Favorite Western movie/show
POSTED BY: MacBaker
UPDATED: Saturday, June 11, 2005 14:34
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John Ford's "The Searchers" is the greatest Western of all time, and my favorite.
The other Ford's mentioned - Liberty Valance, Fort Apache are also great.
Kudos for Lonesome Dove and if we jump to TV, there were some great "Kung Fu" episodes.
Dont forget High Noon and the Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns.
Finally, just for fun - "Tampopo"
The other questions was what Westerns does this remind you of - what is great about Firefly is that it is amazingly non-derivative. Here is a writer of vampire and demon stories and what does he do in the sci fi genre...NO ALIENS !
The only things I can think of that are derivative of anything is the "Bushwacked" interview intercut scenes reminding me of the psycho analysis scene in "Armageddon" (arrgghh Ben Affleck again)and maybe an Early/Boba Fett connection.
The idea of the search for freedom and keeping moving are present, seriously, in Shane, and with music and dance, in "Paint Your Wagon". Mal's theme - "I Was Born Under a Wandering Star".
See how I'm not hitting him, I think I've grown!
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I love all of Clint Eastwood's work in westerns, but if I had to rank my all-time favorites, it would go something like this:
1) High Plains Drifter (Eastwood)
2) Dances with Wolves (Costner)
3) Unforgiven (Eastwood)
4) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Eastwood)
5) The Outlaw Josey Wales (Eastwood)
6) A Fistful of Dollars (Eastwood)
7) Wyatt Earp (Costner)
8) For a Few Dollars More (Eastwood)
9) Pale Rider (Eastwood)
10) Once Upon a Time in the West (Bronson and Fonda)
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Unforgiven, Pale Rider, and High Noon.
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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I need to rent "Silverado" sometime. It sounds like one I'd like.
Of movies I've seen, I agree with "Tombstone" as being one of the very best. Val Kilmer asking - "Who's your daisy?", as in you're going to be pushing up daisies. He was awesome, but everybody else was great, too. And amazingly, for a Hollywood movie, it was close to historically accurate.
Oddly enough, I didn't even think of "Dances With Wolves" as a western until someone above mentioned it. I've always thought it sort of transcended the genre. But if it's included, that would be my pick for best of all time.
Apathy on the Rise. No One Cares.
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Naturally everyone is entitled to an opinion - heck I praised Ben Affleck on another thread - and I actually liked Kevin Costner in "No Way Out" and all of his baseball movies...
But I HATED "Dances with Wolves" It really bothered me that the film was praised as being so pro Indian, and depicting them nobly - yet the Costner character is basically too dumb to leave his house without injuring himself - but once he is with the Indians - well naturally the white guy - a really stupid white guy - ends up leading them. Really bothered me.
See how I'm not hitting him, I think I've grown!
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Oddly, I don't think of Kung Fu as a western. I think of it as lessons in harmony- set in the old west. Revenge and comeuppance (popular themes in traditional westerns) are scorned or turned upside-down on the show.
But if you do consider it a western, then it is my all time favourite one.
Edit: Except, of course, the one we're all here 'cause of.
Kwi-Chang Chrisisall
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Originally posted by weichi:
Finally, just for fun - "Tampopo"
Good call, a great film!
In terms of westerns I'm not a huge fan of the genre particularly. However I'm always mesmerised by:
The Good The Bad and the Ugly
and
The Bravados If you've not seen this Gregory Peck masterpiece you're missing out on a significant turning point in western movie history.
finally
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid it's just so cool!
oh almost forgot
Blazzin Saddles as was mentioned previously.
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Lonesome Dove, by quite a ways, & I love westerns.
B&W: Winchester '73
Colour: hard to pick, but two of Leone's would be up there. Costner's latest might rank that high, but it has to stand the test of time first.
Keep the Shiny Side Up . . . (wutzon) Mark Knopfler, "Boom, Like That", from "Shangri-LA"
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Darn it MacBaker, you took my answers!
Silverado and Tombstone, for reasons enumerated by everyone else.
"All I did was kiss a girl." 
"One day, lad, all this will be yours ..."
"What - the curtains?"
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Whoa, Pez, Cowboys spoiler! And I'm with you, Lonesome Dove is the tip of the top.
I also saw Warlock this morning - it was surprisingly complex, character-wise.
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