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Rating: 10/10 (5 June 1999)

I've read every comment on the Web about this film, and a disturbing majority of them compare it to "Wyatt Earp" starring Kevin Costner. Let's get past the comparison.
Tombstone, although released in approximately the same time frame as the other, was not intended to compete. The acting by such mega-stars as Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell, Dana Delaney, in addition to a brilliant display of direction and production led this movie to the fame it deserves and continues to receive.
This movie would get the Doug Alderman "10" rating without the following: -romance between Wyatt and Josephine could've been better -Closed-captioning on the video uses the word "nerv-i-ous-" when it actually does not appear in the script. -The three-shot shotgun messed me up in the OK Corral scene.
Other than that? No problems. The directing during the horse battle scene near the end was UNMATCHED. What I don't know is whether or not production directors were changed at this point, but I suspect they were.
My vote: 9.98