tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post7847726472395085586..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: 3:10 to Yuma (James Mangold, 2007)Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-72821138593865671952012-12-19T11:40:28.785-05:002012-12-19T11:40:28.785-05:00Daves. Always misspelling that name. Daves. Always misspelling that name. Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-15914057701669569842008-04-11T01:51:00.000-04:002008-04-11T01:51:00.000-04:00No hard feelings. Actually, I've never cottoned on...No hard feelings. Actually, I've never cottoned on to Mangold--didn't like Heavy, didn't like Copland. And I loved the original, by Delmer Davies. You should check that out.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-58556815295292446512008-04-10T12:09:00.000-04:002008-04-10T12:09:00.000-04:00Alright, Ive read the review on cinemaitis and you...Alright, Ive read the review on cinemaitis and youre right, our opinions are pretty similar. But I thinks thats no big surprise:<BR/><BR/>1) Any intelligent individual would´ve come to the same conclusions as I did. Thats the thing so fascinating about <B>logic</B>.<BR/><BR/>2) Ive examined most of the ratings on cinemaitis and I nearly always agreed. No surprise then, that we share the same opinion on this movie too. <BR/><BR/>3) Sorry, if I misunderstood your post. You didnt like the movie either? Fine. No hard feelings, bud...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-594205613288305722008-04-02T22:06:00.000-04:002008-04-02T22:06:00.000-04:001) You should read Cinemaitis. You practically quo...1) You should read Cinemaitis. You practically quote it word for word. <BR/><BR/>2) You should read my post. How you can get the idea I actually like this movie is beyond me.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-51046983175460601432008-04-02T10:47:00.000-04:002008-04-02T10:47:00.000-04:00Well,I havent been on cinemaitis yet. And I was th...Well,I havent been on cinemaitis yet. And I was thinking slamming would rather mean to kinda talk something down unjustified. Thats why I tried to provide a couple of examples to back up my opinion on that movie. <BR/><BR/>Sorry anyway, never intended to bash your beloved movie. Just happened to have a different opinion on it than you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-68234221779401412872008-03-27T16:28:00.000-04:002008-03-27T16:28:00.000-04:00I don't get it. You tear the movie apart, but you ...I don't get it. You tear the movie apart, but you weren't slamming it? How does that work?<BR/><BR/>If you didn't lift that stuff from Cinemaitis, my apologies then. You should check out the site; you pretty much think alike.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-12292495321881050362008-03-27T07:40:00.000-04:002008-03-27T07:40:00.000-04:00Actually I wasnt slamming the movie, I just told m...Actually I wasnt slamming the movie, I just told my opinion. And I certainly didnt get these ideas from another website, these were my own words.<BR/><BR/>Aint it just fair to speak it out, when you think a movie sucks? Give me a good flick and Im gonna write a good critic. But this movie really annoyed me, due to the reasons stated in my first post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-33273288213676894612008-03-26T17:16:00.000-04:002008-03-26T17:16:00.000-04:00Uhmmm, guys, okay, appreciate the comment (and agr...Uhmmm, guys, okay, appreciate the comment (and agree on a lot of the points, actually), but if you're going to be cribbing from other websites slamming the movie (Cinemaitis anyone?), mebbe you should just provide a link?Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-35163019511800535272008-03-26T15:54:00.000-04:002008-03-26T15:54:00.000-04:00Uhmm, guys, am I the only sane person around, or w...Uhmm, guys, am I the only sane person around, or what? That movie was simply stupid, unrealistic and illogical from the beginning to the end.<BR/><BR/>For instance, if I were an outlaw why would I stay in a small town, in a hotel right next to the sheriffs office, though I know they are just waiting for me? And dont tell me theres no other woman with such marvelous green eyes. Another example, that group of marshalls and volunteers escort Wade to that town where hes supposed to get on the train to Yuma, but he easily manages to disarm and kill two of em, though he was handcuffed. Fine, the boy saves em, but wouldnt any individual with half a brain, take proper measures after that? Make sure nothing like that can ever happen again? Then that illogical nonsense carries on, when they are attacked by those fake Apaches. Though they are all armed and like 4 guys, no one of em manages to do shit, Wade that super gunman takes the Apaches out single-handedly AND handcuffed! Wow, absolutely realistic. Alright, well done, on his return to his guards, they all fail to take him into custody, though hes handcuffed AND outnumbered. But the thing that made my hair stand on end, was when I realized he even managed to take all their guns and their horses too. Jesus christ! James are you fucking kidding me? But there was still no end to that inhuman nonsense. Arrived in that town, Wade risks his life to help Dan to get him on the train to Yuma, though he could have easily disarmed him and just leave. NO! Why would he do that? No sane person would do that. Every sane person wants to get hanged, didnt you know that? So, finally Dan manages to get Wade on the train and shortly before they were to exchange a sweet farewell kiss, Dan is being shot. And that simply breaks Wades crook heart and he decides to shoot all his fellow crooks, who risked their life to liberate him. If you think any sane person would call it a day and just leave, youre completely wrong. Wade, as the master of logic, hands over his weapons and gets on the train to Yuma. My gosh, I nearly fainted at that moment...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-39229702613693756452008-03-13T17:13:00.000-04:002008-03-13T17:13:00.000-04:00God, I looked it up. Is my imagination wanting--th...God, I looked it up. Is my imagination wanting--the movie cost sixty-five million dollars. No wonder they couldn't afford to be subtle.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-68929201890199604992008-03-13T17:12:00.000-04:002008-03-13T17:12:00.000-04:00One reason why movies have to be so obvious now is...One reason why movies have to be so obvious now is that they're such an enormous investment (what's the budget of You Got Mail? Thirty-forty million easy, I would imagine) that you can't risk using subtlety in the story or acting. If you confuse the audience, they won't see it; worse, they won't <I>come back</I> to see it, which is where the real gravy is. People nowadays don't want art; they want a feel-good experience.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-12144948544764192412008-03-13T11:08:00.000-04:002008-03-13T11:08:00.000-04:00Great post. I love the original and thus was in no...Great post. I love the original and thus was in no hurry to see the remake, and you sum up some of my problems with Mangold -- I'd forgotten he did the really quite terrible Girl, Interrupted. A while back David Bordwell did a brilliant post where he compared a scene in The Shop Around the Corner to You've Got Mail, and concluded that the older film was by far the more subtle, forcing us to imagine certain reactions while Ephron cut to show us every one. Sounds like a similar case here. Frequently older movies are dissed as being obvious and melodramatic but it's surprising how often a remake will feel the need to take what was once subtext and suggestion, and instead tie it around the viewer's neck with a big ribbon and say HERE'S THE THEME.The Sirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587505433284584391noreply@blogger.com