Your Favorite Westerns

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Originally Posted by ZERO THEORY

No. The only stupid part was Prince coming out of the blue to shoot Evans on the platform, despite being tied up in the stampede just moments before. Surely Wade or Evans would've noticed him getting out and approaching before he was 10 yards away.

That being said, it was well-acted, the pace kept things in motion, and the characters actually had some life behind them.

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For the sake of friendly banter.

Fails:
Casting Russell Crow (can't stand) as the predictable bad guy.
Casting Christian Bale (actually like) as the predictable reluctant protagonist.
A plot line that was figued out in the first ten minutes.
Lots of predictable events.
Trite ending.

Appaloosa was one of my favorite "pardner" movies.
Death Rides a Horse was a pre Clint spag. western. Had his character pegged. Even had Lee Van Cleaf.

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Originally Posted by Ah Pook

For the sake of friendly banter.

Fails:
Casting Russell Crow (can't stand) as the predictable bad guy.
Casting Christian Bale (actually like) as the predictable reluctant protagonist.
A plot line that was figued out in the first ten minutes.
Lots of predictable events.
Trite ending.

Appaloosa was one of my favorite "pardner" movies.
Death Rides a Horse was a pre Clint spag. western. Had his character pegged. Even had Lee Van Cleaf.

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Let's be honest, Westerns aren't exactly known for their puzzles and complexity. A predictable plot/sequence of events is nothing to fault it for. I'll agree that the ending was lazy, of course.

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Originally Posted by ZERO THEORY

Let's be honest, Westerns aren't exactly known for their puzzles and complexity. A predictable plot/sequence of events is nothing to fault it for.

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Hey what's that one Western where a town is having a problem with some bad guys, and no one seems to be able to stand up to them, but just in time a new guy/s ride into town who don't want any trouble, but aren't afraid to stand up for what's right, at the same time, the beautiful, and usually unattached girl in town develops a love interest in the brave protagonist?

Oh all of them.

I gotta go with Tombstone since I'm not a big western guy. The original Alamo if that counts as a western?

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Originally Posted by lex137

I gotta go with Tombstone since I'm not a big western guy. The original Alamo if that counts as a western?

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i grew up watching the Alamo, with JW. One of the biggest disappointments was actually seeing the Alamo. The walls were 3' high. Were the Mexicans 6" tall? WTF?!

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Originally Posted by Ah Pook

i grew up watching the Alamo, with JW. One of the biggest disappointments was actually seeing the Alamo. The walls were 3' high. Were the Mexicans 6" tall? WTF?!

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I might be mistaken but the Alamo you saw is only part of what used to be standing. There was a larger wall further out. Like a fort. The building in downtown San Antonio is only the actual church that was inside the fort.

I think.

Guess I should have paid more attention during "Texas history month" when I was in school.

Neither the movie nor the building site mentioned that little detail.

Maybe that part of the exhibit was in the Alamo's basement.

Oh, guess I could mention a few of my favorites. I'm sure they've all been mentioned before in this thread but here they are.

More recent ones....

Unforgiven
Open Range
Tombstone
Silverado
Lonesome Dove (may or may not be considered a movie but a great western none the less)

Older ones....

Anything with Clint Eastwood or John Wayne

I pretty much like them all.

Especially The Rifleman on Saturday mornings. Watching it now.

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Anything John Wayne. But my top picks today are

The Searchers
The Shootist " I wont be wronged..........."
Tombstone "Say when"
Crossfire trail
Monte Walsh