So what makes a great western???

[d_e_smith]

Someone’s dog needs to get shot/kicked

Saloon girl scenes

A few hands of poker

Whipping on a poor hand trying to work calves

The deer in old yellar/big jake being shot (while standing in a sage brush scene)

A cute gal kidnapped, sliced up or dishonored

Proper pronunciation of Nacogdoches

Ball of water moccasins

Good “Native American” raid

Some free grazin’

[Thompson137]

Open Range had the best ending of them all, Good Guy walks up to bad guy and kills him.

[Sackett]

There are some BONA FIDE SNOWFLAKES posting in this thread.....and I'd like to spit some chaw right between your eyes!

[AntlerCollector]

Best way to ruin a good western is put John Wain in it ,in his westerns he doesn't ever change his clothes from movie to movie , plots never change only the actors playing the drunks

One good modern western is open range!! Old John Wain movies you always have a really fake fight seen with lots of mud and hilarity ensues

Who the heck is John Wain?

[Mike Murphey]

John Wayne

[Abcdj]

Clint Eastwood!

x2

[seminole1990]

Who the heck is John Wain?

John Wainer, here, at your service. Close enough??

[Goldeneagle]

Ya gotta have some of them Roy Rodgers six shooters that don't need reloading.

[sotx]

And no Trace Adkins. Has anyone seen any of his “Westerns” on Netflix? Worst movies EVER!,,

OMG you are so right, good grief that guy is horrible.

[Bud]

If you can't watch "The Searchers", "The Man who shot Liberty Valence", or "True Grit" and see that John Wayne is a great actor then I can't help you. I will agree that a lot of his movies was just him playing the same character with a different script. But the man had presence. When you see him on the screen you knew immediately who he was and what he stood for. I think a lot of us of a certain age grew up with that and it made a mark on us. I'm glad I had him to look up to growing up instead of the modern Hollywood actor.

[sotx]

Best way to ruin a good western is put John Wain in it ,in his westerns he doesn't ever change his clothes from movie to movie , plots never change only the actors playing the drunks

Im sorry but you are a communist!

[sendit]

Charlize Theron ......a million way to die in the west

[mudkat]

how about just leave out the politically correct BS that every new movie beats you over the head with over and over
that would. e good enough for me

[westtexducks]

If you can't watch "The Searchers", "The Man who shot Liberty Valence", or "True Grit" and see that John Wayne is a great actor then I can't help you. I will agree that a lot of his movies was just him playing the same character with a different script. But the man had presence. When you see him on the screen you knew immediately who he was and what he stood for. I think a lot of us of a certain age grew up with that and it made a mark on us. I'm glad I had him to look up to growing up instead of the modern Hollywood actor.

Exactly. Now granted there are 3 or 4 different versions of Rio Lobo with different cast. But along with those I would add all 3 of the John Ford/Wayne calvary trilogy of movies, The Quiet Man, and The Shootist. If you cant like any of them you just aren’t a western fan.


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[Clay C]

The new westerns are trash compared to John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Can’t force myself to watch the new ones they make

Open Range

3:10 to Yuma

Were both great. I'm sure I'm missing some others. The movie "Hostiles" that is out now looks good. I'm looking forward to seeing it.