3:10 to Yuma


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I just saw it, and it wasn’t bad! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a western, and I will have to saw it was a great reprise from the movies that have been coming out lately. It was different than most westerns, and was very plot filled! I would recommend it. I will have to say it falls some where under The Outlaw Josey Wales which is one of my favorite westerns. It didn’t blow me away, but it was a good solid movie. My opinion of Russell Crow has steadily climbed with each movie he has put out.

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Fizzban wrote:


I just saw it, and it wasn’t bad! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a western, and I will have to saw it was a great reprise from the movies that have been coming out lately. It was different than most westerns, and was very plot filled! I would recommend it. I will have to say it falls some where under The Outlaw Josey Wales which is one of my favorite westerns. It didn’t blow me away, but it was a good solid movie. My opinion of Russell Crow has steadily climbed with each movie he has put out.

Fizz

I'll go one step further . . .I loved it! I don't even really know why yet. I thought Russell Crowe turned in an awesome performance, his character was a lot of fun. Christian Bale was solid as normal.

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I thought it was awesome. Great performances from the leads.

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I'm really looking forward to seeing it. I love westerns!


I am going to see it with the guys tomorrow around 1:30 PM. I will tell you what I think of it then.

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I thought it left @ 3:10.


Heathansson wrote:
I thought it left @ 3:10.

har. har. har.


Heathansson wrote:
I thought it left @ 3:10.

They have to get there early to go through security.


Terrific movie; does a lot for the western in my opinion. Ben Foster is simply amazing, as is Peter Fonda. Russell Crowe turns out a stellar performance as always and Christian Bale is fine too. But, in my opinion, Logan Lerman steals the show as Bale's son. For a young actor to steal the scenes as the "boy" from this huge cast speaks volumes about his future. Good, gritty stuff in a summer filled with sequels and glitz.


It's a great movie.


How does it compare to the Glenn Ford original? Any vague resemblance at all?


The 3:10 to Yuma arrived at 1:20. Damn early trains! ~grins~ I enjoyed the movie a lot. Well worth seeing.

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This was an excellent movie in my opinion. One of the best I have seen in a long while. Strong on plot, amazing characters (all of them), complicated conflicts and an incredible attention to building up themes throughout. Incredible. Everything was set-up so well early on in the movie and I was blown away by the writing too.

I was glued to the edge of my seat for the whole thing and it was as packed full of meaning as it was interesting scenes/action. My kind of movie, yes sir.


Nicolas Logue wrote:
Strong on plot, amazing characters (all of them), complicated conflicts and an incredible attention to building up themes throughout. Everything was set-up so well early on in the movie and I was blown away by the writing too.

That makes me even more curious about how closely it resembles the original... which wasn't, if I hazily recall correctly, any of that. From lack of a reply, I'm guessing no one here has seen the original (surely everyone knew that this one was a remake, because EVERY movie is now a remake; it's illegal to release an original movie during certain months, I think).

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Kirth Gersen wrote:
Nicolas Logue wrote:
Strong on plot, amazing characters (all of them), complicated conflicts and an incredible attention to building up themes throughout. Everything was set-up so well early on in the movie and I was blown away by the writing too.
That makes me even more curious about how closely it resembles the original... which wasn't, if I hazily recall correctly, any of that. From lack of a reply, I'm guessing no one here has seen the original (surely everyone knew that this one was a remake, because EVERY movie is now a remake; it's illegal to release an original movie during certain months, I think).

What do you expect? All the good ideas are already used up; the last original movie ever made was "Snakes on a Plane".

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Sect wrote:
Kirth Gersen wrote:
Nicolas Logue wrote:
Strong on plot, amazing characters (all of them), complicated conflicts and an incredible attention to building up themes throughout. Everything was set-up so well early on in the movie and I was blown away by the writing too.
That makes me even more curious about how closely it resembles the original... which wasn't, if I hazily recall correctly, any of that. From lack of a reply, I'm guessing no one here has seen the original (surely everyone knew that this one was a remake, because EVERY movie is now a remake; it's illegal to release an original movie during certain months, I think).
What do you expect? All the good ideas are already used up; the last original movie ever made was "Snakes on a Plane".

Borne Ultimatum was good too! Not a remake...just a book made into a movie...er...

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Nicolas Logue wrote:
Sect wrote:
What do you expect? All the good ideas are already used up; the last original movie ever made was "Snakes on a Plane".
Borne Ultimatum was good too! Not a remake...just a book made into a movie...er...

I'm not saying that they're only making BAD movies, I'm just saying that, at the moment, the idea well is dry.

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Kirth Gersen wrote:
Nicolas Logue wrote:
Strong on plot, amazing characters (all of them), complicated conflicts and an incredible attention to building up themes throughout. Everything was set-up so well early on in the movie and I was blown away by the writing too.
That makes me even more curious about how closely it resembles the original... which wasn't, if I hazily recall correctly, any of that. From lack of a reply, I'm guessing no one here has seen the original (surely everyone knew that this one was a remake, because EVERY movie is now a remake; it's illegal to release an original movie during certain months, I think).

I didn't see the original. But this one was incredibly awesome.


Nicolas Logue wrote:
I didn't see the original. But this one was incredibly awesome.

Thanks, Nick, I may check it out despite my enduring dislike of Russel Crowe. I've got to pitch in, though, that Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum were "original" in terms of not being based at all on either book outside of the title, and that Identity was pushing the Far Realm in terms of being far off-- which is almost too bad; the book was phenomenal, and the movie would have been great if they had just given it a different title. It's like, I don't know, calling something with a digital interface and no gnomes, "Dungeons and Dragons." Who would do such a thing?

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Kirth Gersen wrote:
Nicolas Logue wrote:
I didn't see the original. But this one was incredibly awesome.
Thanks, Nick, I may check it out despite my enduring dislike of Russel Crowe.

Ah, really, I think he's often quite good. I'll give you that he sucked in A Beautiful Mind, and Master and Commander, but he was great in Virtuosity, Cinderella Man, The Insider and L.A. Confidential (one of the best movies evar!). He's quite good in 3:10 to Yuma. I promise you won't be disappointed.


Nicolas Logue wrote:
Ah, really, I think he's often quite good. I'll give you that he sucked in A Beautiful Mind, and Master and Commander, but he was great in Virtuosity, Cinderella Man, The Insider and L.A. Confidential (one of the best movies evar!). He's quite good in 3:10 to Yuma. I promise you won't be disappointed.

Given that we agree so strongly on L.A. Confidential, I don't doubt you for a minute! I'll be sure to check it out now (besides, I'm a sucker for Westerns).


After his performance in 3:10; I am definitely looking forward to him and Denzel Washington in American Gangster. I manage a movie theatre, and all the promo stuff we have been seeing makes it looks awesome.

Ain't no love in the heart of city . . . (one problem, this damn catchy tune, actually this line, is in all of the promos and now I sing it like 3 times a day.)

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I just wanted to join the chorus of praise for this movie. I was absolutely blown away.

I had rather low expectations going in. While all the reviews I'd seen were glowing, I really don't care for the Crowe. However, I recently discovered a cinema here in Seattle that has a bar instead of a concession stand (BRILLIANT!) and it was the only movie showing there. So my girl and I went.

Not only did I love the movie, but she did too.

It was a surprisingly good date movie.

Spoiler:
Popcorn... and BOOZE! BRILLIANT!


Something must be wrong with me. I saw the "3:10" remake last night, and found it silly and ridiculous. With suspension of disbelief more or less shot in the first scene, and never getting a chance to be at all restored, I sort of just sat through it. I mean, it was a fun hour and a half, but extremely forgettable for me.

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Kirth Gersen wrote:
How does it compare to the Glenn Ford original? Any vague resemblance at all?

A Very Different Characterization of the Main Characters. More in Depth.

The Basic Concept is the Same...Get the Prisoner on the 3:10 Train to Yuma. Pretty Much follows the Same Storyline.


Kirth Gersen wrote:
How does it compare to the Glenn Ford original? Any vague resemblance at all?

The original film is flawed and centers around two things, the stagecoach gambit and the scene in the hotel room. The new film adds more depth to the characters and makes getting to the town so much more difficult. The stagecoach gambit is actually important to the story as it buys them time, it was rendered pointless in the original, and the depth added to the characters makes the hotel scene have so much more impact. The ending of the original was a fluffy, happy ending that doesn't make sense with the rest of the film but the changes they make are very fitting and appropriate.

It takes a mediocre revisionist western and creates a solid modern action film that may well lead to a resurgence of westerns.

I have studied film quite bit in college and have focused on westerns so I apologize for the long winded response. ;)

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EATERoftheDEAD wrote:
I have studied film quite bit in college and have focused on westerns so I apologize for the long winded response. ;)

I am a big fan of the western genre, too. I enjoy presenting O. Henry's "A Reprieved Reformation" as one of the best Western short stories around; tends to bring about some flurry of discussion.

Regarding "3:10 to Yuma", I enjoyed it. But I really wanted the main character to aim out the window and blow Charlie away during the "200 chash dollars" speech. Would have turned a townful of blood-thirsty opponents back down to seven. Make that, six.


EATERoftheDEAD wrote:
I have studied film quite bit in college and have focused on westerns so I apologize for the long winded response. ;)

Not at all! Discussion is what this thread is all about. I just re-watched the original, BTW, and was pleased at the lack of the "middle stuff" the remake added in. But, yeah, I agree completely that the end was silly (although I found the remake ending to be silly as well). With regards to the rest of your analysis: if "Unforgiven" in the '90's and the more recent "Broken Trail" and "Open Range" don't bring about a resurgence, then I doubt the ability of a remake like "Yuma" to do so (or maybe the whole "outlaw with a heart of gold" thing just seems goofy and contrived to me; dunno).

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