You have to understand something whores were basically worthless. They were seen as less valuable than horses. So you have to put yourself in their shoes. At this point they're afraid, and angry that one of their own was cut up, and it meant absolutely nothing to the lawmen.
Not true. Whores were money makers and that is why the tavern owner was so pissed. What man was going to want to pay a lot of $ to screw a whore with a messed up face? That's why Little Bill told the cowboy to give the tavern owner or horse or two as reparations.
Wives, on the other hand, were worthless. They could be beaten as the husband saw fit because she was his "property."
The ONLY thing I liked about that movie was that the final gun fight took place inside at close quarters. Most gun fights were more like that than the standard, "Stand in the street and draw" that we see all the time.
Real western legends actually didn't kill so many people.
Are you talking outlaws or hired guns? Because gun-slingers were common; they just tended to stay away from other gun-slingers.
It's not that I hate it. It's the fact that it was forgettable. Nothing especially different.
One thing to note is that all of the Westerns that you've listed as liking have all been big, well-known movies. Appaloosa flew in under the radar. I wonder how long it was in theaters before it came out on DVD. Not because it was so bad, but because it wasn't intended to be a huge blockbuster. Harris called it a labor of love. He really loved the book so he wanted to put it on the screen and do it justice.
That's fine that you don't like it; I'm just saying you are seemingly comparing apples and oranges.
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alejandrodeleon559
10 years ago
Apples and Oranges, if you're going to make a western you commit to it really. It's a label you can't escape. An apple should be an apple when you bite into it, not an orange. Also when I said that comment I meant by film standards. As a film it's poor, and the pacing is bad. I haven't the read the book I bet it's good if Harris wanted to make it a film. Too bad it was him that did.
Famous outlaws didn't kill many people. I know gunslingers were common.
Whores were worthless period. Sure they make money, and the proprietor was angry that he lost one of his investments, but whores could be replaced. You say wives were worthless, but so were people back then. There was still law and order.
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justanicknamed
10 years ago
We'll have to agree to disagree. If you spend $100 million on a movie, you should expect it to be a lot better than a $20 million movie - and that is what Appaloosa was - a $20 million movie.
With regards to the book, I can't say. I enjoyed it, but it also took about 3 hours to read it. It wasn't jammed full of info like a Tom Clancy book, or detailed every last thing going on like other books.
But, I don't know how they could have made the movie any other way and not been faithful to the book.
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