Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
I love a good Western, but they are rare.
Really? Maybe we have different standards, but I don't think good westerns are any rarer than, say good action movies. If you meant "good western" as in "great western", then yes, I'll agree those are far and few between, just as the great action movies are. But honestly, I can pretty much turn on any random western with John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, etc. and be entertained.

Also, there's actually been quite a few really good westerns lately, especially considering the number of total westerns being made: The Proposition (an Outback Western, but it's pretty much still just a Western), 3:10 to Yuma (another not-great-but-still-good one, and quite frankly somewhat better than the original), Broken Trail (NOT Brokeback Mountain) and Appaloosa, the latter two of which easily stand up against the great films of the classic era like the Searchers or Once Upon a Time in the West. Percentage-wise, that's pretty much on par with the percentage of good westerns you would see during the genre's heyday.