Highly Overrated But Still Good

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Hell Kurt Russell even looks like Wyatt Earp and from what I've learned about Wyatt Earp, Kurt portrayed the man, the legend, pretty damn well! Val Kilmer was perfect as Doc Holiday (maybe the best performance?), Powers Boothe was an appealing bad guy, Michael Biehn was badass! Sam Elliot played a subdued badass! It was a marvelous cast and a brilliant movie and wonderfully acted and full of testosterone! I've a pantheon of Westerns (e.g. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Will Penny, Open Range, Quigley Down Under etc.) but this is the only Western I've felt compelled to write about. I guess in the hope of encouraging others to watch and enjoy! It's a guy film for sure but I think anyone should appreciate it but I know guys will! Check it out, it's well done! Oh by the way "I'm your huckleberry" (spoken by Doc Holiday just before he kills Ringo in a gunfight) apparently means "I'm your man"!

Written & submitted before 2010- please show it to me

I was a child of the 1960s; my Dad grew up watching "Westerns" at the theater. He in turn introduced my brother and I; "Westerns" like the iconic movies featuring John Wayne; Alan Ladd ("Shane"); Gary Cooper; Burt Lancaster; the original "The Magnificent Seven" movie; I could go on. After I got older and with the advent of the Clint Eastwood "Spaghetti westerns" I presumed good movies of the genre was of days past. Then I saw this. I knew Kirk Russell from his body of work, likewise other cast members, save Val Kilmer, was not that familiar with his body of work. If you are a fan of the "Western" movie genre, welcome home. This one will take you back. Thanksgiving day, 1996, my Dad sat on the edge of his seat watching this and smiling. This was the last "Western" he saw before he passed 1.5 months later. But my being able to play this for him and his enjoyment, gave me as much if not more enjoyment than the movie itself. If a GOOD Western is what you want, look no further. Some pretty decent others have followed, but cannot, nay, could not touch this one.

Tombstone is my favorite film. However after learning about the historical OK Corral shootout that the film was based off of, many details in the movie are changed, like the relationships between the historical figures. Its lead me to feel the importance of historical accuracy is something that needs to be discussed.History is an important subject, it can help people learn from past mistakes, learn about their heritage, their family, different cultures, and by Hollywood films changing things in order to make some money, it hurts the learning of the truth. People are watching these movies and mostly assume that they're accurate, and it leads to a lack of true knowledge and understanding . By simply making these movies have more accuracy or possibly at the end of the movie encourage their audience to research the historical event, we as a society can gain knowledge and continue to make history.Until directors and actors are able, historically based movies will continue twist and change historical facts and events. The problem with this is that they will continue to cause a false sense of knowledge, it will disrespect the people who were there during the time depicted in a film if the director decided to paint them as someone they weren't and will continue to teach our generation false information.