Rewatching The Good, The Bag and The Ugly for the umpteenth time and always wondered who the line of bearded un-uniformed men riding at the front of the dixie soldiers are?

When I was a kid back in the 00s I remember watching a western with my grandparents that always stuck with me that was on television and I can't find out what it's called. I know the theme was about a cowboy (obviously) who wanted to be a woman who was soon to be married to someone she didn't want to marry and he ends up shooting him in the arm and it later was amputated and he's dressed all in black and he later comes back to the town and there is a shootout between that man and his gang and he gets the girl in the end. There was also an old man who also gets shot in the shootout who had money stuffed in his boots and there was a little boy who was sad that he died and the old man told him to look in his boots and there was cash and that was why he never took his boots off.

I actually really love this trope a lot it’s probably one of my favorite Western Character Archetype’s something about it is special it’s nice to see a character who’s a giant piece of shit try to do good, for his family or others

Wondered what the best western books were that I should read? Any recommendations?

Just looking for some Western book recommendations. Really enjoyed a lot of the older Johnstone books like the first couple Preacher novels. The new ones written by JA Johnstone are all over the place so just looking for some more consistent writers or books. Thanks!

Seeing as its now AAPI month I was wondering if there are any good Westerns people could recommend that have positive depictions of Asians living in the West. So far the only ones that I know of are Red Sun, The Master Gunfighter, Sukiyaki Wester Django, and Shanghai Noon.

This is a low budget film with a cast of mostly unknowns. It starts of rather slow but is worth the wait as it builds to a tense and violent ending. The Gothic set design of its ghost town is akin to something Bava or Roger Corman would’ve put in a horror film in the 60s. The eerie score by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino is also ads a very unique element that differs from the usual Morricone style scores of the genre.

Personally it’s one of my favorite westerns

• Sergio Leone's The Dollars Trilogy

https://youtu.be/ubVc2MQwMkg?si=0DKK5OcpTiiH4HE6

• Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption Duology

https://youtu.be/meTjBGmjrKU?si=MK_UkaAxOrE1VU6q

• Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained

https://youtu.be/QbmDpEhAp48?si=u-_m9w1DnkntXQAM

• Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine's Black Sails

https://youtu.be/3fq5e6fOtiw?si=LYCviP1ae42FjSfs

• Park Chan-Wook's Oldboy

https://youtu.be/VwIIDzrVVdc?si=bMRvyWkW9WCIl364

• Kim Jee-Won's I Saw The Devil

https://youtu.be/rUwCEGQgtII?si=D03128faN_AiUV3j

• Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan

https://youtu.be/QnX_mQ9apu8?si=S3US12yd3ZAZUaeF

• Julius Avery's Overlord

https://youtu.be/pnc-OWdiGO4?si=_wfQ3bzBbSh9XVUG

• Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds

https://youtu.be/FNcxj54qtyk?si=qvV6TFLP37WxtEiX

• Stephen Sommers' The Mummy

https://youtu.be/jhBSum8GILY?si=-52IOpXE4UVtmYsZ

• Gore Verbinski's Pirates Of The Caribbean Trilogy

https://youtu.be/W6WDYpEewrI?si=PCP_8PAWy-GbBLuz

• Martin Campbell's The Mask Of Zorro

https://youtu.be/s2z237lN5ps?si=QNiVVXerfr4UmTlj

• Jon Turteltaub's National Treasure Duology

https://youtu.be/BCJ6tGBZiH8?si=JTwrEvLHpMFDdeRk

• Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones Quadrilogy

https://youtu.be/bGN0LuEXBYY?si=O-bbeYfzuQTogKuS

• David Cronenberg's Scanners

https://youtu.be/YI3NoBeNwfk?si=GYv1x748FYxHDX2w

• John Carpenter's Big Trouble In Little China

https://youtu.be/dME9-07ZvJI?si=V8VHZmIwn5Ps7_tm

• Rocksteady Studios' Urban Chaos: Riot Response

https://youtu.be/rSR0ql9UoX8?si=9B8PUelpM3RcpWgE

• Steven Spielberg's The Adventures Of Tintin

https://youtu.be/ryB-3BRdd64?si=2umrIBNZonRsXp8M

• Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

https://youtu.be/_5CAV1e-KGc?si=rF3pZXwLzXotpYQp

• John Carpenter's Vampires

https://youtu.be/_qcXhST5-SA?si=FT2y82FZr5_UBiGW

• Michael Mann's Thief

https://youtu.be/htawoJODHA8?si=rYcJUp448mtSWHAu

• David Fincher's Se7en

https://youtu.be/1giVzxyoclE?si=LPS1JlRGlosCf49S

• Chad Stahelski's John Wick Quadrilogy

https://youtu.be/2HbyQRo2fls?si=8ZMJqXLfOn0CN2eM

• David Leitch's Atomic Blonde

https://youtu.be/CrPDTalA1Lc?si=Dg5qxlYmg_3RAz2q

• Michael Mann's Heat

https://youtu.be/enjF3Rmz4cw?si=ilXoguCsZ6niatz9

I happened across an old interview of Henry Fonda on the Dick Cavett Show. Cavett seems to be completely clueless about the movie.

It's a strange interview at the beginning. But just struck me funny that a movie that is regarded as one of the greatest films and westerns, and it isn't even on his radar.

https://youtu.be/AChcvMFT0ao?si=rlETnIjYztRpNVTl

And just for fun the scene Henry describes:

https://youtu.be/QqTfBysL0wE?si=fTSmAklvSybd0jwh

Alot of my amily were actually Vaqueros way back in the day and fought in Wars in Mexico. and Vaqueros/Mexicanos definitely have a big part to play in the history of Gunslingers and Cowboys so I was curious if any of you had any favorites?

Listen, I realize that most people's favorite Western movie is from the 50's-60's usually. Partially because they made a lot more of them back then, partially because you had stars like Clint Eastwood and John Wayne starring in them, and partially there were many great Westerns made in that era... BUT for my money the best Western flick of all time is True Grit (2010)!

True Grit (2010) was an emotional powerhouse from start to finish. Superbly acted. Underrated score. Biblical references sprinkled in. Genuine humor, heartbreaking moment's alongside the drive of the human will. 10/10 - Perfect movie!

One of my favorite opening scenes ever. Love these few lines!

“You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God.”

I haven't read it, but planning on it soon but I've seen comments about the adaption where it is almost impossible to adapt and I'm wondering why (without spoilers if possible)

Most Washington history and media focuses on the coastal areas, and people always seem surprised to learn that everything east of the Cascades is sage hills and cattle ranches. I was wondering if there are any western films set in this region, especially ones about real figures or events from the old west era of Washington's history.

Has anyone here played these games? What film or films remind you of said games?

Just got this at a thrift store for $1. Are any of them decent? For a buck, seemed low risk.