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Post by Quorthon on Apr 20, 2006 11:47:13 GMT -5
Spurred on by Slayrrr's Spaghetti Westerns thread, I figured it's high time everybody cobble together their top Westerns lists. I doubt there's enough "Western-Love" on the board to make up a funtastic list like the "Top Horror Flicks" fun from a year ago, so just slap 'em together.
I know I only have a few (very few) in my list. But this'd be a nice place to expand those horizons.
1. Dead Man
2. Unforgiven
3. Dances with Wolves
4. Tombstone
Told yah I was dangerously low on the Western love...
I've also seen Shane, but hated it.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Apr 20, 2006 18:07:15 GMT -5
A little over ten years ago, I went through a "western phase" where I would hit Blockbuster Video a couple of times a week and head straight for their Western section. I was trying to see every "classic" western I'd ever heard of, including tons of stuff starring John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Saw a lot of good movies that way.
I have the following westerns in my dvd collection and I recommend them all:
HIGH NOON (1952) Gary Cooper was the ultimate White Hat.
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (1966) The best of the Spaghetti Westerns.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968) The second best Spaghetti Western.
THE WILD BUNCH (1969) John Woo must love this one.
SILVERADO (1985) Highly underrated. The Raiders of the Lost Ark of westerns.
DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990) Epic and beautiful. Costner's best.
UNFORGIVEN (1992) Eastwood's best film, period.
TOMBSTONE (1993) Val Kilmer steals the show as Doc Holliday.
WYATT EARP (1994) The same story as Tombstone, but more serious and epic.
OPEN RANGE (2003) The fourth film on this list starring Costner. The man likes westerns and I think he's been in some good ones.
I don't own, but would also recommend:
THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1943)
WINCHESTER '73 (1950)
SHANE (1953) Sorry, Q.
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960)
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALLANCE (1962)
BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
LITTLE BIG MAN (1970)
HIGH PLANES DRIFTER (1973)
THE SHOOTIST (1976)
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)
And if you like laughs in your westerns, you can't do better than
Mel Brooks' BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
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Post by Phoenix on Apr 21, 2006 12:12:01 GMT -5
Great list! My only addition: STAGECOACH (1939) directed by John Ford. Considered an American classic in cinema. And Shane is my all-time favorite western.  |
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Apr 21, 2006 13:20:24 GMT -5
Great list! My only addition: STAGECOACH (1939) directed by John Ford. Considered an American classic in cinema. And Shane is my all-time favorite western. Like I mentioned, when I was going through my "western phase", I rented tons of John Wayne movies, including STAGECOACH. Problem is, I saw so many of them back to back, that now most of them just kind of blend into each other in my memory.  STAGECOACH is important because I believe it was the first John Wayne/John Ford collaberation. And despite Q's protests, SHANE is a classic of the genre, so you're not alone in thinking it's great. |
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Apr 21, 2006 13:48:00 GMT -5
HIGH NOON (1952) Gary Cooper was the ultimate White Hat.
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (1966) The best of the Spaghetti Westerns.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968) The second best Spaghetti Western.
UNFORGIVEN (1992) Eastwood's best film, period.
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960)
BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
Those are the ones I dig. Not really into Westerns and have a resentment of John Wayne. But Eastwood. And Cooper. Man, come on!
EDIT: Oh, and "Dead Man" is good too. I've never seen "Tombstone" though.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Apr 21, 2006 14:53:31 GMT -5
EDIT: Oh, and "Dead Man" is good too. I've never seen "Tombstone" though. Well, that's the second mention of DEAD MAN. I've never seen that one. Is that the one with Johnny Depp? You should definitely see TOMBSTONE. Even though both it, and WYATT EARP, tell essentially the same story, that of the life of Wyatt Earp, TOMBSTONE is more of an action-adventure movie, while Costner's WYATT takes the material more seriously. Both are worth seeing for different reasons. |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Apr 22, 2006 11:07:09 GMT -5
As I've seen more spaghetti than American:
A Fistful of Dollars-The start of a classic franchise
Django: Down, dirty and violent
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly-You just can't help but love it
Once Upon a Time in the West-Same as above
The Great Silence-Outside of the sweet gimmick, this is one of the better ones
For a Few Dollars More-Pretty overrated, but still entertaining
Hang Em High-Just as sweet as the No Name trilogy
Run, Man, Run-Not on the same level as Eastwood's stuff, but there's worse ones out there
And as for the American stuff:
The Wild Bunch-A true classic, no two ways about it
Tombstone-I just end up feeling entertained by it every time
Unforgiven-Eastwood just makes great Westerns
The Quick and the Dead-Women are just as cruel as men
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Post by Quorthon on Apr 22, 2006 13:22:11 GMT -5
EDIT: Oh, and "Dead Man" is good too. I've never seen "Tombstone" though. Well, that's the second mention of DEAD MAN. I've never seen that one. Is that the one with Johnny Depp? You should definitely see TOMBSTONE. Even though both it, and WYATT EARP, tell essentially the same story, that of the life of Wyatt Earp, TOMBSTONE is more of an action-adventure movie, while Costner's WYATT takes the material more seriously. Both are worth seeing for different reasons. The black & white Western with Johnny Depp and his buddy, Nobody the Indian. Also features Lance Henrickson, Iggy Pop (in a dress), Billy Bob Thornton and an unbilled cameo by Steve Buscemi (I'm still not sure where, but I know he's in there). It's the film that finally garnered the first inkling of interest in me for Westerns. It's dark, it's dirty, it's gritty and it has one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard. |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 24, 2006 17:53:03 GMT -5
I don't watch a lot of westerns but I do like Tombstone, Good, Bad & The Ugly, High Plains Drifter and of course Blazing Saddles. Don't don't know if you're counting movies like Youngs Guns & YG 2 but I love those as well.
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Post by Phoenix on Apr 25, 2006 11:21:55 GMT -5
I don't watch a lot of westerns but I do like Tombstone, Good, Bad & The Ugly, High Plains Drifter and of course Blazing Saddles. Don't don't know if you're counting movies like Youngs Guns & YG 2 but I love those as well. LOL. I like those Young Guns movies too! |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Apr 26, 2006 10:33:05 GMT -5
I remember watching them a while back when I first started getting into Westerns, but I just sort of felt eh. Not that they were bad or anything, but they just seem to exist for me. Ironically, my sister got part two for me, then ended up keepng it to herself when she heard that Bon Jovi did the soundtrack to it, but after watching it once, she hasn't seen it since. She does listen to the CD of it once in a while, so she likes the music more than the movie.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 26, 2006 16:26:28 GMT -5
I don't watch a lot of westerns but I do like Tombstone, Good, Bad & The Ugly, High Plains Drifter and of course Blazing Saddles. Don't don't know if you're counting movies like Youngs Guns & YG 2 but I love those as well. LOL. I like those Young Guns movies too! How can you not w/ all those hot 80's guys in them?? ;D |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Apr 26, 2006 16:27:15 GMT -5
Ironically, my sister got part two for me, then ended up keepng it to herself when she heard that Bon Jovi did the soundtrack to it, but after watching it once, she hasn't seen it since. She does listen to the CD of it once in a while, so she likes the music more than the movie. I have that soundtrack too..it's great. |
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