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3:10 To Yuma Is No Unforgiven
- by Marisa
- January 13, 2008
It isn’t often that my family sits down to watch a movie together. Usually, we don’t all agree on the movie. Besides, the kids have school and homework on weeknights and Kendyll is here on weekends so there just isn’t a good time.
Last night Nick took Kendyll to the mall so we took advantage of that and decided to watch 3:10 to Yuma. We pushed the loveseats and chairs around in a sort of theater seating set-up and kicked back for what is touted as “the best western since Unforgiven.”
I’m no movie critic; my likes and dislikes seldom mesh with people in the know. I enjoy westerns and loved Unforgiven but my husband is the real western fan. I doubt there’s a western he hasn’t seen. And so.
I liked it, though it isn’t as good as Unforgiven. I think I really liked Russell Crowe, which made the whole film worth watching. Christopher Bales kept making me think of a young James Brolin while Ben Foster totally creeped me out in a really good way.
My husband, on the other hand, did not like the movie. He said it was nowhere as good as Unforgiven and he’d have been happy to just not see it. He got tired waiting for the action. My husband isn’t necessarily a blood and gore kind of guy in movies but he does like action and this one didn’t measure up for him.
It’s only fair to say that the kids liked 3:10 to Yuma as much as I did. They’ve not seen many westerns, though, so I guess they don’t have the same perspective as their dad.
Now I’m wondering if anyone out there has watched the original made in 1957 with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. If so, and you’ve seen this latest release, how do they compare? Anyone?
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Crazy! We watched this last night also!
I haven’t seen Unforgiven, although my dad (the Eastwood fan) love it. I was biased toward 310 to Yuma, cause I adore Christian Bale.
The problem with people not liking 3:10 to Yuma is it’s not a “western”…It is only a western in the sense of time period. If people watch it thinking they are watching a “western” of course they will be disappointed…It’s more of a period piece. A story that happened in the same time as these “westerns.” It’s based off a short story which starts in the hotel room. The differences in the old movie are here…http://imdb.com/title/tt0050086/synopsis The new one is done WAY better in my opinion!