Greatest Western "Flick".............the poll
 

OK, ooops.:eek: messed up on my thread about Westerns! Read it....then do the Poll. Sorry!!!!!

I liked Outlaw Josey Wales and High Planes Drifter.

I voted other: The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Greatest Western
 

Have to vote for this one, my dh loved this one..;)

Billie

Not to be a nitpicker,but isn't it 3:10 to Yuma? And the old one or the recent remake?

I've got 5:08 at the moment. :D

I ate my last western, plain not toasted. :D

I prefer mine toasted, never plain. :D

But do you eat your western at 3:10 or 3:15??? ;)

[QUOTE=Here Am I;12155][b][color=teal]Which one did you vote for, Billie?

Oooops!!! Sorry:eek:
I voted for Clint Eastwood's...'The Good,Bad,and the Ugly.' My dh loved ol
Clint...watched all of his movies...he just plain loved westerns! Miss
watching them with him...popcorn and ice tea:D

Billie

I forgot to include Hang em High.

Tombstone SHOULD have been in the Poll! It is a good one! Unforgiven is fantastic, I did not include it in the poll, because I did not want it to look like I was slanting things to Eastwood. (Hey, I am a fair dude.:cool:)

oops .....blush.... I CANNOT type today people!

Both versions of "3:10 to Yuma" were very good, but in my opinion, the newer version is superior. It's a good story, because it's character-driven instead of action-driven. The charming sociopath vs. the dull, plodding "good man." Christian Bale and Russell Crowe were excellent.

I loved "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," but I don't think it was the greatest western ever, because all of Eastwwod's "spaghetti westerns" were atypical of the genre. "Unforgiven" was marvelous, and may be the greatest; it's hard to say.

Although I like it very much, I can't consider "The Magnificent Seven" the greatest, because it's not an original story; it's a westernized remake of "The Seven Samurai." Nothing wrong with that, but it's still a remake.

Critics say "The Searchers" is the greatest, and I'd be inclined to agree: John Wayne was nearly perfect in that movie. But there were elements of "comic relief" that were so broad, and so trite, that they nearly ruin the movie for me.

I could talk about westerns all night, so I'll just cut it short. I don't know what the greatest western was, but I have no doubt about my personal favorite: "Tombstone," which I've watched so often that I've almost got it memorized!

I dont know about a western, but "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" more or less described our last family get-:eek:together

fundy

I like western omelettes. :rolleyes:

You just haven't seen the right movies. Your thinking is scrambled.

Ah, so you had the inlaws and the outlaws over? :rolleyes:

Touche', VR! :)

I voted Other: "The Man from Snowy River". It has been a long time since I saw it, but I remember the horse stuff the most. This scene of "The Descent" was pretty cool.

Yep, as soon as I saw the War Wagon turn into the street, I knew it must have been High Noon. I told Annie to go Get her Gun,but she and the others had Gone With the Wind...

One of the Unforgiven was driving the Stagecoch, the other was looking a bit Pale after Riding such a long way, and Aunt Katie Elder, well, all she Wore was a Yellow Ribbon...and her son's were just plain Bad and Ugly.

I knew I had to get rid of them,or else lunchtime around the table would be like Dancing With Wolves. I offered them A Fist Full of Dollars just to get out of there, and one of them said they might...For a Few Dollars More. I spat a wad of chewin 'backy into the gutter and warned them that I could soon get a Fist Full O Dynamite that would blow ,em clear back over the Rio Grande!

Aunt Katie said they could still catch the 3.10 to Yuma if they hurried, I told them that Petticoat Junction ( it's sort of a western) was closer.

They all knew that all they were going to get from me was a Tombstone, there was no lunchtime Bonanza to be had here, so they hit The Big Trail and rode off into the sunset....what a bunch of Hombre's...

fundy

Creative Writing from "Down Under".
 

Fundy:--- That was :cool: You get an "A" on your Paper today, and the Thread Starter promises to send you a boxed set of John Wayne's Cavalry movies ;) .

Greastest Western...?
 

As much as I wanted to vote for one of the BEST Movies EVER on celluiod- to wit; "The Magnificent Seven" !!! But since it takes place in a village ..."a couple days ride south of the Border..." It would actually be a "southern", rather than a "Western". :p

I voted "Other". The Greatest Western flick... would probably have to be one that covers "The Westward" movement.

It would have boats, rafts, canoes, wagons, buckboards, Rifles, Pistols, lances, Bows/arrows, Pioneers, Fur Trappers/fur traders, Indians, Soldiers, Locomotives and tracks and Track Layers, Cowboys, Gamblers, God-fearin' folk and saloon/show people, funerals and graves, and marriages and children, Criminals, Lawmen, Miners, Businessmen, Pony Express Riders, telegraph poles, buffalo herds. Therefore, I nominate:

"How The West Was Won".

I'm glad I'm not part of your family, lol!;):D

Why, thank you pardner....Cavalry movies, I love 'em...all those men riding around together, wearing yellow scarves, white gloves and tight blue trousers...no wonder the Indians ran off.:eek:

Hey PB I thought "North to Alaska" would be one of your favourites..


fundy

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Hey PB I thought "North to Alaska" would be one of your favourites..


fundy[/QUOTE]


:) Naaa --- That was not... ummm shall we say, one of John Wayne's more Memorable films. ;)

On a serious note; There is a very good book written by a Pastor Karody (The Late)---Titled: "On To Alaska".

He came up here before Statehood. He and wife/kids started in a car in Kansas (just about the center of the Country) and drove up through Canada. He was a Pastor with The Church of the Nazarene.

Great story on many levels. Missionary wise/Pastor-Family wise/ Eating Moose donated courtesy of the local Alaskan Railroad man who knew they were in need of food--- Oft times the Moose will attempt to attack the train...with the same result each time.--- Crunch! / Church building-Congregation building/ Dealing with local government officials/ Plus some good Adventure stuff that most folks who attend mega-churches with Big Screen- TV's and refreshment stands wouldn't or couldn't deal with.

You (anyone) don't need to be a Nazarene Church member to enjoy this book. I don't know if it still is in print anymore... Check with the Nazarene Publishing House in Kansas City, or maybe Beacon Hill Pubs. ?? ... It's been many years since I read it.

{ Oops--- a bit "Off Topic" but I trust the Thread Starter will not mind. }

Lonesome Dove and it would be a hard choice between the original and Comanche Moon

I should have been more clear, I was including both the older and new Yuma, but I think the newer is better for pretty much the reason you stated, Crowe's "Bad Guy" was so filled with complex moral ambiguity that he was like a live wire. (Love his frequent use of Proverbs.)

I like them all. I really enjoyed "Open Range" with Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, and Annette Bening.

Brother VR, if you haven't seen this one, I think you would enjoy it.

I haven't seen it, but I plan to. Costner, alas, is always Costner, no matter what part he's playing; but he did a pretty good job in "Wyatt Earp," "A Perfect World," and "Dances with Wolves." I think Robert Duvall is one of the two best American actors now working; the other is Morgan Freeman.

Casting always fascinates me. I think Costner and Duvall would be a good match. Morgan Freeman also did a movie with Robert Redford, "An Unfinished Life," which might be considered a contemporary western; the interplay of their characters was wonderful. But calling it a "western" is really stretching the genre.

There was a very funny (but violent and kinda dirty) movie entitled "3,000 Miles to Graceland," in which Costner and Kurt Russell played Elvis impersonators who rob a casino. I only mention it because of its very inspired finale: a gun battle between the two men, both of whom had played Wyatt Earp in 1995! It was like "Duelling Earps!"