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Summary: Great Western
Review: This is a great story about Wyatt Earp (Russell) and his 2 brothers who settle in Tombstone to enjoy peace and quiet and on the search for gold. They are met by Wyatt's friend Doc Holiday (Kilmer) who helps them fight off the Cowboys (who are a group of no good badguys who call them self the law in Tombstone) in the famous gunfight at the OK Corral. Wyatt who has hung up his badge and gun of a famous lawman has to help his brothers and Doc by coming out of retirement. Very good, a movie that can be watched over and over.
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Summary: Yippie-I-Yi-Kay, You Mofos....
Review: ....I like a good western no matter what anybody sez. This ain't of the calibre of the great "Unforgiven" or "The Wild Bunch", or any of the Eastwoods of the 60s-70s, but it's got its own post-modern goodies. Gray is gray however you cast it. I was much impressed with Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday.
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Summary: It shoulda been called "Doc Holliday is a Cool Cowboy"
Review: It's a good western. But Val Kilmer (as Doc's Holliday) is inspiring. He gives a performance that makes you clinch your fists and sit on the edge of your chair (or couch). Remember Jack Nickolson in 'The Shining?' You won't be able to take your eyes off the screen.
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Summary: should become a western classic
Review: This film should stand the test of time and become a true western classic - a difficult task since there have been so many well-made OK Corral films before this. Fine acting all around although the hat should be tipped to Val Kilmer for his brilliant and thoroughly entertaining portrayal of the dying Doc Holliday. Kurt Russell also turns in a great performance in the lead role as Wyatt Earp. Russell did not garner as much praise for his part as Kilmer did, but we should keep in mind that Kilmer's character was given a lot of clever and witty lines to deliver, while Russell's was more serious. Russell shows his maturity as an actor in giving a more understated rendition of Wyatt Earp (not a trigger-happy, foul-mouthed, braggart that we might have expected.) Together with a great supporting cast including Sam Elliot as Virgil Earp and Bill Paxton as Morgan Earp, you really feel as though you got to know the characters. They are not just gunslingers. They have feelings, and they are different from each other. Overall a fine western. Not sure why it got an R rating though. Sure, there's lots of violence, but nothing anymore outrageous than other PG13 films I have seen.
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Summary: THIS should have one best picture of 1993!
Review: But Schindler's List did instead for obvious reasons, so I will give no arguments. TOMBSTONE is by far one of the best westerns I have seen in years. It has everything that can be demanded to make this a classic of the genre. Action, great soundtrack, good production designs, and more prolifically a wonderful cast; Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Charlton Heston, Jason Priestley, Dana Delany, Jon Tenney, Stephen Lang, Tomas Arana, Michael Rooker, and many others. I think the cast alone makes this worth seeing. Sure the film is overlong, and the gunfights may seem redundant after a while, but it has to be that way to understand the entire history of the story. To my opinion director George Pan Cosmatos pulls it all off remarkably well. To me that is a triumph for him after so many blunders he has made in the past. I am not sure if I think Val Kilmer was great as some viewers have claimed, but he sure steals the show with his memorable "I have two guns one for each of you!" when one of the Clantons taunts him for "being so drunk, probably seeing double". The film may also be hurt by cliches of the Western genre, but who cares the film is so refreshingly different. If you're in the mood for bloody action and excitement mixed with good acting by a good cast it will be hard to top TOMBSTONE, so buy the DVD now!
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Summary: Sound track NOT Dolby Digital 5.1!
Review: Obviously the movie is great, and often underrated. But as for the DVD, beware that the disc isn't encoded with Dolby Digital 5.1. Instead, it's just Dolby Surround. I had gotten lax about checking before I bought, and I had begun to assume that every DVD had 5.1, so I didn't discover this until it was too late. I wonder why they didn't include DD????
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Summary: Maybe the best modern Western
Review: "Tombstone" has a remarkably impressive ensemble cast; Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Billy Bob Thorton, Michael Beihn. But its Kilmer as Doc Holliday who truly steals the show. Kilmer gives an powerhouse performance as the tuberculoic gunfighter who helps Russell's Wyatt Earp clean up the frontier town of Tombstone. The movie makes an effort to remain close to the historical facts, thus the famous O.K. Corrall gunfight occurs near the middle of the movie. Russell makes a decent centerpiece for the film, but Kilmer steals the show. With his haunted eyes and sickly mannerisms, he is amazingly watchable. Its a reminder of how good Kilmer can be when he wants to be. Along with Eastwood's "Unforgiven," "Tombstone" easilly rates as the best Western of the 1990s.
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Summary: You look like somebody just walked over your grave...
Review: AMAZING!... The most quotable film on this around ("Why Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave.") The characters are totally believable. The casting is flawless. Romance AND action (so it is perfect for HIM or HER). Plus Robert Mitchum narrates. A Modern classic.
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Summary: No classic, but not rustic, either...
Review: Released just before the debacle that was "Wyatt Earp", "Tombstone" succeeds where that film fails in almost every way. "Wyatt Earp" deals with Earp's childhood, and may be more historically accurate than the artistic liberties taken with THIS film, but it's less interesting as a result. "Wyatt Earp" was a film in need of a serious editor, but "Tombstone" involves you very early, and only really loses steam in the last five minutes. The denoument after Johnny Ringo is killed seems almost perfunctory, not to mention rushed. But that's a minor complaint. Val Kilmer might be over-the-top in this outing, but he's a lot of fun, and you can tell he's enjoying himself. He practically walks away with the film, although Kurt Russell is passable as Wyatt Earp. Sam Elliott is great, as always, and the rest of the supporting cast is mostly spot on in their respective parts. The exceptions being Jason Priestly (why was he even billed?), the underused Billy Zane (miscast as an Englishman), and Dana Delany as the love interest; she turns in an unbelievably bad (and grating, to boot) performance, and she's actually the most jarring element of the film. The film wisely deals with the best part of the Earp saga (the shootout at the OK Corral), and while it might have most western purists up in arms, it's still tremendously watchable.
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Summary: And this ain't the frozen pizza
Review: For a nice Saturday afternoon of video watching include this one. After the conclusion of the series of Clint and Sergio's "Spaghetti Westerns" I pretty much gave up on expecting to see anything decent in the WESTERN category. What a delightful surprise!! Russel is good, but boy do I love that Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday! It was also great to see my man Sam Elliot albeit in a small supporting role. This movie is definately worth owning.
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