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Posted: 7/19/2008 3:24:50 PM EDT
Been a long time since I have seen a good western. Actually, I don't think I have seen very many. A few of Clint Eastwood's, and James Garner's "Support your Local Sheriff" was an old favorite of mine
How about some recommendations of a good western to watch, something that will make me want to bust out my Ruger Blackhawk, and won't drive my wife nuts. Also, needs to be something I could find at Blockbuster. |
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The Outlaw Josey Wales is always good
I've never been to a Blockbuster, so I don't know if they'll have it. |
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cant go wrong with these
The Outlaw Josey Wales Magnificent Seven Once Upon a Time in the West Tombstone |
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+ 1 my favorite. |
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+1 It's one of best ones I've seen. Josey Wales is my favorite also. Some great lines in that movie and some great characters. "Dying ain't much of a livin', boy" |
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+2 on Josey Wales
Streets of Laredo any of the spaghetti's Open Range McClintock 3:10 to Yuma.. |
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"You gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie??" |
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John Wayne - The Shootist,
John Wayne - McClintock, John Wayne - The Searchers, John Wayne - Eldorado John Wayne.................... |
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Pale Rider. It's pretty much a remake of Shane, but still very good.
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I highly recommend "the jack bull" with john cusak and john goodman, it's a major sleeper in my opinion from about 10 years ago.
You could also go to wal mart where around here in the $5 section they've had true grit and a few other john wayne classics recently. |
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For a Fistful of Dollars For a Few Dollars More The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Joe Kidd One Upon a Time in the West Pretty much anything with John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart in it |
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Wild Bunch There are tons but those are good for a start. |
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John Wayne AND Jimmy Stewart - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
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Boss Nigger !!! It's one of my Favorites !!! It came out during the " Cult Black Cinema Films" time period, other movies in the era include, Shaft, Blacula,SuperFly and Coffey !!! It is sorta like that....
Boss Nigger Starring Fred Williamson |
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Everybody mentioned the good ones, so I won't repeat them...
I'm sure you've seen Lonesome Dove *****. How about Long Riders? The Deadwood series (that's surprisingly good!)? Dances With Wolves ***** (if that's even considered a western)? Quigley Down Under ? The classics (Shane, High Noon (they need to get rid of that damned clock!), The Searchers, The Wild Bunch *****, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Winchester '73, Big Jake, Will Penny *****, Gunfighter, The Professionals)? The Shootist , and The War Wagon were ..... okay. |
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Just for fun,.. ever see Cat Ballou ? Ignore Her, but Lee Marvin as Kid Shelleen was hysterical.
How about The Villain with Kirk Douglas as Cactus Jack, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger,.. Jack Elam, Strother Martin, etc. Dumb movie, but still kinda funny. |
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It'll make you want to break out your M1911, though. It's set in 1913. |
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Yep, tivoing so I can skip through the commercials, great flick. Highly recommended. |
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Winchester '73 was pretty damn good
Outlaw Josey Wales is the best damn movie ever |
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So far, this past week, we've watched 3 John Wayne classics:
The Searchers, The Cowboys, and True Grit (2X) Have a bunch more waiting for me to pick up at the library come Monday. I'll save The Shootist for the end of my John Waynefest, for obvious reasons. |
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Will Penny -- Charlton Heston at his best.
Westerns with Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott. Westerns with James Arness. |
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Red River Lonesome dove True Grit The Gunfighter Stagecoach Blazing Saddles The Unforgiven The Searchers Silverado The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Hang em High Fistful of Dollars The War Wagon Last but not least The Shootist. |
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While not a true Western, a good recent movie with a western feel is No Country for Old Men. Just giving you options since most of the good Westerns have been mentioned.
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Unforgiven - If you've never seen it, especially.
Pale Rider True Grit. 3:10 to Yuma. The Good, the bad, and the ugly. The Outlaw Josey Wales. |
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+ 1 ! No Country for Old Men = great desert noir film! |
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I do too. When it first came out I thought it was so campy it was corny, but I've come to like it. |
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Lonsome Dove "we don't rent pigs"
Unforgiven The Outlaw Josey Wales. Open Range |
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I like damn near all the ones mentioned. I would add that I have also like the Glen Ford westerns as well.
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For something a bit different, try Conagher, with Sam Eliot. Good movie, from a Louis L'Amour novel.
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Here's a good MODERN Western. No single actions, but AR-15 and semi-auto pistols. But lots of horses and other western stuff . . . :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Burials_of_Melquiades_Estrada |
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" ...and if that ain't bad enough you got all them Greek words on there, too." " I told you, Woodrow, a long time ago it ain't Greek, it's Latin." "Well what does it say in Latin? " [Gus blusters some gibberish] "For all you know it invites people to rob us." "Well the first man comes along that can read Latin is welcome to rob us, far as I'm concerned. I'd like a chance t' shoot at a educated man once in my life!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Well, hell, boys. I'd damn sight rather be hung by my friends than by a bunch o' damn strangers. Newt... Well, adios, boys. Hope you won't hold it against me. Never meant no harm." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Well, Gus; there you go. I guess this will teach me to be more careful about what I promise people in the future!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Things sure have changed since the last time I was here. It's all growed up." "Of course it's growed up, Woodrow. We killed all the Indians and bandits so the bankers could move in." "Only a fool would want the Indians back." "Has it ever occurred to you, Woodrow; that all the work we done was for the bankers? Hell, we killed off everybody made this country interestin'! " -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Woodrow Call: How do I know you won't start missin' your wife after about five miles and decide to quit? Po Campo: My wife is in hell; where I sent her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jake Spoon: A man that will talk to a pig ain't no better than a farmer. Gus McCrae: I expected you to own a bank or at least a whorehouse by now Jake. It seems life has been a disappointment to both of us. Jake Spoon: That might be so, but by God, I ain't never said a word to a pig. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gus McCrae: Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop.. |
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