This film, 3:10 to Yuma, is a classic. It is a remake of a 1957 film of the same name. I saw the 1957 version as a kid and haven't seen it in many, many years. This remake is about a gang of stagecoach & bank robbers. The leader, Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) gets captured, and his gang are determined to free him. The lawmen are outnumbered and offer a reward to get Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma, which is a jail train. Dan Evans (Christian Bale) is a small-time rancher who is on the verge of losing his ranch to the railroad. He is desperately in need of the reward money, so he signs up for the job. The ending is sad and that is the only thing wrong with the film. There is limited foul language, NO sex scenes, and the bang, bang, shoot-em ups are limited. Those are the 3 things wrong with most films today. This film got it right!
It seems that many of the films out now feel the need to "F... you" at least once a minute, if not more often. They also use nudity and sex scenes that don't do anything for the story lines. And they try to out-do each other in shock-value, with outlandish blow-ups or shoot-outs. I just turn these types of films off. I am interested in films that capture character and develop their characters well. Great scenery is a plus. If I wanted foul language and nudity, I would order porn.
This film is very well made. Without the 3 things that make for bad films, in my opinion. I'm a 65+ Y/O female who spent 24 years in the military so I'm no prude, I just feel that those things make for poor films. Directors who use those things in their films are not very good filmmakers. They have no imagination, don't know how to develop a story so they pack it with shock-value of sex, foul language, and big bangs so they don't have to try to develop characters.
Thanks for a great western film. Please make more like this one.
It seems that many of the films out now feel the need to "F... you" at least once a minute, if not more often. They also use nudity and sex scenes that don't do anything for the story lines. And they try to out-do each other in shock-value, with outlandish blow-ups or shoot-outs. I just turn these types of films off. I am interested in films that capture character and develop their characters well. Great scenery is a plus. If I wanted foul language and nudity, I would order porn.
This film is very well made. Without the 3 things that make for bad films, in my opinion. I'm a 65+ Y/O female who spent 24 years in the military so I'm no prude, I just feel that those things make for poor films. Directors who use those things in their films are not very good filmmakers. They have no imagination, don't know how to develop a story so they pack it with shock-value of sex, foul language, and big bangs so they don't have to try to develop characters.
Thanks for a great western film. Please make more like this one.