Old Western recommendations

[Anonymous]

I did grow up being really into sci-fi and although I enjoyed films like Blade Runner 2049 (and the original of course) as stuff featured in sci-fi has started to come into existence more and more and because I spend all day troubleshooting problems with PCs, Macs and smart devices I've started to lose interest in the sci-fi genre.

Last year when I was off from work for Christmas I noticed The Good, The Bad and The Ugly as well as a Fistful of Dollars and For a few dollars more were on NowTV on demand so over the course of three days I sat and watched each and thoroughly enjoyed them.

Also started to watch Hang 'em high but had to break off and it disappeared before I could finish it.

Anyway, any suggestions for Westerns I should watch (and I don't just mean the Spaghetti ones)?

[Glory1]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

I think I must be the only person who doesn't like Westerns

In fact the only one I have watched more than once is The Lone Ranger.

That's because it had Johnny Depp in it.

(As it was released in 2013 it's hardly classed as old)

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I really am not a fan of westerns either @Cleoriff. As I say I overindulged as a child with all the westerns on TV. However, the ones I have listed are exceptions that I've thoroughly enjoyed and have no hesitation recommending. Love the original Magnificent 7 too which I actually own as well as Once Upon a Time in the West. The only westerns I own.

[Anonymous]

Make that 3 of us.. least favourite genre

with 3 exceptions..

Calamity Jane

Blazing Saddles

Tombstone (classic)

none of them Old Westerns (but still ‘cowboy/girl)

[Anonymous]

Calamity Jane 

Annie Get Your Gun (above)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ... ... ... a sort of Cowboy  Musical  

[Bambino]

@Anonymous Blazing Saddles. One of the best films ever of any genre.

@Glory1 I think you and I share a common TV Western upbringing. Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Rin-Tin-Tin etc...yes?

[Anonymous]

The barn raising in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is priceless @Anonymous

[Glory1]

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@Bambino wrote:

@Anonymous Blazing Saddles. One of the best films ever of any genre.

@Glory1 I think you and I share a common TV Western upbringing. Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Rin-Tin-Tin etc...yes?

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Absolutely @Bambino and every other western, ABC, in particular, showed. My dad was a big westerns fan and I don't think there was a western on the telly we didn't watch. I had my fill and now it's only certain westerns I can bear. 

And I have watched Blazing Saddles numerous times and still scream with laughter even though I know what's coming next. 

[Cleoriff]

Damn me, I completely forgot about Blazing Saddles. I loved that one

[Glory1]

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@jonsie wrote:

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Not one of my favourites, I'm afraid. I found it a bit too long and drawn out. But as I have said not a big fan of the genre any more. Though, I do admit the oldies are the best without exception. 

Having said that I'm rather partial to Dances With Wolves. Not an oldie, made in the '80s I believe. I own the film which I forgot, so I actually have 3 westerns in my film collection. Sorry I totally forgot about this film. I have the extended version which runs about 3 1/2-4 hours. You have to really like a film to sit for that long and I admit that I have no problem with its length and I've sat through it loads of times.

[Anonymous]

Cheers all.

I'll look out for this lot on NowTV, Netflix and Amazon Prime.