As I near the end of my Baseball marathon, I've been attending to this list. After ballooning to 354, I've trimmed a few titles out to make it more of a true "western" list, meaning some of my more liberal selections saw the ax fall. I just don't want to get too far in over my head with titles more on the fringe of the definition of Western, and I'm sure I'll tinker this list for the years I work though it. Anyway, here are the films I dropped and the reasons why:
Raintree County - seems like more of a Civil War film than Western
Hud - seems more a pure drama, no relation to frontier, outlaw, other Western tropes
Shenendoah - Civil War, not Western
The Last Picture Show - seen it, and while I love it, other than occuring in a West Texas town, not a Western
Badlands - seen it, and while I love it, this is a crime movie, not a Western
Days of Heaven - seen it, and while I love it, this is a crime drama, not a Western
Urban Cowboy - apart from having Cowboy in the title, this doesn't seem to be a western in any other way
Tender Mercies - I had played with the idea of the country music Western, but country music is the only connection
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - See Urban Cowboy
Gerry - seen it, and while I like it, it only takes place in the West, no other real connections
Down in the Valley - character dresses like a cowboy, that sounds like the only connection
Sweetgrass - seen it, and while I really like it, and it fits the rancher/cowboy bill, it's the only doc, and I've seen it, so taking it out
Crazy Heart - see Tender Mercies
The Killer Inside Me - another one that seems more like just a crime movie where a character wheres a cowboy hat and it takes place out west (modern day)
The Rover - seems more post-apocalyptic than Western
I look at this list almost every day in anticipation of finally starting. Really excited for this adventure!