even close.
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Haven't watched Two Mules at all and only watched Kidd in a fragment on broadcast tv many years ago today. But very recently watched Hang Em in good watching conditions.
So, can't make a good comparison statement, but can say that Hang Em is worth the time.
Manwith
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I have to admit I am surprised I never weighed in on this one...man I have missed lots.
Ok, I have a simplistic problem with Hang em high. Aside from the fact it was the first "American formula" western that Clint attempted....but on a simpler sense...he was clean shaven all thru the movie. I know that sounds very superficial, but it really isnt. Part of the reason that I loved Eastwood was his ground breaking in westerns. He was the anti John Wayne....and this just felt very John Wayne ish. American Western formula...constantly clean clothes...harmonica as his theme when he walked down the main strip.....very.....blah.
Joe Kidd, now this is different. I disliked aspects of this for a different series of reasons, most importantly John Saxon. I found it odd that Eastwood could get Reni Santoni for Chico in Dirty Harry...but there was a sudden shortage of Hispanic actors to play a hispanic person. John Saxon fumbling thru his "Speedy Gonzalez" accent is racist, whiny and a sad sign of the times. His voice breaking every third word like ALL HISPANIC people have whiny breaking voices is just atrocious. It reminded me of how white people were cast to play Native Americans in the 50s westerns....pathetic. Now, OTHER than that, I thought it was a reasonable departure from Clints normal roles...interesting..and very stylistic. A little bit too much as sixties fashion found its way into western clothing.
Now, TWO MULES is a winner to me. For one its not a straight movie, its tongue in cheek. Its Clint poking fun of his own enigma, with his enigma, which I have to admit I personally like...but hey I loved it when he did it in CITY HEAT, so then again my taste can be questioned. But one thing cannot...ANY MOVIE that finds a way to get a YOUNG SHIRLEY MACLAINE cast as a prostitute dressed as a nun??? THAT IS PURE GENIUS (and downright yummy).
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Interesting point about Saxon. But what about Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?
So nice to have bdc back on the premises! :D
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Thank you KC, its good to be back.
I have to disclude Eli Wallach, because he wasnt doing a charature of a Hispanic, he played TUCO specifically. He was Eli Wallach thru the entire role, he didnt take on any "racial" things that he thought hispanic people did. Tuco was Tuco....did he try a hispanic accent? A little, but he didnt feel his character needed it to be heavy handed.
The same applies for any of the bandits in FFD and FAFDM. Now I dont know how they sounded in Italian in the original version, but the voiceover\dubs also werent as heavy handed and racial. They attempted to put in A accent.....but not a stereotype.
Saxon sounded like "Slowpoke Rodriguez". I get the feeling if they had cast him to play a half black\half white person he would have started all his sentences with "Yes'm".
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out of the three I would say JOE KIDD is more my fave.