Watched the Magnificent Seven remake last night

[Buckshot Bear]

Watched the Magnificent Seven remake again last night, lots of Yellow boys to see and lots of nice rigs to look at.

 

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

Is it any good?

[Buckshot Bear]

Just now, Subdeacon Joe said:

Is it any good?

 

 

Enjoyed it from start to finish.

[Pat Riot]

I saw it a few months back. Good movie. 

[Buckshot Bear]

2 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

I saw it a few months back. Good movie. 

 

Going to watch the original in a few nights, haven't seen that for such a long time.

[G W Wade]

Had a hard time with the fast draw reverse twist with butt forward holster.     GW

[Tall Tale Todd]

Just now, G W Wade said:

Had a hard time with the fast draw reverse twist with butt forward holster.     GW

And then you realized it was fiction/the movies and were ok with it? Or are you more like my father who didn't like Batman because "none of it was believable?"

[G W Wade]

Wife gives me H#%* cause I complain about things I think are stupid or just wrong.    Watched the movie anyway    GW

[Tall Tale Todd]

27 minutes ago, G W Wade said:

Wife gives me H#%* cause I complain about things I think are stupid or just wrong.    Watched the movie anyway    GW

Of course we complain and point out inaccuracies. That's what makes it fun.

[Buckshot Bear]

35 minutes ago, G W Wade said:

Wife gives me H#%* cause I complain about things I think are stupid or just wrong.    Watched the movie anyway    GW

 

I ramp it up a notch, I actually pause the movie to complain  

[Alpo]

57 minutes ago, G W Wade said:

Had a hard time with the fast draw reverse twist with butt forward holster.     GW

Rex Allen did a fast draw reverse twist with a butt forward holster.

 

 

I seem to recall Bill Hickok was supposed to be pretty fast, and he carried butt forward and used a reverse twist draw.

[Pat Riot]

I draw the line at reverse draw butt forward quick draw with a somersault and a twist…but that’s just me. 

 

In the words of my lovely and loving wife…”Just be quiet and watch the movie, or don’t!”  She says the sweetest things sometimes. 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

5 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

I draw the line at reverse draw butt forward quick draw with a somersault and a twist…but that’s just me. 

 

You can do that without sweeping anybody?

[Subdeacon Joe]

2 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

 

 

Enjoyed it from start to finish.

 

2 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

I saw it a few months back. Good movie. 

 

Thanks.  The trailer I saw for it made it seem like a turkey.   And usually remakes fall far shot of the original.

[Sedalia Dave]

Not as good as the original but worth watching.

[Pat Riot]

6 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

You can do that without sweeping anybody?

It’s the movies…one can do anything! 

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

7 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 And usually remakes fall far shot of the original.

Ever seen the Coen Brothers remake of True Grit?  I feel like I’m disrespecting The Duke himself, but I liked the remake even better.

[Warden Callaway]

As long as there is the REAL Magnificent Seven why watch a stupid version?

 

 

Free on YouTube. 

 

We actually bought the new version because it was marked down to $3.95 and bundled with Silverado.  

[Rye Miles #13621]

I never liked Yul Brunner in that role, I actually liked the new version much better! Denzel Washington was great in that role! So was Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke.

 

BTW Wild Bill Hickok did okay with the reverse draw!

[LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L]

According to movie lore, Steve McQueen shaking the shotgun shells was an unscripted moment, and Yul Brenner was utterly livid because that was all the talk on the set for days, taking the spotlight away from him.  

[Subdeacon Joe]

2 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said:

Ever seen the Coen Brothers remake of True Grit?  I feel like I’m disrespecting The Duke himself, but I liked the remake even better.

 

Only snippets on Youtube and the trailers.  The gruff, low volume, mumbled dialog makes movies hard for me to like.

[Warden Callaway]

1 hour ago, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said:

According to movie lore, Steve McQueen shaking the shotgun shells was an unscripted moment, and Yul Brenner was utterly livid because that was all the talk on the set for days, taking the spotlight away from him.  

 

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

According to Eli Wallach's autobiography, Yul Brynner had a major problem with what he perceived as Steve McQueen's trying to upstage him. According to Wallach, McQueen would do things when on screen with Brynner to draw attention to his character. Examples were his shaking of the shotgun shells and taking off his hat to check the sun during the hearse scene and leaning off his horse to dip his hat in the river when the Seven cross into Mexico. Brynner was supposedly so worried about McQueen stealing his limelight in scenes that he hired an assistant to count the number of times McQueen touched his own hat when Brynner was speaking.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/trivia?item=tr0779703

[Smokin Gator SASS #29736]

If someone is into westerns I don't see how they couldn't enjoy watching the remake. Not saying it's  the greatest but how many better ones are made these days? Some people get more enjoyment out of finding things not to like about something instead of the parts they might like.  They feel good setting inconsistent, impossibly high standards in an attempt to "elevate" themselves. They find little enjoyment in anything. I also think someone other then Yul Brynner would have been interesting to see.

[Rye Miles #13621]

16 minutes ago, Smokin Gator SASS #29736 said:

If someone is into westerns I don't see how they couldn't enjoy watching the remake. Not saying it's  the greatest but how many better ones are made these days? Some people get more enjoyment out of finding things not to like about something instead of the parts they might like.  They feel good setting inconsistent, impossibly high standards in an attempt to "elevate" themselves. They find little enjoyment in anything. I also think someone other then Yul Brynner would have been interesting to see.

Too bad Steve McQueen didn't get the lead part but I understand Yul was very popular at the time. I just couldn't get into him as a gunfighter/cowboy!

 

[Equanimous Phil]

I like all three movies and have them on BR or DVD: The re-remake from 2016, the remake from 1960 and the japanese original story from 1954 without the other two wouldn't exist.

[Chantry]

I enjoyed the remake.  While the basic premise didn't change, there was enough change in the details to make this a different movie than the original and the acting was generally better.  It was also had more humor than the original.  I'd definitely watch it again, in many respects it's more fun to watch.

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

With respect to the upstaging, the story goes that Brynner told McQueen to tone it down or he would take his hat off.  The remake is fine, and would have been "better" if the original had never been made.

[Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217]

I've seen it and liked it. I really like Denzel.

[Warden Callaway]

37 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Too bad Steve McQueen didn't get the lead part but I understand Yul was very popular at the time. I just couldn't get into him as a gunfighter/cowboy!

 

 

It's my understanding that Yul Brynner owned the rights to the book to produce the movie in the US.  

[John Kloehr]

15 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

Watched the Magnificent Seven remake again last night, lots of Yellow boys to see and lots of nice rigs to look at.

 

 

More info and pics of the rigs on the maker's site:

 

http://www.andrewsleather.com/exotic/Promotional/Mag7/index.html

[Rye Miles #13621]

Anyone ever see the short lived tv series about maybe 10 years ago, it was on CBS believe it or not!

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

  The gruff, low volume, mumbled dialog makes movies hard for me to like.

That, and when Jeff Bridges says, "Fill your hand you .....", he might as well have been saying, "Your mother wears combat boots", compared to The Duke.

32 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Anyone ever see the short lived tv series about maybe 10 years ago, it was on CBS believe it or not!

Watched it faithfully. REALLY liked Michael Biehn as Chris Larraby.  The rest of The Seven were a varied and diverse group, but when challenged they worked really well together.

[Rye Miles #13621]

3 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

That, and when Jeff Bridges says, "Fill your hand you .....", he might as well have been saying, "Your mother wears combat boots", compared to The Duke.

Watched it faithfully. REALLY liked Michael Biehn as Chris Larraby.  The rest of The Seven were a varied and diverse group, but when challenged they worked really well together.

Forgot about Micheal Bien being Chris! Excellent !

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

18 hours ago, Tall Tale Todd said:

Of course we complain and point out inaccuracies. That's what makes it fun.

 

But, my wife doesn't like to hear it.  I will point out something like, "that gun isn't even loaded."  And she says, "I don't care, just watch the movie".

[J-BAR #18287]

Supposedly Brynner told McQueen that if McQueen continued to try to steal scenes, Brynner would just take off his hat.  Then no one would look at McQueen!

 

 I enjoy both movies.  Repeatedly.