I haven’t really given them a fair shot though, I don’t see myself ever liking John Wayne era westerns but what are some good ones from like the 70s and onward that have a modern feel in the way they’re shot/structured/dialogue etc.
Something like Tombstone perhaps?
Edit: I bring up this topic cause I’m about to sit down and watch Young Guns and maybe Young Guns 2
Tombstone is good, and so is The Unforgiven. Silverado was pretty good, too. The HBO movie The Last Outlaw was great, and there is always Blazing Saddles:)
Five years or so ago I really got into the Western genre.
Love Tombstone, love all the spaghetti westerns— Fistfull of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and Good, The Bad and the Ugly.
Unforgiven is one the best movies ever (of any genre.)
Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) is good. I like Pale Rider (eastwood again).
Once Upon A Time in the West is must see.
Gary Coopers’s classic “High Noon” is a must see. I like Shane as well.
In my opinion Young Guns 1 and 2, compared to all those, are just okay.
Like DP, I’m not a huge fan. But I have seen a few that are awesome - Unforgiven and Tombstone were really good. Tombstone might be a bit better tho.
Also you may want to try High Plains Drifter. That movie is just twisetd
I’ve always loved Silverado, fun movie with actors I dig. Dances With Wolves is another, a bit slow at times, but overall great story.
Nice! Have to agree! 
Is it?
I love the rest of your list but I watched Once Upon a Time and found it boring. It is a 3 hour film and I’ve only seen it once. I heard great things about it but really felt it dragged. I was only interested in Claudia Cardinale. Like I said, I only saw it one time.
T’Pau: Thot, give me your thots.
I have always been a fan of Silverado (1985).
And a western that is realistic as Hell is Open Range, it is one of the most accurate period piece westerns I have ever seen. And has one of the most harrowing gun battles too, nothing glamorous just gritty and intense.
Some people like the Young Gun series, I think it is OK.
For laughs you can’t beat these two series-
Support your local Sheriff & Support your local Gunfighter. (1969/71)
They call me Trinity & Trinity is my name (70’s)
And Paint your wagon is kind of funny too, but fast forawrd through Clint Eastwood singing, it is really painful to watch… and listen to for that matter.
My mind to your mind, my thots to your thots…
I know what you mean about it seeming to drag. I didn’t appreciate it the first time I though. Then I listened to a special version with some audio commentary that talked about some the subtleties and significance of the movie. So I appreciate it more now—the acting of Henry Fonda as a bad guy–very chillin’. The movie represents the end of the era of Westerns and there’s homages throughout the movie that I never would I noticed without the commentary.
So, an important film – and can be appreciated like a great painting, but maybe iffy on entertainment value if the pace bothers you.
Oh, Open Range. Loved that too. And loved all the Lonesome Dove movies— and the prequels and sequels:Lonesome Dove, Comanche Moon, Dead Man’s Walk and Streets of Laredo. So happens I audio booked all of those too.
Oh. Oh. Oh. A very very favorite movie of mine: The Sacketts (staring Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott : based on the Sackett novels by legendary western fiction writer Louie Lamour.
Someday …SOMEDAY, me and Splatterson need to frak part The Sacketts. She and I, big big fans.
The Spaghetti Westerns are pretty good.
And “Spectre of the Gun,” of course.
They shot Chekov! He’s dead Jim! :eek:
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The Frisco Kid
I need to watch Unforgiven again. Watched it once, got to the end and decided that everyone who told me it was good must have watched a different movie entirely. I’ll give it another go though.
hells coming with me.
well yes you should watch tombstone, right now cause if awesome. but my real suggestion is a little different, if your a gamer pick up red dead redpemption seriously it was single greatest example a great epic western story i’ve experienced.
I’m playing it right now (I’ve finished the main story and the stranger missions, but haven’t finished all the challenges/outfits yet). You’re right, it’s a great story, and it’s fun to just listen to all the conversations and dialogue throughout the game.
It’s weird just how much I love riding the horse around for no reason at all (which is in stark contrast to GTA series, where I absolutely hated driving). I had such a strong attachment to my horse - I used the same horse that Bonnie gave me to the very end [spoiler] well, to John Marston’s end. I don’t think I had any control when Jack takes over which horse I get [/spoiler] (and I mean, the exact same horse, not a respawn if you bought the deed) - I’d even do missions over again (or reload to an earlier load) if my horse gets killed in the middle of them. It’s weird, I know.
But anyway, westerns!
If you like Campy, try McClintock, El Dorado, or The Train Robbers. Yes they are John Wayne, DP, but they are John Wayne at his best.
Of course there are other good non-Western John Wayne films that you may like too:
Hellfighters
Green Berets
In Harm’s Way
Donovan’s Reef
The Longest Day
The Quiet Man
Flying Leathernecks
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Fighting Seabees
Flying Tigers
I hope you give him a try. He did make some good “guy” films back in the day.
~Shooter Out
I will watch it again with the audio commentary. I did like the performances of everyone, especially Fonda, involved but it just wasn’t as engaging as a Good, Bad, and Ugly or Dollars film.
Dude I 100%'d Red Dead Redemption, I love that game
by the way my favorite western is probably The Cherokee Kid
Oh, I forgot to mention one of my favorite westerns that takes place outside of America… Quigley Down Under! It is Frakkin Cool!!
yes!!!
Now, if you’re talkin’ about table top Western-Horror RPGs, the best game is Deadlands (as mentioned on the GWC podcast by the wonderfull Abigail a few week back :
