My opinion it underrated. One of the best Westerns I've seen in a long while. I like that it's it Period correct. And not some cheesy throw to together like most westerns of today. Much respect and appreciation to this Western.
Just one correction, the 8 gauge was not known as a punt gun. Punt guns were much bigger, normally being around 2 inch bore (8 gauge is about 0.8 inch bore) and weighing around 100 lbs. The shotgun used in the move was a colt 1878 (replica of course).
@@mantislake4141 yes. It was sort of shotgun canon. And they were supposed to be shot into the flock of the birds taking out several at a time. So no, they were not man-portable weapons even if in shape they somehow looked like enormous shotgun
I'd agree that this is one of the better modern westerns. I liked the friendship between the two main characters and the way they made it work as a team. I've seen quite a few lesser efforts in the western genre lately, but I think the elements are all evident in Appaloosa. Good story, good dialog, nicely shot, and the characters are worthy of our attention. I could easily rewatch it once a year!
It’s a shame executives never realize people don’t fall out of love with any genre. They just want good movies, no matter the genre. It’s like how they go on about Superhero or CBM fatigue. It’s bad movie fatigue. I’m in my 50’s and would never tire of seeing characters I’ve loved since I was a kid, come to life. But enough bad movies in a row and you lose trust that they’ll make a good one. I’m still and always eager for westerns, CBM’s, intelligent sci-fi, horror, comedies….just need good ones.
I think that those who know westerns, understand them and enjoy them, true westerns - this is one of the most underrated and underappreciated westerns, if not movie in general, of it's generation.
Appaloosa is one of the few movies I like to rewatch because of its period correctness. A very well done western. Vigo’s character, Hitch, was perfect.
An instant classic with great interplay between characters. Though I've found that not that many people have seen it, so I'm not sure it's gotten the kind of attention it deserves.
One of the best modern westerns Ed Harris and Viggo really embody their characters and just watching the two on screen feels incredibly authentic to the time period. Ed Harris even sings the credits song! Thanks for putting me on to Viggo's latest western, are you excited?
The shotgun not a punt gun. punt guns are more like a small cannon with a stock made to be mounted on bpats The 8 ga was just a big shotgun. When the law about limiting the biggest bore to 10ga for fowl hunting. Is what stopped the 8ga from what little popularity it had.
I had read and enjoyed the novels and loved the movie. I was hoping for squeals and now I know why they never came. I love history, ride really good, hand made saddles, bits and spurs so I appreciated the details of this movie where so many others fail. I also appreciate your review. Thank you.
We got in so much trouble sneaking out my friends dads old ten gauge, his dad looked at his face and just knew . We all got our asses beat . Even little brother Rick who said we didnt take it out .
I like the movie but Renee wasn’t the highlight. I didn’t realize that Diane lane was the original actor cast for that part. It’s hard to know for sure, but I can’t imagine that the movie wouldn’t have been better with Lane.
YES VERY MUCH!!! I love this western! The attention to detail and the comradery between Everett and Virgil. And how they know each other so well they don't have to speak. Appaloosa is one of my favorite westerns and would love to see a sequel, and I think it would still work if they did it today
No Doubt! Zelweger was woefully miscast as Cole's, Slutty Love Interest & Thank Goodness her "Nude Scenes, cavorting in the stream" were shot from a long distance away. Nobody wants to see that Up Close. Harris and Mortensen, both, Nailed Cole and Hitch. I've read the Parker's, Cole & Hitch novels, after seeing the movie and enjoyed them immensely, and I always picture Harris and Mortensen as Cole and Hitch, because they fit the roles so Convincingly
@@dwightcurrie8316 agreed on all counts. Vigo and Ed were absolutely perfect. Ed knew that too. He read the first book and personally gave it to Vigo. The novel series is really really good. Even on Audible. Great narration.
I admire Ms Lane but fails to have that "weathered" look that the hard life of the time period would have produced. Look at photos of that time, of women surviving in the West, and see.
I own the DVD, I’ve watched it a number of times and I live the movie. Robert B. Parker’s books are great. I own all 9 “Jesse Stone” movies made by Tom Selleck as well. I would’ve really enjoyed a sequel to Appaloosa. Ed Harris and V. M. We’re great together. I love westerns and am pretty pissed that few , if any, are made anymore!
Parker's style is distinctive, regardless of era. The characters and codes of Cole and Hitch are pretty much the same as Spenser and Hawke from the book series about the Boston P.I. While those books were the basis of the TV series, "Spenser for Hire" there hasn't been a good Spenser movie, at least not anything that compares to the way Robert Urich and Avery Brooks played Spenser and Hawke. If you like the Appaloosa stories, though, check out the Spenser series.
"Appaloosa" and "Once upon a Time in the West"--my two favorite westerns. Mortensen and Harris are dynamite together. What a stroke of genius that Harris immediately knew he had to get Viggo on board. Harris gave his all to this project. What an incredibly talented man. OK, so it didn't break box office records and had a lukewarm reception upon release, but all you have to do is read through the comments here to understand that lots of western aficionados think very highly of what Harris accomplished.
Excellent, traditional western. I loved it....except for Renee Zellweger. She was adequate at best and hard on the eyes. Viggo and Ed had first-class, stoic chemistry and energy....I would have welcomed a sequel.
Great video, thank you for covering this. Appaloosa stands as my favorite western from recent years. The love, attention to detail, the story, it all produces a proper western in a day of inauthenticity and sub-genres that attempt to rewrite history and preach at you. Good film, great cast, wonderful story. A sequel would be great, however, unless it came together in similar fashion as this one, it might be best to leave it as a stand alone.
Best western in the last 20-30 years. Great acting, great story, great direction and the script was, almost word for word, the exactly the same as the book!
Even that works, though, because there were men of all nationalities on the frontier, and all levels of education. Imagine a German who learned English from a share-cropper! It could conceivably sound that bad! I just think that Englishmen trying to act in American Westerns should just use their natural accents, because that's probably how they would've spoken. According to Western author and cowboy, Louis L'Amour, you got all kinds out West. You could have an educated son of an impoverished aristocrat right next to an illiterate dirt farmer who left home and went West as a teenager, because there were too many mouths to feed at home.
I loved this movie. The attention to authenticity gave it a strong foundation and the characters were well developed with just the right amount of mystery left in the interplay between them. The 8 gauge was a character in and of itself in my opinion. Fantastic job by all involved and a standout in the genre.
Very underrated movie! Kudos to Ed Harris, as he's produced an all time western classic! Viggo Mortensen's character Everett, was simply brilliant! The premise of the story was very believable and the set was second to none! I actually pointed the imperfection in the glass to my kids, whilst watching the movie. Too many movies nowadays are so sanitized that it detracts from the realism of that period. Great review also. I love the titbits of information you supplied, which only made me appreciate the movie and what went into making it even more. Thank you! 🤗😊👍
Movies like this are such short supply. It is fascinating to see the project come together behind the lens. I find myself rewatching this quite a few times.
Much, much underrated for its authenticity, story line and cinematography in my opinion. A joy to watch and kept me on my seat. Ed Harris singing the theme song is also inspired. Sequels are always hard to make well, yet I would have liked one, but only if the same characters were in it.
This is one of my top favorite westerns, only competing with Unforgiven for the top rank. I attribute it to the power of the relationships between the characters and how they portayed so much without saying much. you can feel the depth of friendship between the two main characters, even though their conversations were short and to the point most of the time. Honestly, it feels like they conveyed twice as much as most other shows with half as much talk and blather. So many underlying emotions are conveyed by all the actors here it's really an amazing pieve of work.
Super underrated western with almost NO bad performance. I guess Renee Zellewegger hurt the film but not terribly so. Bromance buddy cop western (to put it in laymens term) between Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen should be a MUST watch.
I saw it during it's Los Angeles premiere. Ed, Viggo, and Renee showed up at the red carpet but Renee and Viggo left the theatre after Ed's intro speech and before the film started rolling. Ed's a very down-to-earth and unassuming guy.
I enjoyed all 4 books very much. My problem with the books that I never was able to visualize Everet Hitch. It wasn't until Viggo Mortensen portrayed Hitch that I finally had a mental picture for when I re-read the books. Ed Harris was exactly the type I imagined in his role. Great stuff!
I really like this movie. I own a copy and if I see it listed on TV I always watch it. I liked it's attention to detail. Both Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris didn't just play their characters, they inhabited them. I read the book, and two of the sequels. Hitch and Cole, look, act, and sound like Harris and Mortensen in my mind. Too bad the sequel never happened, yet. Hope spring eternal.
I enjoy watching this movie. I feel the comraderie between the two friends is something an 1800's friendship might be. I just watched it 2 days ago. I never tire of the quips between Ed and Viggo.
I loved Appaloosa and have seen it several times. I enjoy the quirkiness of the characters, which to me makes them people instead of just characters in a story. I enjoyed the way life had unexpected twists which is true to some extent for everyone on the planet. I also liked the way it wasn't non stop action, and the characters acted and spoke more like people from that time period, rather than like they were a time traveler mysteriously dumped into the 1880s. Perhaps a sequel would have been interesting, but given my experience of sequels, it would probably have been disappointing.
Completely underrated movie. One of the best modern westerns out there. One of my favorites right up there with Silverado, Open Range or Dances with Wolves.
I loved the movie and do occasionally watch it from time to time. I believe it did a fair enough job of capturing the essence of “ Virgil & Everett’s” relationship that to date has grown into an unbroken bond through the current nine more stories series books by the late Robert Parker. I really love the option of listening to them on audio while doing menial chores or projects now that I’m retired. Audible has some perfectly matched male southwestern vocal readers of “Appaloosa” through “Buckskin” of the series with the promise of the next book “Opium Rose” coming soon… Sure I love a good movie and do enjoy using my own mind to envision the characters while reading but having it read to you does give it something you just don’t get watching or reading yourself. It must be the southern/western drawl accents they’re read in. Nice video though, you did your homework and I enjoyed the tidbits, thank you.😉✌🏼
I loved this traditionalist approach and have seen the film many times. I love all the attention to detail, speaking of detail, the one sheet poster shows Ed Harris sporting a fake Single Action Army. You can tell by the rectangular cuts in the cylinder.
I've watched Appalooso several times and I still watch it. I remember the first time I watched it on RUclips I was hooked on this movie the sequel would be nice I think Ed Harris did a good job
Very underrated movie that captures the book's essence very well. When the sequels got scrapped I got the following two books on my shelf. Worth checking out as well.
It is a magnificent! Well directed, acted, attention to detail and I could go on how much as working professional in film partiicularly in Westerns how much I enjoyed this film. Everything works. The answer to a sequel is yes, I would have love to have seen a sequel and any other sequel as a series. Masterpieces like these are rare in the business. I tip my hat to all that were in evolved in the making of this project. Bravo's to all!~
I liked it enough to buy the DVD. Loved the badass Ed & Viggo characters. I wasn't crazy about the Renee storyline though. Would love to see a part II.
I've enjoyed quite some westerns in my life and Appaloosa is among the most "recent" ones, together with Open Range. Its selling point, as the video points out, is precisely the cameraderie between the two main characters, which I greatly enjoyed. Open Range has something similar, but with a different vibe, because of the different bond between Costner's and Duvall's characters.
I think it's a good western. It's honestly one of my favorites. I'm surprised that it's so underrated. I think this video was done very well, but, mention should be made that both Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris are very good riders and that greatly helps with and adds to the rest of the authenticity of the film.
Appaloosa is one of my top favorite movies, let alone favorite westerns. Also, Viggo Mortenson is a very good rider, and in this movie bears an uncanny resemblance to Jim Jones from the Pecos region in southern New Mexico from the 1870's.
Still one of the best westerns in my opinion, I like it even better than Django just cause of the character depth and the believability of it. Movies shouldn't need to spoon feed action sequences to the audience every 3 minute's to keep them entertained. If that's what your looking for go watch transformers or fast and furious 16 like a child.
Robert B. Parker is one of my favorite authors. I had read Appaloosa before the movie was made and I was honestly shocked when I saw how closely the script matched the novel. Kind of unheard of in this day and age. The relationship between Cole and Hitch is portrayed perfectly. My only qualm with the movie is Zellweger, I just don't think she matched the role. I didn't know the Diane Lane was originally cast, and it would have been interesting to see how she did in the role.
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My opinion it underrated. One of the best Westerns I've seen in a long while. I like that it's it Period correct. And not some cheesy throw to together like most westerns of today. Much respect and appreciation to this Western.
Is English your second language?😂😂😂
My favorite film.
At least it wasn't an "Spaghetti Western"; Some are OK.-
Mortensen’s character is the main reason I keep returning to rewatch this excellent western. I’d definitely be down for a sequel.
There's more books
Plans for more were in the works
@@davidsr9719 I can't believe there was a sequel in the works and they took it from us 😭
Appaloosa and Open Range are my two favourite westerns since the millennium. Both great meditations on friendship, love and loyalty.
Jeremiah Johnson is bad check it out
@@realAzoreschildinUSA I would add the remake of 3:10 to Yuma.
@@PumpernickelBread25 oh ya definitely awesome remake .I remember being psyched when I first seen the previews , the R.Crowe was biblical init
@@milescookman7180 Rio Bravo as well
Whole heartedly agree
Return to real Westerns. A great movie. A great story and Viggo and Ed just made these characters.
One of the top westerns of all time. A masterpiece. I love westerns, and this belongs in the top ten of all of them.
It's up there with Unforgiven, Open Range, Lonesome Dove and Tombstone
you are correct
It reminds me quite a bit of Open Range.
Lonesome Dove tops them all.
@@raimundotorres44 Have to agree, it was very accurate (based on true events), and yet very entertaining. Great cast. I rewatch it once a year.
@@tedwojtasik8781Nice.
I saw it when it was released. Men with real friends will connect with the characters and the story.
Yeah, I found the narrator's comment that men having friends was so limited to cops, etc. He's obviously had no contact with the military...
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Exactly how I experienced it.
Just one correction, the 8 gauge was not known as a punt gun. Punt guns were much bigger, normally being around 2 inch bore (8 gauge is about 0.8 inch bore) and weighing around 100 lbs. The shotgun used in the move was a colt 1878 (replica of course).
Wasn't a punt gun fastened to a rowboat to absorb the insane recoil? Take out an entire flock of ducks with one shot!
For a film use of a proper punt gun, see the end of the western themed 'Tremors 4'.
@@mantislake4141 yes. It was sort of shotgun canon. And they were supposed to be shot into the flock of the birds taking out several at a time. So no, they were not man-portable weapons even if in shape they somehow looked like enormous shotgun
Puntgun/ Market Gun was generally a 4 Guage.
As I understand, the actual shotgun used in th movie was a ten gauge. It was represented as an 8 gauge.
I'd agree that this is one of the better modern westerns. I liked the friendship between the two main characters and the way they made it work as a team. I've seen quite a few lesser efforts in the western genre lately, but I think the elements are all evident in Appaloosa. Good story, good dialog, nicely shot, and the characters are worthy of our attention. I could easily rewatch it once a year!
It’s a shame executives never realize people don’t fall out of love with any genre. They just want good movies, no matter the genre. It’s like how they go on about Superhero or CBM fatigue. It’s bad movie fatigue. I’m in my 50’s and would never tire of seeing characters I’ve loved since I was a kid, come to life. But enough bad movies in a row and you lose trust that they’ll make a good one. I’m still and always eager for westerns, CBM’s, intelligent sci-fi, horror, comedies….just need good ones.
They have been churning out stinkers of bad b westerns with the silly dusters and truck stop Australian hats for years now.
Well said.
I love this movie. It’s one of my favorite westerns of the last 30 years.
The best movie!!! The relationship between the two men was such a great part of the show! I would love a second movie!!!! Thx Ed Harris!
I think that those who know westerns, understand them and enjoy them, true westerns - this is one of the most underrated and underappreciated westerns, if not movie in general, of it's generation.
Appaloosa is one of the few movies I like to rewatch because of its period correctness. A very well done western. Vigo’s character, Hitch, was perfect.
An instant classic with great interplay between characters. Though I've found that not that many people have seen it, so I'm not sure it's gotten the kind of attention it deserves.
Just watched it and i loved it.
One of the best modern westerns Ed Harris and Viggo really embody their characters and just watching the two on screen feels incredibly authentic to the time period. Ed Harris even sings the credits song! Thanks for putting me on to Viggo's latest western, are you excited?
I absolutely love this moie and i love the Character Vigo Mortenson played
The shotgun not a punt gun. punt guns are more like a small cannon with a stock made to be mounted on bpats
The 8 ga was just a big shotgun. When the law about limiting the biggest bore to 10ga for fowl hunting. Is what stopped the 8ga from what little popularity it had.
I had read and enjoyed the novels and loved the movie. I was hoping for squeals and now I know why they never came. I love history, ride really good, hand made saddles, bits and spurs so I appreciated the details of this movie where so many others fail. I also appreciate your review. Thank you.
"Squeals?" You mean sequels?
Just for that 8 Gauge shotgun it's one of my favorite western !
We got in so much trouble sneaking out my friends dads old ten gauge, his dad looked at his face and just knew . We all got our asses beat . Even little brother Rick who said we didnt take it out .
Rene Zellewiger could have died of Cholera in the first scene and the movie would have been amazing
Absolutely. I actually grew weary of both her and her character.
I like the movie but Renee wasn’t the highlight. I didn’t realize that Diane lane was the original actor cast for that part. It’s hard to know for sure, but I can’t imagine that the movie wouldn’t have been better with Lane.
The best part about Rene's performance in this is her wardrobe. Otherwise, she is the fly in the ointment of a really great movie.
Sort of like Jack Black in King Kong.
She did her best to kill the film.
I wished they made more movies with this story and actor duo. A great story.
YES VERY MUCH!!! I love this western! The attention to detail and the comradery between Everett and Virgil. And how they know each other so well they don't have to speak. Appaloosa is one of my favorite westerns and would love to see a sequel, and I think it would still work if they did it today
I love this movie and Viggo and Harris' on scene chemistry.
Damn… Diane Lane would have been much better
No Doubt! Zelweger was woefully miscast as Cole's, Slutty Love Interest & Thank Goodness her "Nude Scenes, cavorting in the stream" were shot from a long distance away. Nobody wants to see that Up Close. Harris and Mortensen, both, Nailed Cole and Hitch. I've read the Parker's, Cole & Hitch novels, after seeing the movie and enjoyed them immensely, and I always picture Harris and Mortensen as Cole and Hitch, because they fit the roles so Convincingly
@@dwightcurrie8316 agreed on all counts. Vigo and Ed were absolutely perfect. Ed knew that too. He read the first book and personally gave it to Vigo. The novel series is really really good. Even on Audible. Great narration.
Yeah she was kind of annoying
She was kinda meant to be unlikable though..
This is one of the top three westerns ever made. Glad you mentioned the authenticity of the saddles, tack, and weapons. It was 99% perfection!
Absolutely 1 of the best westerns I’ve ever seen in my life it’s in my top 10 favorite.
I can only imagine how much better this would have been with Diane Lane instead of Renee.
I admire Ms Lane but fails to have that "weathered" look that the hard life of the time period would have produced. Look at photos of that time, of women surviving in the West, and see.
Ed Harris's Riders of the Purple Sage is very good also
I own the DVD, I’ve watched it a number of times and I live the movie. Robert B. Parker’s books are great. I own all 9 “Jesse Stone” movies made by Tom Selleck as well.
I would’ve really enjoyed a sequel to Appaloosa. Ed Harris and V. M. We’re great together.
I love westerns and am pretty pissed that few , if any, are made anymore!
Parker's style is distinctive, regardless of era. The characters and codes of Cole and Hitch are pretty much the same as Spenser and Hawke from the book series about the Boston P.I. While those books were the basis of the TV series, "Spenser for Hire" there hasn't been a good Spenser movie, at least not anything that compares to the way Robert Urich and Avery Brooks played Spenser and Hawke. If you like the Appaloosa stories, though, check out the Spenser series.
Great film. It introduced me to the amazing books it's based on. I can't read the books without seeing Ed and Viggo as the characters. Brilliant
"Appaloosa" and "Once upon a Time in the West"--my two favorite westerns. Mortensen and Harris are dynamite together. What a stroke of genius that Harris immediately knew he had to get Viggo on board. Harris gave his all to this project. What an incredibly talented man. OK, so it didn't break box office records and had a lukewarm reception upon release, but all you have to do is read through the comments here to understand that lots of western aficionados think very highly of what Harris accomplished.
Excellent, traditional western. I loved it....except for Renee Zellweger. She was adequate at best and hard on the eyes. Viggo and Ed had first-class, stoic chemistry and energy....I would have welcomed a sequel.
Yeah, she was but perfect for the time period.
Great video, thank you for covering this. Appaloosa stands as my favorite western from recent years. The love, attention to detail, the story, it all produces a proper western in a day of inauthenticity and sub-genres that attempt to rewrite history and preach at you. Good film, great cast, wonderful story. A sequel would be great, however, unless it came together in similar fashion as this one, it might be best to leave it as a stand alone.
Best western in the last 20-30 years. Great acting, great story, great direction and the script was, almost word for word, the exactly the same as the book!
I just rewatched it a few weeks ago. I really love this movie and it has such a stacked cast of character actors.
Great movie! Loved the recoil pad on the Hitch jacket.
Viggo, Ed, and Jeremy were absolutely wonderful in this film. It got me hooked on the Cole and Hitch series of books from Robert Parker.
I didn't see Appaloosa at the theater but I have watched since then and I really like it.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE. Superb Storytelling Masterpiece
Forgot about this one, gonna have to rewatch it before I watch your video :D
I absolutely LOVE this film. I read Parker's other 3 books after seeing it. Only thing off about it is Jeremy Iron's Foghorn Leghorn accent..
Even that works, though, because there were men of all nationalities on the frontier, and all levels of education. Imagine a German who learned English from a share-cropper! It could conceivably sound that bad!
I just think that Englishmen trying to act in American Westerns should just use their natural accents, because that's probably how they would've spoken. According to Western author and cowboy, Louis L'Amour, you got all kinds out West. You could have an educated son of an impoverished aristocrat right next to an illiterate dirt farmer who left home and went West as a teenager, because there were too many mouths to feed at home.
One of my top 5 westerns. Highly UNDERRATED!!!
I loved this movie. The attention to authenticity gave it a strong foundation and the characters were well developed with just the right amount of mystery left in the interplay between them. The 8 gauge was a character in and of itself in my opinion. Fantastic job by all involved and a standout in the genre.
Extremely well thought out and played, locations an coustmes to period time I really enjoyed it great job done by everyone evolved with the movie
Very underrated movie! Kudos to Ed Harris, as he's produced an all time western classic! Viggo Mortensen's character Everett, was simply brilliant! The premise of the story was very believable and the set was second to none! I actually pointed the imperfection in the glass to my kids, whilst watching the movie. Too many movies nowadays are so sanitized that it detracts from the realism of that period. Great review also. I love the titbits of information you supplied, which only made me appreciate the movie and what went into making it even more. Thank you! 🤗😊👍
Movies like this are such short supply. It is fascinating to see the project come together behind the lens. I find myself rewatching this quite a few times.
Long time big fan of the genre. Appaloosa is one of the best.
Thank you for this video. Loved this movie.
Very cool! I've never heard of this film until now! And it seem to be on HBO max this month so my destiny is clear😊
Much, much underrated for its authenticity, story line and cinematography in my opinion. A joy to watch and kept me on my seat. Ed Harris singing the theme song is also inspired. Sequels are always hard to make well, yet I would have liked one, but only if the same characters were in it.
This is one of my top favorite westerns, only competing with Unforgiven for the top rank. I attribute it to the power of the relationships between the characters and how they portayed so much without saying much. you can feel the depth of friendship between the two main characters, even though their conversations were short and to the point most of the time. Honestly, it feels like they conveyed twice as much as most other shows with half as much talk and blather. So many underlying emotions are conveyed by all the actors here it's really an amazing pieve of work.
As others have already mentioned i find it to be a great Western. Just a pity part 2 never came to life
Super underrated western with almost NO bad performance. I guess Renee Zellewegger hurt the film but not terribly so. Bromance buddy cop western (to put it in laymens term) between Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen should be a MUST watch.
Phenomenal film. Not a shallow film. A sequel would have been much appreciated. Memorable work .
I saw it during it's Los Angeles premiere. Ed, Viggo, and Renee showed up at the red carpet but Renee and Viggo left the theatre after Ed's intro speech and before the film started rolling. Ed's a very down-to-earth and unassuming guy.
You are a really competent commentator, Sir ! Thanks 🤠❣️👍
I enjoyed all 4 books very much. My problem with the books that I never was able to visualize Everet Hitch. It wasn't until Viggo Mortensen portrayed Hitch that I finally had a mental picture for when I re-read the books. Ed Harris was exactly the type I imagined in his role. Great stuff!
One of the best westerns I know of. Pedro Matias
One of my top favorite westerns. Beautiful to watch
I really like this movie. I own a copy and if I see it listed on TV I always watch it. I liked it's attention to detail. Both Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris didn't just play their characters, they inhabited them. I read the book, and two of the sequels. Hitch and Cole, look, act, and sound like Harris and Mortensen in my mind. Too bad the sequel never happened, yet. Hope spring eternal.
I really loved the movie and wish they would have made the sequel.
I enjoy watching this movie. I feel the comraderie between the two friends is something an 1800's friendship might be. I just watched it 2 days ago. I never tire of the quips between Ed and Viggo.
I loved Appaloosa and have seen it several times. I enjoy the quirkiness of the characters, which to me makes them people instead of just characters in a story. I enjoyed the way life had unexpected twists which is true to some extent for everyone on the planet. I also liked the way it wasn't non stop action, and the characters acted and spoke more like people from that time period, rather than like they were a time traveler mysteriously dumped into the 1880s. Perhaps a sequel would have been interesting, but given my experience of sequels, it would probably have been disappointing.
I'm glad this mentioned Alatriste - what a gorgeous film.
Completely underrated movie. One of the best modern westerns out there. One of my favorites right up there with Silverado, Open Range or Dances with Wolves.
Soy admiradora de este gran actor Viggo
This is an amazing Western, overall a great movie! I enjoyed it very very much!
it is a western to watch over and over, great video, btw
I loved the movie and do occasionally watch it from time to time. I believe it did a fair enough job of capturing the essence of “ Virgil & Everett’s” relationship that to date has grown into an unbroken bond through the current nine more stories series books by the late Robert Parker. I really love the option of listening to them on audio while doing menial chores or projects now that I’m retired. Audible has some perfectly matched male southwestern vocal readers of “Appaloosa” through “Buckskin” of the series with the promise of the next book “Opium Rose” coming soon… Sure I love a good movie and do enjoy using my own mind to envision the characters while reading but having it read to you does give it something you just don’t get watching or reading yourself. It must be the southern/western drawl accents they’re read in. Nice video though, you did your homework and I enjoyed the tidbits, thank you.😉✌🏼
I loved this traditionalist approach and have seen the film many times. I love all the attention to detail, speaking of detail, the one sheet poster shows Ed Harris sporting a fake Single Action Army. You can tell by the rectangular cuts in the cylinder.
Yes i could never get enough of Ed and Viggo. It's a great western that doesn't get enough credit.
I watched it for the first time last night. The performances of VM and EH were amazing. Such a good movie.
I've watched Appalooso several times and I still watch it. I remember the first time I watched it on RUclips I was hooked on this movie the sequel would be nice I think Ed Harris did a good job
Very underrated movie that captures the book's essence very well. When the sequels got scrapped I got the following two books on my shelf. Worth checking out as well.
Saw this movie in the theater in Vancouver... absolutely loved it and still is one of my Top 5 Westerns of All-Time. Wish they would make a sequel!!!
It is a magnificent! Well directed, acted, attention to detail and I could go on how much as working professional in film partiicularly in Westerns how much I enjoyed this film. Everything works. The answer to a sequel is yes, I would have love to have seen a sequel and any other sequel as a series. Masterpieces like these are rare in the business. I tip my hat to all that were in evolved in the making of this project. Bravo's to all!~
One of my absolute favorite westerns... top 5 for sure!
Totally underrated...the second to last shoot out is one of the best.
I loved the movie. The chemistry between Everett and Hitch was fantastic. Enjoyed the books that were sequels also.
I liked it enough to buy the DVD. Loved the badass Ed & Viggo characters. I wasn't crazy about the Renee storyline though. Would love to see a part II.
Personally, I enjoyed it and would very much have liked to have seen the sequel, especially having read the first 2 books. 👍😎
A great viedo, and very underrated!!
It's a very good movie & I wish Viggo signed on to do the next one.
I've enjoyed quite some westerns in my life and Appaloosa is among the most "recent" ones, together with Open Range. Its selling point, as the video points out, is precisely the cameraderie between the two main characters, which I greatly enjoyed. Open Range has something similar, but with a different vibe, because of the different bond between Costner's and Duvall's characters.
One of my very favorite western movies that is watched over every year
Brilliant movie
I absolutely love this movie. The care taken to authenticity was noticed (like the glass).
This was a great film. Everyone was excellent. It left me wanting more. A sequel would be interesting, but we need Viggo back for sure at least.
Loved the books and the movie. I was hoping they'd make the remaining books into movies.
It deffinately had potential and I love Viggo in it.
LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!! Wish they did a sequel!!
I think it's a good western. It's honestly one of my favorites. I'm surprised that it's so underrated. I think this video was done very well, but, mention should be made that both Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris are very good riders and that greatly helps with and adds to the rest of the authenticity of the film.
Appaloosa is one of my top favorite movies, let alone favorite westerns. Also, Viggo Mortenson is a very good rider, and in this movie bears an uncanny resemblance to Jim Jones from the Pecos region in southern New Mexico from the 1870's.
Another great Western! Looking forward to seeing a sequel.
Still one of the best westerns in my opinion, I like it even better than Django just cause of the character depth and the believability of it. Movies shouldn't need to spoon feed action sequences to the audience every 3 minute's to keep them entertained. If that's what your looking for go watch transformers or fast and furious 16 like a child.
One of my favorite Westerns.
YES, I would have liked a sequel film!!!
Robert B. Parker is one of my favorite authors. I had read Appaloosa before the movie was made and I was honestly shocked when I saw how closely the script matched the novel. Kind of unheard of in this day and age. The relationship between Cole and Hitch is portrayed perfectly. My only qualm with the movie is Zellweger, I just don't think she matched the role. I didn't know the Diane Lane was originally cast, and it would have been interesting to see how she did in the role.