Movie "Appalloosa"
Aug 2, 2009 7:35:22 GMT -5
Post by jtwodogs on Aug 2, 2009 7:35:22 GMT -5
Ok, someone may have already posted about this, came out in 2008. I just got to see it on HBO, last night.
Not since Lonesome Dove, have I appreciated a western so much.
Ed Harris, Vigo Mortenson, Renee Zellwigger, Jeremy Irons.
Not onyly were the characters period correct right down to Renee's drop dead ugly unplucked eyebrows, (Women did not worry about pluckin'there eyebrows back then). To the sound of real black powder blanks, not the smokeless versions you hear most of the time in modern westerns. Also the fact that most shootouts began and ended in about 5 secs., not always the elongated lead slinging you see most of the time. To me it felt as true as what I would picture the old west to be. Awesome movie!
Not since Lonesome Dove, have I appreciated a western so much.
Ed Harris, Vigo Mortenson, Renee Zellwigger, Jeremy Irons.
Not onyly were the characters period correct right down to Renee's drop dead ugly unplucked eyebrows, (Women did not worry about pluckin'there eyebrows back then). To the sound of real black powder blanks, not the smokeless versions you hear most of the time in modern westerns. Also the fact that most shootouts began and ended in about 5 secs., not always the elongated lead slinging you see most of the time. To me it felt as true as what I would picture the old west to be. Awesome movie!