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Tombstone
Synopsis: Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and his brothers, Morgan (Bill Paxton) and Virgil (Sam Elliott), have left their gunslinger ways behind them to settle down and start a business in the town of Tombstone, Ariz. While they aren't looking to find trouble, trouble soon finds them when they become targets of the ruthless Cowboy gang. Now, together with Wyatt's best friend, Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer), the brothers pick up their guns once more to restore order to a lawless land.
My Rating: 8/10
Edit: I just watched this again and here's my take...
The first half is pretty close to a 10/10 for me, it's a really high 9/10. It's excellent. But it falls apart for me in the 2nd half as soon as the women gets shot at and Sam Elliot get wounded. Bill Paxton leaves pissed off into the storm coming off like he's going for revenge. NOPE. The very next scene he's shooting pool and then 2 seconds later he gets shot which then kills him. Wtf is that stupid shit lol it made 0 sense. I also HATED Michael Rooker turning face and switching sides just because they shot at the women. Michael Rooker is the perfect actor for a villain. They should not have made him switch over.
When Sam Elliot and the women leave on the train the rest of the film should have just been Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer only going after the gang. Clint Eastwood/Lee Van Cleef would have killed the entire gang. Paul Newman/Robert Redford would have went down shooting. Kurt and Val should have had a better ending to this film. Even Docs death was anticlimactic. He's playing cards and tells Kurt Russell to leave and then he dies. He deserved a better ending imo
NO NO NO NOO NOOO NOOO wasted the death of a really good villain. Kurt walking into the open where all of the bad guys miss every single shot at him is one thing I will always hate in movies especially this one.
I also hated the love angle between Kurt and the actress. The ending itself was so corny/cheesy/lame/sappy romantic ending that should never take place in a western.
I love the first half and I strongly dislike the 2nd half.
First half high 9/10
Second half high 6 low 7/10
Overall 8/10 it's a great movie that should have been a masterpiece but it isn't. For me I will gladly watch the first hour and then Im turning it off.
Synopsis: Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and his brothers, Morgan (Bill Paxton) and Virgil (Sam Elliott), have left their gunslinger ways behind them to settle down and start a business in the town of Tombstone, Ariz. While they aren't looking to find trouble, trouble soon finds them when they become targets of the ruthless Cowboy gang. Now, together with Wyatt's best friend, Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer), the brothers pick up their guns once more to restore order to a lawless land.
My Rating: 8/10
Edit: I just watched this again and here's my take...
The first half is pretty close to a 10/10 for me, it's a really high 9/10. It's excellent. But it falls apart for me in the 2nd half as soon as the women gets shot at and Sam Elliot get wounded. Bill Paxton leaves pissed off into the storm coming off like he's going for revenge. NOPE. The very next scene he's shooting pool and then 2 seconds later he gets shot which then kills him. Wtf is that stupid shit lol it made 0 sense. I also HATED Michael Rooker turning face and switching sides just because they shot at the women. Michael Rooker is the perfect actor for a villain. They should not have made him switch over.
When Sam Elliot and the women leave on the train the rest of the film should have just been Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer only going after the gang. Clint Eastwood/Lee Van Cleef would have killed the entire gang. Paul Newman/Robert Redford would have went down shooting. Kurt and Val should have had a better ending to this film. Even Docs death was anticlimactic. He's playing cards and tells Kurt Russell to leave and then he dies. He deserved a better ending imo
NO NO NO NOO NOOO NOOO wasted the death of a really good villain. Kurt walking into the open where all of the bad guys miss every single shot at him is one thing I will always hate in movies especially this one.
I also hated the love angle between Kurt and the actress. The ending itself was so corny/cheesy/lame/sappy romantic ending that should never take place in a western.
I love the first half and I strongly dislike the 2nd half.
First half high 9/10
Second half high 6 low 7/10
Overall 8/10 it's a great movie that should have been a masterpiece but it isn't. For me I will gladly watch the first hour and then Im turning it off.
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