film: 3:10 to Yuma
 

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directed by: james mangold (walk the line, girl, interrupted)
starring: russel crowe, christian bale, peter fonda, other rough looking western dudes

plot (from imdb): A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

this is a remake of the 1957 Elmore Leonard written western.

i have read nothing but good things about it so far, and the early reviews have been very positive. comes out sept. 7th

here is to hoping for a sweet western

trailer on youtube. probably higher quality versions elsewhere

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i am so jacked for this movie.
please please please don't let it be a diappointment.

christian bale rules.
elmore leonard rules.
good westerns rule.

good combo.

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I just saw it. Very well done. 8.5/10. Crowe is amazing, Bale is good, and Crowe's right hand man is unbelievable. I dont even know his name, but he was fantastic. Definitely a must see.

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I just found out the kids name. Ben Foster.

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If I were a woman I would want to have Christian Bale's babies. Just saying.

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ahhh man this movie looks great. can't wait to see it.

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i saw the preview friday nite when i went to see The King of Kong...and i was SO stoked for a good western. My dad raised me on those...and Tombstone is one of my all time favorite movies. I really hope it's very good too!
Since i am a woman, i would want to have Christian Bale's, well ya know. just saying.

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I saw this last night. I'm usually not that interested in Western movies, but this was an excellent movie. Very good actors. Good actions. A simple story which is what I like. No sexy time, but who cares.

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I saw this last night. I'm usually not that interested in Western movies, but this was an excellent movie. Very good actors. Good actions. A simple story which is what I like. No sexy time, but who cares.

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Isn't that better? No love story to [censored] it up. Or is there a love story but with no sexy time?

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Isn't that better? No love story to [censored] it up. Or is there a love story but with no sexy time?

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There's some family love, but virtually no pure love story and VERY tiny bit of a sexy time.

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The original was a really good movie, and it's a fantastic script, so I can't see this one being [censored] up that badly.

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Right, but they supposedly held to the script and the plot this time.

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Right, but they supposedly held to the script and the plot this time.

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I hope so. I'm a huge Elmore Leonard fan. Be Cool the movie made me want to go outside and strangle small furry animals.

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Getting ridiculously good reviews - Tomato meter at 93%
Can't wait to see this.

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I hope so. I'm a huge Elmore Leonard fan. Be Cool the movie made me want to go outside and strangle small furry animals.

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especially after how entertaining Get Shorty was.

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I am a big Crowe fan. I'll have to check this out next weekend.

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i think he is so far and away the coolest actor out there that i have a hard time thinking up #2 because it is a pale pale comparision. he has done good work in a ton of different roles and has been believable in all of them, even the stinkers.

patrick bateman, batman, trevor reznick--all the same guy?!

enough said. if i had a sister she would HAVE to have his babies. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] J.

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It was awesome. A very good movie. Some funny parts throughout. Both Crowe and Bale are very good. Certain parts of the ending were a bit predictable, but it was excellent nonetheless.

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I read a review today that said people that love westerns are going to hate the ending.

I dont know what that means really.

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I went to see it last night and though it was fanstastic. It's been a very long time since I've seen a good western so I especially enjoyed this one. I was hooked from opening coach robbery. Great plot, good action, and great acting and I thought the ending was excellent. It has been a while since I enjoyed myself at the movies as much as I did last night.

I was reminded of how much love Russel Crowe when he isn't making A Good Year.

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I love westerns and I thought the ending was fine.

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i'm a bit surprised by the responses. i saw it last night and thought it was a bit meh.

i didn't think it was a bad movie. it wasn't my kind of movie though. my problem with the movie was this: while i was watching it, i was thinking to myself "this isn't real. this is obv just a movie. this stuff could never actually happen. people would never talk this way. etc." the dialogue was too dramatic. and the drama just stuck me as too pronouced.

i much prefer movies where i feel like i'm just watching a glimpse into a day/week/life of a ("real") person. some examples off the top of my head: sideways, once, two girls and a guy

(side note: russell crowe is always playing these uber-charismatic roles, and honestly he just strikes me as someone who wouldn't really be that charismatic if i met him on the street. i do agree though that christian bale is the real deal.)

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Saw it and thought overall it was a bland tedious action flick that just happened to take place in the Wild West.

Both actors are decent and the supporting characters are solid but thought the story was dull, contrived, and predictable...Crowe's character was laughably lame at times. Some scenes made no sense to me, ending made me roll my eyes.

Didn't think much of the directing/cine...basically non stop tight shots.

Hopefully Assasination of Jesse James will be much better...at the very least the directing will be better.

Thumbs down but worth seeing.

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Early buzz is it's extremely boring and way too long.

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Early buzz is it's extremely boring and way too long.

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The buzz is going two ways. People either hate it or love it.
I usually prefer that over everyone saying its pretty good.

I have friends who saw it that said it is a touch to long but awesome non the less. Course if you hate Terrance Malick type films you probably won't like it.

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CDS,

Which scenes made him seem lame? Which scenes made no sense?

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Scene where he goes off and kills Indians then doesn't either a:) run away or B:) kill the guys taking him to be hanged.

Ben Foster rides thru town screaming "this town is gonna burn" shoots a couple of dudes then rides off.

Scene where he gets all emotional at Christian Bales confession and decides ya I'll run with you to the train so you'll feel better and maybe your kid will think your a cool dad.

Basically the entire end of the movie is retarded.

All 5 guys are up in the hotel...the bad guys(who have said they're going to kill everyone in the hotel room) are in plain sight about 10-20 feet away just like standing around and no one thinks...[censored] we could probable each take one out per person if we just shoot them now.

The bad guys don't simply stand outside each of the exits for the hotel.

The bad guys chase Crowe and Bale and shoot like crazy despite the fact they'll probably kill their boss.

Christian Bale gets Crowe on the train then despite the bad guys closing in and his son being nearby...turns his back to them so he can have a heart to heart talk with Crowe before being shot in the back.

Crowe decides to kill his entire posse and then get on the train. Ya..i know they tried to establish that like he realizes he's got some good in him after all, or he should pay for his sins blah blah blah...gay.

Crowe basically is both the dumbest and most lovable/kind and caring highway roberyman/cold blooded killer to ever exist in the Wild West.

there were countless more examples but I forget them.
Also the directing and cine was totally lacking for any style what so ever. Deadwood was shot better than this movie.

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<font color="white"> that's not his gang shooting at Ben Wade. It's the townspeople trying to score their $200 </font>



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<font color="white"> he gets on the train so that christian bale's wife will get the 1k. He whistles for the horse so he can hop out the window and escape. He kills his hang out of revenge for murdering Bale.

In general, I think the break between who Ben Wade is before the strangling/confession scene and after it is just too ridiculous. Overall, I still enjoyed the movie though.
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ya its a watchable movie just like i said i thought its more a mindless action flick than it is a good western.

<font color="white"> once they are running post confession...its mainly the gang doing the shooting. Also...one might think they'd have a guy at the train station just in case but whatever. I know "why" Crowe kills his gang and then gets on the train but thought character wise it was incredibly dumb. They spent the whole movie setting up that Crowe is basically a good guy so guess i cant complain. If he really wanted to help he could just give the wife like 10,000 etc etc. </font>

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I saw this and liked it a lot. Some really cheesy lines in the beginning, but other than that pretty damn good. Same ol' western themes, pretty much what I expected for a western made in 2007. I agree that Wade's number two was [censored] awesome. I thought it was believable enough, especially considering the last 10 seconds (for CDS/others).

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<font color="white"> It's not that he had some huge change of heart pre and post confession... he liked and respected bale's character the whole time. They set up the entire thing, including his disdain for his crew as well. He doesn't just get on the train so his wife gets the money, he gets on the train so the son's image of his father is greater. </font>

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Just saw it, mostly agree with CharlieDontSurf. It's not awful, but there are a ton of standard action/western movie cliches and the Crowe character wasn't very well developed, imo. Also didn't care much for the ending, which seemed like a weak compromise. Lots of great acting performances, though.

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ending made no sense whatsoever.