I'd put Last of the Mohicans in there...just because of Daniel Day Lewis...but it's really not a western.

It was the west before it was the west. Loise L'Amour has written several books on the settling of the east, but his character "Jubal Sackett" went west, when going west wasn't cool. Very good novel!

I'd put Last of the Mohicans in there...just because of Daniel Day Lewis...but it's really not a western.

It was the west before it was the west. Loise L'Amour has written several books on the settling of the east, but his character "Jubal Sackett" went west, when going west wasn't cool. Very good novel!

Settlement (annexation, annihilation, call it what you wish) of the west by Europeans began on the east coast of North America, as soon as they landed. Everything was west of there.

Settlement (annexation, annihilation, call it what you wish) of the west by Europeans began on the east coast of North America, as soon as they landed. Everything was west of there.

That's why Hawaii and Alaska were the last states to join the union. (being that they were farthest west.)

That's why Hawaii and Alaska were the last states to join the union. (being that they were farthest west.)

Actually Alaska is considered both the furthest west and the furthest east.:o

Actually Alaska is considered both the furthest west and the furthest east.:o

Here I go again. . . .

That depends on how you look at it.

In regard to east/west, the dividing point is Greenwich, England -- the zero point for Latitude and the farthest west is 180 degrees of Latitude, and from there (although you're still travelling west) you are considered to be on the eastern half of the planet.

The farthest west point of Alaska is Attu Island (in the Aleutians) which is 173 degrees west Longitude. So you still haven't reached the 180 degree point.

If you want to consider U.S. Territories, the eastern-most point is Point Udall, St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (named after Stewart Udall who was a Congressman from Arizona, [1955 to 1961] and later Secretary of the Interior during the Kennedy/Johnson administrations. [1961 to 1969]) And the western-most point is Point Udall, Guam (named after Morris "Mo" Udall who was also a Congressman from Arizona. [1961 to 1991])

(Ain't geography fun.)

Ken V.

Here I go again. . . .

Oh cripes!!!! Nitpicker! :p

Oh cripes!!!! Nitpicker! :p

Yep.

It served me well in my work, so I kind of carried it on into other things as well.

(And yes, I even annoy myself at times.)

Ken V.

I was wondering if No Country for Old Men could be considered a western? If it is then I may have to reshuffle my top 5.

I was wondering if No Country for Old Men could be considered a western? If it is then I may have to reshuffle my top 5.

Anything John Carpenter has ever done is at it's base a western. Hell, even look at Ghosts of Mars. It's Assualt on Precinct 13... which is again a remake of Rio Bravo, a film that has been remade countless times even by the original filmmaker.

Whether something is a western is alot more complicated than we generally think.

Whether something is a western is alot more complicated than we generally think.

Not really.

John Carpenter has yet to make a Western. A film having a base story similar to another Western does not make it a Western.