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3:10 to Yuma Welcome back western, we missed you
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So I caught the sneak preview of the 3:10 to Yuma on sunday. It was a surprisingly well crafted character tale with some brutality and solid direction. Bale and Crowe work great in the leads and the supporting cast was solid with some suprises (I had no idea Alan Tudyk was in this). Not a lot of jump cutting is done and the locale is pretty bleak looking, the western towns feel real dirty and sparse. More Pale Rideresque then say Tombstone. All in all this is a great modern western, even if its a remake.
Did anyone else catch the sneak preview? Or anyone else interested in this?
Did anyone else catch the sneak preview? Or anyone else interested in this?
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
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I'm probably going to see it this weekend. Shoot 'em Up comes first, though (that's this friday, right?).
Anyway, I'm glad to hear that Bale did not disappoint (does he ever? *Swoon*)
Gun play was more tombstonesque then say Unforgiven, but it worked in the movie.
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Alpha Dog was a bit of a hit-and-miss flick, but his part as a skinhead, kung-fu tweaker was brilliant. Bad mo-fo.
He also did Hostage with Bruce Willis and literally stole every scene he was in. The guy has potential and seems to have some serious chops. Like to see him in a vehicle that has more exposure for his character. 3:10 certainly gave him some much needed room to move, and I hope this lands him some bigger and better parts in the action/drama/thriller genres.
Serious miscast with him as Angel in X-Men 3. But he'll be in 30 Days of Night which looks promising. He's also going to be in a rom/com that will probably give him cancer.
I'd like to see him get a starring vehicle in an action movie, perhaps Mangold or Wan can direct it. I tell you I wasn't a fan of the first saw movie, but Death Sentence had some solid direction and what limited action scenes were in the movie were very nice.
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The girlfriend just started her school semester which apparently means we don't go to movies anymore.
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inre: Death Sentence, some of the most realistic brawls in film I have ever seen.
This is why I haven't even gotten to see Bourne Ultimatum yet.
Yeah I was tempted to make a topic for Death Sentence, but didn't want to add two new topics in a day. The brawls were realistic, camera wasn't jumpy, and the end shootout was like the rest of violence, brutal and shocking.
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Quit being so fucking whipped.
As for death sentence from the wiki on it.
According to the author of the movie based on his novel, Brian Garfield gave a positive nod to the film by stating in his official website, "While I could have done with a bit less blood-and-thunder, I think it's a stunningly good movie. In the details of its story it's quite different from the novel, but it's a movie, not a novel. In its cinematic way it connects with its audience and it makes the same point the book makes, and those are the things that count."
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Sounds like you haven't seen Empire of the Sun yet.
By far the most annoying, excruciating ADHD-instilled performance in any movie ever. God I wanted that kid to die SO much.
But I guess he was only like 10 or so back then and has admittedly improved somewhat since then.
History of Violence - brilliant. Can't wait for Eastern Promises.
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I am glad more people saw Death Sentence over the weekend, I thought it was a great character portrayal, people acted like people for the most part, not machines. Goodman was awesome as the gun dealer for what little part he was in it.
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The cop was awful. The wife was awful. Luke (the younger brother) was totally forgettable -- I didn't care about him at all.
But most of all the script was just horrible. Cliche after cliche, with some really gaping plot holes.
Which would have been fine if they had made it out to be a grindhouse flick from the beginning, but they kept mixing that with Serious Business.
Both aspects of the movie had really great moments, but it was just so damn inconsistent, both in tone and execution.
Still, I was entertained, and I've definitely seen worse.
At the same time though - with those feelings come the idea that I know I'm going to over hype myself for this.
So I'm going to try to remain calm and go see it after classes friday.
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In other news, remember when Jason Statham was cool?
I actually did the same thing. O_o
I actually enjoyed War more than Death Sentence; at least War was consistent -- consistently badass. :P
But seriously, War was stupid, bloody fun. I got what I came for, what I knew I was getting. I saw Jason Statham and Jet Li kicking the shit out of people, and that's all I wanted.
Death Sentence couldn't figure out what it wanted to be, and I really don't like that in a movie. I can get behind most any movie that sets out to be something, and acheives that goal (except maybe when that goal is right-wing propaganda). Want to be a stupid gorefest? Great. If you do that well, I'll probably enjoy that more than a half-assed attempt at something deeper.
I liked war for what it was, but War seemed like it just wanted to be a rated R movie. "We have blood, we have tits, we have some more blood!" Where as Death Sentence was a good character study and a general degradation of the guys goals.
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You should definitely check out Open Range - it's a fabulous flick. It's not a "revisionist Western" like Unforgiven or Dances with Wolves, and it's not an action movie that just happens to be in the West like Tombstone; it's an honest to god 1950s Western that was just made fifty years too late, was filmed in color and stars Costner and Duvall instead of Gary Cooper and William Holden.
When did he become otherwise?
The Transporter I & II.
And a definite nod to Death Sentence. I think that it's unfortunate the way the movie was promoted, it made it look entirely too much like an "action revenge badass" flick as opposed to the character study that it was. I think too many people had an idea that it would be like some cool "Dad kills *eeevilll* gangsters" movie as opposed to what it was, which I thought was great in itself. But, depending on how hard you were holding onto that "badass" vision, you could be disappointed. If you held onto that, the fighting and chase stuff could seem inconsistent with the rest of the movie. I think it helps to view the gore and the gunplay and the foot-chase as indicative of the father's descent. It all comes back to the head gangster's comment at the end, and the action elements are just the proof:
"Look at you, you look like us...look what I *made* you."
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Forget it...
My best friend's name is Ben Foster.
One of my brother's besties is Kurt Russell. Which never fails to amuse.
It wasn't though, because I was constantly being taken out of that by ridiculous gore, ridiculous sets, ridiculous acting, ridiculous clichés, and ridiculous plot-holes.
The script can perhaps best be described as an abomination.
Bacon and Goodman did a hell of a lot with what they were given, but they just weren't given very much.
And all the gangbangers were totally boring, one-dimensional, replacable.
It held my interest, but not very well, and it sure as hell wasn't a quality flick.