Is the Western Movie Genre Really Dead? I am afraid that the answer is yes, at least in its purest form. I only have theories about this slow death of the genre. Perhaps the setting is so far away from what the millenial-consciousness public can wrap their minds around. In this age, horses, carriages, cattle, false-fronted wooden buildings, range wars, and such fare is unknown and alien to most urban-dwelling people. There are pockets of people who still live in this reality, but they are probably not the driving force behind the box office and studio movie-making decisions. Most moviegoers may find the old school western corny. And I believe that this is at the crux of the dearth of western movies being made. I must say that I have mixed feelings about some of the more recent western movies. Here are some of the newer westerns and my thoughts 3:10 to Yuma: It was good but I didn't like the ending. I think the good man suffered and the bad man prospered. That's just backwards t...