Favorite western movie.

Art,
Quite a few ;)
A lot of self made women too.
I think most of the women are related somehow, they all seem to share a common sister. The sister being the one some brat and her dog dropped a house on ;)

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Bill. Only because I forgot it. Yes. It was great. I just added BARBAROSSA to my collection. I've got most of Clint Eastwoods pasta westerns, but I can't seem to find THE OUTLAW JOSIE WALES. I kept bypassing it, and now that I want it, it's not around. Oh well, such is life inthe far west. I guess the only westerns I don't like are the ones where the hero (?) sings to his horse. You know, the horse opera?
While not a movie, I really liked the LONESOME DOVE TV series, especially the "outlaw years".
Paul B.
 
Angel and the Badman. My favorite John Wayne movie by far. I will always love the scene that he bluffs out the bad guys with an empty gun.
 
Paul,

I'm also a big fan of the Lonesome Dove TV series. In fact,I have both seasons' worth of episodes on tape. :) I really liked the second season better,and I'll pull the tapes out every now and then and watch a few episodes.

Bellicose Bill
 
I kinda like to divide Westerns into 'old', 'middle' and 'new age' categories. 'Old' movies concentrated on the epic aspects of the Western movement. 'Stagecoach' is the best of these, I think. 'Yellow Ribbon' and 'Red River' are other examples. The 'middle' years of the Western, emphasis was on the character of the people, and the 'anti-hero'. The best of those is one no one has mentioned: 'Hombre', from a story by Lous Lamour, starring Paul Newman. 'New Age' Westerns often take themes from the earlier types, and raise the myth to Olympic proportions...the anti-hero is elevated to the status of a demi-god. 'High Plains Drifter' is a great example of this trend. For a while, the Western was defunct...the singing cowboys and TV juveniles had sunk it with their sanitized and unhistoric depictions. But with films like 'Little Big Man', 'The Shootist', and 'Unforgiven', recent film makers have shown that the genre still has huge potential for telling a good story. slabsides

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Hi guys,

You had to be quick, but did anyone catch the scene in The Unforgiven where Clint Eastwood levers the Spencer, pulls the trigger, realizes that Spencers don't work that way, and quickly cocks the hammer?

He was quick on the uptake and if you don't know what you are looking at, it goes by fast.

Jim
 
Here's my thoughts on this matter:

Lonesome Dove- great story, great characters;
The Shootist- my favorite from the Duke;
Tombstone- great fun...I'm sure you guys noticed that at the OK Corral, Doc manages to squeeze 3 shots out of a double barrel shotgun without reloading. You know the BATF is irate over that modification.;
Once Upon A Time In The West- Claudia Cardinale's auburn hair and brown eyes;
Clint Eastwood's films have always topped the list, especially For a Few Dollars More, Unforgiven, and Josey Wales. I really like his rugged individual type of characters and their cool demeanor. I also liked Lee Van Cleef in those movies. But to me the greatest part of the spaghetti westerns was Clint's 4 3/4 inch Colt SAA. I would trade my back teeth for a set of those wood grips with inlaid silver cobras!!!

Jack Straw
 
New Member, Movies with black powder

So here we are again, old man winter a'comin' and we have a few new members since this thread has been posted in.

I like this Gene Hackman movie "The Quick and The Dead".

It's got some BP revolvers and some conversions probably.

Talk about that or post your favorite movie and point us to some highlights that you might like.

ANYTHING might be fair game but let's defer to the original thread creator's direction. Drama, fiction, documentary, romance, FACTion, even old chinese movies where they using the Holy Recipe.

What will you be watching this winter?
 
Random Order[/I](ps- eastwood was my gateway to other westerns like john wayne//once I developed a taste I loved them)

"Unforgiven"
"The Outlaw Josey Wales"
"A Fistful of Dollars"
"The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"
"Stagecoach"(best one and only one I like is the 1939 version w/John Wayne)
"Cold Mountain"
**I also liked the one w/jack nicholson+marlon brando which got bad reviews** and they're others I cant thing of right now
 
silverado was good but I was only about a decade old when I passed that judgement

lonesome dove(one w/ricky schroeder) was great

"True Grit" should be in above post too("Fill your hands you son of a bitch." -john wayne)
 
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I can't find fault with any of the movies that you guys have listed.

Any western with John Wayne or Clint Eastwood is a winner in my book. I don't watch them for historical accuracy - they're not documentaries. I watch (and love) westerns because they are a poetic representation of an era that was brief but had a huge impact on those of us who live (or wished they lived) west of the Big Muddy (and possibly east of the Sierras.)

They're quintessentially American: justice triumphs over evil (most of the time) and the good guys do and say the things that we'd want to do and say if we were in the same spot. What more could you want?

But if I had to pick a favorite, it would be Lonesome Dove, at least until another John Wayne marathon pops up on the tube.
 
Chukka

Great fistfight (between Taylor & Borgnine), High drama, and great action.

Rod Taylor, Ernest Borgnine, John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi, James Whitmore.

Netflix sez:
1967NR - Gordon Douglas's gritty 1967 Western proves war can be hell for both sides in a conflict; in this case, it's American Indians protecting their turf and soldiers assigned to protect a fort. Both factions are on the alert, tensed for action, and it doesn't help that some of the military men are eager to push buttons.
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The Assassination of Jesse James is one of the better new westerns and a very dark movie. Also, where I live several contemporary Westerns were filmed that were not all that bad - 3:10 to Yuma and Appaloosa - both involving their fair share of gun fighting.
 
The Assassination of Jesse James is one of the better new westerns and a very dark movie. Also, where I live several contemporary Westerns were filmed that were not all that bad - 3:10 to Yuma and Appaloosa - both involving their fair share of gun fighting.
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Those three don't seem to get much respect but I have to say that I liked them all.

I watched Hondo for the first time last week and I think it was simply excellent.

Best,
Oly
 
McClintock. :D

I like how he chases down my favorite actress. :D

True Grit- the most amazing screen shots ever in any movie, period. I don't care if it was period or even location correct, that movie is beautiful and what made it.

The Sons of Katie Elder- the scene where The Duke uses the pair of six shooters is classic!

The Great Train Robbery- which was the first western, and it was very good for it's day, and it had a train in it. :)

Appaloosa- I really liked it.
 
Absolute best lines in a Western:

(Calvera has just captured the Seven)

Calvera: You go, then l give you the guns back. l know you won't use those guns against me. Only a crazy man makes the same mistake twice. But l don't understand why a man like you took the job in the first place. Hm? Why?

Chris: l wonder myself.

Calvera: No, come on. Come on, tell me why.

Vin: It's like this fella l knew in El Paso. One day he took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. l asked him the same question: Why?

Calvera: And?

Vin: He said, "lt seemed to be a good idea at the time."
 
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