Synopsis
Title: 3:10 To Yuma (2007)
Genre: Western
Rating: R
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Logan Lerman, Luke Wilson
Plot: Taking place shortly after the civil war, famous outlaw Ben Wade is captured and escorted to the 3:10 train to Yuma. Wade's vengeful gang makes things hazardous for those transporting the outlaw.
My Take
This is a remake of a movie by the same title exactly 5o years ago. It was directed by James Mangold, who was the director of Walk the Line, a very good movie about the life of famous country singer Johnny Cash. This movie also brought in some big name actors. Russell Crowe is good in everything he's in (although I didn't fall in love with all his movies: A Perfect Storm), and Christain Bale are the lead actors and do a brilliant job. I had not heard of or seen Ben Foster before this movie, but he did a great job in this movie. I think his beard made him scary and intimidating. I think I said "yikes" when I first saw him. He was the best supporting actor in my opinion. Marco Beltrami received an oscar nomination for his musical score and sound. The costume design team did a very good job making the movie look and feel like an old western movie that follows the classic Western storyline. I liked the acting, directing, sound and the scenery. I didn't like everything about the story or the execution of the story. The movie is entertaining enough, but it is not a movie I would rave about the next day.
Should You Watch???
If you like classic western movies with plenty of gun fighting in the southern desert, I suspect you'll fall in love with this movie. The Western movie genre has been dead for quite some time it seems and this should be refreshing to those who like those movies. The story is a classic Western plot, but it left me several opportunities to say "now why would they do that?" The tone of the movie is sad, so if you are like my fiance, that will turn you off to this movie. What can you expect from a Western movie? I'm not a big fan of Westerns myself, but I really like the actors in this movie. I think it is worth the watch unless you can't stand to watch an old fashioned gun fight.
Popcorn Rating
Buttered Popcorn
3 comments:
I absolutely loved this movie. The end was a little weird, but I accepted it, and I thought it was maybe the best remake I'd ever seen. This was one of my favorite movies of the summer. As you said Foster as Charlie Prince was great (the only thing I had remembered seeing him in was in X-men: The Last stand - he played 'Angel').
mmm, also I really liked Peter Fonda. And what a great line by Crowe: "Even bad men love their mommas". Haha.
Thanks for the comments Joe. I liked the movie also and had no problem with the ending whatsoever. Shelly will disagree with me on that one though.
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