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Summary: Wyatt Earp rocks!
Review: I have seen every Wyatt Earp movie, documentary, etc. on Wyatt Earp, and there is no doubt that this movie is by far the best. I completely disagree that Tombstone is better. For one, Dennis Quaid is outstanding. This is the best performance he has ever done, and he puts Val Kilmer to shame as 'Doc'. This movie is also much more informative and accurate than Tombstone. Kevin Costner does a top notch job, and the expanded story line actually gives excellent insight as to why Wyatt Earp was so fearless, and why he acted as though he had nothing to lose. Great movie, should be out on DVD!
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Summary: Maybe more realistic, but not as good
Review: Much of the movie is a snore...it might be more historically accurate, but doesn't compare to Tombstone in terms of entertainment value. Buy this movie if you like the monotonous details of a history class, but not for the intensity that is so addictive in other movies. Dennis Quaid as Doc Holliday is particularly not worth writing home about, which is disappointing due to the very colorful nature of the real Doc. Better to save your ($) and 3 hours on something better.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: I don't know why this movie hasn't caught on. I is a great story about Wyatt Earps life. If you like Tombstone then you will like this movie. This movie hasn't recieved the recognition that it deserves.
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Summary: An Excellent Movie!!!
Review: Wyatt Earp is a masterpiece!!! The theatrical version is great, but the Special Expanded Edition is much better. I wish that they would have shown the whole movie as it appears in the Expanded Edition in the theatres. This version has 20 more minutes of additional footage that is not shown in the original version. There is an expanded wagon train scene, an expanded wedding scene, and many totally new scenes such as Wyatt's confrontation with the cousin of the cowboy he killed in Dodge city. There is also much added footage of the aftermath of the O.K. Corral gunfight, such as the scene where Wyatt and Doc are in jail together awaiting trial for their actions in the gunfight, etc. Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid are awesome as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday! This movie is a masterpiece!!!
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Summary: Can't wait for it to be released on DVD
Review: One of the best westerns of all time. Kostner seems to have nailed it on the head. A much more realistic version than Tombstone. A must have.
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Summary: Wyatt Earp: Review
Review: Exciting action packed film. A step above "tombstone". Costner and Quaid did an excellent job in their roles as Wyatt and Doc. I am looking foward to the DVD release of the film.
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Summary: A lifeless snoozer
Review: Lawrence Kasadan crafted this lifeless snoozer about the life of Wyatt Earp, one of the most legendary figures of the American frontier. Events unfold at a snails pace, and the direction is surprisingly ponderous. While somewhat more truthful to history than "Tombstone", the film demonstrates that the definitive film about the man doesn't exist. This biography follows Earp from teenager to retirement. While it was nice of the filmmakers to show the darker side of Wyatt Earp, the film shows him as being a crack shot and an honest lawman. None of this is true. Most of his legend was little more than legend. Ultimately, the best thing in "Wyatt Earp" is the standout performance by Dennis Quaid as "Doc" Holiday, the sickly killer. He's far more chilling than Val Kilmer, but he's introduced so late in the picture, and so much of his friendship with Earp has to be taken on faith, it isn't really memorable. Why Kevin Costner was chosen is beyond understanding. He's never Wyatt Earp -- he's Kevin Costner. The production values have a gritty and realistic style, but that's no big surprise. In the end, the film simply over extends itself trying to cover too many years, killing the stories emotional power.
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Summary: Oh Please....
Review: Let me say this first! This movie was not good at all! While they did have a few facts in there that people over look, or do not know. It was just bad acting, Costner mostly. And even though i like Dennis Quaid a lot. His "Doc Holliday", was just rotten. Sorry. ... ... ... I am a historian. ... ... ... The fight at the "OK Corral" Was not even at the corral!!! It took place in an alley between buildings! And, the fight was over one thing. Too many people trying to run the same organizations. They all did prostitution, opium, saloons, you name it! And the Earps did not like the Clantons and the rest of them stepping in on it. As for Doc, the person I am named after. He was brought in to take care of any "problems" that came up. And he did a hell of a job! While Doc was not exactly what you would call an upstanding citizen. We could all learn a thing or two from him about friendship! Wyatt was his friend, and he never let anything happen to him! Moreover, this film did not make Doc out to be a lawman. Nor was he ever. I do feel anyone that wants to, should study a little history. It will help you to understand thing's before you write a ... review!
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: This movie is for any one iterested in the life of Wyatt Earp. There was more to Wyatt the the Tombstone incident. He led a very interesting life. This movie is more like a documentary than a movie. It is excellent in the way it is portrayed. Another thing I also enjoyed about it is the fight at Tombstone. As a history buff, I researched this incident and realized that Doc Holliday was shot in the shootout. In no other reanactment have I seen him shot except for this movie. It is very realistic, accorate, and good.
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Summary: Glorification of a murderer...
Review: All of the attempts to expose the rest of Wyatt Earp's life are diminished if not ruined by the blatantly false portrayal of the Earp's and Holliday as "lawmen." The famous "gunfight" was little more than cold-blooded murder carried out by the Earps, and the attempt to somehow portray the Earp's as heroes is an embarassment. The Clanton/McLaury gang were cattle rustlers, but did that justify their being gunned down in cold blood? Tom McLaury was unarmed but still shot and killed by the Earps. Ike Clanton and Billy Clairborne were both unarmed and ran away, but still the cowardly Earps took shots at them. There were no "good guys" in the "gunfight" but there were players who were more in the wrong than the other, and those were the Earps. It's too bad that this movie didn't accurately portray this.
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