3:10 to Yuma [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of 3:10 to Yuma [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: One of the best Westerns in a while
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're a casual moviegoer and aren't planning to watch both this movie and the original for the sake of historical comparisons or because you have an essay to write in your film class, the latest entry into the inveterate Western genre stands on its own merits, and is as pleasingly fast-paced as it is psychologically probing.
3:10 to Yuma is a character-driven performance that never forgets the joy of a good ole gun fight. The casting in the movie stands out almost immediately with a few surprises. Both Crowe and Bale give exquisitely complex performances. Crowe, who has a self-possessed charisma, affects a gentile attractiveness, that is best displayed in his interactions with Bale's enamoured wife played by Gretchen Mol.
Bale is incredulous as a herder who is desperate to make one more go at his homestead before the railroads erase him from the face of the map. The dialogue between him and Mol about why he must escort Ben Wade to his death is heartfelt, believable, and lacks the heroic overtures we'd expect of more polished machismo. Even seeing a cameo by Luke Wilson would have been enough to spoil the picture had Wilson launched into tomfoolery, but even he remains stalwart and calmly cavalier in his role as a member of an opposing posse.
Perhaps the most compelling performance for me was given by Ben Foster. My only previous remembrance of Foster was as the metal-faced punk in the Punisher, and later as the angel-winged superhero in the X-Men. However, that's where the similarities end. Foster does an extraordinary job of being diabolically evil. His blind allegiance to Ben Wade (Crowe) seems almost disturbing to Crowe himself. Foster's facial contortions and vocal inflections make his character a deadly combination of hair-pin trigger psychosis and raw madness. His will probably be the most overlooked, underrated performance of the year sadly.
3:10 to Yuma shows how the American cowboy epic is as much alive and interesting as the vampire movie is to horror fans. Both genres still have far-reaching influences on the cultures they affect.
Movie Review: A Western Not Seen Much Around These Parts
Summary: 5 Stars
Call it sort of a renaissance with the cowboy lifestyle becoming more eminent again. Westerns were part of movie culture for many years. The stories were often exaggerated but made for great action. Now comes the remake of the classic Three Ten to Yuma made in 1957. The story is much the same with great actors making this remake a future classic.
The story starts off violently as you would expect many Westerns to do. One of main characters Dan Evans who is played by Christian Bale is behind on his land payment. The owner of the land comes in with his posse and burns down his barn. This would cause most to seek revenge. Although Dan isn't going to do anything stupid. With a wife and two children he just wants to make sure his ranch will survive.
Next comes our other main character, Ben Wade who is played by Russell Crowe. Ben Wade has become legendary for his crimes. Ben and his gang get a classic introduction in the stage coach scene. The coach is loaded with money and armed guards. Ben's gang comes out shooting and eventually wins. This scene ends up bringing Dan and Ben together.
The action that follows in intense to say the least. The acting is really excellent and the story stays interesting. I don't want to get to involved with the story to spoil anything for you. Let's just say there should be more movies like this out.
The Blu-ray version of this movie is excellent. With a superb picture it is also balanced with great sound that will make any home theatre sound like you are in the middle of a gun fight. This movie is also packed with tons of extras. The disc is load with featurettes and documentaries including an Inside Yuma: Exclusive Blu-ray disc experience.
The Western has returned in a great way. This movie is sure to become a classic. From it's superb gun fights to the great storyline. 3:10 To Yuma will no doubt bring the romance between man and the old open west back. This is a great film and even better on Blu-ray. So if you want to partake in a classic experience this movie should be up your ally.
Movie Review: Great old-school Western, solid Blu-Ray presentation!
Summary: 5 Stars
3:10 to Yuma is a terrific remake of a classic American western. Christian Bale (great as always) is Dan, a pathetic rancher who, in desperate need of money, enlists in a posse to escort ruthless train robber Ben Wade (Russell Crowe, also turning in a noteworthy performance) to a town aptly called Contention and put him aboard the 3:10 train headed for Yuma prison. As their party endures losses of life and courage, Dan receives greater and greater incentive to abandon the mission. Like a lot of great American Westerns, the story here deals pretty directly with ideals like Honor, Justice, and Loyalty. But make no mistake, this is a modern movie; the action is fast-paced and exciting, the violence is realistic, and the production values are top-notch.
The picture quality on the Blu-Ray is phenomenal, although that mostly means you'll want to put an ice pack on Christian Bale's face. He gets a pretty nasty bruise on his cheek that, sick as it may sound, really shows off the life-like picture Blu-ray is capable of producing. It's not all about the bruises, though; there are some truly picturesque desert landscapes on display as well.
As for special features, I was surprised to find this disc pretty packed with content. In addition to all the features from the standard DVD edition, the blu-ray also has some exclusives: short pieces on the film's score and the guns used in it, a conversation with Elmore Leonard, who wrote the original short story that both film adaptations are based on, and a longer (and pretty good!) feature about the impact of the railroad on the American west. All told, there's about an hour of special features, plus an insightful director commentary.
If you like westerns at all, then you owe it to yourself to check out 3:10 to Yuma. It's the most traditional of the recent western mini-boom. Even if you don't particularly care for westerns, it's a pretty darn good movie on its own merits.
Movie Review: Crowe and Bale = 5 star actors
Summary: 5 Stars
I just didn't expect a movie with these two actors in it and had to see it once I did find out about it, the new Batman and everyones favorite Gladiator in a western. I thought it was an enjoyable romp around the west, similar to Eastwood films. I think it needed more action near the end, people say it's more of a drama and I agree. Theres a sense of urgency in being chased, but once that was over I didn't feel like I was left with much. So I got to the part right before the two sides finally meet, and you know people are gonna get shot. I had to pause it there for a week. I got back to it expecting Bale to engage and win a drawn out shoot-em up, using whatever strategic militia expertise he had to get the bad guys, while crowe either helps or hinders the process. While Crowe does do that, what followed wasn't what I was hoping, but more expecting, there was shooting and some strategy, but the end just seemed a little too simplistic and feel-good without giving anything anyway to people who haven't seen it. It serves the drama coin well, and what you want to see happen happens, but I thought the way in which they achieved that could have been more along the lines of how westerns usually play out.
Great movie, supper scene, barroom scene, camping outside near the indians and the mining scene all come to mind. I just found the ending to be maybe non-western is the word? Like in Taken (love that movie too) where he spends the whole movie catching up to bad guy after bad guy, and then disposing of them before you can say... Taken? The difference being theres only one group of bad guys in this movie, bad-ass they are. That sniper guy should be in a metal band!
Movie Review: I can't believe I'm giving this film five stars
Summary: 5 Stars
So it's Friday night and I'm looking forward to seeing a film on the long list of NetFlix on Wii movies I have queued up when my husband suggests we watch this video he just rented. He had no idea what it was about or what the title meant, he'd just heard that it won critical acclaim. So it turns out it is a Western, my least favorite of all genres - westerns tend to have lots of action with little plot and dialogue, barbaric male characters, few and poorly treated females, everything is brown, and everyone is dusty, unshowered, and, I imagine, stinking of body odor. So this film basically followed the trend, meanderingly along with someone getting shot or tortured an average of about every 5 minutes. The only reason we didn't switch to something else was my husband was multitasking on his computer with a game of hearts and I was settled on the couch after a very tiring week and didn't want to hunt for the remote. And, there was Russell Crowe. So after 90 minutes of wondering where this movie is going, it actually goes somewhere. It has a pretty awesome conclusion that ties together everything that happened up to that point and makes you think back to the characters and events. One interesting aspect to this movie as someone who enjoys the Judeo-Christian-themed aspects of films is how utterly frightening someone can be who doesn't hold to the 10 commandment tenants and has made up his own moral code from scratch. Best line in movie: Even bad guys love their mommas.