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I liked them both, the second was closer to the book and the location more like the real winding stair mountians. Both missed the humor that ran through the book
For just pure entertainment purposes i like Silverado. Especially liked the scene where Jake (Costner) walked backwards and barefoot out a saloon corner door, made a sound to get noticed then shot two bad guys same time. Not the greatest acting in the world but fun to watch.
 
One of my all time favorites is Sgt. Alvin York. The turkey shoot scene is awesome.

I haven’t seen anyone mention Man in the Wilderness. I believe Richard Harris playing the role of Hugh Glass character, but by a different name. Movies back then may not have been great at historical accuracy but they sure energized the passion for the front loaders. We won’t talk about the wobbly rubber tomahawks and such.
I think that man in the wilderness was a much better story then revenant
 
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.
Try "Naked Prey" with Cornel Wilde. Makes Jeremiah Johnson seem like a Chatty Cathy movie .
 
I find it odd that nobody has mentioned The Alamo movies. The Duke's is more grand in scope and drama, but less accurate. Opie's is more accurate in weapons, history, and character portrayal. Both are very good in their own way. Another Alamo movie was 13 Days of Glory, a miniseries that I remember but can't find to stream, or on DVD. If memory serves Alec Baldwin plays Col. Travis and the rest of the actors were part of the Gunsmoke TV series character actors. I remember enjoying that very much. But in that Movie Baldwin didn't kill anyone. Instead , he was killed.
And a little off topic since these are not Movies but series episodes, Kelsey Grammer narrates some very good dramatic documentaries on The Founding Fathers, Revolutionary War, and great American Battles. All this is on Fox News Nation streaming channel.
 
Wide and varied opinions here! Best Mountain Man movie is still Jeremiah Johnson. I like The Mountain Men a lot and Revenant is excellent, I dont understand the negative reviews of it. Good acting, story, music score and fantastic cinematography.

Man in the Wilderness is great too.

I like Black Robe, very well done, grim, just like it probably was.

Centennial is good.

Another wilderness movie that is seldom seen or spoke of is The Trap, with Oliver Reed as a trapper who takes a wife. Entertaining.

For John Wayne westerns, Searchers is his best hands down. I like most of them very well, Hondo is another fav, The Shootist, True Great is good, but not his best, in fact as a straight up western the remake was better and dont much care for Kim Darby. I dont know much about Jeff Bridges politics, nor care, he is a fine actor.

Shane and The Big Country are two of my favorite westerns.
 
As ground-breaking as the big three Eastwood movies were back in the 60's, (Fistful Three), it's torture to watch them now; so slow, so long, can't change the GRIT channel fast enough when one pops up! I do recall the impact of the music at the time, and love Eastwood, but the movies now...snooze!
 
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