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Top 5/Favourite Westerns
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I've already done my top 5 but I have to agree with you on 1883 - a splendid story enriched by the presence of Sam Elliott.superdulvertonred said:Really enjoyed the recent tv westerns Yellowstone 1883 1923 and Lawman Bass Reeves
Also had sight of the first part of 'Horizon - An American Saga', Kevin Costner's latest large scale project. More like An American Mess.1 -
I think all mine already mentioned
in no particular order:
Once Upon a Time in the West
High Plains Drifter
Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Outlaw Josey Wales
Django Unchained
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Nobody for Paint your Wagon? Perhaps you have to be pissed to appreciate it (I was).0
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And then some!Gisappointed said:Nobody for Paint your Wagon? Perhaps you have to be pissed to appreciate it (I was).0 -
Not a film but the episode of Alias Smith and Jones where they were snowed in for winter at a mountain cabin playing cards.
Me and mates adopted Montana RedDog as our card game of choice, finishing off as dawn broke with Irish brag.0 -
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2. Super Mare
3. Curtis
4. Union
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High Plains Drifter
Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Unforgiven
For a few Dollars More
Eastwood's cowboy films best since John Wayne for me1 -
Has to be as that has a similar premise with them being in a cabin and getting chased for something they didn't do.Gribbo said:
Ride The Whirlwind?Karim_myBagheri said:i remember watching a western set in the rockies i believe as there was snow, had Jack Nicholson as co star. they were camped out in a cabin and were being chased. saw it once many years ago but cant seem to find it in his filmography.
Not sure if there was any snow involved so must of made that up. Knowing me I probably just watched it in black and white.
One of the reasons I really like McCabe and Mrs Miller was due to the snow in the last part of the film and the somber ending.
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Western Union
Great Western Railways
Disputed territory of Western Sahara
Weston Super Mare
Simon Weston
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Unforgiven - Eastwood's masterpiece
Dances With Wolves - Costner's masterpiece
Star Wars (Episode IV A New Hope - if you're under 50) - Lucas's masterpiece0 - Sponsored links:
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Any film that has a notion that ‘the only good injun is a dead injun’ as some kind of underlying theme is automatically wrong in my opinion.
I thought ‘Dances with Wolves ’ was underrated at the time, as with ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ but they developed the kind of sympathetic pro Aboriginal North American theme begun with ‘Broken Arrow’ which I appreciate.
Our European diaspora conquered and crushed the indigenous people of North America and history is written by the winners.
The recent Tom Hanks western ‘News of the World’ set in post civil war United States was thought provoking and a good film.7 -
The Magnificent Seven ( In my top ten of all time favourite films)
A Few Dollars More
Tombstone
Django Unchained
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Why do you have to make everything political. Everyone's bored of it . It's just a bit of fun .seth plum said:Any film that has a notion that ‘the only good injun is a dead injun’ as some kind of underlying theme is automatically wrong in my opinion.
I thought ‘Dances with Wolves ’ was underrated at the time, as with ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ but they developed the kind of sympathetic pro Aboriginal North American theme begun with ‘Broken Arrow’ which I appreciate.
Our European diaspora conquered and crushed the indigenous people of North America and history is written by the winners.
The recent Tom Hanks western ‘News of the World’ set in post civil war United States was thought provoking and a good film.4 -
Why is what I have written 'political'?Bedsaddick said:
Why do you have to make everything political. Everyone's bored of it . It's just a bit of fun .seth plum said:Any film that has a notion that ‘the only good injun is a dead injun’ as some kind of underlying theme is automatically wrong in my opinion.
I thought ‘Dances with Wolves ’ was underrated at the time, as with ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ but they developed the kind of sympathetic pro Aboriginal North American theme begun with ‘Broken Arrow’ which I appreciate.
Our European diaspora conquered and crushed the indigenous people of North America and history is written by the winners.
The recent Tom Hanks western ‘News of the World’ set in post civil war United States was thought provoking and a good film.2 -
I’m not going to point it out because it’s obvious to anyone other than yourself . Yet again you’ve hijacked a thread . That’s the last I’m going to say because it’s boring . How about just giving your top five westerns ?seth plum said:
Why is what I have written 'political'?Bedsaddick said:
Why do you have to make everything political. Everyone's bored of it . It's just a bit of fun .seth plum said:Any film that has a notion that ‘the only good injun is a dead injun’ as some kind of underlying theme is automatically wrong in my opinion.
I thought ‘Dances with Wolves ’ was underrated at the time, as with ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ but they developed the kind of sympathetic pro Aboriginal North American theme begun with ‘Broken Arrow’ which I appreciate.
Our European diaspora conquered and crushed the indigenous people of North America and history is written by the winners.
The recent Tom Hanks western ‘News of the World’ set in post civil war United States was thought provoking and a good film.2 -
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
For a Few Dollars More
High Plains Drifter
Magnificent Seven
Dances With Wolves
Of the traditional old Westerns. But a couple of my favourite films are Westerns in the modern era.
Hell or High Water
No Country for Old Men0 -
OK.Bedsaddick said:
I’m not going to point it out because it’s obvious to anyone other than yourself . Yet again you’ve hijacked a thread . That’s the last I’m going to say because it’s boring . How about just giving your top five westerns ?seth plum said:
Why is what I have written 'political'?Bedsaddick said:
Why do you have to make everything political. Everyone's bored of it . It's just a bit of fun .seth plum said:Any film that has a notion that ‘the only good injun is a dead injun’ as some kind of underlying theme is automatically wrong in my opinion.
I thought ‘Dances with Wolves ’ was underrated at the time, as with ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ but they developed the kind of sympathetic pro Aboriginal North American theme begun with ‘Broken Arrow’ which I appreciate.
Our European diaspora conquered and crushed the indigenous people of North America and history is written by the winners.
The recent Tom Hanks western ‘News of the World’ set in post civil war United States was thought provoking and a good film.
Broken Arrow
Dances with Wolves
Little Big Man
Geronimo, an American Legend
News of the World.0 -
To be fair to Seth here, a lot of modern Westerns are concerned with the topic of how Native Americans were treated across history and in previous Westerns themselves. Revisionist Westerns concerned with addressing that are a sub-genre of the medium and add a lot of nuance to the topic.Seth, you'd probably like Hostiles, which covers the topic fairly directly and Hell or High Water, which draws a parallel between the way Americans are being driven out of their homes and off their land by banks taking over everything and the way the native population were driven out by the settling Americans.3
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The Good the Bad & the Ugly
Rio Bravo
Butch & Sundance
Dances with Wolves
Wyatt Earp
so many other good ones my favourite film genre0 -
Hell or High Water is not a Western ffs0
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I really liked Young Guns but nobody has mentioned it so perhaps I’m in a minority 🫤2
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Yes it is . Not all westerns involve cowboys and horses
Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:Hell or High Water is not a Western ffs3 -
All the Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Love it when the twangy music starts and you know people are going to die.
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Shenandoah
Dances with Wolves
Hostiles
Chisum
The Horse soldiers0 -
How the West was Won
The Searchers
The Alamo
The Magnificent 7
The Last of the Mohicans..
If I had to limit myself to 5!0 -
Of course it is. Neo-Westerns are a subgenre of Westerns and they cover pretty much the same ground in a more modern time. Spoilers for an 8 year old film but:Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:Hell or High Water is not a Western ffs
Two outlaws fighting against corrupt banks and authority figures to carve out and keep their place in a territory that they are being driven out of. A remorseful outlaw driven by a sense of injustice and a desire to find his legacy in his son and his land. An old world sheriff looking to have one last showdown and ideally die in his job rather than retire and become a part of the new world. His part Native American part Mexican partner who reflects the themes of land theft and culture erasure back onto the American working class. There's oil being fought for, there's a standoff implying a final duel between the sheriff and the outlaw, there's confused morals based on a sense of fairness rather than law, there's even a posse at one point and it's all shot against the New Mexico landscape. It's more on the nose with it's themes than a lot of Westerns2 -
I’m not bored of Seth’s comments so speak for yourself.Bedsaddick said:
Why do you have to make everything political. Everyone's bored of it . It's just a bit of fun .seth plum said:Any film that has a notion that ‘the only good injun is a dead injun’ as some kind of underlying theme is automatically wrong in my opinion.
I thought ‘Dances with Wolves ’ was underrated at the time, as with ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ but they developed the kind of sympathetic pro Aboriginal North American theme begun with ‘Broken Arrow’ which I appreciate.
Our European diaspora conquered and crushed the indigenous people of North America and history is written by the winners.
The recent Tom Hanks western ‘News of the World’ set in post civil war United States was thought provoking and a good film.4 -
By responding to the thread going down Seth’s overt route, it can be argued you are being political by reinforcing the anti-Aboriginal people position of what is typically thought of as a Western.Bedsaddick said:
I’m not going to point it out because it’s obvious to anyone other than yourself . Yet again you’ve hijacked a thread . That’s the last I’m going to say because it’s boring . How about just giving your top five westerns ?seth plum said:
Why is what I have written 'political'?Bedsaddick said:
Why do you have to make everything political. Everyone's bored of it . It's just a bit of fun .seth plum said:Any film that has a notion that ‘the only good injun is a dead injun’ as some kind of underlying theme is automatically wrong in my opinion.
I thought ‘Dances with Wolves ’ was underrated at the time, as with ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ but they developed the kind of sympathetic pro Aboriginal North American theme begun with ‘Broken Arrow’ which I appreciate.
Our European diaspora conquered and crushed the indigenous people of North America and history is written by the winners.
The recent Tom Hanks western ‘News of the World’ set in post civil war United States was thought provoking and a good film.2 -
In that case CSI Vegas is a great Western series, though not as good as Bonanza.Garrymanilow said:
Of course it is. Neo-Westerns are a subgenre of Westerns and they cover pretty much the same ground in a more modern time. Spoilers for an 8 year old film but:Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:Hell or High Water is not a Western ffs
Two outlaws fighting against corrupt banks and authority figures to carve out and keep their place in a territory that they are being driven out of. A remorseful outlaw driven by a sense of injustice and a desire to find his legacy in his son and his land. An old world sheriff looking to have one last showdown and ideally die in his job rather than retire and become a part of the new world. His part Native American part Mexican partner who reflects the themes of land theft and culture erasure back onto the American working class. There's oil being fought for, there's a standoff implying a final duel between the sheriff and the outlaw, there's confused morals based on a sense of fairness rather than law, there's even a posse at one point and it's all shot against the New Mexico landscape. It's more on the nose with it's themes than a lot of Westerns
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