Insulting to the Western Lawmen

"A few hundred bucks"? You seem to be handy at throwing around understatements. Money was worth ALOT more in those days.

I'm not going to reply to your moot argument about good Westerns. You'd much rather have stereotypes and rehauled storylines just because most other movies that took place in 18th-19th century America did so?

"No town folk would bla bla etc. " Unlikely, but you can't know for sure. Nobody that was there still lives, and books can lie too.

I can't argue about them being charged for murder, or the marshals being idiots for not shooting them from the window. Many characters in this film made stupid decisions, but not without reason. The kid obviously seems to have some hormonal issues, which bothered me at first because he looked like he needed a good whooping, but that changed throughout the film. Dan just doesn't seem as bright as a character and simply wanted to be held in high regard by his son.

Nevertheless, good sir, for calling someone you hardly know a moron you simply suck, period. I bet your social skills are about as rotten as your ego. Take this advice and hold it high: It's one thing to have an opinion and state it, but it's another to state it as a fact.

Now shoo.

Even as a lawman it's nok ok to shoot a villain on plain sight...

The father wanted to be remembered for something good in his sons eyes, the only reason he wanted to fight so hard for 200$ at that time...

Although i found it strange that Ben Wade ran so fast and to the destination that Dan Evans told him at the end of the movie, when you are being kept prisoner, you usually doesnt help the person holding you, and at some points Ben Wade could easyli have jumped him when he were shooting in opposite direction...
And this is before Ben Wade found out he pettied Dan and wanted to help him show off to his son.

mgtbltp, you are one serious troll.

The city of Contention was a mining town that only lasted for 8 years. The movie is set right in the middle of this. The population at its peak was probably only 200 and since the town was all built around the mills, the vast majority of the population was likely lone males with little in the way of roots or ties to the town. Using the price of gold as a guideline, $200 in 1884 would be roughly equivilent to $10,000 in 2010. For a transient miner, that's a huge amount of money. (Also, the movie is supposed to be taking place during a drought, which would likely put a greater number of people in desperate times). Arizona Territory was also fairly remote, and the presense and reach of law enforcement was not nearly what it is today. If you take all that into consideration, it would have been more unbelievable if men in the town hadn't accepted Prince's $200 offer.

As for shooting Prince from the window, no, a good lawman wouldn't have done that. First off, in the real world, making that shot isn't guaranteed. Secondly, unlike the viewers, a lawman wouldn't know how important Prince was to the cohesiveness of the gang. Thirdly, a lawman wouldn't know what was going on in the rest of the town. He wouldn't know if the gang had reinforcements out of sight, or if help against the gang was on its way. All He would know is that if he started shooting from the window, what was currently just a standoff would quickly escalate into a firefight, and once that happened, what little control they had over the situation would be completely gone, and the train was still a ways away. A smart lawman, who didn't have ESP, and was intent on getting Wade to the train, would have tried to maintain the standoff for as long as possible so as to make sure he wasn't in the middle of a gunfight when it came time to actually try to duck out of the hotel.

Oh, and just to make your blood boil, mgtbltp... The 2007 version of 3:10 to Yuma is MILES better than the original. You can cry about it all you want, but people who watch movies agree with me, as do people who judge movies, write movies, act in movies, finance movies, and direct them. In other words, the people who actually have a say in the business of movies think your opinion on movies is nonsense... and thank god they do.

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Well as a Native Arizonan and someone that lives in the path of teh contention yuma line I will say these things, neither Contention nor Bissbe were "mining towns" then or now. that minng segments was digging to lay track for the southern pacific. in 1884 200 dollars was a farm mortgage. and I guess Sheriffs were more respected because if you dont think here we will turn on an elected sheriff ya best look up sheriff Joe. Also this is a tale based on a true story. this is MY state history you are spouting off about. the law here was mostly useless then. the men wanted to sae their tails and go home to their families. There were no lawmen on the trip to Contention, and dont say McKelroy because he was not a cop, Marsshal or sheriff. he was a dirty, low down, woman and child killer working for the Pinkerton security company. He was introduced by Butterfield as a Bounty Hunter. Dan and William were ranchmen, that moron that got it with the fork was a leg breaker for teh bank,Butterfield was an accountant for teh Pinkerton Securities Company and the Doc was a Vet, not a war vet, a animal doc.

Yeah Wyatt Earp woulda shot Prince outta his saddle but there was a reason there were several warrants for Sheriff Earp's arrest on man slaughter and assault in several states.and if you recall it was 200 dollars per man, 5 men thats 1000 dollars. I went to a funeral where a 16 year old kid shot a friend for 15 dollars and some change.dont start spouting the upstanding morals of the southwest. I live it.

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