The problems of the western genre movies that finally made it fade into movie history are many, but there are two major ones that I think that every time when I watched a western movie I hated most: The horrible soundtrack that sync every movement of the actors they played. It's so annoying, so loud, so exaggerated, and most of the time played on and on with unnecessary volume. Funny thing is during 1930 to 1970, every movie, not just the western, contracted an orchestra or a big band with conductors, the musicians to compose the soundtrack music in sync with the actions of the actors' every movement, just like what we used to see and hear in Walt Disney's cartoons, every movement, gesture was dramatically highlighted, emphasized and bombarded with soundtrack, the music never stopped, so over-the-top deafening. Almost drove me crazy when every time I tried to watch a old western movie until later when "Pale Rider" and its similar genre western, the annoying, totally unnecessary soundtracks that bombarded the ears of the audiences suddenly turned subtle and just played at the critical moments with very relevant and appropriate sound effect. But the annoying old style soundtracks used to carry out with the old western, the damage was done beyond salvage. If you don't quite catch what I said here, just try this "Outlaw's Son", then you might understand.
The 2nd thing that I often found unbearable to watch is the costumes these old western actors were wearing: A custom-tailored with modern day fabrics and patterns. Every one in the old western wore smart tailored suits or attires, wearing custom-made gun belts, custom-made jacket, jeans, and nice cowboy hats, everything looked just so fake and unrealistic. Men with guns always wore stylish custom-made tailored tight clothes to look cool. I just couldn't believe during those pioneering era, those guys or women would wear such daily laundered, steam-pressed, ironed clothes with modern styles and materials. Everybody in the western movie just looked so fake and so modern.
These two flaws constantly bothered me whenever I tried to watch the western genre movies. This Outlaw's Son is one of them, I just couldn't watch.