The remake with Bale/Crowe, is the best movie I've seen in ages (>Dark Knight even, which I saw last week). I am generally not a fan of epic/classic westerns except for a few of them, but that movie was just perfect. Acting, scenery, nuances in themes, pace... Everything's there. A great watch, really. Worth it even if you're familiar with the original, which is vastly inferior.
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Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento...
sven666 wrote:its a decent movie but i thought the ending was really stupid.. am i missing something here? why the hell would he want to go to prison?
I think his character just forms a respect for him, that he saw the whole thing through to the end, so he boards the train. It's not clear, but it seems to me that he has every intention of escaping after the end of the movie.
I disagree with you guys. Don't forget there's a key whistle at the end -I'll say that much- which explains a lot of what was done before. The rather unusual cooperation stemmed from 2 things, pity (bleh) and the fact that Crowe's character had "been there, done that, and bought the t-shirt".
I'm being pretty cryptic and I'm sorry, but I don't want to spoil the fun for people who might not have seen it.
Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento...
SPOILERS! Don't read if you don't want to see the ending! So guys, here's how it is.
He boards the train just to help the poor guy. He wants to be seen by the railroad guy so that the wife gets the 1,000$. He knows full well he'll escape (he tells the farmer just before boarding he went twice to Yuma and escaped), which is why he helps the guy in the first place. It doesn't cost him anything. Besides, the guards inside the train are elderly people. When he sees that, he locks himself up (!) in the cell, smiles and whistles to call his horse.
Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento...
It did take a rather unbelievable turn near the end there. But I think the point of the story was the relationship between the characters. Crowes character had developed genuine respect for the guy and wanted his family to be alright. He didn't ever care about the rest of his gang, they're all replaceable as far as a person like him is concerned.
