Due for a good film

[Juice Jaws]

I think the period films come out in year cycles. My opinion it started with Drums along the Mohawk, Jeremiah Johnson in the 70's, I even liked Mountain Men with Charleston H. Then we saw Last of the mohicans with DD Lewis, The patriot which got dumped on but I liked, Black Robe. Any more I missed? I think we are due for another.

My vote goes to Centennial for the best MM movie

 

[WalnutRed]

First time I saw the original True Grit as a kid I remember being surprised that the aging Wayne could still get on a horse. I was even more skeptical about Bridges being able to mount a horse unaided.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

I think the period films come out in year cycles. My opinion it started with Drums along the Mohawk, Jeremiah Johnson in the 70's, I even liked Mountain Men with Charleston H. Then we saw Last of the mohicans with DD Lewis, The patriot which got dumped on but I liked, Black Robe. Any more I missed? I think we are due for another.

Black Robe was one of the most depressing films I've ever seen...

 

[Rebel bull]

Texas, based on James Mitchener's books is a great watch North and South isn't quite as good and for a Duke movie I think his best of all time was The Searchers close second was Hondo

 

[andy52]

Black Robe was one of the most depressing films I've ever seen...

Yep, but still a good movie. I had a long talk with a Chaplin Army captain at Fort De Chartres. who was playing the part of a Jesuit we both agreed that Black Robe and the Mission were our favorite for the genre.

 

[Flying B]

The black robe surprised me with the amount of sex and violence. But I guess you have to show the savages as they were. I guess “Indian style” was a real deal

 

[Cruzatte]

The Searchers close second was Hondo

Nah...his best two were McClintock and The Shootist.
How the West Was Won belongs on the list.
My favorite two westerns are Tombstone with Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, & Sam Elliot and Open Range

 

[Zapadach]

You could put "Across the Wide Missouri" with Cark Gable on that list as well.

Ricardo Montebon was awesome as Iron Shirt.

 

[wayne1967]

My vote goes to Centennial for the best MM movie

Are you talking about the mini series with Robert Conrad ? I tried finding that one a couple months back but couldn't find a place streaming it.

 

[andy52]

Nah...his best two were McClintock and The Shootist.
How the West Was Won belongs on the list.
My favorite two westerns are Tombstone with Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, & Sam Elliot and Open Range

Open Range has the longest shootout of any movie, and I think Annette Bening is hot.

 

[andy52]

Are you talking about the mini series with Robert Conrad ? I tried finding that one a couple months back but couldn't find a place streaming it.

It's on amazon prime.

 

[WalnutRed]

A movie that I like that most have never heard of is The Frisco Kid. I think it's probably pretty accurate regarding actual western settlement.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Appaloosa was good. Hostiles was excellent.

 

[Kicking&Screaming]

The Revenant was pretty good I thought.

Yup

 

[Juice Jaws]

Are you talking about the mini series with Robert Conrad ? I tried finding that one a couple months back but couldn't find a place streaming it.

Yes, watch it until it got to around 1880 then lost interest.

 

[Kicking&Screaming]

Yep, but still a good movie. I had a long talk with a Chaplin Army captain at Fort De Chartres. who was playing the part of a Jesuit we both agreed that Black Robe and the Mission were our favorite for the genre.

Me too. I liked the unsentimental cold view of things. Raw and real feel to them. No director heavy handedly trying to move my thoughts and emotions. If they were actually trying it was subtle and in my case hardly noticed.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Yes, watch it until it got to around 1880 then lost interest.

Haha same with How the West was Won. I watch the first part with Jimmy Stewart’s mountain man then change the channel.

 

[Dwight Harley]

Just rewatched "Ride with the Devil". I think the movie came out in 1999. Good story about the border war in Kansas and Missouri during the Civil War. I think they did a good job with the accents and the period clothing. Difficult to identify the good guys or bad guys in that conflict. Plenty of atrocities were committed by both sides.

 

[andy52]

Haha same with How the West was Won. I watch the first part with Jimmy Stewart’s mountain man then change the channel.

The only weird thing is why would a mountain man be that far up the Ohio River.
Wouldn't he have sold his furs in St. Louis?

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Nobody said he was any good at being a mountain man.

I would have gone back for Carroll Baker too. to heck with the furs.