Poll: Are Westerns Still Relevant?

[Carboncrown]

A part of their attraction, at least for me, comes from the fact that they're old, kinda like proper bonds... But more importantly I just can't see someone making a new good western mo-

And yes, they are still relevant; No Country for Old Men comes to mind.

That's a western? Oh, everyone just ignore what I said above.

Westerns are some of the better films to come out of Hollywood. They have character development, realistic action, and an actual good story, which is like the Golden Fleece in movies today.

Um, like the Mexican standoff? Now maybe you refer to something else, but the that's the first thing that comes to my mind when mentioning action in westerns, along with just rapidly shooting a revolver from that era and the ending of The Wild Bunch.

By realistic action, I mean that the guns leave believable wounds(no pistol blowing off heads), shots are missed, and the guys RELOAD!

Fair enough. I suppose in movie standards they're relatively realistic.

...but not really ;D

 

[BonsaiK]

do you think westerns are no longer relevant?

Ask him if he likes Star Wars.

Then you can tell him that Star Wars is a western. I'd be interested to see how he reacts.

 

[katsumoto03]

If they are, then you know what else is irrelevant? Everything that has ever been in a movie. Ever.

 

[PureLocke]

Are Gladiator films irrelevant? What about Revolutionary/Civil War films? Cowboys remain a piece of cultural identity for Americans. The popularity of genres waxes and wanes but each has hooks that bring people back. Sci-fi tells us what could be and period pieces/westerns remind us of what once happened (with loads of embellishments). Turkey and Argentina have similar bits of cowboy culture but I don't live there so I won't presume to speak about them.