The original make of 3:10 to Yuma in 1957 is much different from the 2007 remake for it is simple and can stand on its own without the need to show over glorified violent scenes and such. During the time the original was made, America had many fears that included Cuba and the guerilla warfare being waged by Castro as well as the launching of Sputnik by the U.S.S.R. Although we had just ended the Korean War in ’53, it was not that shocking that we had yet entered another war, Vietnam, just two years later in ’55. Mainly during this time, the Western films began to question the racism that was most present in previous films. The civil rights movement of the postwar era killed the genre as filmmakers and Americans began to stray from and question the Western film formula, which involved undignified violence against “others.” Thus, in the early film we see the Western from a simple front with the likable antagonist Ben Wade being pursued by the desperate protagonist Dan Evans. A few bumps in the road and little blood shed, Evans completes his task of getting Wade on the train, and the draught even ends as the credits are about to roll. This Western, all in all, is a simple, classic one which did not end in action but instead left the audience to question the characters. The remake decided to take another spin on it.
In the 2007 3:10 to Yuma, there is a lot more show and flash for violence. The director took the basic plot line and made a revision film with more body counts, bloodshed, unnecessary nudity, and embellished it with brutality and elaborate plot lines. The combination of being produced during the age of technology and post September 11th 2001, this remake provided audiences with more blood and violence that Americans had become accustomed to expect in the theatres. After Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City, America was knocked on its ass in a state of despair. Of course, the United States military, with participation from its ally the United Kingdom, commenced the first attack in the War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. During 2007, a terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City is thwarted when four terrorists are arrested and charged with its plan and the War on Terror continues. Surrounded by fear, anger, and upset, Americans are gradually making their way back to the olden ideals that violence is a means to end conflict. This is seen in the movie when it ends by having Evans shot drastically four times as Wade screams in protest. For revenge, Wade shoots his own men who disobeyed his desires, and walks back onto the train in defeat in hopes to satisfy and finish the dying Evans quest. This new version of the film shows the nation's outlook on violence and how time over time we always turn to it to solve conflict.
The original make of 3:10 to Yuma in 1957 is much different from the 2007 remake for it is simple and can stand on its own without the need to show over glorified violent scenes and such. During the time the original was made, America had many fears that included Cuba and the guerrilla warfare being waged by Castro as well as the launching of Sputnik by the U.S.S.R. Although we had just ended the Korean War in ’53, it was not that shocking that we had yet entered another war, Vietnam, just two years later in ’55. Mainly during this time, the Western films began to question the racism that was most present in previous films. The civil rights movement of the postwar era killed the genre as filmmakers and Americans began to stray from and question the Western film formula, which involved undignified violence against “others.” Thus, in the early film we see the Western from a simple front with the likable antagonist Ben Wade being pursued by the desperate protagonist Dan Evans. A few bumps in the road and little blood shed, Evans completes his task of getting Wade on the train, and the draught even ends as the credits are about to roll. This Western, all in all, is a simple, classic one which did not end in action but instead left the audience to question the characters. The remake decided to take another spin on it.
ReplyDeleteIn the 2007 3:10 to Yuma, there is a lot more show and flash for violence. The director took the basic plot line and made a revision film with more body counts, bloodshed, unnecessary nudity, and embellished it with brutality and elaborate plot lines. The combination of being produced during the age of technology and post September 11th 2001, this remake provided audiences with more blood and violence that Americans had become accustomed to expect in the theaters. After Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City, America was knocked on its ass in a state of despair. Of course, the United States military, with participation from its ally the United Kingdom, commenced the first attack in the War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. During 2007, a terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City is thwarted when four terrorists are arrested and charged with its plan and the War on Terror continues. Surrounded by fear, anger, and upset, Americans are gradually making their way back to the olden ideals that violence is a means to end conflict. This is seen in the movie when it ends by having Evans shot drastically four times as Wade screams in protest. For revenge, Wade shoots his own men who disobeyed his desires, and walks back onto the train in defeat in hopes to satisfy and finish the dying Evans quest. This new version of the film shows the nation's outlook on violence and how time over time we always turn to it to solve conflict.