Discussion of the your choice in the 2012 Top 25 Duke Movie

[dukefan1]

This year I made my list not by what I think are the best 25 in order, but by which ones I want to watch again the most often.

Mark

[Hawkswill]

Now, that makes very good sense to me, Mark. I believe I will go back over mine with that in mind and make some changes. KPKEITH

This year I made my list not by what I think are the best 25 in order, but by which ones I want to watch again the most often.

Mark

[smokey]

my list is in no particular order just a list of movies that i love to watch time and time again some more than others and one just recently added because my mum found the dvd when we were out a couple of weeks ago this movie i had been looking for for years just goes to show mums can find things you just miss sometimes this dvd only cost me AUD$5 what a bargin

[Hondo Duke Lane]

I just wanted to remind all of you who have not submitted you top 25 list of John Wayne movies, time is about up. I will be closing this thread on Tuesday night. If you haven't done so, please take the time to put in your top 25 movies of John Wayne.

Looks great this year.

Cheers Hondo Duke Lane

[Hawkswill]

I edited mine, did you get it....or should I repost? THANKS Hondo, KPKEITH

[Hondo Duke Lane]

Got it KPKEITH.

Cheers Hondo

[ringo kid]

i hope im not to late with my list been away for a while

[Hondo Duke Lane]

Thanks to everyone who participated in this poll. I have now closed the thread and will be collecting the polls from all who posted. As soon as I get this complete I will post the DukeWayne.com 2012 Top 25 John Wayne Movie Favorites.

I look forward to seeing these polls and getting the results.

Cheers Mike aka Hondo Duke Lane

[dukefan1]

Thanks for taking the time to run this list again this year, Mike, and for taking the time to compile it all. We'll now wait to see the finished list.

Mark

[ethanedwards]

Thanks to everyone who participated in this poll. I have now closed the thread and will be collecting the polls from all who posted. As soon as I get this complete I will post the DukeWayne.com 2012 Top 25 John Wayne Movie Favorites.

I look forward to seeing these polls and getting the results.

Cheers Mike aka Hondo Duke Lane

Mike, thanks the time and effort in compiling this,
and to all the members who joined in.

[Yojimbo28]

Got my list in a week ago, but just discovered this discussion thread. My top two Duke films (this year, anyway) are at opposite ends of his career, Stagecoach and The Shootist. I think it's a testament to the man that his performance in 1939 could thrill me the way it did, and almost 40 years later he could do the same. Who can ever forget the introduction of the Ringo Kid, spinning his rifle as the camera comes in? Chills!

After those two, I went with Big Jake and The Quiet Man. I could watch Big Jake every week, the climax is suspenseful and Richard Boone's character might be my favorite of all Wayne's antagonists. The presence of Maureen O'Hara in both films certainly adds to their rewatchability for me.

Moving on from there, the main theme I see in my list is how it showcases the whole spectrum of Wayne's career, in time and also in the many different genres and styles of films he made. Well, maybe not the whole career. I don't have any of the Poverty Row-era films on there. I do enjoy some of them, probably Somewhere in Sonora the most, but it's hard for me to measure them against his main body of work, if you will.

I glanced through some other people's lists and some films that might be higher on my list than for other fans include The Sons of Katie Elder, The Green Berets, The High and the Mighty and Hatari!. I don't know that I think Hatari is a great films, but I find the scenes with the animal captures just riveting and thrilling, watching them speed across the African savanna.

[The Tennesseean]

My top 25 is dependent largely on my mood at the time I'm making it out! I really have NEVER watched a JW movie that I regretted watching, although, like anyone else, there are some I'll watch again and again, while others...not so much.