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Marlowe-inspired poll: what's the best Western, ever?

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Jan 7 '19, 09:38

we'll next do a separate poll for the best Best Western ever

Responses:

Treasure of the Sierra Madre. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 7, 10:19
Open Range, Unforgiven, Silverado, Rio Bravo, Tombstone, High Noon, Man Who Shot Liberty Vallence, -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 09:55 1
- good call on Silverado. That cast is something else. -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 09:57
This Beast of Hollow Mountain seems pretty good. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 09:49
Oh, jeez. The Mag Seven, El Dorado, Rio Bravo, Red River, The Searchers. - Marlowe Jan 7, 09:49 3
- With, well, honorable mention to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 7, 09:50 2
  - have you watched Open Range? -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 09:51 1
    - Yes. Solid modern-production-day Western. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 7, 09:51
The best Spaghetti Western is The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. But that's not the same as the best Western. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 09:48 1
- I actually always preferred High Plains Drifter to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. -- nm - pmb Jan 7, 09:53
I'm not a huge Western fan, but I do love The Magnificent Seven. -- nm - kelly Jan 7, 09:48
Spawn took my answer so I<ll say Unforgiven. -- nm - mud Jan 7, 09:46 1
- or maybe The Revenant -- nm - mud Jan 7, 09:49
Soundtracks: I've always liked Magnificent 7 and The Cowboys. -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion, DAL -2.5 Jan 7, 09:46
Unforgiven. -- nm - Baron Barium Jan 7, 09:46 2
- this -- nm - decline Jan 7, 09:49
- Or Blazing Saddles. -- nm - Baron Barium Jan 7, 09:47
It's between 'The Searchers' and 'High Noon' for me. -- nm - Diva Jan 7, 09:45
Open Range or The Outlaw Josey Wales -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 09:45
I don't have one. It's far and away my least favorite genre. - David Jan 7, 09:42 7
- Could you be convinced that Raiders of the Lost Ark is a good movie and shares kinship with the western genre? -- nm - Max Jan 7, 09:46 5
  - That's the thing. The only way to find something I like is to look at bastardizations of the premise. -- nm - David Jan 7, 09:47 4
    - David's favorite Lifetime movie is A Deadly Adoption. -- nm - Baron Barium Jan 7, 09:49 2
      - "I ask you for a script with romance, cookies, and Christmas presents, and you deliver this...this... TBS-level monstrosity?!" -- nm - Lifetime producer Jan 7, 09:54
      - I don't know what that is, but my favorite Lifetime show is My Crazy Sex followed by I Love You But I Lied and My Crazy Ex. - David Jan 7, 09:53
    - City Slickers? I can't remember if they even fire a gun. -- nm - Max Jan 7, 09:48
- Shanghai Noon! -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 09:43
firefly. - tRuMaN Jan 7, 09:42
I have zero history and a limited library when it comes to this so I'm going with True Grit. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 7, 09:41
Josey Wales. -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Jan 7, 09:41
*snicker* Searchers is solid but my go-to is Tombstone for delivering satisfactory genre highlights. -- nm - Max Jan 7, 09:41 1
- 50 Spawn Points -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 09:41
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 09:41
Tragically, they came along too late for there to be a best Best Western western. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 09:40 1
- This would have been a great episode of Community, dammit. -- nm - Max Jan 7, 09:42
Change...The Wild Bunch -- nm* - amoxy Jan 7, 09:40

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