Great Modern Westerns?


Of the color age

Deadwood
The Unforgiven
Mag 7 1960
Tombstone
Dances with Wolves
Open Range
Wyatt Earp
Young Guns
Silverado
Any old Clint Eastwood films(with the exception of Two Mules for Sister Sarah).
Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp (Just Kidding)

I'm not a John Wayne fan, but I can understand his appeal.

This was not a great one. This was like Long Riders. Cast of recognizable faces, but completely forgettable.



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Man you consider Eastwood movies modern?

I'd say 3:10 and open range.

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LoL someone mentioned a film or films from like '66 so I was a little confused by the definition of "modern" as well.



He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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Man you consider Eastwood movies modern

Unforgiven certainly is.

But i said Color Age.

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Ill give you unforgiven. Didnt think about it. Heck Apoloosa was okay. Not my favorite which is why I didnt mention it.


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I just saw The Duel with Woody Harrelson and Thor. Was very good. It was definitely stretched for time though.

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Its Thors brother.



"Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? That screaming men call silence."

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No "Blazing Saddles?"

That's what we need - ridiculous odds, and just a speck of hope that someday, we'll beat it

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I realize that it is an unpopular point of view and I understand the hate but I loved The Lone Ranger... a tad lengthy however it held my interest.

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I thought it was alright, but the final scene on the train just went on and on and on, but I guess they kinda felt. What the hell?! LET'S RIDE!

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The professionals and The wild bunch.

The Outlaw Josey Wales and Rio Bravo.

I have a soft spot for Red Sun as it has Bronson and Mifune in it.




"Don't you hear that horrible screaming all around you? That screaming men call silence."

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Unforgiven - probably the best in recent decades

Dances With Wolves - arguably a close second

Once Upon a Time in the West - Probably the greatest Western ever made (imho)

The Good the Bad and the Ugly - The best Clint Eastwood 'spaghetti' Western

Django & Hateful Eight - Tarantino breaks from a lot of Western conventions, but pays homage to just as many

Open Range - good, but only the final gunfight was excellent - the final action was a very realistic, and rarely presented rendering of a pistoleer.

Films of note, and genre mashers

Kill Bill 2

Waterworld

Soldier



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Once Upon a Time in the West - Probably the greatest Western ever made (imho)


Possibly one of the best movies of ANY genre ever made. The opening sequence of this movie is a master class in direction... Sergio Leone knew how to work that wide screen format like no other.

The version on TV shortens the final showdown between Bronson and Fonda to a simple quick draw. The longer version is beautiful, comparable to the tension-filled final shootout in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

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Once Upon A time in The West
Mag 7 1960
The Wild Bunch
true Grit (original)
Outlaw Josey Whales
Butch and Sundance
Good, Bad, Ugly
Little Big Man
Tombstone


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I dunno about Tombstone. Seen it a bunch of times, but it hasn't got better with age.

Val Kilmer and Michael Biehn (who are fantastic in it) do their best, but it is a pretty bloated film. There's some cringe worthy dialogue, and there's Dana Delaney, which drags it down hard, never mind Billy Zane...



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where is the quick and the dead? i mean that movie was a freaking quick draw tournament.

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where is the quick and the dead? i mean that movie was a freaking quick draw tournament.


I love that movie. Gene Hackman at his best. I didn't include it in my list because it was so campy, I didn't think anybody would agree. The final scene with the sun shining through his bullet hole sent that film right over the top into the downright silly range. Still a highly entertaining movie though.

Hey Rick James, I saw Nile Rodgers, Chic and EW&F The other night in Queens. Awesome show.

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