3:10 to Yuma - RS

Compare the two films with reference to cultural issues. The first was made in 1954; the second, in 2007.

Both versions of 3:10 to Yuma show similarities in their plots, yet different in some of the content due to the fact that the time in which they were made were so different. In the 1957 original version, the film was the typical Western, containing all the factors that we expect such as violence, the desert, and the alpha male. Whereas in the 2007 remake, the use of guns is shown much more and plays a large role than in the original. For instance, in the remake, Wade shoots two men, and Evan's son bears arms. The importance of guns seem to be more of an importance in the 2007 film. The reason for this may possible due to the second Constitutional Amendment, "the right to use and bear arms."

Another large difference between the two films is the alpha male character. The character of Wade in the 2007 remake shows the character more into the fighting aspect and being considerable better than the rest of the town's folk; when he killed the two men, he did so because he did not favor them. Additionally he shows a sensitive side to him when he draws a bird as well as a naked bar waitress. Yet in the original film, Wade does not show a stitch of emotion nor sensitivity. These differences show the more relaxed nature the 21st century is than the 20th, when the original was made in. Men today are accepted to have emotion and even show it by doing things such as crying in public, where as in the 50's this would have been considered unacceptable.