310/Three-Ten/3:10 to Yuma

[Aqua Letifer]

Reading the Elmore Leonard story, and then watching the '57 movie and the '07 movie. Because #quarantinelife.

Holy shit what a good story. It's not just a Western, it's an exploration of good, evil, and their motivations. Hell even the '07 movie gets it right. It's a lot like a Dostoevsky yarn: major characters act as an animus for an idea, and the writer/directors/actors/whatever bounce off each other so you can see how it all shakes out.

Stevenson's "Markheim" does a really good job getting in deep with 2 perspectives on good and evil. This story's a whole spectrum. Just awesome. And both movie adaptations do a great job in their own way of trying to figure out what the short story was trying to figure out.

[Horace]

I liked Ben Foster's performance. He's one of my favorite actors.

[Aqua Letifer]

He was awesome in the most recent one. He and the other major parts seemed to really get the point of the script they were given.

[George K]

Thanks for the heads-up, Aqua. I need to rewatch that movie.

[89th]

@Horace said in 310/Three-Ten/3:10 to Yuma:

I liked Ben Foster's performance. He's one of my favorite actors.

Agreed, he is solid.

[Horace]

Another I liked him in was Alpha Dog.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in 310/Three-Ten/3:10 to Yuma:

Another I liked him in was Alpha Dog.

Queued up.

[Horace]

if you don't know what it's about, don't spoil yourself by looking it up. Just watch it.

[Aqua Letifer]

Oh, one of those. I love those. Awesome.