310 to Yuma

[Shpira]

Re: 310 to Yuma

okay fair enough...maybe your right I was so pissed of with the fact that he killed his gang that I had to light up a cigarette at that point...i might have missed that...still it stands that the ending is quite stupid.
He is one: a wanted man
two: on his own

but thanks for pointing out the whistling

[Jibgolly]

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saw it last night. thought it was good, but to be compared to Unforgiven is blasphemy. i'd recommend it to friends, but it's not a standout film in any way for me.

[Miguel]

Re: 310 to Yuma

this is a good movie ... stop complaining about the ending, its a f'n movie

not to be compared with unforgiven

[picklemonkey]

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okay fair enough...maybe your right I was so pissed of with the fact that he killed his gang that I had to light up a cigarette at that point...i might have missed that...still it stands that the ending is quite stupid.
He is one: a wanted man
two: on his own

but thanks for pointing out the whistling

here's the point that I got out of it... (using the spoiler tag to try to spread its use, even though this whole thread is one big spoiler): Spoiler warning - Mark text to read it

earlier in the movie he said "I've always liked you Byron, but you never know when to shut up. Even bad men love their mommas" and throws the dude off the cliff for the insult. It shows that he places his parents above everything else in life. So when Bale tells him that his son thinks he's a failure because he got shot by his own men for retreating from a battle, Crowe realizes and sympathizes to the fact that he'd rather die trying to earn respect from his son than not be respected by him at all. He plays along with it because he doesn't expect the guy to make it past the whole town, because he knows how to escape from the prison, because he expects to find a way off the train before he even gets there, and because he wants the boy to treat his parents how "even bad men" do it. If he would've jumped on that train even after his men saved him they probably would've killed him because they risked their lives for him, so he had to kill them. It also proved that the father made enough of an impact to get him to willingly set off for Yuma, plus it couldn't hurt to maybe let the rest of the town(?) think Bale succeeded with getting him on the train and had a last stand as it chugged off

I loved it. maybe a bit far-fetched, but if the dude was confident about Yuma then why not?

[Kamal]

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^^ good point

[pisana]

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I watched this movie earlier this evening and i have to say it's one of the best movies to come out of Hollywood in 2007.

[nick007]

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Was plastered when i watched it lastnight/ this morning not bad for a western hic!

[jcole]

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i picked this film up at blockbuster, when i brought it home to watch with the family they were expecting some black and white roy rogers shit.. they watched it from start to finish then again the next day... great movie....

[simonr]

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Fantastic film - used to love westerns when I was a kid.

Pretty much everything Christian Bales has done has been great. That scene with the laminated business cards in American Psycho cracks me up every time.