There hasn't been a good Western in a while. At least, not by my reckoning. Last one I thought was truly something was "Unforgiven," and that came out in the 1990s.

As a rule, I don't like the idea of remakes. I think it stems from seeing too many bad ones or seeing an original so brilliant that it's a big "WHY?" when the remake is announced. Like, the Johnny Depp "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Sorry, but why did that need to be done? Gene Wilder was beyond brilliant in that film. Gah. 

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