Watched 3:10 to Yuma last night. (To be clear on any movie ramblings I do, don't expect anything too technical or critical. It's either going to be a "like or don't like it". I have no film school dreams or "I can do it better" thoughts in me about movies. As well, I am no snob. I just like the escape. Given the little free time I have, if I get to watch something, it is most likely after hearing plenty of people talking about it or knowing alot about it before hand. In short, if I get to it, most likely it is a winner.)
3:10 is a winner, start to finish. There are a lot of "Road to Perdition" similarities to the writing, given the travels of the father and son, but it is never hokey, or never gets that "I know what is going to happen here" feel that you would get from something Hollywood like "The Patriot". While many may think the core theme of the film is the realtionship between Ben Waid (Russell Crowe) and Dan Evans (Christian Bale), I feel what we are watching is the relationship between Evans and his son Willam (Logan Lerman).
My son's birth 2 years ago has changed many of my outlooks on life and I believe it is Dan Evans' (Christian Bale) views about being a father that drive him to the decisions he makes in the movie. Having your son hold a unconditional belief that you will always be there for him is every man's greatest desire. While his wife, Alice, played by Gretchen Mol, (surprisingly, in her same wet blanket role as "Rounders", the last thing I think anyone saw her in) shows little or no faith in him, it is his son that slowly begins to understand the choices his father has made in his life and begins to see their meanings.
If you haven't seen it yet, my advice is get to it. I don't want to go into a full review about it at this point, but every role is played perfectly. As well, Ben Waid has just overtaken Alonzo, from Training Day and Teddy KGB, from Rounders, as my favorite movie villian of all time.
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Nice little blog so far, little man. A few words of advice: first, don't come off as "I'm Mr. Guy with a blog; I'm not too smart, bleh, bleh, bleh..." and expect people to want to read you.
ESPECIALLY when you're talking about themes of films and how they relate to the "real world." (It's called "text-to-life comparisons and they're all the rage with the kiddies in the schools lately.)
You've always been smarter than you give yourself credit for. Let people come to their own conclusions.
And number b: SPELL-CHECK!!! The world is watching! (You know Mom's going to find her way here someday - she wouldn't dare come to mine - so dial down the things she can jump on.)
M.
Oh, BTW, are you a single father?
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