I Love Westerns

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[ExSniper]

I love westerns, old ones, new ones, all of them. I am a stickler for historical acuracy so many of the older westerns kind of bug the crap out of me for the technical errors but a good "oater" is hard to beat. Love all the old James Stewart westerns and all the newer one with Robert Duvall and/or Tom Selleck.

 

[hard_r]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence is quite possiblyone of the best films of all time, western or otherwise.

 

[AKguy1985]

When i was little i used to watch rawhide and big valley i think it was called.

 

[chuter]

The scene with Josey Wales and Ten Bears.........best dialogue EVER!

 

[gaseous maximus]

Sam Peckingpah's The Wild Bunch, also The Hanging Tree, especially the scene ln which, Doc Frail (Gary Cooper), after shooting Frenchie (Karl Maldin), very dead,unceremoniously kicks him over the side of the mountain, like a sack of oats. Also I'm probably going to get burned on this, but believe me I'm not a Hanoi Jane fan, anyway I really enjoyed Cat Ballou, mostly because of Lee Marvin.


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[WTJ]

Sterling Hayden was great. Look him up he was a real life adventurer. Made a lot of Westerns and Film Noir movies. Also, played the corrupt Police Captain in The Godfather.

Don't forget General Jack Ripper. "Fluoridation, Group Captain Mandrake, a monstrous commie plot....."

 

[plissken]

Most of the great ones have already been mentioned. A great one not on the list is Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman. Another favorite of mine, The Jack Bull. The Jack Bull is a made for T.V. with John Cusack. With the actors listed, you'd think "whatever, plissken don't know westerns". You'll be pleasantly surprised by both the movies and the actors.

 

[Uncle Meat]

Most of the great ones have already been mentioned. A great one not on the list is Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman. Another favorite of mine, The Jack Bull. The Jack Bull is a made for T.V. with John Cusack. With the actors listed, you'd think "whatever, plissken don't know westerns". You'll be pleasantly surprised by both the movies and the actors.

I second that.
Both of those are great!

The Scalp Hunters is a fine one as well as Good Old Boys with tommy Lee Jones.

 

[Perplexed]

Well, I'm sure I'll get flamed big time, but ... I didn't care much for most of the old Westerns. Too melodramatic and Hollywoodized for my taste - I roll my eyes every time I see someone get shot. The person stiffens, groans, and falls over slowly in an overly dramatic fashion while the camera captures the expression on his face in a very studio-like atmosphere. Please. Plus, there's no recoil at all whenever someone shoots a .45 revolver (with a stabbing motion)? Looks like they're shooting a starter pistol. Then there's the acting; how wooden and stereotypical can some of those characters get and still keep a straight face?

I liked "Unforgiven" better than most - it seemed more realistic and more gritty than the Westerns of the 1950s. I did like "Josey Wales" for the most part, as well as "Jeremiah Johnson."