07-30-2016, 12:54 AM
I would list favorite "movies", but I can't, there are too many good ones over the years. So, I invite others to list their favorite Westerns, maybe why or something about them. The evolution of the Western in film has been fairly easy to follow. From Tom Mix, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other two dimensional portrayals where Indians fell like dominoes, to the advent of the "adult" Western with such as "High Noon", and "Shane" with heroes torn between loyalties, real characters.
So, a few of my favorites. You may not find them the "best", but they are my favorites, and I think would fall somewhere in the "best" category of westerns.
One-Eyed Jacks--Marlon, Karl Malden, Slim Pickens, Ben Johnson in a rare role as a bad guy
Missouri Breaks--Nicholson, Brando, Harry Dean Stanton
Tombstone--With Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday, his best performance ever
The Wild Bunch--I met Sam Peckinpah's sister Susan when she was a psych student in Fresno
True Grit--Not a John Wayne fan, but he deserved the Oscar he got for this one
The Unforgiven--Clint Eastwood's in case of confusion with the other Unforgiven. Came in second in recent rating of best 100 westerns.
Should have been #1.
So, a few of my favorites. You may not find them the "best", but they are my favorites, and I think would fall somewhere in the "best" category of westerns.
One-Eyed Jacks--Marlon, Karl Malden, Slim Pickens, Ben Johnson in a rare role as a bad guy
Missouri Breaks--Nicholson, Brando, Harry Dean Stanton
Tombstone--With Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday, his best performance ever
The Wild Bunch--I met Sam Peckinpah's sister Susan when she was a psych student in Fresno
True Grit--Not a John Wayne fan, but he deserved the Oscar he got for this one
The Unforgiven--Clint Eastwood's in case of confusion with the other Unforgiven. Came in second in recent rating of best 100 westerns.
Should have been #1.