"Why was Gretchen Mol so well-fed and soft in 310 to Yuma?"
I don't know, but I'm not complaining. If it wasn't for Winona Ryder, GM would be the cutest in movies.
As to "3:10 To Yuma"... [SPOILER ALERT]
Let me see if I've got this straight...
When Wade's (Russell Crowe's) gang gets to Contention (the train station town), they enlist the help of local whoevers to shoot anyone holding Wade captive, will pay anyone $200 to do so, etc. Evans (C. Bale) sneaks Wade out the back door of the hotel, and immediately gets shot at as he makes his way to the train station with captive Wade in tow.
At this point, presumably, Wade is only going with Evans because Evans is holding him at gunpoint. But wait, how can Evans be holding Wade at gunpoint, and running to the station, and shooting back at his attackers all at the same time? Okay, that's a question to ponder, but let's move on...
In the stable or whatever, Wade gets the jump on Evans, pins him to the floor, and has a gun in his face. Presumably, his plan is to shoot Evans, so that he won't have to board the train to prison, and then re-join his gang and resume gang business, etc. If that's correct, then are we to understand that this was his plan from the get-go, as soon as they went out the back door of the hotel?
However, just as Wade is about to shoot Evans, Evans says, "Wait, I'm not a hero - in the Civil War, I was shot in the leg during a retreat, and it was someone in my own retreating platoon who shot me, by accident, etc.... You try telling that to your 10-yr old son..." or whatever.
Upon hearing this, Wade gets up, gives Evans his gun back, etc. In other words, the implication is that, AT THAT MOMENT, Wade decides yeah, I've changed my mind, I'm not only going to let this guy bring me to the station, but I'm going to help him do it, etc., with the implication being, up until that moment, Wade was being taken to the train station as a captive, against his will, etc.
Am I right so far? Did I describe the events and motivations correctly? If not, then please advise. If I did describe the events and motivations correctly, then it doesn't make any sense. Evans' "I'm not a hero" story is told to Wade after several minutes of them running through streets, etc., with Evans shooting at his attackers, etc. I think I could have escaped from Evans any number of times while he was dodging bullets and shooting attackers, and I'm just a nobody. Ben Wade is a rootintootin gunfighter in the Old West - are we to believe he didn't think he'd be able to escape from Evans while Evans was dealing with all those distractions?
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That whole thing had me very confused - maybe there's a short answer that will make me say "Ohhhh, now I get it" or whatever.
But no matter what the answer is, I didn't find "3:10TY" to be very engaging. Crowe and Bale were fine, and Ben Foster did some nice sneering, but for some reason I thought the whole thing felt a little uneven or thrown-together or something. I only saw it once, so maybe I'll change my tune after a home viewing, I don't know.