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That was the first “R” rated movie that my dad ever watched with me. (Only the second one I ever saw, but my parents hadn’t been in on the first.) I don’t think my mom was happy when she found out, which is probably half the reason my dad did it :D

Shoot, this might have been my second western! My dad gave it to me for Hanukkah when I was 9 years old and we watched it after my little brothers were in bed and it was the most I had ever laughed in my life. I got none of the references and it didn’t matter. Now that I’ve seen so many westerns...

Walter, it just so happens that many of the 70s films on your list are among the ones I do enjoy! There are some of my all-time favorites on that list! But like you say, it’s all subjective, and if one watches thousands of movies over a lifetime, they’re not all gonna be winners. I never go...

I can’t overstate how much Jimmy Stewart’s western films have meant to me. There was something about seeing him, with all of the associations that his persona brought with it, wrestling with hardship and moral ambiguity.

The 70s weren’t my decade for westerns or just about anything else, really. I understand the historical significance of film from that era but outside of a handful of titles that seem to transcend their era, they just don’t work for me. It’s funny, when I hear certain critics and film fans...

I reviewed this one! https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/el-paso-1949-blu-ray-review.360703/#post-4698431

Only so many hours in the day, 100 years of film history to catch up on, etc., etc. :D I think it might be the only Michael Mann movie I’ve missed. That makes it easy, thanks!

As someone who’s never seen the movie and probably only has time to watch it once, which version should I seek out? Or does it not matter much?

I watched the longer cut of The Alamo from the German BD last night - I had never seen the film before in any version. On the technical side, the makers of the disc did a very reasonable job of blending an ancient standard definition letterboxed video master with a newer HD scan. I could always...

The Rare Breed is one of those films that I like more than the movie itself gives any reason to. I enjoy Jimmy Stewart in just about anything and Maureen O’Hara has a special place in my heart because of The Quiet Man, so… it may not be a great film but it’s one I always enjoy watching.

I was lucky enough to get to do the review for Warner Archive’s new disc of “There Was A Crooked Man...”, a western comedy with Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda. I was disappointed with the movie (though the disc itself looks and sounds perfect) but you guys might like it more...

@Robert Crawford is the Kino Night Passage better than the German one?

I haven’t seen Unconquered yet but I do revisit Drums Along The Mohawk around the Fourth of July probably every other year. That’s a tough one - it’s not quite a western based on its geography but at the same time it has all of the same pioneer and frontier themes as many a great western and it...

I’ve now watched the first three of John Wayne’s series of six “four star westerns” from 1932-1933. To call them classics is a stretch. They’re low budget b-movies that are all remakes of silent films made about five years earlier, with a lot of action and scenery pulled directly from the...

I just watched “White Comanche” with William Shatner - does that count as a “classic”? :D

I just picked up the two Warner DVDs that each have three early John Wayne movies on them from 1933ish. They each run under an hour. I had the idea to check out those titles when Pals of the Saddle hit the spot the other night and found it was cheaper to buy the two discs than it was to rent the...

I reviewed the TT disc. It’s not the best western from anyone involved but it’s still a lot of fun.

My insomnia choice was Pals of the Saddle. Just finished. Good luck with sleep.

I still have to see that one - I think it’s on HBO Max, I should take advantage of that. The length is the only thing that’s kept it from happening sooner.

I figured you would jump in to do her justice :)

After another John Wayne on a boat movie last night, I looked at the clock and saw I had time for something else, so I watched a western at last! “Singing Guns” with Vaughn Monroe, on a disc from Kino - it was only about $6 from their “while supples last” sale. It’s a Trucolor production with a...

I came kinda close to a western - it was still a “set at sea” movie but it had John Wayne, so that sorta counts, right? :)

I’ve failed you Robert! :D The past couple weeks, I’ve intended on watching a western quite a few times, but at the last moment I’ve been drawn to films set at sea or at least on boats. What started as one W.C. Fields film tangentially involving a boat a couple weeks ago has turned into The Sea...

It helps with justifying the blind buys that when I started with Wayne, a lot of the titles that jumped at me weren’t available for digital rentals so it was easy to justify buying when it was purchase or don’t watch. And then once started, it was pretty easy to just say that I’m collecting the...

I keep saying I’m done with blind buys and then I keep getting sucked in when it’s John Wayne movies.

Nah, just part of my Warner 4/44 haul - Blood Alley and whichever the other one was that came out on disc at the same time (Sea Chase?).

I have a few John Wayne on a boat movies to get through first and then I’ll go back to some of his westerns. I remain appreciative of your Three Mesquiteers recommendation years ago - they’re simply fantastic for comfort food viewing.

At first I thought you meant you watched all of those titles this week and my first reaction was, “I used to be able to keep up with RCR, is that how much time I had before kids?!” :D I got “Singing Guns” from Kino’s last chance sale and I think that will be my next western viewing.

It’s been so long since I’ve seen Giant that I don’t know what I’d call it other than lost from my memory :D

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/the-bravados-blu-ray-review-twilight-time/