Doing a spontaneous Magnificent Seven sequel series retrospective (because they’re on Prime). Return of the Seven is a turd. Off to the next.
Guns of the Magnificent Seven at least has more of a story going for itself, as well as some pretty solid dialogue - and of course the Spain locations 
So far so good, that was a lot more enjoyable than ‘Return’.
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And to conclude, I “…Ride!” out once more, with the Lee van Cleefinator on my side. Kind of a cheapo TV-movie if you ask me, too bad, but on the plus side it starts off rather surprisingly as some kind of rape and revenge story, morphs into some kind of Dirty Dozen and then some… at least it’s a bit more inventive than the others. Still enjoyable.
Edit: Actually, it kinda grew on me and I loved the fact that it was full of little ideas from start to finish
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Magnificent Seven Ride is my favourite sequel to the original. I didn’t like the other two as much but Ride is definitely one I can rewatch.
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His Name Was King - 4/10
The Burrowers - 5/10
Catlow - 5/10
Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death - 6/10
Gentleman Killer - 4/10
Dead Birds - 4/10
The Seventh Bullet - 6/10 [technically not a western, but close enough]
Decision at Sundown - 6/10
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The Wind. Wow, that was creepy, I was NOT ready for that. On the downside (or upside, not sure), it is super short.
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This 2007 remake of the 1957 original, is one of my favourite Westerns from the past 15-20 years; and is, IMHO, even better than the Van Heflin/Glenn Ford version.
Featuring superb acting from Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, and Peter Fonda, a rousing score by Marco Beltrami, beautiful cinematography, and confident directing from James Mangold, make this oater a winner in my book. This tale is a welcome reminder that life doesn’t always have a happy ending, and that things don’t always go according to plan…
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A number of westerns from Christmas onwards:
Appaloosa
I like this western, the feel of authenticity, Everet Hitch with his eight-gauge shotgun, the atmosphere and character development
Posse
Re-watch. Love the intro and ending by Woody Strode. The movie has a Spaghetti western feeling.
Open range
Another wester that needed a re-watch. Now I noticed that in the night before the shootout they went from town to the doctor and back several times. They should have stayed at a certain place and get ready in stead of getting wet and dry up somewhere
California
Nice twilight Spaghetti western. Still in doubt if it was a first time or second time watch because some scenes looked familiar but then it must have been more than 25 tears ago. I enjoyed this little gem, one of Gemma’s finest
Django Sfida Sartana
Had to get into the story with the different actors for Django and Sartana. No big actor names. Liked some of the introductions with the freezing frame and the way it sometimes was filmed from the perspective of a character. One thing bothered me, after a big fistfight which tore them up pretty much they went to a cemetery and all bruises were gone, washed off?
At least they are no comical duo
The “special effect mouse” when Singer’s niece (Adler Gray) was encountered though was hilarious. And how many shots did Django fire from the pistol thrown at him… and there are more of these continuation mistakes.
But despite the flaws I enjoyed watching the movie
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