# What's your favorite Western Film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680 "2016-04-09T19:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/81 "2016-04-12T14:23:58Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > For comedic/absurdist takes on the Western, _Blazing Saddles_ is always a classic, and _Paint Your Wagon_ is bizarrely absurdist, a film no one should try to remake because it probably shouldn’t have been made in the first place. _The Ballad of Cable Hogue_ is almost unheard of but deserves a look even if it was made at a point in Peckinpah’s career where drugs and booze were starting to get the best of him, and _Duck, You Sucker_ rides the line between satire and serious with a phenomenal as always James Colburn in the lead. _Duck, You Sucker_ is a terrible title - I prefer _A Fistful of Dynamite_ (or even _Once Upon A Time…the Revolution_). Not sure why they settled for the worst title choice of the three options. For absurdist Westerns I’ll throw in _A Million Ways to Die in the West_ for completeness’ sake. If you’re a Seth McFarlane fan, you’ll love it. If you can’t stand McFarlane, well… there are still some killer jokes, but you’ll loathe the rest of it. The humor is mostly “people with modern sensibilities living in the past” based, plus assorted jokes about sex and shit. Best scene is actually the stinger, I have to admit. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/82 "2016-04-12T15:03:03Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _[Support Your Local Sheriff!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065051/)_ with James Garner, Jack Elam, Walter Brennan, and Joan Hackett. I have to say that this has some of the funniest stuff in any movie I’ve ever seen. Not all of the time, but, enough to make it great. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/83 "2016-04-12T15:10:24Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Beat me to it. And David Carradine, of all people, _steals_ the movie from the rest of a most impressive ensemble cast. David Carradine has always been great; however, in this movie, so much of the dialogue, and some of the plot, sucks so bad that I wince when I think of watching it again. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/84 "2016-04-12T15:12:19Z")
I’m embarrassed in advance at all the acclaim that I shall receive for this submission: \*\*Big Jake. \*\* Oh, and Three Amigos. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/85 "2016-04-12T15:39:02Z")
Fake “color inside the lines” answer: **No Country For Old Men** (it’s really a western if you think about it) Actual “color inside the lines” answer: **Young Guns** “Color outside the lines” answer: **Yojimbo** - with the exception of not taking place in the American West, it’s totally a western. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/86 "2016-04-12T17:38:45Z")
First in with my favorite western, Sergio Leone’s comedy masterpiece “My Name Is Nobody”, with Henry Fonda and Terence Hill. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/87 "2016-04-12T17:46:16Z")
[QUOTE=Gyrate;19253601 For absurdist Westerns I’ll throw in _A Million Ways to Die in the West_ for completeness’ sake. If you’re a Seth McFarlane fan, you’ll love it. If you can’t stand McFarlane, well… there are still some killer jokes, but you’ll loathe the rest of it. The humor is mostly “people with modern sensibilities living in the past” based, plus assorted jokes about sex and shit. Best scene is actually the stinger, I have to admit.[/QUOTE] I’m a McFarlane fan, like his sense of humor and still enjoy _Family Guy_, but my god, _A Million Ways to Die in the West_ was excruciatingly bad. All the jokes fell flat, Seth is NO lead actor, and it was easily one of the worst movies I not only saw that year, but in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/88 "2016-04-12T17:49:05Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > I gotta ask, were Support Your Local Sheriff/Gunfighter made back-to-back in one go? Because they really feel like they just got everything together to shoot both movies at once so they wouldn’t have to pay everyone twice or recast anything. Am I the only one who **loves** _Support Your Local Sheriff_ but never cared for _Support Your Local Gunfighter_? I can’t put my finger on it, I can watch and re-watch _Local Sheriff_ but will pass on _Local Gunfighter_. And I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/89 "2016-04-12T20:36:54Z")
Shane and Lonesome Dove. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/90 "2016-04-12T21:31:32Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Am I the only one who **loves** _Support Your Local Sheriff_ but never cared for _Support Your Local Gunfighter_? I can’t put my finger on it, I can watch and re-watch _Local Sheriff_ but will pass on _Local Gunfighter_. > > And I don’t know why. Same here. I saw _Gunfighter_ once years and thought it was just so-so. But _Sheriff_ is a masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/91 "2016-04-12T21:33:03Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > I’m a McFarlane fan, like his sense of humor and still enjoy _Family Guy_, but my god, _A Million Ways to Die in the West_ was excruciatingly bad. All the jokes fell flat, Seth is NO lead actor, and it was easily one of the worst movies I not only saw that year, but in recent years. I agree on all accounts. It really was just that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/92 "2016-04-13T00:09:37Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Am I the only one who **loves** _Support Your Local Sheriff_ but never cared for _Support Your Local Gunfighter_? I can’t put my finger on it, I can watch and re-watch _Local Sheriff_ but will pass on _Local Gunfighter_. > > And I don’t know why. _Gunfighter_ kind of lacked that certain something that _Sheriff_ had. It always struck me as being a bit of a darker film, which maybe is why it didn’t really work, given that it was also a farce comedy. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/93 "2016-04-13T00:31:23Z")
I’ll add my vote for _Support Your Local Gunfighter_ and _Silverado_. Going a little outside the box, I thought \* Rango\* was a most enjoyable animated western. And speaking of Johnny Depp, I am not ashamed to say that I really liked _The Lone Ranger_. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/94 "2016-04-13T00:56:53Z")
Silverado is a joy. It brought back the fun to westerns after a long drought. Of the classics, El Dorado is my favorite; I love watching that one, again and again. I’m not really fond of any of the oldies, the silent-movie era and the 40s. I can’t think of anything from that era that really stands out. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/95 "2016-04-13T04:12:56Z")
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that my enjoyment of _El Dorado_ wasn’t about 80% due to Michele Carey as Joey, the “Mustang in need of a comb”. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/96 "2016-04-13T04:27:14Z")
Blood Meridian I saw it about two weeks before I bought my time machine. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/97 "2016-04-13T05:20:07Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > I’d be lying if I didn’t say that my enjoyment of _El Dorado_ wasn’t about 80% due to Michele Carey as Joey, the “Mustang in need of a comb”. Not everyone gets to shoot John Wayne in the ass…and live to tell of it! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/98 "2016-04-13T08:25:06Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I agree on all accounts. It really was just that bad. Just me, then. At least admit I’m right about the stinger, okay? ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/99 "2016-04-14T05:08:43Z")
Destry Rides Again If you are going to show blazing saddles, you have to show this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680/100 "2016-04-14T16:12:28Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Just me, then. > > At least admit I’m right about the stinger, okay? I watched Eight Million Ways To Die because the trailer made me think it might have enough over-the-top silly violence to be consistently funny. There were maybe two or three scenes worth watching, but after the first ten or fifteen minutes it just became disgusting and unfunny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-western-film/751680.md?page=6)