I saw the movie over the weekend, and despite having never seen a single Western in my entire life, I loved almost every bit of it. I guess it was just because it was so refreshing to see such nice action sequences and character development in an otherwise bland movie world. The movie had a great story line, and the acting was great. My dad is a huge fan of Westerns, and I always thought he was a wierdo until I saw this movie. Now I think I'm going to bust out all of his old Westerns and watch them myself. I had no idea that they were so epic. Honestly I prefer this type of movie over most action types nowadays. Anyone else agree that they should start reviving this dead franchise?
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
As long as the films are entertaining, I wouldn't mind seeing more.
Posted by Indemnity (Member # 11012) on :
I saw 3:10 to Yuma opening weekend and while I enjoyed it, it wasn't a homerun for me. It was very well done in every sense and the only reason why I didn't give it full marks was because of personal preference. I like my characters, especially in the american western genre, to be bad or good. I don't mind the occasional character that blurs the good - evil line but the whole change of heart character doesn't usually sit well with me. Like I said, personal preference. Otherwise it was a good flick.
As far as the ressurection of westerns go. I firmly believe that they were never dead and never will be. They are known to be relatively low cost to produce and they are an excellent way for Hollywood to market new male face as leading men. Now good westerns, that's another story. Robert Duvall spoke of the western genre at the Emmy's this year as being "completely American" and pleaded for more to be made and pride to be taken from them.
Btw if you are interested in westerns, The Assination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is out. Here is the link to it's trailer on apple.com
quote:As far as the ressurection of westerns go. I firmly believe that they were never dead and never will be.
That's exactly what I was going to say. They may have reduced in number from the days when John Wayne came out with a new one every month, but they've never gone away. In many ways, sci-fi has adopted the genre a bit, with Firefly being the most obvious example, but there've been anime westerns too, like Trigun, and actual western movies, like Wyatt Earp, Tombstone, and others.
If they keep doing them well, even remakes, I'm all for it.
Posted by krynn (Member # 524) on :
i heard it had good reviews, but i've yet to see it. but all the great westerns seem to have a huge cast of famous ppl. Silverado, Tombstone, Young Guns.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
There've been two major theatre Western releases in the last 10 years: 3:10 to Yuma, and Open Range. Both did pretty well at the box office, and both got pretty good reviews.
Nonetheless, I think it's clear that the genre is dying off, and, except for the occasional remake, I expect that to continue.
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
Did Open Range really do well at the Box Office or get good reviews? I'm not saying it didn't, I'm just saying -- did it really?
I remember reading only reviews that called it plodding and tedious. I remember sitting in a theater with five other people on opening weekend thinking "I can't believe how plodding and tedious this is, but it sure is pretty. So that's something I guess."
Maybe it was just where I lived? I sort of figured the horrible reception it got was the death-knell.
Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
There are three this fall: Open Range, The Assasination of Jesse James, and...another one that I can't remember.