The Top 5 List Thread

[Einherjar86]

Can't say it achieves the epic weirdness that is El Topo, but then I'm not sure any other western does. That movie's on another level.

 

[no country for old wainds]

my current top 10 westerns in chronological order:
my darling clementine (ford, 1946)
the treasure of the sierra madre (huston, 1948)
the misfits (huston, 1961)
the man who shot liberty valence (ford, 1962)
once upon a time in the west (leone, 1968)
mccabe and mrs miller (altman 1971)
unforgiven (eastwood, 1992)
lone star (sayles, 1996)
deadwood (milch, 2004)
the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford (dominik, 2007)

you could dispute whether the huston ones are westerns (and deadwood isn't a movie obvs), in which case throw in TGTBATU and whatever else. there are sooooo many supposedly great ones i haven't seen though.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

@MetalAges Yea, you definitely need to check it out man. You will NOT be disappointed.

3:10 to Yuma(2007) would probably have to be my favorite "new" western. edit: Oh and The Proposition is up there too.

I'm not counting Deadwood because as No Country already said, its not a movie. But it's my favorite series/show of all time.

 

[CiG]

@Einherjar86 I think we should leave the discussion where it is, because I disagree with what you're saying and I feel too unconvinced to cede anything and I'll just end up repeating myself. The next time I watch the film I'll keep what you've said in mind though, it will make for an interesting reviewing.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Ooh we're doing westerns now...

1. Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
2. Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (1977)
3. A Gun for 100 Graves (1968)
4. El Topo (1970)
5. Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967)

Honorable mentions:

Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (1970)
Massacre Time (1966)
Cut-Throats Nine (1972)
Arizona Colt Returns (1970)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
The Quick and the Dead (1995)

 

[MetalAges]

@CASSETTEISGOD, have you seen The Proposition? It's set in the Outback.

I had to look that one up - adding to my "check out" list. For the curious:

 

[MetalAges]

As far as Open Range goes... I've watched that one countless times, so good. It's all the little things that make that one so genius in my book. The acting, the dialogue, real effects, settings, choice of actors/actresses - just a solid well rounded piece of work.

And the end gunfight is one of the best SOUNDing gunfights I've heard.

I watched some clips from El Topo - weird indeed!

 

[no country for old wainds]

the proposition was written by nick cave btw, since nobody's mentioned that. i didn't like it much myself but i haven't seen it since it came out, when i was like 17.

 

[CiG]

Dead Man should probably be in my top 5 but it's been a long time since I watched it.

 

[Einherjar86]

Been going back to my prog roots lately.

Top five Jethro Tull albums:

1. Heavy Horses
2. Songs from the Wood
3. Minstrel in the Gallery
4. Thick as a Brick
5. Aqualung

Top five Genesis albums:

1. Selling England by the Pound
2. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
3. Foxtrot
4. Nursery Cryme
5. Trespass

Screw it, it's just every Gabriel-era album except for From Genesis to Revelation. They're all amazing.

 

[The Ozzman]

Top 5 Trivium full lengths:

1. Ascendancy
2. Shogun
3. In Waves
4. Silence in the Snow
5. Ember to Inferno

This will probably change after I give the new album a few more listens

 

[EspaDa]

^

1. Ascendancy
2. In Waves
3. Shogun
4. The Sin and the Sentence
5. Ember to Inferno

 

[Anom@nder Rake]

top 5 non Sergio Leone directed spaghetti westerns

1. The Great Silence
2. Face to Face
3. The Big Gundown
4. Django
5. $100,000 for a Killing

 

[EspaDa]

Top 5 tracks on Seasons in the Abyss

1. Seasons in the Abyss
2. War Ensemble
3. Skeletons of Society
4. Dead Skin Mask
5. Expendable Youth

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Top five Genesis albums:

1. Selling England by the Pound
2. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
3. Foxtrot
4. Nursery Cryme
5. Trespass

Screw it, it's just every Gabriel-era album except for From Genesis to Revelation. They're all amazing.

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. Foxtrot
3. Selling England By the Pound
4. Nursery Cryme
5. ...And Then There Were Three

I still haven't heard the first two (yeah yeah I know). I could have put Wind and Wuthering at number 5 but I've really taken to ATTWT.

 

[Einherjar86]

Meh, you don't need to hear the first one (in my opinion). Trespass is killer though.

 

[CiG]

Trespass is my personal favourite. Awesome list @Einherjar86

top 5 non Sergio Leone directed spaghetti westerns

1. The Great Silence
2. Face to Face
3. The Big Gundown
4. Django
5. $100,000 for a Killing

I didn't know he directed all of these.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Top 5 tracks on Seasons in the Abyss

1. Seasons in the Abyss
2. War Ensemble
3. Skeletons of Society
4. Dead Skin Mask
5. Expendable Youth

No Hallowed Point = list invalid

 

[Einherjar86]

Trespass is my personal favourite. Awesome list @Einherjar86

A friend and I used to shout the lyrics to "The Knife" when we passed each other in the halls back in high school. Some bonds cannot be broken.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Been going back to my prog roots lately.

Top five Jethro Tull albums:

1. Heavy Horses
2. Songs from the Wood
3. Minstrel in the Gallery
4. Thick as a Brick
5. Aqualung

Top five Genesis albums:

1. Selling England by the Pound
2. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
3. Foxtrot
4. Nursery Cryme
5. Trespass

Screw it, it's just every Gabriel-era album except for From Genesis to Revelation. They're all amazing.

Tull:

1. Stand Up (in terms of pure listening enjoyment)
2. Aqualung (harder to listen to, but had the biggest impact on me; "Aqualung" is one of my favorite songs by any band, and was quite revelatory when I first heard it)
3. Heavy Horses (my "spiritual favorite", but a few of the songs are weak)
4. Songs from the Wood (a handful of amazing songs that I go to individually, but underwhelming as a whole album)
5. Thick as a Brick (a masterpiece, but a bit overwhelming, and doesn't have any of my favorite material)

Gentle Giant:

1. Acquiring the Taste
2. Octopus
3. Gentle Giant
4. The Power and the Glory
5. Three Friends