OT: What's Your Favorite Western...

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:20 pm

Hey everybody. If you haven't noticed by now, I love to talk about favorites.

What are your all-time favorite western flicks?

Mine are:

"Outlaw Josey Wales"
"Little Big Man"
"Lonesome Dove"

In that order!

Humbly,
bogie

SmokeEater2 · Post by **SmokeEater2** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:26 pm

Quigley Down Under

Lonesome Dove

The Unforgiven

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:27 pm

"Once upon a Time in the West"
"For a Few Dollars More"
"Fort Apache"
"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:29 pm

True Grit
Rooster Cogburn

Joe

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:32 pm

Big Jake
Quigley Down Under
The Outlaw Josey Wales

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:32 pm

The Cowboys
The Shootist
Quigley Down Under

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:35 pm

Quigly down under,
Winchester 1873
Any John Wayne flick

neil mitchell · Post by **neil mitchell** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:37 pm

Lonesome Dove
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Searchers
The Unforgiven
The Wild Bunch

Neil

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:45 pm

Lonesome Dove
Big Jake
El Dorado
Connegar
Open Range
Ride with the Devil
The Man from Snowy River

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:46 pm

Lonesome Dove
Quigley Down Under
The Shootist
The Cowboys
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Quick & the Dead (Sam Elliot version)
The Sacketts
Cheyenne Social Club
and gosh, so many others, how can one pick a particular order?

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:47 pm

Once Upon a Time in the West!!!!! Art

Ray Newman · Post by **Ray Newman** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:48 pm

"Shane"
"Tell Them Valdez Is Coming"
"The Ox Bow Incident"
"The Grey Fox"

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:03 pm

high noon
man who shot liberty valence
monte walsh

James Riley · Post by **James Riley** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:23 pm

Unforgiven. Hands down.

JoeArizona · Post by **JoeArizona** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:30 pm

Ditto on all of those!!!

cutter · Post by **cutter** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:33 pm

We started 'Into the West' monday. Have only watched first episode so far. I'm really enjoying it.

SmokeEater2 · Post by **SmokeEater2** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:43 pm

cutter wrote:We started 'Into the West' monday. Have only watched first episode so far. I'm really enjoying it.

I have yet to see that Mini-series. I'm gonna' have to track it down.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:01 pm

Lonesome Dove is my favorite. I like a lot of the ones already mentioned, but I will say, one that is not mentioned very often is one of my favorites "Culpepper Cattle Company".

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:11 pm

I grew up watching them with very little attention paid to the names, but these are the four I really liked as a kid.

Chisum
True Grit
The man named Nobody
Destry Rides Again (Jimmy)
Destry (Audie)

In the last couple of decades there's been a few I really liked

Tombstone
Unforgiven
3:10 to Yuma
Open Range
Young Guns
Silverado

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:54 pm

Quigley
Sliverado
Big Jake
Cross Fire Trail
Monte Walsh ( I'd like to get a copy of the one with Lee Marvin)
The Sacketts

Rusty <><

Savage99 · Post by **Savage99** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:10 pm

I like all westerns...some better then others. but way to many to list.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:11 pm

Ditto on all those flicks......Anyone remember a paperback called: My Brother John? I really liked that one....

Mich Hunter · Post by **Mich Hunter** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:14 pm

The shootist

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:34 pm

Lonesome Dove
Crossfire Trail
Monte Walsh
Any John Wayne movie

JoeArizona · Post by **JoeArizona** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:31 pm

rangerider7 wrote:Lonesome Dove is my favorite. I like a lot of the ones already mentioned, but I will say, one that is not mentioned very often is one of my favorites "Culpepper Cattle Company".

I forgot about this one. It's pretty gritty and real...especially the shootout in the bar.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:45 pm

John Wayne The Searchers,
Tom Selleck CrossFire Trail, Quigley Down Under
Robert Duvall Lonesome Dove,

Watched Roy Rogers the other night...Rainbow over Texas..fun movie

Jimmy Stewart....Winchester 73

I love em all....I have 130 or so westerns and still counting

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:38 pm

Here's one I ain't seen listed yet. The Good Ol Boys with Tommy Lee Jones. Now that's a good western! Of course there are several others.

Once upon a Time in The West, That is an all time favorite of my Dad and I.
Lonesome Dove

Quigley

Any Sackett movie

Rooster Gogburn
I gotta stop.

LeverBob · Post by **LeverBob** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:48 pm

rjohns94 wrote:Quigly down under,
Winchester 1873
Any John Wayne flick

Meeee Toooo!!!

LeverBob

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:53 pm

Yojimbo & Sanjuro...

Oh, you mean the Remakes. (Fist Full of Dollars = Yojimbo)

The whole Man with no Name series

and Unforgiven.

and then the Remake of the Remake

Last Man Standing (= Fist Full of Dollars = Yojimbo)

but maybe my most favorite 2 "westernies" are:

The Frisco Kid (link) (GeneWilder as a Rabbi and Harrison Ford as the Lovable Rogue)
&
Blazing Saddles - No explanation necessary. Hey, where's the white women?

DDude · Post by **DDude** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:17 pm

The Cowboys
The Magnificent Seven (the 1960 original)

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:22 pm

DDude wrote:The Magnificent Seven (the 1960 original)

Remake of The Seven Samaurai...

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:23 pm

Geez, that's a tough one. In no particular order:

Crossfire Trail
Monte Walsh
Quigley Down Under
True Grit
Open Range
The Cowboys

DDude · Post by **DDude** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:00 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:
DDude wrote:The Magnificent Seven (the 1960 original)
Remake of The Seven Samaurai...

True, but more in line with what I prefer (westerns). As Solomon wrote, there ain't much new under the sun.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:04 pm

DDude wrote:
Old Ironsights wrote:
DDude wrote:The Magnificent Seven (the 1960 original)
Remake of The Seven Samaurai...
True, but more in line with what I prefer (westerns). As Solomon wrote, there ain't much new under the sun.

If you want to watch some pretty amazing filmmaking & "revisioning" that maintains total integrety to the original story, watch Yojimbo, Fist Full of Dollars & Last Man Standing back to back to back.

cas · Post by **cas** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:20 pm

Eastwood and Willis can't hold a candle to Mifune.

"My name is nobody" is on my list of three favorite movies of all time. I don't know that I'd say it's my favorite western, or that it rates high as a movie, but it's special to me. Henry Fonda's last western, it's like two movies in one (unfortunately, because the "comedy" half of the movie actually takes away from what would otherwise be a great film)

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:30 pm

cas wrote:
Eastwood and Willis can't hold a candle to Mifune.

Agreed. Not many filmmakers hold a candle to Kurosawa either.

jd45 · Post by **jd45** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:44 pm

One that I have yet to get a DVD of is John Ford's last called, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". And one from the 50's,...."Unforgiven", with Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, & Audie Murphy. jd45

JollyWhiteGiant · Post by **JollyWhiteGiant** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:48 pm

McClintock Has got to be my favorite, Then again just about anything with Wayne and O'Hara is great.
Unforgiven is a very close second.

Rebel1972 · Post by **Rebel1972** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:51 pm

How about Waterhole Number Three and Along Came Jones ? But my favorites are Josie Wales and Quigley.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:14 am

Lonesome Dove,
Open Range,
Stagecoach,
Ulzana's Raid,
The Sackett's,
Culpepper Cattle Co.,
The Three Amigo's,
And loads of others.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:47 am

Lonesome Dove (watched it again last week)
Unforgiven a close second.

wilko · Post by **wilko** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:20 am

Open range is my favourite..

Favourite series is deadwood once we got kinda used a bit to the language..

hillclimber · Post by **hillclimber** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:38 pm

JollyWhiteGiant wrote:McClintock Has got to be my favorite, Then again just about anything with Wayne and O'Hara is great.

Oh yes...and add in Lonesome Dove and Quigley and True Grit

Poohgyrr · Post by **Poohgyrr** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:16 pm

There are a lot of great Westerns here, including some I haven't seen in ages.

I'll have to check amazon for some of these.

Ravenman · Post by **Ravenman** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:26 pm

Anything with John Wayne, as the Searchers, El Dorado, True Grit, Rio Bravo etc.
Shane
and the Neo-western - Extreme Prejudice with Nike Nolte as Jack Benteen

Papa · Post by **Papa** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:56 pm

I've got over 90 John Wayne movies plus Once Upon a Time in the West and a couple of others, I don't know if it's possible to pick a favorite, but I guess I watch El Dorado the most.

"Hold it Milt, there's only three people with his kinda speed, One's me, Ones dead, and the other is Cole Thornton."

"There's a fourth", "Which one are you?", "I'm Thornton".

"Hold it Mississippi, Likely spot to try out that new gun" BOOOOM
"Can't miss with that!"

What the heck is acifedida?

"Kroten oil, I'll be a suck egg mule, do you know what that stuff will do to a fella?", "Guaranteed to kill or cure"

"Cole, one got away", "You oughtaknow, you missed him"

"They laughed at him Mississippi, that'l make the difference"

I think I know what I'm going to watch tonight

My wife hates it when I recite the lines in these movies before they say them

Papa

oregon73 · Post by **oregon73** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:23 pm

Tombstone
Unforgiven
Once Upon a Time in the West
Lonesome Dove
The Shootist

I'm sure there are many others.

Rob

meanc · Post by **meanc** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:46 pm

Wow, I had completely forgotten about Eldorado.

That was a great film.

Thinking about buying it now.

RICHP · Post by **RICHP** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:47 pm

Dont know if this would be counted as a bonafied western, but my favorite would be Jeremiah Johnson.

otteray · Post by **otteray** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:28 pm

I grew up liking the Gregory Peck Westerns.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, too.
"Badges? Badges?!... We don need no steenkin badges!"

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