Originally Posted By RoadTrip My wife and I saw Appaloosa this afternoon and both thought it was a fantastic movie. Serious adult entertainment like you don't see much anymore. Don't worry... it wasn't a history lesson or anything. Just a movie that was a whole lot more thoughtful than 90% of the crap you see these days. Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, and Jeremy Irons were all fantastic. Timothy Spall (The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) was also terrific in a minor supporting role.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip ^^^ Silly me. Far more would probably recognize Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) in the Harry Potter movies.
Originally Posted By Spooky Ghost I'm REALLY on the fence on this one. I really like the cast but I'm just really not a fan of westerns at all.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I'm REALLY on the fence on this one. I really like the cast but I'm just really not a fan of westerns at all.>> Me neither. I used to avoid Westerns like the plague. Then I viewed "There Will be Blood" and changed my mind. It was not really a "Western", but took place in the same general era. I decided there were some stories that really could not be told effectively in any other time. This movie just served to reinforce that belief. The conditions driving men's actions at that time just did not exist in any other era.
Originally Posted By dshyates Around here most would recognize Timothy Spall as Nathaniel from "Enchanted". And A good movie is a good movie regardless of its time period. Westerns only such if they go with the 50's John Wayne/ Ronald Reagan architype.
Originally Posted By Spooky Ghost I loved There Will Be Blood too but I wouldn't really call that a western at all. I'm thinking I might check out Apaloosa after all
Originally Posted By DAR I really liked the 3:10 to Yuma remake that came out last year. And this one here has me very intrigued.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Thanks for the recommendation. I might take a look at it tomorrow afternoon.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Saw it and enjoyed it. Viggo Mortensen looked like a guy who had traveled from the old west to the present day in a time machine to make this movie. His performance was the highlight of the film for me. (Did they really use the f word on the 1880's frontier?)
