To: Albion Wilde
How the West Was Won is too often overlooked, and should replace Shane in the top 10. Open Range is one of the few good westerns of recent vintage; I would replace High Noon which is Highly overrated with that.
35 posted on
03/25/2018 3:11:00 PM PDT by
FredZarguna
(And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward 5th Avenue to be born?)
To: FredZarguna
High Noon was the leftist anti-Joe McCarthy western.
54 posted on
03/25/2018 3:20:06 PM PDT by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
To: FredZarguna
How the West was Won is a spectacular achievement. I thought it didn't hold up as well at the end as it did at the beginning and middle. But the portrayal of Western exploration, settlers opening the west, and Manifest Destiny is just awesome. The close of the film with the little narrated vignette about American achievement and pride in our nation just brings tears to my eyes. It always reminds me of what we have lost as a nation.
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