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Summary: liked the movie tombstone better
Review: Liked the movie Tombstone better...Kurt Russel plays
Wyatt Earp..but still it's not quite right in some parts.
For example one scene where he confronts a group of bad
men on the street...he pulls his gun and points it at the
head of the leader and makes a threat to blow his head off
if they don't all back off!
..hogwash!!! Bat Masterson said Wyatt
never pulled his gun unless there was no other course of
action he could take..in this situation Wyatt would (and
often did) grab the bad guy's right hand with his left
hand (preventing him from drawing his gun) and then with
his other hand draw his pistol and use the barrel like a
night stick hitting the guy across the forehead.
Next he would grab the stunned man by the ear and drag
him off to jail. Anyway Hollywood likes to make things
look dramatic..however I would think it would take a lot of
courage to quickly disarm a man the way Wyatt often did.
I did however like the beginning of the movie where he
dresses down the bad guy in the saloon and takes his gun
away and hauls him off to jail.
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Summary: A very good western
Review: A wonderful music score and played the way a western should be played, this movie keeps your interest and is enjoyable (even for three hours). This is not a movie that has a few teenagers (Young Guns, etc.) and is not made if you are looking for that genre'. This is a western made for adults who like movies that are somewhat realistic in how things might have been during that time. Buy this movie!
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Summary: An good film, anchored by one of Costner's strongest roles
Review: This film has received mixed reviews, mostly focused upon differing opinions on Costner's portrayal of Wyatt Earp. Some say that Costner is too stoic and unemotional, while others comments that, well, that's the way Earp really was. Both miss the point.The crux of Costner's performance is that he anchors the film. As a producer, he helped give this motion picture artistic direction, and as an actor, he is the keystone of the production. Granted, Dennis Quaid is tremendous as Doc Holliday. Still, Costner's stage presense in the film give it a great deal of its depth. This is one of Costner's best performances, due largely to his success in portraying Wyatt Earp as a man who was motivated and governed by his own internal code, rather than the hardships that continually confronted him. (Beware: Plot Spoilers ahead!) We follow Wyatt Earp from his boyhood days learning life's lessons from his lawyer father, here protrayed by Gene Hackman. We see Earp enduring the death of his first wife Verilla from Typhoid (watch for the mom from "Little House on the Prairie" portraying Verilla's mother). Earp falls into despair, attempting to drown his sorrows in alcohol. He descends into a criminal existence, only to be incarcerated as a horse thief. He is rescued by his father and journeys west, where he, almost by accident, is drawn into the life of a lawman in Dodge City. What is most compeling about Costner's portrayal of Wyatt Earp is how his character evolves through his confrontations with outlaws. He begins the film as an idealistic, adventurous young man who is at heart a romantic. The tragedy of his first wife's death, coupled with his continual confrontations with ruthless outlaws, causes a profound shift from youthful exuberance to cold, tough survivalism. Earp depends on the enforcement of the law, because in the old west that's all there was to depend upon. Costner successfully portrays Earp's abandonment of his youthful ideals as his reputation as a lawman grows. It is not until Earp finds love again that his inner self appears to be reawakened; this is portrayed in a believeable, if not overly emotional fashion. As aforementioned, it is Costner's stage presense that gives this film its anchor. He presents Earp as a man whose sense of identity was stronger than the wickedness and lawlessness of his countrymen, and it was this quality that gave Earp what he needed to survive and triumph over the criminals that hounded him continually. To the film's credit, this facet of Earp's character is not presently overtly, but rather very successfully inferred by Costner's intense portrayal of one of the Old West's most controversial and misunderstood figures. I strongly recommend this film, particularly to Costner fans. Just about anyone with an interest in the Old West might find merit in this film, so give it a shot (no pun intended). You'll be glad you did. Note: Watch for Tea Leoni's "cameo" as a prostitute attempting to seduce Wyatt during his formative years in the west. Remember her from "The Family Man" with Nick Cage? She's almost unrecognizeable here.
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Summary: Go With Your Instincts The First Time - You'll Thank Me
Review: At the point where you think this movie has ended, turn it off and walk away. If you stay for all of the closings of episodes that feel like they should be signalling the end of the film, you'll be there for days and days -- this movie just goes on and on, far beyond any sensible point in time at which it should have stopped. I'm surprised it didn't take us past World War I and into the Great Depression. That certainly seemed to be how it was trending.
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Summary: Add Me to the List of "Wyatt Earp" Fans
Review: "Wyatt Earp" tries, in only three hours, to portray fully the broad sweep of the life of a complicated man living in tumultuous times. In large part it succeeds. Costner's Earp is well thought out, and beautifully acted. Costner takes us from the young, warm, wide-eyed western newcomer, filled with ambition, who, as personal trials and tragedy follow him, grows ever harder and colder, until he is a match for the hard and cold world in which he lives. Then he meets Josie, who begins to thaw him out just as he must be harder and colder than ever. "Go home, Josie," he tells her at the critical moment, "thinking about you could get me killed." He doesn't get killed, of course; despite the thaw, when he must, he rises to the challenge. Thinking that such events are behind him, more tragedy befalls him, and he finds more demands fall on him--horrible and difficult demands--before he can again warm to Josie's love. Costner captures all this perfectly. Dennis Quade's performance as Doc Holliday nothing short of astounding. Quade is transformed; he IS Doc. This is surely the closest we'll ever come to seeing the actual man. He perfectly captures the acerbic, resent-filled Holiday, condemend to an early death by disease, trying to cheat his comsumption through reckless, fatal confrontations. His caustic wit and belligerent personality have driven away anyone who might be his friend--everyone but Wyatt. This is surely one of the oddest friendships, and difficult to understand. In the scene where they meet, Doc laments that he will never see his native Georgia again. "I'm sorry" says Wyatt. Quade's Doc's eyes flash as they jerk up to study Earp; he's clearly ready to fly into a homicidal rage if he detects the least falseness. But his glare is met by Costner's steady, unflinching, guileless stare. Doc seems surprised, then pleased, in a roundabout way he proposes they be friends and extends his hand to Earp. Nothing more is needed to explain the odd friendship between the two men. It's a richly textured scene with many layers of understanding, perfectly acted by Quade and Costner--who both obviously understand their characters. Historically accurate? No. His brothers never worked as lawmen in Dodge; Doc was merely grazed on the hip at the famous gunfight and never left his feet; only Morgan, among the Earp party, was down when the shooting stopped; Wyatt never stole a horse--at least in the way portrayed in the film; and much more. But "Wyatt Earp" is certainly much more true to history than any other movie about Earp. We can forgive the dramatic digressions because there is so much that goes far in telling the history. It's long, but it needs to be. I found no part of it dull--though some scenes could have had better pacing. It is one of my favorite movies. I watch it over and over, and I enjoy it each time. I join the chorus asking for it to appear on DVD.
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Summary: This movie is perfect!!!!
Review: One of the best movie's ever made! So watch it... buy it actually...I still enjoy watching mine, after "many" viewings!
WHEN WILL IT BE OUT IN DVD...my tape will probably wear out soon!
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Summary: lawman and outlaw
Review: one of the best movies i have ever seen kevin costner and dennis quade play in. it tough being a lawman and an outlaw, i have watched the movie on vhs over 100 times i really enjoy,WYATT EARP
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Summary: a version slightly different from the tombstone with kurt ru
Review: it has a few points about doc holiday and earp's meetings that wasn't in the tombstone version that appealled to me....i've looked high and low for it,but have been unsuccessfull...i hope you have better luck...
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Summary: A life before and after the OK Corral
Review: This is one of Costner's best performances alongside JFK and The War. His Wyatt Earp spans youthful innocence to the depths of self-destruction, bitter rage and hardended maturity. In short, the movie captures Earp's remarkably full life as an evolutionary process. Yes, to tell the biography properly the movie really needs to be 3 hours and it doesn't feel at all long. Costner's Earp is much less the mythic Western hero than an everyman who simply rises to overcome the hardships in his path. Surprisingly, the two traditional Hollywood style love stories effectively offset the otherwise grim anti-Hollywood tone of the movie.
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Summary: Wyatt Earp
Review: A well done saga of a legend in early law enforcement. A hard hitting tale of both the success and failure of a mans struggle to carve out his place in time. Tender at times, while filled with heartaches and recovery, this movie explores the life and times of a man trying to cope with the loss of things held dear, while building a legacy for himself and his brothers. Costner gives an admirable porformance of Wyatt and surely will be remembered for his portrayal. I truly hope this fine movie will be available in dvd format for private collectors soon. We have a special interest in seeing this film preserved, as my wifes family were also Earps.
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