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Best western?
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:09 pm
by Ken Shabby
No, not the hotels.
What's your favourite cowboy movie?
There's certainly a lot to choose from, but I'll go for 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' - Every frame of that movie is a success!
I'm a fan of John Wayne, too. Never mind what the revisionists say....
Re: Best western?
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:35 am
by Lizard
Shit hotels.
Re: Best western?
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:38 am
by rightback
Most if not all John Wayne westerns are classics but I would go for tombstone as my favourite. Val Kilmer is superb in it and kurt Russell's best film for me.
Re: Best western?
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:41 am
by Jonone
Once Upon A Time In The West
Re: Best western?
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:15 pm
by grah2702
The Searchers
Pretty well any John Wayne western.
Re: Best western?
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:18 pm
by welkram
Perhaps not in the right order, but?
And the people who stood out in these films
FORT APACHE, 1948.
(JW, Hank Fonda, Ward Bond, Victor McLagen)
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON, 1949.
(JW, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr, Victor McLagen)
RIO GRANDE, 1950.
(JW, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr)
WAGON MASTER, 1950.
(Ward Bond, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr)
SHANE, 1953.
(Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Ben Johnson)
THE SEARCHERS, 1956.
(JW, Jeffery Hunter, Harry Carey Jr, Olive Carey - HCJr's mom)
3.10 TO YUMA, 1957.
(Glen Ford, Van Heflin)
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, 1960.
(Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn)
HEAVENS GATE, 1980.
(Christopher Walken, John Hurt)
THE WILD BUNCH, 1969.
(Bill Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson)
TOMBSTONE, 1993.
(Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell, Powers Boothe)
Re: Best western?
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:23 pm
by welkram
Just remembered, Harry Carey Jr was also in Tombstone.
He played the Sheriff who was shot down in the street by Curly Bill (Powers Boothe).
Re: Best western?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:23 am
by steveb
'Rio Bravo' and 'El Dorado' (same story, both John Wayne) are good fun. 'The Wild Bunch' works well, 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' is a genuine classic.
I really enjoy 'Silverado', a proper Hollywood western when no-one else was making them.
'Dances with Wolves' was good and looked even better.
On TV I'm enjoying 'Hell on Wheels'. The second season just started.
Re: Best western?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:57 am
by dog
"The Good the Bad and the Ugly" it has the best sound track and a great story too, it also has great Cinematography as well. The only thing I didn't/don't like about the film is it goes on too long as many great films do!
Re: Best western?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:54 am
by Dace
Unforgiven for me is the best ever
searchers, django & tombstone not far behind
loved the series Deadwood as well