Monday 21st March 2011
Director: Ed Harris
Year: 2008
Stars: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellwegger, Jeremy Irons
For much of this movie, I wasn't sure what to make of it. At times it felt as if it was trying to be something more than it really was. I decided I would give it the benefit of the doubt, and wait until the ending before I came to a decision.
Appaloosa is all about two gunmen, Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Mortensen), who are hired to rid the town of Appaloosa of the Bragg gang. Various Western-type events ensue, including the obvious love interest, a murder trial and lots of shooting.
After being fairly patient with the movie I determined that it was, in fact, trying to be something more it was. Appaloosa tries very hard to be like a classic Western, but updated for a modern age. Unfortunately, it succeeds only in not being quite as good as a classic Western. If you're looking for a modern take on the Western genre, try True Grit instead. True Grit is everything Appaloosa wanted to be.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Watching films is one of my favourite hobbies. Often the films I watch aren't the biggest, or newest, films of the moment - but smaller independent movies, things on late night TV, or simply films I missed first time around. Not to say that the latest cinema releases don't get a look-in: my tastes are pretty diverse and I'll give almost any film a chance! This blog aims to reflect something of that diversity, reviewing as many of the films that I've watched since November 2008 as possible.
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About Me
- Anna Lawson
- I live in Bristol with my husband Dan (who I married in July 2007), my son Joe (born 2012) and daughter Jess (born 2015). I work at UWE (the University of the West of England) in Bristol as a Research and Open Access Librarian. I'm orginally from Exeter, so moving back to Bristol is a bit like coming home - especially as I studied for my undergraduate degree here (also at UWE). I love travelling and movies, although I get to do a lot less of both since the birth of our children. Although we have still managed to fit in holidays to the Isles of Scilly, Chamonix and a summer in California since Joe was born.
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