What is your favorite western?

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I was seven years old when I went to see John Wayne in "The Cowboys" with my grandpa. Probably the best movie a young boy could ever imagine up until Bruce Dern killed John Wayne. Took a few years before I could appreciate the film.
GBU and Unforgiven are among my favorites. Eli Wallach's "Tuco" is one of the all time great film characters. Bruce Dern in The Cowboys is right up there as well.
If you have never seen "Once Upon A Tme In The West" it is worth watching. The opening scene is incredible.
 
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I have several favorites-
Tombstone
Shootist
Josey Wales

But there are a number of really good ones. One recent one that I enjoyed was Cowboys and Aliens. Campy but fun.
 
Since the Hatfields & McCoys miniseries (Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, 2012) is categorized as a Western, I nominate Shenandoah (James Stewart, Doug McClure, Patrick Wayne, 1965) even tho' it is usually categorized as American Civil War.

Hardcore Westerns I would watch again include all three Man With No Name spaghetti westerns plus The Wild Bunch and The Professionals. The Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns do occur in an alternate universe, about as historically accurate as the Italian Hercules movies, and just as entertaining though.
 
I know this is completely not the point but I have come to really like a few modern westerns and space/sci-fi westerns as well.

Fargo
Longmire
No Country for Old Men

Firefly/Serenity
The Mandalorian
 
Interesting topic! I work in Tombstone at a gun/cigar shop....even though I've seen it a million times....Tombstone still tops my list, followed up closely by The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

There is a documentary out on the making of The Good, The Bad called Sad Hill available for free on Netflix. If you haven't seen it, you need to. It'll make you fall in love with the movie all over again.

Another great one that I haven't seen mentioned is "Jane Got A Gun". It's a newer release....in 2015....but the guns...and the story will keep you interested all the way through. Seeing little Natalie Portman fire a Walker is priceless.

I enjoy all the others mentioned here very much. I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of the old actors, this last weekend I got to spend about an hour with Buck Taylor and his wife Goldie.....what wonderful people! Peter Sherayko was in the shop smoking cigars all day too, he's a great guy with lots of stories to tell. I mention these two, because most of the other Hollywooders are complete morons, with the exception of Robert "Bobby" Carridine, Val Kilmer and Dennis Quaid. Those guys are welcome back to the shop any time!

Thanks for all the memories! Somebody took my pic with Peter Sherayko....we usually don't do that....but the pic turned out pretty good...:)

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Another great film that has not been mentioned yet is True Grit, the original and the remake.i have great affection for both these films and I’ve read the book. I like the remake better then the original bit that’s just me.
It has some great cap and ball guns in it as well. There is a Colt Dragoon that Maddy carries around in a flour sack and Rooster has a pair of ‘51 Navy’s mounted on his saddle
 
Couple more: The Man who shot Liberty Valance for a movie.

For TV: High Chaparral. Always thought the gun play was well done for its time.
 
Miguel Loco said:
Interesting topic! I work in Tombstone at a gun/cigar shop....even though I've seen it a million times....Tombstone still tops my list, followed up closely by The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

There is a documentary out on the making of The Good, The Bad called Sad Hill available for free on Netflix. If you haven't seen it, you need to. It'll make you fall in love with the movie all over again.

Another great one that I haven't seen mentioned is "Jane Got A Gun". It's a newer release....in 2015....but the guns...and the story will keep you interested all the way through. Seeing little Natalie Portman fire a Walker is priceless.

I enjoy all the others mentioned here very much. I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of the old actors, this last weekend I got to spend about an hour with Buck Taylor and his wife Goldie.....what wonderful people! Peter Sherayko was in the shop smoking cigars all day too, he's a great guy with lots of stories to tell. I mention these two, because most of the other Hollywooders are complete morons, with the exception of Robert "Bobby" Carridine, Val Kilmer and Dennis Quaid. Those guys are welcome back to the shop any time!

Thanks for all the memories! Somebody took my pic with Peter Sherayko....we usually don't do that....but the pic turned out pretty good...:)

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I’ve been wanting to go to Tombstone so bad. It’s a 7 hour drive for me but I think I will after all this craziness ends.
 
Russell13 said:
I’ve been wanting to go to Tombstone so bad. It’s a 7 hour drive for me but I think I will after all this craziness ends.
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You've got to do it! The very best time to come is for "Helldorado Days". This year it is October 16-18. Tons of people dressed for the occasion, reinactors fill the streets and really wild time. You get a much better feel of what the town was like when there were 5000+ inhabitants. But I have to warn ya.....there is something in the dirt here that'll make you want to come back. It's well worth the trip if you're into the old west. At 4500' elevation, it's much cooler than other parts of southern Arizona. The Dragoon Mountains which overlook Tombstone was the home of Cochise and Geronimo and a must see for anyone interested in the Apache Wars.
 
Lot of great movies have been listed.
Here's afew more....

The Searchers
The Long Riders
Winchester 73
The Missing
It's been mentioned, but the series with Keven Costner >> The Hatfields and McCoys
 
I can not say what my favorite Western would be. As a kid I watched Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson on the idiot box more faithfully than going to Sunday School (and had a cane and sleeve gun but never a derby hat) Until I fell on it and broke it I had a plastic Mares Leg in a neat belt rig.

Down at the Leaf Theater the only time I sat closer than halfway down the aisle was for westerns. You can not know my joy in my early teens that came with mowing the theator owner's yard....he paid what I asked AND gave me a free movie pass (don't worry he got it back in Pop corn, Co-coalers, and rasinets) ( you had to have a rasinet box just incase there was a mushy scene...these new boxes just don't have that old time squiek and squel) I suppose I some times sat so close I could have counted Marion's nose hairs.

I even like a recent space cowboy named Mal.

I truly can not say what my favorite western is or was, but I can say "I'm your huckleberry."

-kBob

(oh... I thought you was dead.)
 
earlthegoat2 said:
I know this is completely not the point but I have come to really like a few modern westerns and space/sci-fi westerns as well.

Fargo
Longmire
No Country for Old Men

Firefly/Serenity
The Mandalorian
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Firefly was an excellent space western! It was really disappointing when that one got cancelled so soon.
 
On a forum like this that leans toward the traditional and simple versus modern and easy, I'm surprised no one has brought up great novels that rely on your imagination versus the more mindless TV and movies.

Here are a couple almost recent favorites -

Blood Meridian
The Devil Knows How to Ride
 
magyars4 said:
By far...The Wild Bunch....total guy film.
Only women in it are old ladies or whores.
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Agree, but not for the same reason. Director Sam Peckinpah was a genius. The train robbery sequence was about 18 minutes long with almost no dialogue: just action. And the violence of the final scene, the battle of bloody porch, changed movies forever.

John Wayne's 1948 classic, "Red River" defined cattle drive movies for all time, and is a close second.
 
J-Bar said:
Agree, but not for the same reason. Director Sam Peckinpah was a genius. The train robbery sequence was about 18 minutes long with almost no dialogue: just action. And the violence of the final scene, the battle of bloody porch, changed movies forever.

John Wayne's 1948 classic, "Red River" defined cattle drive movies for all time, and is a close second.
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Didn't mean to imply that The Wild bunch had no other redeeming values....
Great scenes throughout....
 
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