l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
I also liked the adaptions of Louis L'Amour's novels with Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott:
The Sacketts The Shadow Riders Last Stand at Saber River Crossfire Trail The Quick and the Dead (not the goofy version with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman) Conagher
Some are "made for TV" movies, but still entertaining.
===================== Boots were made for walking Winds were blowing change Boys fall in the jungle As I Came of Age
Metacritic obviously needed to check these boxes to get an A from their film noir professor, I am surprised Brokeback Mounting wasn't in there!
Since you brought it up, you need to check the song my buddy and Nashville song writer did for Willie Nelson. Wynn came and played at my birthday party this summer. He said he “retired” this song.
Laugh and enjoy!
That was pretty good, Hatari! How in the heck do you sing with a dip?
Most of the above and Lawman, with Burt Lancaster. 'Sketti westerns are ok, mostly for giving Clint a career, but the sound effects drive me nuts watching them. Buddy of mine used to call them "ricochet westerns". Have CDs of those, plus Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Joe Kidd and a few other Eastwood oaters. There ain't a John Ford/John Wayne flick I can't watch, especially their Cavalry Trilogy.
I have a three CD set of Selleck westerns at the cabin:Monte Walsh, Crossfire Trail and Last Stand at Sabre River. Also Quigley, but haven't watched it lately. A forty episode set of CDs, mostly Wayne's old B westerns prior to Stagecoach,
Open Range and Broken Trail. Watch them often, no longer get broadcast TV signal up there..
There is something about a Western where all the equines are Paso Fino or Andalusian or some Spanish /Arabian breed that cracks me up!
I may be the only one on Earth, but I can't stand "Lonesome Dove". I have TRIED to watch it, but it is positively dreadful.
I don't think "Tombstone" is actually that great a movie in itself. It's the characters and actors that make the movie. It wouldn't be worth much if it starred anyone other than Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell. People don't really remember the movie... they remember the characters and their iconic dialogue.
not alone.... I have tried to watch it also never could make it through.....bob
There are two types of Westerns, ones with John Wayne and ones without John Wayne. I enjoy the John Wayne Westerns with Ben Johnson and Harry Carrie Jr. you can bet on excellent horsemanship and teamsters.