favourite western

[Red '84]

im no expert on the genre but am a massive leone fan, love the spaghetti trilogy and once upon a time in the west, out of those, id say "for a few dollars more" is my favourite, mainly because of the locket chime that features throughout and the stand off at the end where they shoot when the chime stops, favourite cinematic moment for me maybe, also el indio is a quality bad guy! whats your views?

[RedKnight]

No poll?

[RedKnight]

I'm not interested if I can't vote.

[Fink]

Unforgiven, easily.

[RJ Fan club]

Hang'em high. No contest.

[Stouffer]

Blazin' Saddles.

[Elmyn Noos]

I'm also a big Eastwood fan, and a Few Dollars More is right up there.

 

But can you beat the Duke? John Wayne in Rio Bravo with Dean Martin is one of my all time favourite films, and High Noon with Gary Cooper has to get an honourable mention.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

A fistful of travellers cheques.

[Red '84]

I'm also a big Eastwood fan, and a Few Dollars More is right up there.

 

But can you beat the Duke? John Wayne in Rio Bravo with Dean Martin is one of my all time favourite films, and High Noon with Gary Cooper has to get an honourable mention.

 

dean martin was quality in that alright but for me the leone films shade it as they were a unique style and the soundtracks were crucial in this, loved the revenge scenes with the flashbacks, like in once upon a time in the west when the man with the harmonica has the showdown with henry fondas killer and it flashes back to his brother being hung off his own shoulders, the drama and music in scenes like that set leones movies apart for me but obviously, there from different eras.

have a fair few of the morricone soundtracks and it would be amazing if they ever organised a live orchestral soundtrack to watch alongside a screening of any of those movies(spaghetti westerns/the mission, once upon a time in america/the west)

i remember asian dub foundation did something similar with a live soundtrack played over a screening of la haine in dublin a few years back, that sort of thing should be done more.

[TwelveMonkeys]

It comes down to 2:

 

Rio Bravo

The Good The Bad and The Ugly

 

These are the benchmarks that all others should be measured against.

[Elmyn Noos]

It comes down to 2:

 

Rio Bravo

The Good The Bad and The Ugly

 

These are the benchmarks that all others should be measured against.

 

What about the Magnificent Seven?

[bazbailey]

It comes down to 2:

 

Rio Bravo

The Good The Bad and The Ugly

 

These are the benchmarks that all others should be measured against.

 

Surely Stagecoach has to be up there as well? Still one of the best stunts ever.

[Elmyn Noos]

and the Outlaw Josey Wales - even if just for the bit where Eastwood spits on the yapping dog.

[Sut]

Some great films already mentioned here, most notably Noos's contributions.

More for your perusal:

Open Range, A Man Called Horse, Hombre, The Long Riders, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, The Searchers, Last of the Mohicans, Dead Man, The Valley of Gwanji, Support your Local Sheriff, The Cowboys.

[CrouchieBoy]

Big fan of Tombstone myself

 

The Good Bad and the Ugly is also an ace western

[Elmyn Noos]

Some great films already mentioned here, most notably Noos's contributions.

More for your perusal:

Open Range, A Man Called Horse, Hombre, The Long Riders, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, The Searchers, Last of the Mohicans, Dead Man, The Valley of Gwanji, Support your Local Sheriff, The Cowboys.

 

I was going to mention that too. Richard Harris' finest. The nipple hooked totem pole initiation ceremony still makes me wince.

[Kobayashi Maru]

A few I have enjoyed:

 

Rio Bravo

The Alamo

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

True Grit

High Plains Drifter

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Silverado

Young Guns

Dances with Wolves

Unforgiven

Wyatt Earp

Tombstone

and thought the recent - 310 to Yuma, was outstanding

[aws]

The Searchers is probably the best classic (i.e. pre-spaghetti) Western.

[Red '84]

"whatever happened to gary cooper? the strong silent type, he didnt need a fucking shrink!"

[Tuppy Glossop]

Spaghetti -

Django

Sabata

My name is nobody

El Mariachi / Desperado / Once upon a time in Mexico

(If those 3 count as westerns ?)

 

Classic western -

Dances with Wolves

High Noon

 

Anyone read any good westerns ?

[ATXRED]

From the classics

Magnificent 7

Outlaw Josey Wales

 

From recent times

Tombstone - even just for Val Kilmer's portrayal of Doc Holliday. Best acting performance ever in a western.

[Sut]

Spaghetti -

Django

Sabata

My name is nobody

El Mariachi / Desperado / Once upon a time in Mexico

(If those 3 count as westerns ?)

 

Classic western -

Dances with Wolves

High Noon

 

Anyone read any good westerns ?

 

Littlebigman, Return of Littlebigman, Two for Texas, Dead Man's Walk, Streets of Laredo, Commanche Moon, Flashman and the Redskins, American by Blood are all pretty good books.

 

Try and get hold of a biography of Liver-Eating Johnson. The film Jeremiah Johnson's based on him and he led an amazing life. Apparently, the Crow sent 20 or 30 lads after him and they were not to return until he was dead. They were coming at him one at a time and he was seeing them all off. The last one returned after 30 years (that last bit may be an exaggeration, I'm not sure). Once when captured, he killed the Indian who was guarding him and snuck out of the camp into the wilderness. He knew he'd get a bit peckish, so decided to grab a snack to take with him and twisted the leg clean off the dead brave. He ended up using it as a club on a bear whose cave he had tried to spend the night in.

 

Oh, and Tombstone sucks.

[King Emlyn]

The Searchers, Rio Bravo, Elderado and Shane.

[Paul]

I'm also a big Eastwood fan, and a Few Dollars More is right up there.

 

But can you beat the Duke? John Wayne in Rio Bravo with Dean Martin is one of my all time favourite films, and High Noon with Gary Cooper has to get an honourable mention.

 

Agreed. I also love the virtual remake he did - El Dorado.

[Sut]

Liver Eating Johnson