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Clint Eastwood or John Wayne
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:12 am
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:12 am
Classic Westerns.
Eastwood. Prefer his westerns much more.
Eastwood. Prefer his westerns much more.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:31 am to The Dude Abides
quote:
Eastwood. No contest.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 12:32 am to The Dude Abides
Eastwood for Westerns.
The Longest Day is BY FAR John Wayne's best movie IMO. I wish he had done more movies as a soldier.
The Longest Day is BY FAR John Wayne's best movie IMO. I wish he had done more movies as a soldier.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 1:11 am to The Dude Abides
Eastwood by a million
Posted on 5/28/14 at 1:18 am to abellsujr
quote:
Eastwood. No contest.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 1:25 am to ipodking
The Searchers
True Grit
Red River
Rio Bravo
Stagecoach
The Shootist
The Cowboys
She Wore a Yellow Blue Ribbon
Rio Grande
vs.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Outlaw Josey Wales
Fistfull of Dollars
High Plains Drifter
Unforgiven
For a Few Dollars More
Hang Em High
Pale Rider
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Have to lean toward the Duke. More GOAT status movies.
True Grit
Red River
Rio Bravo
Stagecoach
The Shootist
The Cowboys
She Wore a Yellow Blue Ribbon
Rio Grande
vs.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Outlaw Josey Wales
Fistfull of Dollars
High Plains Drifter
Unforgiven
For a Few Dollars More
Hang Em High
Pale Rider
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Have to lean toward the Duke. More GOAT status movies.
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 1:27 am
Posted on 5/28/14 at 2:02 am to The Dude Abides
quote:
Eastwood
Not Hardly!
John Wayne by a mile.
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 2:05 am
Posted on 5/28/14 at 2:04 am to Zamoro10
quote:
The Searchers
True Grit
Red River
Rio Bravo
Stagecoach
The Shootist
The Cowboys
She Wore a Yellow Blue Ribbon
Rio Grande
Need to add El Dorado, McLintock!, and Big Jake.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 2:52 am to The Dude Abides
Eastwood's a much better actor. Doesn't mean you should like him better, but he is better at his craft. John Wayne played John Wayne. Every time.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:14 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Clint Eastwood or John Wayne
The Searchers
True Grit
(Remake was better)
Red River
Rio Bravo
Stagecoach
The Shootist
The Cowboys
She Wore a Yellow Blue Ribbon
Rio Grande
vs.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Outlaw Josey Wales
Fistfull of Dollars
High Plains Drifter
Unforgiven
For a Few Dollars More
Hang Em High
Pale Rider
Two Mules for Sister Sara
I am not very familiar with most of wayne's work. With that being said, what I have seen has not been nearly as entertaing as Eastwood's characters or his movies. And Jeff Bridges did a much better job in True Grit and it's not even close.
The Searchers
True Grit
(Remake was better)
Red River
Rio Bravo
Stagecoach
The Shootist
The Cowboys
She Wore a Yellow Blue Ribbon
Rio Grande
vs.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Outlaw Josey Wales
Fistfull of Dollars
High Plains Drifter
Unforgiven
For a Few Dollars More
Hang Em High
Pale Rider
Two Mules for Sister Sara
I am not very familiar with most of wayne's work. With that being said, what I have seen has not been nearly as entertaing as Eastwood's characters or his movies. And Jeff Bridges did a much better job in True Grit and it's not even close.
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 3:30 am
Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:19 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
dp
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 3:31 am
Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:52 am to The Dude Abides
For me, it's an easy question: Clint Eastwood.
But I'm going to have to ask my dad. He LOVES the Duke. But he loves Eastwood as well. He'll be a good person to ask. He's seen every single movie by both. I've seen every Eastwood movie, but not John Wayne.
But I'm going to have to ask my dad. He LOVES the Duke. But he loves Eastwood as well. He'll be a good person to ask. He's seen every single movie by both. I've seen every Eastwood movie, but not John Wayne.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:07 am to The Dude Abides
Clint Eastwood is a better actor. No question.
However, even Eastwood in his best role doesn't come close to trumping john Wayne playing The Duke himself.
John Wayne by a mile.
However, even Eastwood in his best role doesn't come close to trumping john Wayne playing The Duke himself.
John Wayne by a mile.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:13 am to The Dude Abides
This is a great topic - and I really can't connect with people saying "not close" (must be millenials).
First off - they're not directly competing. John Wayne was born in 1907 (approximately my grandparents age) and Eastwood in 1930 (approximately William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy's age - a little older than my father).
Second - Wayne made a bunch of films even pre-war, and really became a big star with Stagecoach (1939) - about the time Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind were in theaters.
Eastwood was a television star in the late 50s before becoming the Spaghetti Western king. He was peaking as the "gritty" realistic streak was hitting Hollywood.
I enjoy the films of both - and recognize them for what they are. Think how terrible it is to find singing in an Eastwood film (OJW notwithstanding), and how organic and awesome it is in Rio Bravo. Wayne films (primarily John Ford) have that fun, "old Hollywood" feel, but occasionally have a dark edge (The Searchers). Some of the Leone films with Eastwood are downright campy (TGTBATU).
Let's accept these two titans of the western genre for what they were - generational representatives of a time when Hollywood wasn't completely out of ideas.
For my money, The Shootist and The Outlaw Josey Wales are the best western films of all time. And if I compiled a list of 50 - probably 40 would star either John Wayne or Clint Eastwood - that is the gulf between those 2 and the also rans.
First off - they're not directly competing. John Wayne was born in 1907 (approximately my grandparents age) and Eastwood in 1930 (approximately William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy's age - a little older than my father).
Second - Wayne made a bunch of films even pre-war, and really became a big star with Stagecoach (1939) - about the time Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind were in theaters.
Eastwood was a television star in the late 50s before becoming the Spaghetti Western king. He was peaking as the "gritty" realistic streak was hitting Hollywood.
I enjoy the films of both - and recognize them for what they are. Think how terrible it is to find singing in an Eastwood film (OJW notwithstanding), and how organic and awesome it is in Rio Bravo. Wayne films (primarily John Ford) have that fun, "old Hollywood" feel, but occasionally have a dark edge (The Searchers). Some of the Leone films with Eastwood are downright campy (TGTBATU).
Let's accept these two titans of the western genre for what they were - generational representatives of a time when Hollywood wasn't completely out of ideas.
For my money, The Shootist and The Outlaw Josey Wales are the best western films of all time. And if I compiled a list of 50 - probably 40 would star either John Wayne or Clint Eastwood - that is the gulf between those 2 and the also rans.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 7:07 am to Ace Midnight
I like Eastwood much more, but I am a huge fan of the Spaghetti Westerns.
But yes Wayne is a good 20 or so years older.
But yes Wayne is a good 20 or so years older.
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 7:08 am
Posted on 5/28/14 at 7:28 am to abellsujr
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Eastwood. No contest.
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