Only Three? Now that's a problem, lemmee see here....
1. High Noon. Very suspenseful, with all sorts of moral and ethical issues too. And Grace Kelly in a corset..... sorry.
2. True Grit. Talk about gun-related! That Walker Colt Pam Darby carries all through the movie, including into the courthouse, is a character itself! The language is accurate, too; back then educated people were not afraid to speak the same way as the authors of the books they'd read, and use big words too. Besides, I liked Rooster's cat, and the cat's name. (I have a Quantrill t-shirt and think Gen'l Price was pretty cool too
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3. The Unforgiven. Revoltingly realistic. The first assassination ended up with a tummy shot. (Ow ow ow ow ow!). All of us THR guys are perfect, surgically precise, humane snipers, right? Snork! The gun control in the town. The moral ambiguity- Do whores have moral authority? Do people who hire whores have moral authority? Do people whom whores hire have moral authority? Does the head cop have moral authority? What about English Bob, who had made his living shooting Chinamen for the railroad?
Well, I could go on and on, but
I THINK I CAUGHT AN ANACHRONISM!
IIRC, There's a scene toward the end in which Hackman asks the assembled townsfolk if they have enough 30-30 cartridges. Now, I thought the movie was referring to ca. 1890. As far as I know, that cartridge wasn't invented until 1895! (Orthonym buffs nails on vest, smirks, displays annoying attitude)
Just got a msg-length warning, so I'll quit soon, but let me put up Missouri Breaks for Hon'bl Mention.
McGraw: Why do you have so many guns?
Nicholson: I'm a sportsman.
McGraw: Why do you have a sawed-off shotgun?
Nicholson: I'm a sawed-off sportsman.