Appaloosa
I really don’t like westerns. Having said that, I was impressed with the trailers for Appaloosa.
In one, there was a conversation between one of the protagonist, lawman Virgil Cole, who is getting ready for a gun battle, and a woman which was interesting and informative. As this conversation is going on, the other lawman, Everett Hitch, contributes an interesting sub-plot as he also prepares for the fight, listening, but remaining silent in the background.
The story from the trailers:
Two itinerant lawmen (guns for hire), Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, have be employed by the leading citizens of a town to get rid of a murderous gang leader and his gang. They engage in gun fights. People get killed. In one trailer, they are crossing the river with the gang leader in custody. The gang meets them and the trailer ends as the lawmen seem to be taking the leader right through the middle of the gang.
There seems to be depth to the lawmen’s relationship – a laconic understanding of each other and what they must do to get their job done efficiently. Also, they are not your “white knight” lawmen. One trailer shows a citizen complaining to Everett that Virgil has hurt a prominent citizen. Everett asks what did he expect: “You hired him to be Virgil Cole.”
While the lawmen are cleaning up the town, Virgil begins a serious relationship with a woman for whom he starts building a house. As in the trailer mentioned above, she is not your typical Western love interest, pretty and docile. When Virgil asks her of what she is afraid, she says: Being alone. Having no money. Winding up with the wrong man. No place to live.
In other trailer, Everett comes to tell her that Virgil said she should pick out the curtains for the new house and she complains to him that Virgil is always busy and doesn’t pay attention to her. This is a lot of talking for your typical Western.
What I would expect in the movie from seeing these trailers:
This is not going to be your typical Roy Rogers western. You’re going to have shoot-outs but the trailers are well-made so you see some sub-plots which might be interesting to watch develop. One trailer has Everett pronouncing ‘jurisdiction” correctly after an outlaw butchers the pronunciation, showing you that this movie might go the extra mile in character development.
In one, there was a conversation between one of the protagonist, lawman Virgil Cole, who is getting ready for a gun battle, and a woman which was interesting and informative. As this conversation is going on, the other lawman, Everett Hitch, contributes an interesting sub-plot as he also prepares for the fight, listening, but remaining silent in the background.
The story from the trailers:
Two itinerant lawmen (guns for hire), Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, have be employed by the leading citizens of a town to get rid of a murderous gang leader and his gang. They engage in gun fights. People get killed. In one trailer, they are crossing the river with the gang leader in custody. The gang meets them and the trailer ends as the lawmen seem to be taking the leader right through the middle of the gang.
There seems to be depth to the lawmen’s relationship – a laconic understanding of each other and what they must do to get their job done efficiently. Also, they are not your “white knight” lawmen. One trailer shows a citizen complaining to Everett that Virgil has hurt a prominent citizen. Everett asks what did he expect: “You hired him to be Virgil Cole.”
While the lawmen are cleaning up the town, Virgil begins a serious relationship with a woman for whom he starts building a house. As in the trailer mentioned above, she is not your typical Western love interest, pretty and docile. When Virgil asks her of what she is afraid, she says: Being alone. Having no money. Winding up with the wrong man. No place to live.
In other trailer, Everett comes to tell her that Virgil said she should pick out the curtains for the new house and she complains to him that Virgil is always busy and doesn’t pay attention to her. This is a lot of talking for your typical Western.
What I would expect in the movie from seeing these trailers:
This is not going to be your typical Roy Rogers western. You’re going to have shoot-outs but the trailers are well-made so you see some sub-plots which might be interesting to watch develop. One trailer has Everett pronouncing ‘jurisdiction” correctly after an outlaw butchers the pronunciation, showing you that this movie might go the extra mile in character development.
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