Appaloosa gets 4 stars from me. I really enjoyed this movie starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortenson. Ed Harris was also the director. It is a story of friendship set in the Old West. Virgil (Harris)is a town marshal for hire/gunfighter and Everett (Viggo)is his partner. One thing I loved was the excellent dialogue between those two characters and the humor. Renee Zelwegger (sp?) plays the mysterious widow who comes to town and wins Virgil's heart. I don't know, she looked terrible in a red wig. Also her character was a self-centered woman who used men so it was hard to comprehend Virgil's unending love for her regardless of what she did. I think his relationship with her may be the reason this movie was not as popular as it could have been because she wasn't admirable. In the end, you know she doesn't really love him and eventually she'll move on. I enjoyed watching the DVD extras for historical background and how they created the town of Appaloosa.
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Haven't seen it but my daughter said is was wonderful...Happy weekend sweetie!hughugs
Well I'm a sucker for a good western, so this is going straight to my queue.
Is it out on DVD already? Oh, snap! I've got to get my other netflix movies back in the mail. Those people make a mint off of me. I think I've had these particular ones since before Thanks Giving. I'm such a bad girl.
*sigh*
Oh, I've been wanting to see that one. Can't wait until it hits OnDemand. YEHAAA!
I want to see this too. I didn't know it was on DVD. I love Westerns.
I'm looking for a short story contest to enter. There was one that cost 45 to enter, and I thought it might be better to enter one that is free, but offers some exposure. I need something to get me going. Do you know of anything?
I came thisclose to renting that movie this weekend, but we went for Prince Caspien instead. I'll have to grab this next time I'm there.
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