Greatest modern Western movie

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Poll question: Greatest modern Western movie

[DS1]

1. That's really weird, I was JUST looking at Tombstone on imdb

:o

[DS1]

2. and yes, the answer is Tombstone

Blazing Saddles is a comedy ;-)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

12. I know, BUT...

...if I didn't put it on the list, SOMEONE would have made it a "write-in" vote...

:toast:

[DiverDave]

28. Kurt Russel, Val Kilmer

They NAILED it.
Great flick.

[jpgray]

3. I love the Leone westerns

Making me choose between those two is no fair at all. Who has the sweatier, grittier faces? Eastwood and Van Cleef or Fonda and Bronson?

:D

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

17. I think the final showdown between Bronson & Fonda won me over

Plus the "casting against type" of Fonda. For Leone, that was a deliberate choice. He wanted the audience to be shocked.

PLUS...the trademark Ennio Morricone "sound" in that AMAZING music right before the final dust-up between Bronson & Fonda...

In the last year, BOTH movies were reissued in "deluxe" 2-DVD editions, which makes it even harder to choose.

:toast:

[jpgray]

19. That fuzz guitar does kick almighty ass. (nt)

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. Hey, what about The Wild Bunch?

that should DEFINITELY be on that list.

[LiviaOlivia]

8. I second that. "The Wild Bunch"

Hands down.

[Zensea]

35. My sentiments exactly

... although my vote goes to Once Upon a Time in the West.
Wild Bunch is a very close second.

[Menshevik]

5. Hey!

What about Young Guns??? Emilio Estevez, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland, AND Charlie Sheen all in one movie!! Pssh who needs Clint Eastwood? ;)

[Fenris]

6. It's actually three movies.

A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

[MuseRider]

7. Silverado

was good and I loved it. The music was fabulous.

[WCGreen]

15. It captured the spirit of the old westerns without being corny

and had enough of the gritty feel of the 60's westerns to make it appealing across the board....

All in all one of my favorite movies.....

[acmavm]

9. I loved Tombstone, The Good The Bad and The Ugly was great,

but then ending of The Unforgiven was just as freaky as it could get. To do the one thing that would save everyone but would condemn him, he went for saving everyone.

Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West is another winner.

[gottaB]

10. Dead Man

I watched Ron Howard's The Missing not too long ago. Not bad, actually.

On edit. p.s. Also remember Open Range as being pretty good.

Dead Man's the greatest, though.

[MuseRider]

13. I also liked

The Missing, I had forgotten about that one. I did not think Open Range was that good but it was entertaining.

[reprehensor]

22. "The only job you're gonna get around here..."

"...is pushin' up Daisies!"

"Now get the hell out of my office!"

Good choice!

[Renew Deal]

11. The one with Jackie Chan

Tombstone is going to win. That's the only one most DUers have heard of. :evilgrin:

[bikebloke]

14. The Magnificent Seven

That's been my all time fave.

[theshadow]

16. High Noon!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

18. The only reason it didn't make the list is that it's a 1952 movie...

...but in the "Classic Western" poll, it's definitely on the list.

I read that Gary Cooper had a bleeding ulcer during the filming of this one...so all of the scenes where he prepared himself for the showdown with a look of anguish on his face were firmly rooted in the way he was actually feeling.

:toast:

[Fleurs du Mal]

34. My favorite, along with GB&U

[DrZeeLit]

20. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Not your typical Western; loveable, sad, witty, and up until the end, pretty darn fun.

Oh, and Cat Ballou is very cool, too!

[jpgray]

21. I always saw that as more of a crime movie (nt)

[signmike]

23. How The West Was Won could be on this list

Good flicks! I love the spaghetti westerns, there were some with Anthony Franciosa called The Stranger. They called him Tony Anthony on the marquee.
How about West World and Billy The Kid -- Sam Peckinpah, woof woof! slo-mo blood & guts

[KSAtheist]

24. Tombstone.

Val Kilmer's turn as Doc Holliday is one of the greatest performances of the 90s.

"And you...music lover. You're next."
"The drunken piano player...you're so drunk you can't hit nothin'...in fact, you're probably seeing double."
"I have two guns here. One for each of ya."

[WCGreen]

25. SHANE>>>>>

Come Back Shane......

High Noon as well, had a lot of blacklisting going on with a behind the scene fight between the Duke and Gary Cooper over the films release....

Great Movie......

[CanuckAmok]

26. "When you wuz slaves, you sang like birds..."

[Spirochete]

27. South of Heaven, West of Hell

Dwight Yoakum's personal project.

[Flaxbee]

37. I think Pee Wee Herman was in it...

or else I'm totally gullible and Paul Rubens was lying on Teri Gross' show... Pee Wee/Paul was on "Fresh Air" last week and said he was in it, completely unrecognizable.

[Spirochete]

38. Yes, Pee Wee was in it.

He played Vince Vaughn's brother, I think. One of the inept criminal family, anyhow.

[Doctor_J]

29. The Outlaw Josey Wales

Clint should've gotten his Oscar for that one. Magnificent 7 a close second.

[terrya]

30. I liked "The Shootist" very much.

It was John Wayne's last film...and he personally was dealing with cancer as well as the character he played in the film. It was a nice story about dealing with one's mortality. Plus, a good cast...James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Richard Boone, Ron Howard.

[catbert836]

31. Hang 'em High

But if I had to choose one, it would be that other Clint Eastwood movie.

[WMliberal]

32. Tombstone. Too many of the "others" suggested are classic, not modern

It's only slightly better than Unforgiven. I didn't consider TGBU bc I consider it a classic as well.
Is there a "classic western" poll? Cuz if there is, I needs ta put in a vote for The Searchers.

[212demop]

33. Star Wars!

[Coventina]

36. THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the hell is wrong with you people??????



*Coventina runs away like the wind*