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No... seen none of the sequels.....

June 30, 2025 03:04PM
I'm gun shy. laughing smiley Lonesome Dove I believe to be the greatest production of all time.... of anything ever put on film/digital it's tops. Some others are close but Lonesome Dove, for me, is KING. It's actually proof that perfection can be achieved.

And for that reason... I'm VERY hesitant to watch any sequel while admitting that it's possible some of them are very, very good.

And Lonesome Dove isn't the only movie I treat that way. Several other movies I consider classics have had sequels, or remakes, and I will very seldom watch them. I have done so, a very few times, and nearly always been disappointed.

Kind of related - a list of the movies I've seen the most times - not in any order OR ranked by how much I liked them... this is just what comes to mind:

Lonesome Dove
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Casablanca
The Wizard of Oz
The Dish
Local Hero
Citizen Kane
The Godfather (Godfather II is close... Godfather III I saw once)
E.T.
It's A Wonderful Life
To Kill A Mockingbird

Just a guess but I'd say of those above It's A Wonderful Life would be "most" for me.

I'm sure there are other that should be in that list - but next: Somewhat close but not as much as the above -

Stagecoach
The Graduate
12 Angry Men
Forest Gump
Unforgiven
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Jaws
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Shane
Dances With Wolves
No Country For Old Men

Seen those many, many times each. Some I like as much as my first list BUT... no opportunity to see them as often.

Just to end this... I'm not good at 'remembering' loved movies 'off the cuff'.... so I'm POSITIVE I left out some I have seen just as much as those I listed. - JamesJM
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  just remembered.....I've seen

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  Try out High Plains Drifter

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  Definitely one of the best. I'm torn between that and Outlaw Jose Wales.

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  I've probably seen all his westerns...

JamesJM27June 12, 2025 12:11PM

  Re: I've probably seen all his westerns...

SeattleRam24June 12, 2025 12:29PM

  Lonesome Dove

IowaRam23June 30, 2025 02:43PM

  No... seen none of the sequels.....

JamesJM16June 30, 2025 03:04PM

  Here's why I'm not fond of trying to make lists....

JamesJM16June 30, 2025 03:06PM

  Is No Country for Old Men the best

Atlantic Ram20June 30, 2025 03:19PM

  I don't think the Coen Bros. have ever made a bad film...

JamesJM22June 30, 2025 03:39PM

  We were just talking about True Grit today

IowaRam19June 30, 2025 04:01PM

  I agree...

Atlantic Ram19June 30, 2025 05:06PM

  There are quite a few I have not seen.

JamesJM24June 30, 2025 05:55PM

  Re: Lonesome Dove

MamaRAMa22June 30, 2025 03:44PM

  Other then Comanche Moon

IowaRam18June 30, 2025 04:03PM

  I remember you listing those before, Mama... and I feel guilty...

JamesJM19June 30, 2025 07:49PM

  Lonesome Dove one of my Favorites !

BerendsenRam17July 04, 2025 10:51AM

  Right there with you.

Atlantic Ram16June 30, 2025 03:23PM

  I saw that -yes a good one

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  Every Which Way But Loose

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