Ten Best Westerns Ever

[sammyg2]

Quigley has to be the best, with a close second going to the following mostly due to the awesomeness of the theme song.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Man Who Shot Liberty Valance or the Searchers is a toss up for best with The Duke

What was the movie John Wayne did with Dean Martin?

[Eric 951]

Originally Posted by stevej37

The Revenant is an excellent movie.
Is it a western? Tabs will prob say no. Must have injuns..I guess. Butch & Sundance didn't qualify.

I didn't much care for the Revenant--I think "Man in the Wilderness" with Richard Harris is the superior movie--is it a "Western"--probably more of a frontiersman movie, but if we are including those in the 'Western" genre, then "Jeremiah Johnson" goes in the top (3).

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

I thought Quigley Down Under was a great movie, some good comedy in that

It is on Netflix and I have been begging my wife to watch it with me (thought it would be an easy sell because she is a big Tom Sellick fan)

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

What was the movie John Wayne did with Dean Martin?

Rio Bravo. Also had a very young Ricky Nelson and a screamin' hot Angie Dickinson.

[MAS956]

I thought it was a Trivago ad based on the title.....

[fanaudical]

'The Shootist' is one of my favorites. Not really a classic Western, more of a "what happens to the gunslinger given enough time" story.

[Esel Mann]

Originally Posted by sand_man

Don't know if it has been mentioned, but is "Dances With Wolves" considered a western?

That just might get you run out of town.
Jk. Yes, it certainly falls under the category of western. I believe it won best pic academy award?

Butch cassidy and the sundance kid was entertaining. Any of the eastwood flicks were awesome too.

[Norm K]

I see Deadwood was mentioned earlier. In the "Other Than Movie" category, I'd submit Lonesome Dove.

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[Jon B]

"Say, what's all this talk about Best Westerns? Haven't you people ever heard of Motel 6, or ...what? what is it?"

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by Baz

Interesting. I just looked it up on Wiki and here's what they had:


I thought Etta was Sundance's chick.

Regardless, thanks for the head's up, Bryan - will have to look for this one.

I watched it on Amazon Prime. I guess I was a little off on the passage of time. Butch looked about 70, and I thought he was in his 20s when he disappeared. lol

Btw, I liked the Young Guns movies, too.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

I watched it on Amazon Prime. I guess I was a little off on the passage of time. Butch looked about 70, and I thought he was in his 20s when he disappeared. lol

Btw, I liked the Young Guns movies, too.

The subject of whether or not Butch and Sundance met their ends in Bolivia in 1908 is a topic for it's own Thread.

Several things are for their end being in Bolivia in 1908 are. First they were known to have been in the vicinity of the robbery and little town where they were reported to have shot it out. Secondly nothing was ever heard of either of them after their supposed death. Being as notorious and career criminals it is hard to believe that they just disappeared?

It could be that only Sundance was involved in the robbery and shoot out? That Cassidy returned on his own?


The evidence for not meeting their end in Bolivia and returning is all of the people who knew them reporting that they had seen at least Butch in the 1920's and 30's. Those people include one of his sisters who before she died in 1980 publicly said that she had seen him. Ezra Lay, one of the members of the Bunch who went straight after being in prison said that they had a reunion. That is not to mention numerous other people who claimed to have visited with him.

So what happened to Sundance? A short monograph was published in the 1980's that claimed SUndance settled in a small town in Nevada where in 1940 being an old man killed somebody but before being brought to trial passed away. The claim was that there were a lot of similarities between Sundance and the old man. Birds do not change their feathers?

The other piece of evidence is that even after trying to locate the bodies of the robbers who died in Bolivia by digging in the cemetery where they were reported to have died nothing was found

So was it "them" who ended up in the fatal shoot out in Bolivia? One author claimed that being experienced outlaws that it would be unlikely that they would have put themselves in position where they could be trapped? It was a rookie move.

So it remains an enigma. What would you like to believe? I would like to think that they returned and disappeared into history. I think the testimony of the sister and other acquaintances holds weight. Butch was certainly cunning and smart enough to have pulled it off.

So they took the opportunity of their reported deaths to remain dead.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

I watched it on Amazon Prime. I guess I was a little off on the passage of time. Butch looked about 70, and I thought he was in his 20s when he disappeared. lol

Btw, I liked the Young Guns movies, too.

He was 42.

[sc_rufctr]

Not a Western but an all time favorite. "Road to Perdition".

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by Norm K

I see Deadwood was mentioned earlier. In the "Other Than Movie" category, I'd submit Lonesome Dove.

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Ok. Didn’t notice. I’ll also submit Godless on Netflix.

[seanratpel]

No One has mentioned the Elmore Leonard classic "VALDEZ is coming" with Burt Lancaster, a great oldie

[sammyg2]

I know that technically "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie, but can it be a western too?*





LOL based on some of the responses here this one doesn't seem that far out ... dances with wolves?
What is it about that guy and his ego that drives him to make way-too-long crap-bombs?

Waterworld, the postman, dances with wolves, for love of the game .....

[scottmandue]

The mention of Butch and Sundance survival reminded me... wasn't there a movie about an aging Billy the Kid?

[sammyg2]

Speaking of Kevin Costner, he's a huge Cal State Fullerton baseball fan.
Goes to all their world series games, friends with ex-coach Augie Garrido, etc.

Costner went to CSUF and did a walk-on try-out but didn't make the team.
My oldest brother was pitching for them.
Doan know if they knew each other .....

Here's Costner acting like he's on the Durham Bulls:


My brother when he was actually on the Durham bulls:



oops, got sidetracked. maybe this will get us back .....

[sammyg2]

I didn't pay enough attention on the first pass and doan feel like going all the way back and starting over, did anyone mention this movie yet?