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 Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:25 am Post subject: Best 12 Western Movies |
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These are my 12 Best Westerns in no particular order
The Shootist
The Unforgiven
The Magnificent Seven
Shane
The Searchers
The Professionals
High Noon
Lonesome Dove
The Outlaw Josey Whales
Winchester 73
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Dances With Wolves
I do not list any of the spaghetti westerns. They did change the direction of western movies but, great movies, I do not think so. A Fist Full of Dollars just does not compare to Lonesome Dove. My rating is based on how many times I can watch a movie without getting tired of seeing the movie.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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The best westerns are the ones without James Stewart in them.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:01 am Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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Don't forget "Tombstone"! I'm you're huckleberry...
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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Trinity is Still my Name (LOL).
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Once Upon a time in the West
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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1. Outlaw Josey Wales
2. How the West was won
3. Butch Cassidy and the SunDance Kid
4. True Grit
5. Shane
6. High Noon
7. The Searchers
8. Once Upon a Time in the West
9. Tombstone
10. the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
11. Magnificent Seven
12. Trinity is Still My Name.
I only numbered them to make myself stop at twelve. Notably, the Duke, Eastwood and Charlie Bronson are the only ones I recognize immediately as having multiple appearances.
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shrpshtrjoe
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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Don't forget the Long Riders 
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SwampFox
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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Now 1895 what ya got against General Jimmy Stewart? Besides him being bald?
Ed
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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The forgotten ones on your lists are those movies that were taken from books written by Louis L'Amour...And one other one..."Quigley Down Under"...I saw Shane (once and I didn't finish it) many years ago and I wouldn't put it in my bird cage....My opinion only...
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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yeah, I liked the Long Riders and the L'Amour books that were made into movies with Sam Elliot and Tom Selleck were good. Shane riding off into the sunset and the kid not knowing if he lives or dies was what they call a classic Bushy, good enough for ol' Clint to steal for Josey Wales how many years later? Other than that....Jack Palance makes a kickass bad guy, lol. I could probably come up with a list a lot longer than a dozen, but I could come up with a waaaa haaay hayyyy longer list of bad western movies, lol.
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SwampFox
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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There is no wrong answer here, only what you enjoy. Bushy, name your best dozen.
Ed
PS: I thought about Quigley and The Man From Snowy River, I do enjoy both movies. Nothing wrong with picking either one. One that no one has mentioned yet that I also enjoy, Open Range.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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wasn't all that big on snowy river....definitely open range, hey does Lonesome Dove qualify as a movie? Mini-series....
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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Good Western Movies in no perticular order:
1 ) The Searchers
2 ) Rio Bravo
3 ) How the West was Won
4 ) Rio Grande
5 )The Sons of Katie Elder
6 ) Fistfull of Dollars
7 )The Good the Bad the Ugly
8 ) The Outlaw Josey Wales
9 ) High Plains Drifter
10 ) Unforgiven
11 ) Tombstone
12 ) Wyatt Earp
The Duke and Clint are the only actors I remember really what westerns I liked that they made (cause they made the better ones!). But I'd watch any of the Duke westerns over any other westerns any day. 
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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What SwampFox?? You figurin' a lot of "black & whites" on my list or somethin'??
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shrpshtrjoe
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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Some of these might not be exactly considered a western but here they are
Last Of The Mohicans
Long Riders
The Shootist
Josey Whales
Jeremiah Johnson
Purgitory
Dances With Wolves
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Quick and the dead
True grit
Pale Rider
These are my favorites
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Best 12 Western Movies |
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These I can watch over and over.
1. True grit
2. McKintock
3. The cowboys
4. Unforgiven
5. Pale Rider
6. Josey Wales
7. Quigley down under
8. Dances with wolves
9. Little big man
10. Rio Bravo
11. High Plains Drifter
12. 2 Mules for Sister Sarah
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