After watching (through my eyelids since I was asleep most of the time) the Falcons struggle (mostly with themselves) in a loss to Tampa Bay, I gave up the ghost and drove to Fayetteville to see '3:10 to Yuma' at the dollar theater. Actually the movie was $1.25, which is still very good. I like Westerns and I was looking forward to this one, since it had Russell Crowe who is one of my favorite actors these days. Interestingly, the producers got Peter Fonda to play a Pinkerton detective in the movie. I thought that was quite extraordinary, considering how many westerns his dad made in his career.
Anyway, I went to the movie and really enjoyed most of it. I guess I would have to say that I enjoyed the movie; however, the end was a little dissatisfying. The movie involves Russell Crowe playing a bandit, whose gang robs a stagecoach with the payroll for the railroad. The robbery occurs on or near the property of Christian Bale, who is a failing rancher, suffering from a drought and the financial pressures of a business man in the nearby town. Crowe is apprehended and Bale volunteers to assist in taking him to the train head for transport to Yuma for trial and hanging. Bale does this for $200 and the possibility of holding off the evil mortgage holders in town.
As the posse travels to the town where the railroad station is located, Crowe is very cordial to Bale and his son. Everyone else in the posse ends up being killed with the exception of the representative of the railroad. Crowe's gang is following behind them and when they finally make it to the railroad town, the gang shows up and they have a confrontation where Bale and Crowe work their way through town to the railroad station. As they are surrounded by the gang and the train pulls into the station, Bale confesses to Crowe that he was not a hero in the Civil War, but was wounded by friendly fire during a retreat. He sees this job to take him to the train as his only chance to be a hero in the eyes of his sons. Crowe has sympathy for him and decides to turn himself in and take the train to Yuma. Bale's son ends up stampeding a bunch of cattle to give them a distraction. Crowe and Bale go to the train where Crowe allows himself to be taken prisoner. At the last minute, the area around the train clears of cattle and Bale is shot in the back by one of the gang members.
With this, Crowe takes his pistol from his gang members and then shoots them all. The movie ends with Crowe reentering the train and taking his seat to Yuma.
I guess the only part of the movie that I really didn't believe was the end where Crowe shows himself as this person who is willing to give it all up for the benefit of a gesture in favor of Bale and his sons. Maybe with a little more character development I might have believed it. Of course, I still liked the movie.
After the movie, I went to Barnes & Nobles to look around and then ended up at Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen to eat a sausage po-boy and some red beans and rice. It was pretty good.
As I left to go home, I called down to St. George Island. Virtually everybody is there except Kate, Frank, Maggie, Lily and myself. I really felt like the poor step-children. Everyone having fun but us.
Of course I did enjoy the peace and quiet.
This evening, Kate and I will set up the dining room and I will pack for the trip. That should place us ready to go to St. George.
Time is short and I am looking forward to the drive. And the oysters.
Oysterboy!
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