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Re: A Trio of Westerns Come to Blu-ray
I'll definitely pick up The Professionals. This was one of Sony's previously delayed catalog titles, so hopefully this means more of those will be around the corner.
I've only heard bad things about The Missing, unfortunately. Not too interested in that one, personally.
Broken Trail mildly interests me. It did win 4 Emmys - Best Mini-series, Cast for Mini-series, Best Actor for Mini-series (Duvall) and Best Supporting Actor for Mini-series (Haden Church). Walter Hill also won the DGA for TV Movie.
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Broken Trail is trite with an unlikely premise, yet it is expertly crafted by Walter Hill on distant Canadian locations and played with a lot of heart by the cast. I enjoyed it. Walter Hill has a genuine gift for the western. He should make more westerns.
The Missing isn't intended to be a comedy, but its political correctness is so extreme that it unwittingly turns into one. The men are no good, no matter what race they belong to -- Mexican, Indian, Anglo -- they are constantly screwing up, failing, cowering, whimpering, apologizing, going off in the wrong direction, and leaving the rescue of the babe up to man-hating Cate Blanchet. On another level, the film tortures historical facts worse than the studio system ever did. No doubt a package overstuffed with supplements and souvenirs helps the sales but fails to distract us from the inherent idiocy on display. Turn the sound off and the real pleasure of The Missing is the scenery. The light and landscapes of New Mexico have never been photographed better in a movie.
The Professionals is simply one of the best action - adventure - western films ever made. A superb entertainment. Many people thought the standard DVD special edition was over-digitized, and it's true the original DVD had the superior photo-chemical look it's supposed to have. The BR will show the film off to good advantage I hope. It's an absolute must-own.
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Wow, very nice! All 3 will be mine.
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The first time I watched "The Professionals" it was in a movie theater with my father and from that day on, it has remain one of my favorite action/western films of all-time. Just a great film with some of the best written dialogue I ever heard from not only an action film, but any film.
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The first time I watched "The Professionals" it was in a movie theater with my father and from that day on, it has remained one of my favorite action/western films of all-time. Just a great film with some of the best written dialogue I ever heard from not only an action film, but any film.
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Yeah.
Same here.
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The first time I watched "The Professionals" it was in a movie theater with my father and from that day on, it has remain one of my favorite action/western films of all-time. Just a great film with some of the best written dialogue I ever heard from not only an action film, but any film.
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I just gave this film (SD DVD) for my girlfriend“s parents in last Xmas and quite recently they said to me; "Great film that you gave us, we really enjoyed it!". Which was nice..

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Re: A Trio of Westerns Come to Blu-ray
Definitely interested in The Professionals.
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I saw
The Missing but don't really remember it at all. I have a vague memory of thinking it was kinda silly. Take that for what it's worth.
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I'm interested in The Professionals and Broken Trail, but The Missing was dull, dull, DULL! I ran it when I used to work projection for Cineplex and found it uninteresting at best. So did most of the filmgoers frequenting my theatre, as it didn't last much longer than Gigli.
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Re: A Trio of Westerns Come to Blu-ray
You should enjoy The Professionals, it's one of the better American made westerns from the 60's. Stylistically it neatly bridges the gap between the more fun Magnificent Seven to the more hard core The Wild Bunch.
As for the other two I wouldn't recommend a blind-buy.
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