Wyatt Earp (1994)

Lack of good storyline.

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

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if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

I love the extended edition , it is only available on Laserdisc Box set I have seen this cut on VHS on bidding sites I do not give away reenstated scenes which envolved more of Doc Holiday and Wyatt freindship , The main high point is the soundtrack by " James Newton Howard

Wyatt Earp is a movie about a man and his family. The movie shows us the good times and the bad times of one of the West's most famous individuals. Wyatt Earp packs a handful of good punches thanks to Kevin Costner's and Dennis Quaid's amazing performances and especially Quaid that even lost 30 pounds for the role. The running time of 3 hours and 15 minutes wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be the film is indeed kinda slow paced but it's not a bad one in terms of that it actually has some great action sequences and a great scene where Kevin Costner truly shows his action skills during the ending but also threw out the whole movie his character is easily likable, brave and of course cares for the people around him. The rest of the Cast does a good job as well although actors such as Gene Hackman and Bill Pulman are hardly in the film especially Hackman who is the 3rd top billed in the film and his screen time was less than 10 minutes. Although i gotta say it was great seeing Karen Grassle even for those 3 minutes of screen time that she had in case you don't know who she is she actually starred in 'Little House on the Prairie' as Laura's mother. Overall great actors and a very talented Cast, some great Music threw out of the whole Journey and some really interesting Characters make this film quite interesting and underrated and sure it's not Perfect but it's not Awful either. (8/10)

I'm writing here starting with a clean slate: I watched the film without knowing who Wyatt Earp was, or that there was another film (Tombstone) about the same guy, which everyone has been comparing Wyatt Earp to. So, I'm not prejudiced and I'm not gonna make comparisons. It was just a boring film, with a nonsensical script that dragged on and on unnecessarily, occasionally introduced new characters who didn't have any meaningful contribution to the plot, and little to no sense of adventure and excitement. But the most annoying thing in the movie, I have to admit, is Kevin Costner himself. It seems that Mr Costner has a knack for playing the same character in every movie he stars in: a brooding, smile-less, miserable, cold-outside- but-with-a-heart-of- gold tough macho guy. Well, not such a good guy here, in my opinion. Just a cold-hearted bastard, as one of the characters calls him. But I digress. So, if the film wasn't unbearable enough, Costner's performance makes it even worse. Towards the end I had to fast- forward; I didn't miss anything important, and you wouldn't either, believe you me.

Wyatt Earp offers a broadly scoped tale about the life of the immortal lawman, but it has nothing much to say about him.Earp has earned his place in history for his law enforcement of Tombstone, Arizona which peaked at the legendary gun fight at the O. K. Corrall. Otherwise he had no major accomplishments which warrant a biopic of this length. As the film goes from scene to scene, Director Lawrence Kasdan tries to be objective and dramatically unmanipulative, unlike Tombstone. As a result, you feel like you are watching genuine pieces of history minus a feeling of emotional investment.The first act of the film, starting with Earp as a boy and ending with the death of his first wife, could have been cut out completely. None of this material seems particularly meaningful. Wyatt Earp comes alive around the middle portion with the introduction of Doc Holiday. Filling his shoes is Dennis Quaid whose charisma steals the show and renders Kevin Costner an afterthought.Costner himself is one of the movie's biggest problems. His Wyatt Earp is shamefully dull. It is as if he based his performance on the real mans bland facial expression in his few surviving photographs. What we end up with is a shell of a man who has no fire in his eyes, and he radiates all the stiff ghostliness of a century old mugshot. The movie builds some dramatic momentum toward the O.K. Corrall stand off. This is easily the best scene in the movie even though it lacks the fiery intensity of Tombstone's version.Costumes, make-up and especially photography are all top notch but that's almost inevitable. With a bit of recasting, rewriting and a couple trims, this could have been a more memorable movie.