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Im in complete agreement, Hollywood just isnt the same. I rewatched The Unforigven a few months back and while i wont crap on it; i did enjoy it, still its just not even in the same league as the TGTB for my money. I try to check out all the remakes of the old westerns as they keep happening. The last one i thought they actually did a decent job of was The Magnificent Seven. I really really liked 3:10 to Yuma until the ending, they threw away everything they had going and i cant bring myself to go back and watch that abomination now. Ben Foster is my man crush but no even he could save that trainwreck with one of my favourite acting jobs. Im a sucker for some Lee van Cleef il have to check that one out.

To be honest, I much prefer Spaghetti westerns over the American ones. They are somehow much more epic - they are also grittier, dirtier, nihilistic; feels more realistic in their appearance; they feature antiheroes as protagonists, and the representation of the villain is also much more complex than simply "this is a bad guy". I would watch anything with Clint Eastwood though, haha. I watched Death Rides a Horse (1967) a few days ago, a revenge story with a twist starring Lee van Cleef who's amazing again, and John Phillip Law who didn't impress me much, his character and acting just feels "wooden", and his monotone John Wayne impression doesn't help either, but it was interesting to see the chemistry between the two. 7/10 Next up is Once upon a Time in the West, Mercenary (set to be released on BluRay this year!), The Great Silence, and Duck, you Sucker! After that I will lighten up the mood and turn to some Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, namely their Trinity movies hehe.

@HoneyNUFC and the rest of the staff on giving us a new home

TGTB is still my personal favourite western. Outlaw Josie Wales was top notch too. The dollars are always good, Hang em High. Definitely all are rewatchable, probably about time i do the same