re: Tombstone

Young guns?

Love Tombstone. Sure some of the acting is suspect, but it's a fun movie. I think Val Kilmer is excellent in this movie as Doc Holliday. Also gotta love fat Billy Bob Thorton getting smacked around by Kurt Russell.
"I said throw down, boy."

My second favorite movie.

Wyatt Earp > Tombstone

now just wait, here's why.

1. Tombstone's dialogue is cheesy as all hell. besides Kilmer pulling his off cause he's the best actor in the movie.

2. Earp acts like a pussy to Mattie in Tombstone. in Wyatt Earp he dont give a frick. he makes it odvious he wants Josie's fine arse.

3. Joanna Going is a hotter Josie.

4. Jeff Fahey is a better Ike.

5. Costner plays a better Earp. (again, he's colder)

6. Wyatt Earp, all in all, just tells the story better. its directed like "Unforgiven" is, which is another favorite western of mine.

7. And finally, without Val Kilmer, Tombestone just plain sucks.

Tombstone is a great Western but there are plenty of older flicks that are better Western movies. Tombstone just has a modern day cult-like following. The Man with No Name Trilogy and countless John Wayne movies are def better though... One more thing. F "Wyatt Earp." That movie sucks big time. Tombstone blows that movie out of the water. Val Kilmer = Gold

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2. Earp acts like a pussy to Mattie in Tombstone. in Wyatt Earp he dont give a frick. he makes it odvious he wants Josie's fine arse.

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My main gripe about Wyatt Earp is that Kevin Costner was a giant puss for 3/4 of the movie. I mean Wyatt Earp was a three hour movie and spent maybe 5 minutes on the most intriguing part of the mans life. Fail. And most people think it's historically more accurate than Tombstone. Those people would be wrong.

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4. Jeff Fahey is a better Ike.

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Id like to prove you wrong on all those points other than Unforgiven. But when a > sign is your only means of reasoning it's kind of hard to debate, just saying.

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Wyatt Earp = better casting all around, more true to the actual events.

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The cast is all personal preference on who you like. I personally think Doc, Ike and Curly Bill are WAY better in Tombstone and it's not even close. Mark Madsen was a much better Virgil. The rest are a wash as far as I'm concerned.
Wyatt Earp never gave you anybody to hate, that is one thing that drove me crazy. Three hours and I never even cared if Ike or Curly Bill died. It wanted to be an epic and wasn't epic. Tombstone wanted to be a popcorn flick, and was fun as he'll.
That and like you, most people think Wyatt Earp isore accurate because it's 1) longer and 2) gives backstory. I'm on my phone or I'd link a few articles that show Tombstone actually holds truer to actual events.

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Open Range = better story, casting and more authentic as a western

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I love Open Range. More authentic of a country western. Not more authentic of an old west western. Just depends on how you look at it.

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3:10 To Yuma = Freakin Batman and Maximus? Great job remaking a great western.

maybe i'm stretching it on 3:10 to Yuma, but the others are solid.

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Most around here don't like 3:10 to Yuma. I didn't mind it at all. But for the simple fact that wasn't as good as the original I don't rate it above Tombstone.