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Rypro 525 04-30-04 10:45 PM


Originally posted by Joe Molotov
They do have a guy getting shot in the head at point-blank range. That and a healthy smathering of language of and violence is enough I think for an R rating.
yeah, but it wasn't graphic, and what language?? i heard an s word here and there, but thats it. hell you can even show a bullet go through a persons hand and get a pg-13 (daredevil)

The Zizz 04-30-04 10:47 PM

I liked it.

Rivero 05-01-04 02:01 PM


Originally posted by Get Me Coffee
Tombstone still the best modern age western to date.
You have got to be kidding me. Kurt Russel's hilariously fake-looking mustache alone prevents it from approaching anywhere near that title.

RyoHazuki 05-01-04 02:31 PM


Originally posted by Rivero
You have got to be kidding me. Kurt Russel's hilariously fake-looking mustache alone prevents it from approaching anywhere near that title.
Ya I know. Young Guns was da bomb yo!!!!@1

Michael Corvin 05-01-04 04:39 PM

I really liked this one, but I do have to agree with Sessa on one thing. Lack of a great villian. For the life of me I can't even remember anything about him.

I also think it would have benefitted from more than one gunfight. I did notice watching it that the first bullet fired is 90 mins. in. And that was at a mirror in a bar! I enjoy slow pacing and engaging characters, but it was kinda disappointing for a western in that [gunfight, lack thereof] aspect. Still very enjoyable though.

FinkPish 05-01-04 05:13 PM

I am really confused by a lot of comments here. People are complaining that the film uses a lot of cliches and then in the next breath complain that it doesn't have a good bad guy or enough gunfights, like EVERY OTHER WESTERN. So if it conformed to every other Western, with a good bad guy and plenty of gunfights, then it would be better, and less cliched? Hmmmm.

rexinnih 05-02-04 11:26 AM

Not an overly huge Costner fan but I enjoyed it.

NaturalMystic79 05-30-04 12:59 AM

Just saw it tonight for the first time. DTS track blew me away, especially the gun fights. Acting was better than average for a Coster flick, and Duvall was great. What really brought it down was the stupid love story that turned a good movie until a bloated mess towards the end. If they ended after the gunfight, the movie would of been excellent.

Rivero 05-30-04 01:01 AM

Good movie, great acting, one hell of a gunfight.

mikehunt 05-30-04 01:34 PM

Costner firing 9 or 10 shots from a 6 shot single action revolver was pretty sad

jaeufraser 05-30-04 03:43 PM


Originally posted by mikehunt
Costner firing 9 or 10 shots from a 6 shot single action revolver was pretty sad
Maybe the filmmakers decided not to show him reloading? Sometimes plot holes can be filled with your imagination you know...

mikehunt 05-30-04 08:04 PM

but it was 9 or ten in a row as he was running. no way he could have reloaded. he was doing that "hit the hammer with your hand while holding the trigger" then that people do with single actions to get a higher firing rate

Saxofonix 06-01-04 03:54 AM


Originally posted by Oraphus
the thing is it was one big built up to one gun fight.. it's a western with one gun fight WTF!? .... that took about two hours to develop.

aaaah, but what a gunfight!
The gun fight is amazing on a surround sound system.


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