[Traditional Anglican]

OK, ooops. messed up on my thread about Westerns! Read it....then do the Poll. Sorry!!!!!

[Jeremy]

I liked Outlaw Josey Wales and High Planes Drifter.

[Josh]

I voted other: The Outlaw Josey Wales.

[Billie]

Have to vote for this one, my dh loved this one..

Billie

[Here Am I]

I don't know about 'the greatest', but I think my favorite is "Outlaw Josey Wales", with my second favorite as "Tombstone".

I could have picked "Unforgiven" but it's been so long since I've seen it, I'm not sure what I'd think now if I saw it again.

[Traditional Anglican]

Originally Posted by Here Am I

I don't know about 'the greatest', but I think my favorite is "Outlaw Josey Wales", with my second favorite as "Tombstone".

I could have picked "Unforgiven" but it's been so long since I've seen it, I'm not sure what I'd think now if I saw it again.

Tombstone SHOULD have been in the Poll! It is a good one! Unforgiven is fantastic, I did not include it in the poll, because I did not want it to look like I was slanting things to Eastwood. (Hey, I am a fair dude.)

Both versions of "3:10 to Yuma" were very good, but in my opinion, the newer version is superior. It's a good story, because it's character-driven instead of action-driven. The charming sociopath vs. the dull, plodding "good man." Christian Bale and Russell Crowe were excellent.

I loved "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," but I don't think it was the greatest western ever, because all of Eastwwod's "spaghetti westerns" were atypical of the genre. "Unforgiven" was marvelous, and may be the greatest; it's hard to say.

Although I like it very much, I can't consider "The Magnificent Seven" the greatest, because it's not an original story; it's a westernized remake of "The Seven Samurai." Nothing wrong with that, but it's still a remake.

Critics say "The Searchers" is the greatest, and I'd be inclined to agree: John Wayne was nearly perfect in that movie. But there were elements of "comic relief" that were so broad, and so trite, that they nearly ruin the movie for me.

I could talk about westerns all night, so I'll just cut it short. I don't know what the greatest western was, but I have no doubt about my personal favorite: "Tombstone," which I've watched so often that I've almost got it memorized!

[Here Am I]

Originally Posted by Billie

Have to vote for this one, my dh loved this one..

Billie

Which one did you vote for, Billie?

[JaeByrd]

Not to be a nitpicker,but isn't it 3:10 to Yuma? And the old one or the recent remake?

[Billie]

[QUOTE=Here Am I;12155][b][color=teal]Which one did you vote for, Billie?

Oooops!!! Sorry
I voted for Clint Eastwood's...'The Good,Bad,and the Ugly.' My dh loved ol
Clint...watched all of his movies...he just plain loved westerns! Miss
watching them with him...popcorn and ice tea

Billie