What's your favorite Western movie?

[Keldar]

Mine would have to be Magnificent Seven, with Tombstone as a very close second.

[qmp]

High Plains Drifter, I like Tombstone a lot too.

[Sinister]

wasn't real big on mag 7

I like:

1. Outlaw Josey Wales
2. Tombstone
3. The Good the Bad and the Ugly

[Lt M Cotten]

Tombstone
Young Guns 2
Unforgiven
Young Guns
Quigley Down Under
Pale Rider

[Da Black Gobo]

M7 is the BEST! (I still prefer the 7 Samurai more)
The Horse Soldiers
The Alamo 2004 (if you call it western)
Outlaw Jose Wales
and just about any movie with the Duke in it.

[V-Disc]

The Wild Bunch

Sam Peckinpah's 1969 masterpiece is easily my favorite Western; and one of my favorite movies ever. Most film historians rank this as one of the best ever.
I've watched this so many times; I can perform the dialogue as a one-man show. My wife gets a big kick out of listening to this routine!
My other favorites include:
Pat Garret & Billy The Kid
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Deadwood {The HBO series}
& just about any John Ford directed film.

P.S. I guess I should include Blazing Saddles. That one is a hoot!

[Lt M Cotten]

Blazing Saddles rocked!

[Moderator Sinister]

I've been wanting to see deadwood pretty bad and I've never seen the wild bunch. I appericate any more feedback on these and other westerns. I'm a huge fan of the western.

Make that westerns NOT staring john wayne.

[Moderator Keldar]

I've been wanting to see deadwood pretty bad and I've never seen the wild bunch. I appericate any more feedback on these and other westerns. I'm a huge fan of the western.

I understand Deadwood is a good series if you can get past the foul language. Every review I read mentioned the excessive use of cussin'. I won the entire Season 1 DVD set from a local radio station. But after learning of the strong language, I sold them without opening the set. So I really don't know how good it was.

Another movie, that hasn't been mentioned yet, was much better that I expected it to be. That movie was Open Range. Robert Duvall was excellent as usual, and Kevin Costner played something other than a "pretty boy". His character was kind of a simpleton, cow puncher, who was good with a gun and had a serious nasty streak.

[oculona]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Blazing Saddles is a great western comedy

[Da Black Gobo]

I understand Deadwood is a good series if you can get past the foul language. Every review I read mentioned the excessive use of cussin'. I won the entire Season 1 DVD set from a local radio station. But after learning of the strong language, I sold them without opening the set. So I really don't know how good it was.

Another movie, that hasn't been mentioned yet, was much better that I expected it to be. That movie was Open Range. Robert Duvall was excellent as usual, and Kevin Costner played something other than a "pretty boy". His character was kind of a simpleton, cow puncher, who was good with a gun and had a serious nasty streak.

I forgot about OPEN RANGE!!! Yes it is one of the best. BUT, Costner's character was anything but a simpleton!!!!!! He played a post tramatic stress exsoldier, exgunman, who only wants to live a simple life away from the pain that is civilized humanity. But, due to unforseen circumstances he is torn between helping others, and by doing so becoming what he hates. He played it to the hilt!!! Very convincing.

[Moderator Keldar]

I forgot about OPEN RANGE!!! Yes it is one of the best. BUT, Costner's character was anything but a simpleton!!!!!! He played a post tramatic stress exsoldier, exgunman, who only wants to live a simple life away from the pain that is civilized humanity. But, due to unforseen circumstances he is torn between helping others, and by doing so becoming what he hates. He played it to the hilt!!! Very convincing.

You are correct. Simpleton was the wrong word to use. I guess what I was trying to say was "opposite of flamboyant". Your description was much more to the point and accurate.

Thanks for the input. Great movie it was. http://www.houstontexans.com/fan_zone/messageboards/images/smilies/popcorn.gif

[RuHurt]

Don't really like Westerns all that much, but Maverick (starring Mel Gibson) was HILARIOUS, and the only Western (admittedly, Western-spoof) I'd watch more than once.

[Keldar]

Don't really like Westerns all that much,......

I guess you like Northeasterns? :mad: ;) :D

[V-Disc]

I've been wanting to see deadwood pretty bad and I've never seen the wild bunch. I appericate any more feedback on these and other westerns. I'm a huge fan of the western.

Make that westerns NOT staring john wayne.

Mod Sin -

You simply must see "The Wild Bunch".

This film is widely hailed as one of the movies that ushered in the "New Hoolywood" of the late 60's and early 70's. Film historians place this alongside "Bonnie & Clyde", "The Godfather" and "Chinatown" as one of the standout works of its' era.
One of the keys to this film is making the outlaws {that would be The Wild Bunch of course!} the good guys. Well...maybe not quite the good guys per se; but at least not out&out criminals. "The Wild Bunch" is a western where the moral center is hard to find. The outlaws are honorable; the law & order faction is corrupt; the common folk are at the mercy of an opressive regime.

Besides this complex thematic scheme; "The Wild Bunch" features some of the best action sequences ever. The shoot-out at the end of this film is harrowing; quite shocking in its' day.

If that ain't enough; the cast is is filled with great actors: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Warren Oates; Edmund O'Brien...tough guys with brains; real characters.

I'm telling you..."The Wild Bunch" is, without a doubt, one of the best Westerns ever made.

The first season of Deadwood was very, compelling. It's hard to describe...it's kind of an "Post-Modern Western". The people in Deadwood are dealing with issues every bit as complex as modern life. The second season was a bit tiring. It seems like the series stopped exploring anything of interest other than keep itself on the air. Deadwood is definitely for a mature viewer. The language is pretty colorful {understatement}.

[koops]

Blazing saddles. Firefly was a good western tv series all be it in space/

[Beast1313131]

Open range was a good one, but Blazing Saddlesis my favourite.Anything with Clint Eastwood in it was good too.

[Beast1313131]

I forgot The Good the bad and the ugly.A classic.

[Da Black Gobo]

One of my favorites is Return of Sabata staring the man that taught Clint everthing about westerns, Lee Van Cleef!

[Blatz]

My favorite western movie is probably "I Will Fight No More Forever", if anybody has seen it besides me.

[Da Black Gobo]

It is the history of Chief Joseph and his fight and flight toward Canada. Too, bad the US Army stopped him. Since I am 1/4 Native American, I alway root for the real Americans.

[Sinister]

It is the history of Chief Joseph and his fight and flight toward Canada. Too, bad the US Army stopped him. Since I am 1/4 Native American, I alway root for the real Americans.

Gobo,

I used to work at Fort Recovery Ohio as a historian. The fort was the site of 2 major battles against the US army and a confederation of Native Americans. The first battle (before the fort was built) occured in 1791 and Indians killed about 650 soliders and about 200 women and children following the army. The Natives lost about 20-40 warriors. The battle is almost forgotten by history yet it was 3x as bloody as Custer's last stand. The second battle was after General Wayne had built fort recovery and it was a failed seige attempt. I think you would really enjoy reading about it. The best book is Wiley Sword's: President Washington's Indian War. Good Stuff.

[Da Black Gobo]

Yep, I enjoy reading both Native American and early American History. My direct Ancestor on my father's side is James Swart, revolutionary soldier under command of light horse Harry Lee. Moved into the Kentucky, Ohio valley area. Fought the Indians and the British at the Battle of Blue Licks (name is on the monument along with Daniel Boone. Was a expert frontiersman and friend of Boone. Our family is rich in history, both the Indian Nations and Colonial History.

Sean