Awww...an unbiased opinion!
I wasn't sure how many saw this posted on the Yahoo groups, but someone sent the link and text to me, and I had to made sure the word got out. This is fantastic. And I love it that it (hopefully) came from someone that isn't a fan. *g* Just someone who recognizes what sounds to be a very good flick. So in the midst of my excitement over 300 (and realizing that I need to sharpen my swords *bg* 
), we run across this:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31880
James Mangold came out to introduce a 5 minute clip of 3:10 TO YUMA, the remake of the classic, but very underseen, film starring Van Heflin and Glenn Ford, which is itself based on an Elmore Leonard story. This flick stars Christian Bale and Russell Crowe... the basic set-up is that Crowe is an outlaw, Bale is an average guy who is part of a group holding Crowe as they await the 3:10 TO YUMA, where Crowe will be hanged.
The footage starts as Crowe's posse rides into town looking for him. They were obviously tipped off to where is, a second floor hotel room. Crowe looks very much like he did in THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, with his hair long. He's surrounded by a couple of the local law enforcers, a man from the train company and Bale and his son.
The leader of the posse calls for Crowe's character. "Boss! Boss!" Crowe turns to Bale, whose face is bloody, by the way. "What do you want me to tell him?" "Tell him you'll write him a letter every day from Yuma."
Bale and the rest of the captors keep out of sight as Crowe goes to the window. Casually, he calls down to his group. "Boys. Charlie... why don't you take the boys down to the saloon and buy 'em a drink. I'll be down shortly." Charlie responds, "You okay?" "I'm fine. Just sittin' up here with my four new friends..."
Bale leans forward with his shotgun. Crowe gives him a humored glance. Charlie throws up a hat to Crowe, who catches it, his iron cuffs apparent. He slides the hat on and plops back down on the bed, smiling.
Charlie calls out to the townspeople. "Listen up! It's Ben Wade they have up there. Now, the railroad intends to put him on the 3:10 to Yuma and hang 'im. We're going to give two hundred cash dollars to any man who shoots any one of his captors." He holds up the bills so everyone can see.
"Two hundred dollars, guaranteed." Suddenly the town comes alive. Lots of "Hell, I'll do it"s echo down the street as a few dozen people join the posse, their weapons at the ready. Every type, from old men with rifles and women wearing gunbelts.
Crowe smiles. The sheriff's eyes are wide. "There's gotta be more than 41 guns down there now." The sheriff gives up. He says he's going to leave. "There's only 5 of us." He'd fight if it was a fair fight, but he's not going to die there, he says.
So he leaves, the railroad guy follows him and his deputy down the stairs, begging them to stay. The sheriff says he has a family, so no deal. "I have a family, too." "Then you ought to come with us."
The posse, still on horseback, are lined up in front of the hotel's door. The law holds up their pistols and their arms.
Back with Bale and Crowe. Crowe tells Bale he should leave, save the life of his boy, in his mid-teens maybe.
Back to the sheriff and his deputy. They're outside, hands up. The posse, of course, opens fire, tearing them down. Charlie yells back up to Crowe. "That all of 'em?" Crowe looks to Bale, who still has his gun trained on Crowe. "Almost..." He turns fully to Bale. "Your move, Jim."
The flick looked fantastic. Great looking Western, with Crowe being so carefree and Bale being so troubled... gonna be a great dynamic.
), we run across this:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31880
James Mangold came out to introduce a 5 minute clip of 3:10 TO YUMA, the remake of the classic, but very underseen, film starring Van Heflin and Glenn Ford, which is itself based on an Elmore Leonard story. This flick stars Christian Bale and Russell Crowe... the basic set-up is that Crowe is an outlaw, Bale is an average guy who is part of a group holding Crowe as they await the 3:10 TO YUMA, where Crowe will be hanged.
The footage starts as Crowe's posse rides into town looking for him. They were obviously tipped off to where is, a second floor hotel room. Crowe looks very much like he did in THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, with his hair long. He's surrounded by a couple of the local law enforcers, a man from the train company and Bale and his son.
The leader of the posse calls for Crowe's character. "Boss! Boss!" Crowe turns to Bale, whose face is bloody, by the way. "What do you want me to tell him?" "Tell him you'll write him a letter every day from Yuma."
Bale and the rest of the captors keep out of sight as Crowe goes to the window. Casually, he calls down to his group. "Boys. Charlie... why don't you take the boys down to the saloon and buy 'em a drink. I'll be down shortly." Charlie responds, "You okay?" "I'm fine. Just sittin' up here with my four new friends..."
Bale leans forward with his shotgun. Crowe gives him a humored glance. Charlie throws up a hat to Crowe, who catches it, his iron cuffs apparent. He slides the hat on and plops back down on the bed, smiling.
Charlie calls out to the townspeople. "Listen up! It's Ben Wade they have up there. Now, the railroad intends to put him on the 3:10 to Yuma and hang 'im. We're going to give two hundred cash dollars to any man who shoots any one of his captors." He holds up the bills so everyone can see.
"Two hundred dollars, guaranteed." Suddenly the town comes alive. Lots of "Hell, I'll do it"s echo down the street as a few dozen people join the posse, their weapons at the ready. Every type, from old men with rifles and women wearing gunbelts.
Crowe smiles. The sheriff's eyes are wide. "There's gotta be more than 41 guns down there now." The sheriff gives up. He says he's going to leave. "There's only 5 of us." He'd fight if it was a fair fight, but he's not going to die there, he says.
So he leaves, the railroad guy follows him and his deputy down the stairs, begging them to stay. The sheriff says he has a family, so no deal. "I have a family, too." "Then you ought to come with us."
The posse, still on horseback, are lined up in front of the hotel's door. The law holds up their pistols and their arms.
Back with Bale and Crowe. Crowe tells Bale he should leave, save the life of his boy, in his mid-teens maybe.
Back to the sheriff and his deputy. They're outside, hands up. The posse, of course, opens fire, tearing them down. Charlie yells back up to Crowe. "That all of 'em?" Crowe looks to Bale, who still has his gun trained on Crowe. "Almost..." He turns fully to Bale. "Your move, Jim."
The flick looked fantastic. Great looking Western, with Crowe being so carefree and Bale being so troubled... gonna be a great dynamic.