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Old 09-18-2007, 09:50 PM   #11
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I'm surprised you felt that way about it. I thought that it was all about Money's (sp?) struggle, and ultimately his failure, to be something other than he was: a killer. A reluctant anti-hero. The movie worked for me.
Maybe I missed it.
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Old 09-18-2007, 09:52 PM   #12
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also, if you want more westerns to ever be made, go see this film, even if it isn't perfect.
Amen to that. I think the last western to hit the big screen that I can recall was Open Range. That was 3 or 4 years ago.
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dang, ebert's review makes me want to see it again.

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Old 09-18-2007, 11:38 PM   #14
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btw, I find it kind of interesting that people think it is wrong to watch a morality play like 3:10 to Yuma, but it's perfectly ok to watch some mindless pg-13 shlock.
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