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J6542 said:
The Outlaw Josey Wales, is my favourite of Clints westerns.
=Great shout, my favourite all time film.
I re watched Silverado recently - that’s a damm fine film.
I think dances with wolves should get a mention too as thats a lovely film.
Unforgiving obviously, but Pale Rider is great too.
nicanary said:
One thing in favour of more modern Westerns is that they present the whole thing in a more realistic manner. Lots of mud and horse muck in the streets, small-time farmers living in a ramshackle hovel roofed with turf, that sort of thing.
In "Open Range" the final shoot-out shows how inaccurate a Colt 45 actually was - Costner and Duvall fire volleys all to no effect even though their adversaries are only about 50 yards away. Unlike the John Wayne era when one shot from 200 yards will kill a man. Historical accuracy was not a forte of the classic-era stuff.
I watched News Of The World the other day. It's OK but not something I'll attempt to watch for another couple of years. I rewatched the remake of True Grit recently and enjoyed it more than the first time. Bridges' mumbling was more coherent. Unforgiven is good, ditto Silverado. Does Dances With Wolves count as a Western? One of the all-time greats.
50 yards is MILES in revolver terms. If you can hit something ACCURATELY with a revolver quickly at anything over 10 yards you're doing brilliantly. In "Open Range" the final shoot-out shows how inaccurate a Colt 45 actually was - Costner and Duvall fire volleys all to no effect even though their adversaries are only about 50 yards away. Unlike the John Wayne era when one shot from 200 yards will kill a man. Historical accuracy was not a forte of the classic-era stuff.
I watched News Of The World the other day. It's OK but not something I'll attempt to watch for another couple of years. I rewatched the remake of True Grit recently and enjoyed it more than the first time. Bridges' mumbling was more coherent. Unforgiven is good, ditto Silverado. Does Dances With Wolves count as a Western? One of the all-time greats.
I do love a good western and many have been listed already.
The Magnificent Seven is always a good watch ( not the Return however).
Jeremiah Johnson with Robert Redford.
Not a film but if you ever get the chance to watch the 1970s western series "Alias Smith and Jones" with Pete Duel and Ben Murphy, you should. It was on TV a few years back but I've not seen it since.
The Magnificent Seven is always a good watch ( not the Return however).
Jeremiah Johnson with Robert Redford.
Not a film but if you ever get the chance to watch the 1970s western series "Alias Smith and Jones" with Pete Duel and Ben Murphy, you should. It was on TV a few years back but I've not seen it since.
Deadwood.
No matter what western I watch (film or tv) it will always make me want to rewatch Deadwood.
Film wise Bone Tomahawk and Hell or High Water are recent favorites; 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit are high on my list too. I even enjoyed the Lone Ranger remake a few years ago just for its cartoony-take on the western genre.
No matter what western I watch (film or tv) it will always make me want to rewatch Deadwood.
Film wise Bone Tomahawk and Hell or High Water are recent favorites; 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit are high on my list too. I even enjoyed the Lone Ranger remake a few years ago just for its cartoony-take on the western genre.
biggbn said:
popeyewhite said:
TGTBATU
The Wild Bunch
Unforgiven
Tombstone
Back in the day:
Quigley Down Under
Young Guns
Honourable mention to The Duke:
True Grit
Rio Bravo
Outstanding choices. I might quibble the inclusion of Young Guns but only to stimulate a debate y'understand... The Wild Bunch
Unforgiven
Tombstone
Back in the day:
Quigley Down Under
Young Guns
Honourable mention to The Duke:
True Grit
Rio Bravo
Quigley is one of the best films nobody has seen. I watched 3.10 to Yuma with Mrs L. She said we had been there, on our trip in a Winnebago some years ago. I said I couldn't remember it, and she said I had no sense of Yuma.
Johnspex said:
50 yards is MILES in revolver terms. If you can hit something ACCURATELY with a revolver quickly at anything over 10 yards you're doing brilliantly.
Mines fairly accurate up to about 75 yards.https://us-browse.startpage.com/av/anon-image?piur...
Lotusgone said:
Quigley is a great film, but set in Australia, may not qualify. Unless we are talking Western Australia.
It qualifies because The eponymous hero is a cowboy hired from Wyoming, it has Western themes, and Wiki describes it as "..an Australian-American western film." You're lucky I didn't nominate Assault on Precinct 13 (Rio Bravo etc), or Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (The Magnificent Seven etc)
parabolica said:
Deadwood.
No matter what western I watch (film or tv) it will always make me want to rewatch Deadwood.
Film wise Bone Tomahawk and Hell or High Water are recent favorites; 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit are high on my list too. I even enjoyed the Lone Ranger remake a few years ago just for its cartoony-take on the western genre.
Did the deadwood film finish off the story line? I seem to remember the tv series being cancelled before the story was concluded. No matter what western I watch (film or tv) it will always make me want to rewatch Deadwood.
Film wise Bone Tomahawk and Hell or High Water are recent favorites; 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit are high on my list too. I even enjoyed the Lone Ranger remake a few years ago just for its cartoony-take on the western genre.
Lotusgone said:
Quigley is a great film, but set in Australia, may not qualify. Unless we are talking Western Australia.
I watched 3.10 to Yuma with Mrs L. She said we had been there, on our trip in a Winnebago some years ago. I said I couldn't remember it, and she said I had no sense of Yuma.
Chapeau!I watched 3.10 to Yuma with Mrs L. She said we had been there, on our trip in a Winnebago some years ago. I said I couldn't remember it, and she said I had no sense of Yuma.
towser said:
parabolica said:
Deadwood.
No matter what western I watch (film or tv) it will always make me want to rewatch Deadwood.
Film wise Bone Tomahawk and Hell or High Water are recent favorites; 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit are high on my list too. I even enjoyed the Lone Ranger remake a few years ago just for its cartoony-take on the western genre.
Did the deadwood film finish off the story line? I seem to remember the tv series being cancelled before the story was concluded. No matter what western I watch (film or tv) it will always make me want to rewatch Deadwood.
Film wise Bone Tomahawk and Hell or High Water are recent favorites; 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit are high on my list too. I even enjoyed the Lone Ranger remake a few years ago just for its cartoony-take on the western genre.
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