3:10 to Yuma (2007) Review
3:10 to Yuma (2007) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. James Mangold opens the story out, adds an hour, gives the rancher a limp and a war record, and turns a chamber piece into a journey. Ben…
Elmore Leonard wrote crime fiction in dialogue and let plot follow, which is why so much of it films well and why the bad adaptations are the ones that add explanation. Both versions of 3:10 to Yuma are reviewed here, the 1957 film at 9 out of 10 and the 2007 remake at 8. His ten rules of writing are still the shortest useful style guide in English.
Derek Haas3:10 to Yuma (2007) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. James Mangold opens the story out, adds an hour, gives the rancher a limp and a war record, and turns a chamber piece into a journey. Ben…
Elmore Leonard3:10 to Yuma (1957) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A rancher takes two hundred dollars to hold an outlaw in a hotel room until a train arrives, and almost the entire film is the two of…
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