Wyatt Earp | | Cast : | Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman | | Director : | Lawrence Kasdan | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | June 24, 1994 | | DVD Released Date : | May 18, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | August 05, 2005 | | Summary | One Step Closer to "Kevin's Gate" | Content
 | After "Dances With Wolves," Kevin Costner thought he could walk on water. "Waterworld" (aka, "Fishtar") and "The Postman" (aka, "Kevin's Gate") proved otherwise. So, I'm sorry to say, did this 1994 movie. The main character (and many of the supporting ones) is dull, dreary and hardly worth watching for over three hours. It's a far less enjoyable, is more ploddingly accurate, film than "Tombstone," released the previous year. However, it does have its moments. Dennis Quaid does a superb job as Doc Holliday. In some way I preferred his portrayal to Val Kilmer's much hailed (albeit more annoying) method acting. Gene Hackman appears as Nicholas Earp, the family patriarch. Here he bears a remarkable resemblance to Walter Brennan in "My Darling Clementine." That 1946 movie, which many regard as the greatest Western ever made, in many respects is a less accurate film than Costner's, Generally speaking, a largely forgettable, overlong and disappointing film. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 28, 2005 | | Summary | Great Costner film. | Content
| This was by far the best movie Kevin Costner has been in, he born to play to part of Wyatt Earp. The movie starting off When Earp was a young boy and shows him growing up and how he grew to be the legendary lawman that we all know of, aswell it depicts the Gunfight in the OK carall. This film also shows how Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday met and became friends. Unlike in "Tombstone" Doc Holliday is shown to be a little more down to earth and serious, played by Dennis Quaid. I would recommend this movie to anyone who loves a good western flick. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 12, 2005 | | Summary | Not Buying It Yet | Content
| The movie is good, but I'll wait for the extended version (212 Min.) with commentary that will inevitably be released in the future. Shame on the studio for releasing this only to fleece us again with a better version later. I'll save my money until then and they lose a sale until then. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 28, 2005 | | Summary | Thank God for Fast Forward | Content
| This had to be the longest, dullest movie I have ever watched. Though to be honest I did fast forward through a great deal of it because it was so incredibly boring. Way too much Kevin Costner! Dennis Quaid was okay as Doc Holliday, though Val Kilmer was much more fun and interesting in Tombstone. Lewis Smith as Curly Bill definately could have been developed more. He's a gorgeous guy and should have been in more scenes and given a few lines to speak. His character was spoken about amongst the leading characters quite a bit leading the viewer to think he was 'important' though his character never developed in this rendition of the story. In Tombstone, Curly Bill was definately a major character and I just wish Wyatt Earp had done the same instead of making the viewer wonder what all the talk was about. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 13, 2005 | | Summary | Why bore an audience with 3 hours of Cosner? | Content
| Tombstone or Wyatt Earp? This seems to be the prevailing comparision. But why? Some reveiwers have referenced Kasdan's brillant western masterpiece Silverado to bulk up this movie and to justify the poor choice of Cosner's Earp. From my perspective, other than his portrayl as the dead body in THE BIG CHILL, SILVERADO was the only movie of value Cosner has ever been involved in. His portrayl of Earp is as exciting as his portrayal of the dead body in THE BIG CHILL. (Which was cut from the theatrical release. Maybe his choice of charactor was to wooden for that film as well?) One reviewer has stated WYATT EARP in not an "action film" like TOMBSTONE. They are right. Cosner's Earp does not need to engage in gunplay to kill. He can kill his opponents the same way he does the viewers, bore them to death.
The running time of the original theatrical release was approximately three hours. The DVD release has been shortened, but unfortunately it can not be edited enough to add life to a listless charactor portrayal.
Tombstone on the other hand moves at a quick pace, protrays the importance of family, honor, integrity, and most importantly friendship. I've read reviews knocking Val Kilmer's portrayal in Tombstone as Doc Holiday in an attempt to bulster Quaid's performance in Wyatt Earp. Acting next to Cosner, any sign of life is an improvement. So Quaid certainly looks better when not compared directly on screen with Kilmer. But Kilmer's Doc in TOMBSTONE examplifies and highlights friendship as the motive for Doc's riding with the Earps.
The legend of Doc Holiday and his feared reputation, is more aptly shown in Tombstone than in WYATT EARP. Doc's reputation as a killer, though not as widely known today as when he lived, far eclipes that of Wyatt. And had he lived past 36, he might have been the central figure of the legend of the OK Corral.
The Earp legend is in part due to Earp's living until 80 and befriending film makers in Hollywood. On Jan. 13, 1929 Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles at the age of 80. Cowboy actors Tom Mix and William S. Hart were among his pallbearers. Earp was not a lawman for a great part of his life. In fact, he was more successful as a gambler, prospector, real estate investor and entreperneur. But we don't see many movies of successful business men, however, Cosner may have exploered that side of Earp and attempted to portray that throughout the movie. That would provide some explaination for his wooden portrayal.
So the time in Tombstone, AZ is the highlight of Earp's lawman career, and as shown in the movie WYATT EARP, why waster three hours of your life on the rest. Besides, TOMBSTONE has the beautiful and senuous Dana Delany playing Josie, the woman with whom Wyatt would end his days. |
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