Westerns.

[Hobo Joe]

Blazing Saddles and Shane. The two greatest westerns to ever be made, the first is hilarious the second just awesome as westerns go.

 

[Wadders]

Westerns are not a genre of film I hear much about on this forum, so I was wondering if any of you wonderful people are fans of the genre.

I've only got into them relatively recently, but I love most of the ones I've seen so far. Most of Sergio Leone's so-called spaghetti westerns, a lot of the later Clint Eastwood ones and a few modern ones. I've not yet seen any John Wayne westerns though!

So far I'd say my two favourites are Once Upon a Time in the West and 3:10 to Yuma (the new one) They both utterly absorbed me with their gripping stories, fantastic scenery and quality acting and brilliant soundtracks. Also, thanks to Sergio Leone, I am now obsessed with the music of Ennio Morricone, who did most of the stuff for the Dollars Trilogy, Once Upon a Time (and Inglorious Bastards) as well as many others I'm sure.

So yeah, what western films do you love, what ones dont you love and why? Also, any reccomendations would be good

Spoiler: 3:10 to Yuma

Spoiler: Once Upon a Time in the West

EDIT:

DAMN! I knew I had forgotten something. Namely; The Wild Bunch.

And why has no one mentioned this cornerstone of the Western Genre thus far?!
Escapist, I am dissapoint.

Spoiler

I disagree with you, sir. We talk about Westerns all the time here. I'm fairly sure there's a good amount of Western fans here. That said, it's hard to go wrong with those Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns.

We do? I stand corrected. Then again, I dont post much so I might have bypassed some of the Western discussion

However i really don't like any of the John Wayne westerns that i've watched, of which i've seen about 4.

Why is this, may I ask?

I've never seen any of his Westerns and am curious to see what others think of them

I'm not too sure really, they just didn't particularly appeal to me. I prefer the over the top stylization of Spaghetti westerns. John Wayne's (at least the ones i've seen) are a bit more straight forward action flicks. That and the blatant racism in some of them makes me a little uncomfortable.

That said though, you ought to check them out as a fan of westerns just cos of the man's reputation.

OK thanks for the advice, I'll put Wayne's movies on the to see list, but not very high

I've heard about the racism, is it really that bad? or just of it's time so to speak?

The original 3:10 to Yuma is much better than the new one. I enjoyed the new one too, but the original was more subtle and complex as opposed to "CROWE SMASH!"

Both had great dialogue though, i.e., Elmore Leonard.

CROWE SMASH! CROWE BASH!
CROWE SLEEPY...

I havnt seen the original, but I wouldnt say the remake was un-complex (probably not a word ) and you've gotta say the actors, especially the lad who plays Charlie Prince, are fantastic.