Who says all the good guys have all the dignity?

Rating: 8/10 (20 April 2008)

I watched this movie on a DVD which one of my friends brought. Heres the catch-line that I made after wathcing it -> Who says that all the good guys have all the dignity? The movie starts with Rusell Crowe pulling off a big loot with his nasty and mean gang members by using Chritain Bales cattle (Christian Bale being a ranch owner is on the lookout for his cattle). Crowe is one of the most wanted and famous hoods (outlaw) wanted in almost all the counties. As the movie progresses you get that feeling of hatred for the villainous Crowe, how evil, sadistic and mean he is, Crowe certainly takes the charm over Bale through out the movie. The way Crowe confronts the Bar Girl, Bales wife, the way he keeps drawing all the pictures of everyone he meets or every good thing he sees; that maybe his way of easing the pressure or just relaxing, but believe me CHICKS DIGG THAT! :) So, you wonder why all the bad guys have all the good girls well, start drawing pictures or just need to get witty and bad like Crowe I tell you; Naaaah Im just kidding, but wait there's some truth in there about what Im trying to say. There are some perks in between where Crowe takes care of the Apaches and helps the Crew get out of the tunnel. Then comes the climax where Bale needs to prove himself to his kid that his father ain't a coward, so Bale decides to take Crowe to the train at 3:10 to Yuma singularly. Crowe consistently tries to push Bale over the edge about why he's doing this, why he's going thru all this pain of putting him on the 3:10 to Yuma? but Bale's ignorant answers keeps Crowe thinking. Crowe(Ben Wayed) is a smart, witty and intelligent outlaw he doesn't need all the answers he is smart enough to figure that out on his own. Then comes that gripping moment when Bale has to get Crowe out from the Motel singularly to the train station and while the clock is ticking Crowe tells Bale about his childhood. About how he was casted-away by his own mother at a train station where his mother tells him to wait at the train station while she goes to take the tickets giving a bible in Crowe's hands and telling him to read that. The end of this movie proves everyone wrong! Villains are not born bad, its us who are responsible for that.
The movie is nicely pictured, casted and directed. Reincarnates some of the memories of good old Clint Eastwood's wild west movies. All the actors have done very well, in particularly Rusell Crowe, I mean how would you expect a Gladiator to become an evil and witty outlaw from the west in cowboy suits. Crowe is certainly the center-point of the whole movie. And I can bet that no one else could have done it better than Crowe. No offense to Chirstian Bale himself, he's also become a mature actor after his Batman success. Indeed a cheerful story that you can preach to your youglings, or just enjoy it with friends. A definite Oscar nominee should I say it is.