Worst western ever made.

[tom black]

I suppose we each have our favorite westerns. For myself, without a doubt the worst one ever has to be the remake of The Wild, Wild West. I loved it as a series on TV years ago but the movie just really stinks. It’s been a long time since I last watched it an out of boredom I forced myself to sit through it this evening. It has not improved with age. The one an only redeeming quality of the movie was the ever beautiful Miss Hayek.
Tom Black

 

[turd]

IMHO the best western ever filmed is The Outlaw Josey Wales. There are too many others that come close to list, but that one nailed it. 8)

 

[wwb]

And if you want to fall out of your chair laughing, find a copy of "The Legend of Evil Roy Slade"

A short clip... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch_vloEDFbk

 

[Mike J]

IMHO the best western ever filmed is The Outlaw Josey Wales. There are too many others that come close to list, but that one nailed it. 8)

That is my all time favorite. There have been so many bad ones I wouldn't have a clue which is worse.

I remember being a kid & watching westerns on TV. My mother was raised in West Texas. She lived on a ranch for a while when she was a kid. Her father was a working cowboy before he started doing oil field work. She would get mad and fuss watching western movies. "That isn't real." "No one but an idiot would do that." "That guy ain't nothing but a dude." Dude was not a compliment! The list goes on.

 

[Heliman]

IMHO the best western ever filmed is The Outlaw Josey Wales. There are too many others that come close to list, but that one nailed it. 8)

There are so many great westerns, but if I was pressed for a choice it would be
“The Searchers”. In terms of awful westerns it could be any number of Italian westerns trying to piggyback on the success of the Eastwood movies.

 

[win1894s]

ONCE A PON A TIME IN THE WEST.
One of Bronsons best

 

[hittman]

Cowboys and Aliens

Had a plenty good cast though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys_&_Aliens

 

[bogus bill]

I was fortunate to meet a number of my favorite western actors back in the early 1960`s due to my job working security for Universal Movie studio`s and elsewhere too. All were good guys. My personnal favorite was Clint Walker. My wife and Clint aboui ten years ago.
https://i.postimg.cc/3JSN746m/Theresa-Clint-Walker.jpg

 

[any ruger]

Clint Walker was a great man. Everything I have read about him tells me he WASN'T REAL HOLLYWOOD he lived a normal life.

 

[Bob Wright]

There were bad westerns?


Bob Wright

 

[any ruger]

Bob good point.

 

[bogus bill]

My favorite era of western movies are a little later, like from 1915 through 1940. Very few of that era were ever made. Maybe because I am into the cars, motorcycles airplanes and guns of that era. Also did a know a few of the type that lived it. Durring the 1940`s and world war two I was raised in a old country general store with loafer benchs and sat and listened to the guys. One family friend chased Poncho Villa with General Pershing etc. I had a relative that was on the border patrol back then. Another a county sheriff. I worked with many old time retired cops and retired military types that worked LE as far back as the 1920`s. I had a security job and up to me the chief seemed to hire mostly retired leo and military from everywhere doing their retirement jobs. Many war storys in the middle of a boreing graveyard shift. I worked with retired NYC, Chicago, LAPD, Indiapolis, State Troopers from all over, even retired FBI, CID and CIA. Shortly after I hired in (1965) that all changed.

 

[Skidboot]

Speaking of remakes, the version of The Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp as Tonto would be a definite contender for "worst."

 

[Colonialgirl]

Speaking of remakes, the version of The Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp as Tonto would be a definite contender for "worst."

ANYTHING with that moron in it should be sent immediately to the furnace for total destruction.

 

[daveg.inkc]

Any Western movie where the shooter “throws” his shots. And reloading is never shown. Count the times an actor places hammer down and slides into holster.

 

[eveled]

The Lone Ranger, was pretty corny, but still had its great parts. Seemed like it was aimed at kids, but if you got past that it was pretty decent.

Tge movie with Johnny Depp? Total garbage. My vote for worst western ever. They could have elevated it to a gritty grown up version, instead they made it into a joke

 

[Bob Wright]

Any Western movie where the shooter “throws” his shots. ..........................................................

I believe it was Elmer Keith who espoused that method. He wrote of firing from horseback and shooting at rabbits of firing "with a chopping motion" or words to that effect.

And the practice of firing then raising the revolver to cock it may have led to the "throwing of the shot" as it was a common practice to raise the muzzle up to allow the fragments of the cap to fall free and not down into the action when firing the old cap-and-ball revolvers.

And, noticeable with old actor Harry Carey was his blowing his breath down the receiver f his Winchester to soften the fouling. Just came natural to him.

Bob Wright

 

[LDM]

How about the "Terror of Tiny Town"?

 

[BearBio]

Any of the Trinity movies. Never saw one because I couldn't sit through any of them!

 

[Rick Courtright]

There were bad westerns?

Hi,

About a year ago I ran into a handful of John Wayne movies from the '30s and his time at Republic Pictures. I guess this was probably about the peak of the contract system that turned out movies almost by the month. There were a few candidates for "bad" westerns in that mix, but I can't pick out one in particular.

Rick C

 

[caryc]

And if you want to fall out of your chair laughing, find a copy of "The Legend of Evil Roy Slade"

A short clip... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch_vloEDFbk

So many funny scenes in that movie, it's just one right after another.

He comes riding into town on a shetland pony with his feet dragging and says "That's the last time I steal a horse from a midget".

He gets into a fight with a midget and hollers "I'm fightin' a toy cowboy".

They throw him a surprise birthday party. He walks into the room and they all yell SURPRISE, so he draws his guns and hollers AMBUSH and starts blasting away.

Next scene they are all eating the birthday cake and spitting out bullets.

About the funniest movie I've ever seen.

 

[caryc]

Any Western movie where the shooter “throws” his shots. ..........................................................

I believe it was Elmer Keith who espoused that method. He wrote of firing from horseback and shooting at rabbits of firing "with a chopping motion" or words to that effect.

And the practice of firing then raising the revolver to cock it may have led to the "throwing of the shot" as it was a common practice to raise the muzzle up to allow the fragments of the cap to fall free and not down into the action when firing the old cap-and-ball revolvers.

And, noticeable with old actor Harry Carey was his blowing his breath down the receiver f his Winchester to soften the fouling. Just came natural to him.

Bob Wright

At the opening of The Lone Ranger shows, he's galloping on Silver and shooting. As he's cocking the gun, he raises it up so it's almost pointing at his hat. Then he's practically shooting between Silver's ears. Silver must have been deaf as a stump.

 

[caryc]

Speaking of remakes, the version of The Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp as Tonto would be a definite contender for "worst."

I agree but there was a good line they kept repeating..."There's something wrong with that horse".

 

[caryc]

Speaking of remakes, the version of The Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp as Tonto would be a definite contender for "worst."

ANYTHING with that moron in it should be sent immediately to the furnace for total destruction.

What do you expect from a guy with a dead bird on his head?

 

[Ugly Hombre]

The wild wild west movie was awful-

And in general- its hard to make a good western with the p/c fops serving as 'actors' in hollywood those days.

Clint Eastwood at 90 years old is about to make a western called "Cry Macho" not a shoot um up but a type of Jr Bonner story- its based on the 1975 novel "Cry Macho''

https://deadline.com/2020/10/clint-eastwood-cry-macho-warner-bros-1234582757/

"The film will star Eastwood as a onetime rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1978, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their back way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man. The New York Times described it as a morality tale about two characters who help each other through tough transitions."

Hollywood only puts out 1-2 good movies every year "Cry Macho" with Eastwood is sure to be one of them. and he won't let them P/C the story up- turn the "Comical Fighting Rooster" 'Macho' featured in the story-into a hen etc.

 

[paboxcall]

I'd agree the Lone Ranger remake was terrible.

For a favorite, gotta be John Wayne's "Big Jake."

 

[Paul B]

That town they destroyed in The Wild Wild West was the entire movie town set for Silverado.

Paul B.

 

[sfhogman]

John Astin is one unbelievably funny guy. Still teaches acting at Johns Hopkins University, so I understand.
"I'm feeling MUCH better now...."

Jeff

 

[bogus bill]

I used to work with russell wiggins.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927805/ Prior to me working with him Russ was special forces in Nam and a deputy for Los Angeles county. He was told he couldnt stay a deptuty and a actor so worked security with me. I seen him in one gunsmoke doing a triffic job of shooting a sharps carbine as a cavary trooper. As I retired we lost touch. There were some actors that were the real deal, Russ was and so were a few others I was blessed to know and work with.

 

[OVERLOADDED]

. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST.
One of Bronsons best

Agreed, have a personal copy! Overloadded