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{td{L{6 T H E M O S T S M A S H I N G F I L M S O F
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J O H N " K N I G H T O F T H E R O U N D T A B L E " W A Y N E
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A CHEEKY TONGUE GUIDE
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BY BOB "THE BOB" TESTICLES
{A{5
John Wayne is dead. But he was
smashing while alive.
{:The Big Trail (1930)
{7Director : Raoul Walsh
{8 This was John Wayne's first starring
role. I ahven't seen it.
{9Rating : 3 out of 5
{:Stagecoach (1939)
{7Director : John Ford
{8 The film that made Sir John a star.
He travels across the US in a
stagecoach and gets ambushed by
Indians. He kills them. This is
probably the most influential western
ever made and Hollywood rehashed it
over and over again for years. The
plagarising bastards!
{9Rating : 4 out of 5
{td
{:They Were Expendable (1945)
{7Director : John Ford
{8 A solid war movie with ships in it.
But it's not as good as "The Cruel
Sea."
{9Rating : 3 out of 5
{:Angel And The Badman (1947)
{7Director : James Edward Grant
{8 The one with the dyslexic cowboy who
kept going on about 74 degrees. John
plays the badman who is so bad that
he'd get a smacked bottom if this was
a Pedro Almudovar movie.
{9Rating : 4 out of 5
{:Fort Apache (1948)
{7Director : John Ford
{8 Not the 1981 Paul Newman movie.
{9Rating : 4 out of 5
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{:The Quiet Man (1952)
{7Director : John Ford
{8 Shock Horror! A John Wayne movie
that isn't a western or a war film.
This is a love story set in Oirland so
he doesn't get any hassle from injuns
in it. A smashing and entertaining
film. One for a Sunday afternoon
after you've finished tossing yourself
off.
{9Rating : 4 out of 5
{:The Searchers (1956)
{7Director : John Ford
{8 All those raving left-footers who
call themselvews critics say that this
is the best western ever made. That
accolade goes to "High Plains
Drifter". So fuck off!
{9Rating : 4 out of 5
{td{:Rio Bravo (1958)
{7Director : Howard Hawks
{8 Another one that is not as good as
the critics say it is. A solid
western but not worth shoving a cactus
up your arse for.
{9Rating : 3 out of 5
{:The Alamo (1960)
{7Director : John Wayne
{8 The Earl directed this one himself
and it's about what Davy Crockett has
to pay his ex-wife and it's about his
lover too. It's also too long (the
film, not his locker!).
{9Rating : 3 out of 5
{:The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962)
{7Director : John Ford
{8 He shoots Liberty Valance. The End.
{9Rating : 3 out of 5
{:El Dorado (1967)
{7Director : Howard Hawks
{8 The Marquis plays an ageing
gunfighter who helps drunken Sheriff
Robert Mitchum clean up the town of
rootin' tootin' chicken' lickin' bad
guys. An enjoyable movie.
{9Rating : 4 out of 5
{td
{:True Grit (1969)
{7Director : Henry Hathaway
{8 This is the movie that finally
earned the King one of those funny
little gold statuettes. He plays a
Sheriff and shoots people.
{9Rating : 3 out of 5
{:Rio Lobo (1970)
{7Director : Howard Hawks
{8 By 1970, it was a pre-requisite for
a John Wayne film to be called "Rio"
something. Look out for
"Rio-Brannigan" and "Rio-Big Jake".
All I remember of this one is that the
bint in it was quite nice.
{9Rating : 3 out of 5
{td
{:The Shootist (1976)
{7Director : Don Siegel
{< John Wayne's last film is also one
of his smashingest. An excellent and
very fitting movie.
{9Rating : 4 out of 5
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