# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 195
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3882 "2025-11-21T05:38:35Z")
Tombstone 1993 Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott The OK Corral story has been told in so many movies. Going back to 1946 with _My Darling Clementine_. It starred Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp. Heck, even Star Trek did a OK Corral episode. I wasn’t particularly interested in watching Tombstone or Wyatt Earp wih Kevin Costner. I watched Tombstone for the first time tonight at a friend’s home. I was very surprised. Excellent movie. I think they embellished the story and made stuff up. But, I don’t care. Tombstone is very entertaining. Can I say it’s the best _modern_ Western made in the past 30 years? That doesn’t include the 1970’s era of tv Miniseries Westerns. They’re in a totally different class. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3883 "2025-11-21T06:21:58Z")
I haven’t seen that either. I like a good Western - will keep an eye out for it. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3884 "2025-11-21T08:57:24Z")
I saw _Left-Handed Girl_ a few nights ago and really liked it. It’s about a woman and her two daughters, one twenty years old and the other five. The older daughter acts like a sullen, rebellious teenager, and the younger is not quite so innocent as she seems. The movie starts with the three of them moving to Taipei to work in that city’s famous night market. The mother has financial problems because she’s covering the medical expenses of her ex-husband, who’s on his deathbed. Their other relatives also live in Taipei, and as the movie goes on the relationships between them grow more tense. _Left-Handed Girl_ was directed by Shih-Ching Tsou, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sean Baker (director of _Anora_). You can feel Baker’s influence. It feels a lot like one of his movies set in another culture. The whole movie was shot on an iPhone. It’s amazing how much that technology has progressed. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3885 "2025-11-21T11:54:21Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Can I say it’s the best _modern_ Western made in the past 30 years? I remember some good ones in recent times, though often very bleak: **The Homesman (2014)**, **Hostiles (2017)**, **News of the World (2020)**, **3:10 to Yuma (2007), Dead for a Dollar (2022)** and at least a few I can remember rough plots of but can’t locate on google. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3886 "2025-11-21T13:16:04Z")
Apparently this movie ended up being mostly directed by Kurt Russel and the cast itself after the original director was replaced. You can find some discussion about it here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RLjw4czibzQ/maxresdefault.jpg "MICHAEL BIEHN Shares Some Horrible Experiences on Set Filming TOMBSTONE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLjw4czibzQ) `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3887 "2025-11-21T13:50:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Can I say it’s the best _modern_ Western made in the past 30 years? If nothing else, _Tombstone_ has the best performance I’ve ever seen in a Western. Val Kilmer’s Doc Holiday is masterful. ---
**Author:** ![SlipperyPete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@SlipperyPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlipperyPete)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3888 "2025-11-21T14:04:23Z")
Thanks for the suggestions, I LOVED 3:10 to Yuma so I’ll have to check out the others. Two other “modern” westerns that I love: Unforgiven and True Grit ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3889 "2025-11-21T15:04:55Z")
The TV series “Godless” on Netflix is a masterpiece of a modern western, but brutally bleak, and has one of the best end episodes of a series I’ve seen. I’d add that to your list if you have not seen it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3890 "2025-11-21T15:06:43Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > If nothing else, _Tombstone_ has the best performance I’ve ever seen in a Western. Val Kilmer’s Doc Holiday is masterful. _I’m your huckleberry_ What a great line for Doc ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3891 "2025-11-21T16:29:15Z")
“That’s Latin, darlin’. You see, Ringo here is an educated man. Now I really hate him.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3892 "2025-11-21T16:30:25Z")
I just started watching “In Search Of Tomorrow”, a 5 hour documentary about 80’s science fiction films. [In Search of Tomorrow - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Tomorrow) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3893 "2025-11-21T16:38:40Z")
We watched [A Night at the Opera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Opera_(film)) last night. A real hoot! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3894 "2025-11-21T16:47:58Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wasn’t particularly interested in watching Tombstone or Wyatt Earp wih Kevin Costner. I get a kick out of reading the imdb reviews. For _Tombstone_ the reviews are “this movie sucks. For an accurate representation and great movie, see _Wyatt Earp_” And on the page for _Wyatt Earp_, the reviewers are “this movie sucks, For an accurate representation and great movie, see _Tombstone_.” It’s like reading Amazon product reviews. (Disclosure: I have not yet seen Wyatt Earp. Nor My Darling Clementine, Hour of the Gun or Gunfight At The OK Corral. But I own them. And I have seen Spectre of the Gun. 🙂 ) eta: Will someone please explain, in small easy to understand words, what “I’ll be your huckleberry” means? KTHX ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3895 "2025-11-21T16:52:02Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > The TV series “Godless” on Netflix is a masterpiece of a modern western, but brutally bleak, and has one of the best end episodes of a series I’ve seen. I’d add that to your list if you have not seen it. Seconded. It is slow paced but really well done. So when the pay off comes at the end it is well earned. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3896 "2025-11-21T17:02:03Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Can I say it’s the best _modern_ Western made in the past 30 years? Wasn’t made in the past 30 years, but I get what you mean. I’m not sure what is better. Bone Tomahawk is great, too. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3897 "2025-11-21T17:21:26Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Will someone please explain, in small easy to understand words, what “I’ll be your huckleberry” means? KTHX “I’m the man for the job.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3898 "2025-11-21T17:25:51Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “I’m the man for the job.”. He could have just said that! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3899 "2025-11-21T17:27:21Z")
And the Lone Ranger could just say, “Giddy up!” ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3900 "2025-11-21T17:30:34Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “I’m the man for the job.” Yes, this. It was old Southern slang. There is a vocal contingent who insist the line was “I’m your huckle bearer”, or that “huckleberry” came from this phrase. A huckle was supposedly the handle on a coffin, so a huckle bearer would be a pallbearer; i.e., I’m a gonna kill you. This is BS. There are no records that people in the 1800s ever used the term to mean pallbearer. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3901 "2025-11-21T17:34:59Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > And the Lone Ranger could just say, “Giddy up!” Why not. The Grinch did. We all really know the the Lone Ranger was promoting the free coinage of silver. It’s right in the text! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=194) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=196)