re: Top modern westerns to watch?

Posted by eddieray

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 2:16 pm to Uncle JackD

I plan on watching Damnation. It’s a series and what I saw of it, was good.
Godless is real good
Hell on Wheels
and of course, Deadwood

Posted by LSUfan20005

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 2:22 pm to jrowla2

Godless is great and it really is beautiful, really giving the setting it's due. Godless made me wish my favorite old westerns could get reboots with nothing changing but the landscape. Imagine how good Lonesome Dove would look with proper setting(s).

Posted by Sus-Scrofa

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 2:26 pm to LSUfan20005

Yeah, but then Fort Smith would lose it’s desert and mountains!

Posted by smash williams

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 3:07 pm to jrowla2

Godless would probably be top choice for me, I might even go top series for my top "modern" 3 which doesn't include Sergio Leone and others.

Godless
Deadwood
Lonesome Dove

Posted by LanierSpots

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 4:40 pm to Brosef Stalin

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The Australian one with Guy Pearce.

Thanks and by the way for those who asked, it is not free with Prime on Amazon

Posted by Tigris

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 5:20 pm to Brosef Stalin

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Tombstone is basically a Marvel movie. Its a fun, entertaining watch but not some all time great.

Couldn't agree more. It's an entertaining popcorn movie, not a Western.

Posted by Tigris

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 5:24 pm to Tigris

And I'll add Appaloosa as very underrated and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as greatness, though not exactly a Western.

Posted by Willie Stroker

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 10:50 pm to sorantable

quote:
Tombstone

is very fun to watch. What more do you want from it?

Fewer pretty boys with overly coiffed mustaches pretending to be old west tough guys while posing for the camera and uttering cliched one liners?

Posted by teke184

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 11:09 pm to SlapahoeTribe

Wyatt Earp and Tombstone were originally part of the same project, which split when Kurt Russell wanted to focus on Wyatt’s later career while Costner wanted to do a whole career film.

Regardless of your opinion of Tombstone, Russell had a point since Costner’s film ended up being something like 3.5 hours.

Posted by Jorts R Us

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 11:29 pm to teke184

quote:
Russell

Saved that project

Posted by Parmen

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Posted on 12/30/18 at 11:58 pm to Uncle JackD

Wyatt Earp 1994
3:10 to Yuma 2007
Unforgiven
Tombstone
Back to the Future 3
Too many more to name

This post was edited on 12/30/18 at 11:59 pm

Posted by ZappBrannigan

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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:34 am to Uncle JackD

A lot of good ones have been named.

I'll throw in The Devil's Rejects as a modern (in time) western from the perspective of unsympathetic villains.

Posted by AUCE05

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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:57 am to Uncle JackD

The Hateful Eight

Posted by MorbidTheClown

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Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:13 am to Uncle JackD

open range
Silverado

This post was edited on 12/31/18 at 9:15 am

Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:31 am to reggierayreb

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Ask yourself this. Who are the better actors ?

Clint Eastwood or Kurt Russell ?

Morgan Freeman or Val Kilmer ?

Gene Hackman or Michael Biehn

Frankly, I think this is much closer than you suggest, particularly for these films. Now, for Hackman, the better analogue in Tombstone is Powers Boothe (who is a fantastic, underrated actor).

And, having said all of that - Unforgiven is probably a slightly better "film" from an objective standpoint and Tombstone is the more fun/rewatchable film. I don't think one would be "wrong" ranking either over the other. They're that close for me.