TOMBSTONE (1993) Reaction - First Time Watching

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  • Tombstone Reaction
    Most certainly one of the best westerns I've ever seen, and I hope you enjoyed watching it with me.
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  • @tomcattvreacts
    @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +5

    Name Your Favorite Western!

    • @FuckCancelCulture
      @FuckCancelCulture Год назад +3

      The good , The bad and the Ugly with Clint East 2 da wood

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      Definitely one I'd like to check out some time

    • @gabrielmauller8137
      @gabrielmauller8137 Год назад +4

      Young Guns 1&2.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +2

      @@gabrielmauller8137 Those definitely need to go on the list!

    • @gabrielmauller8137
      @gabrielmauller8137 Год назад +3

      @@tomcattvreacts Young Guns 2 was better I thought, but it made no sense without part 1.

  • @GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames
    @GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames Год назад +27

    Oh, and as one more piece of trivia, Billy Claiborne, one of the Cowboys killed during the shootout at the OK Corral, was played by Wyatt Stapp Earp III in a cameo. He's the one who Bill Paxton kills. Wyatt III is a distant cousin of Wyatt I, and is a great-to the fourth grandson of Virgil Earp, played of course by Sam Elliott.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +2

      DANG! REALLY! That's so awesome 👌🏼

    • @chardtomp
      @chardtomp Год назад +1

      It must have been Billy Clanton if he gets killed. Billy Claiborne survived the shootout. He was unarmed and ran as soon as the shooting started.

    • @StephenLuke
      @StephenLuke Год назад +4

      That's great trivia about Wyatt Earp III, but historically Billy Claiborne died from a gunshot wound a year later after the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

    • @jaredclark281
      @jaredclark281 Год назад +1

      Billy Clanton died at The OK

  • @jameshayes3387
    @jameshayes3387 Год назад +14

    When Ringo was showing off with his gun Doc was watching his speed. He was fucked from then.
    Classic film. And Kilmer deserved a Oscar

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +2

      Accurate ⬆️

    • @gryphonvert
      @gryphonvert Год назад +4

      I can't take credit for this observation, but read it in another comment once: if you watch again, Ringo showed off all his fancy gun-twirling moves to Doc, and then Doc does his own "gun"-twirling with the tin cup, right. Everyone else is laughing, thinking Doc is just mocking Ringo. But watch Ringo's face: he sees that Doc just accurately replicated his own moves back at him, even though Doc was absolutely drunk at the time. THAT is when Ringo knew he was fucked.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +2

      @@gryphonvert That's so dang true! THe scene gets better and better each time I watch it

  • @GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames
    @GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames Год назад +12

    The headstone that reads "Here lies Lester Moore, Four slugs from a .44, No Les, No Moore." is an actual headstone.
    In real life, Wyatt Earp and Mattie Blaylock were never formally married, and by the time he met Josephine Marcus (the actress), she'd already left him for another man. By three years after the events of the film, she'd become a prostitute in Pinal City, Arizona (one of the many boomtowns caused by the Arizona silver rush -- it is now a ghost town and tourist attraction). She died about seven years after the events of this film of an accidental overdose of laudanum combined with whiskey, and is still buried in the Pinal City cemetery.
    The shooting of Marshall Fred White by Curly Bill Brocious was accidental. Even Wyatt Earp testified to that effect at Brocious's trial. Brocious and White were friends, as evidenced by Brocious despairingly calling out "Get up, now, Fred! Come on, Fred, get up!"
    Oh, and Johnny Tyler, the guy played by Billy Bob Thornton, who Wyatt dragged out of the bar by his ear, was a real person, and Wyatt really dragged him out by his ear.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +3

      Bruh, I can already tell I'm gonna love these comments on this movie. Loving the history!
      Also I had no Idea watching this that Johnny Tyler was played by Billy Bob Thornton. I had no idea that he used to be on the heavier side. 🤯

    • @19Bearsfansince79
      @19Bearsfansince79 Год назад +1

      I'm pretty sure that Maddie was also a prostitute before she met Wyatt as well....

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      @@19Bearsfansince79 Yeah, not sure if someone commented that or if I googled it but I had heard that from someone.

  • @mtverv
    @mtverv Год назад +8

    One of the best part of the scene in the bar is the Visual Storytelling that Kilmer and Biehn as Holliday and Ringo respectively do. The reason why you see fear coming on to Ringo’s face as Doc goes through the whole routine with the cup is that Ringo is good enough to notice that Doc is copying his movements PERFECTLY. This means that nothing Ringo did was too fast for Doc and consequently that Doc is faster than Ringo. It’s why during the Duel at the Climax of the movie you see Ringo trying to get out of it because he knows Doc is faster. Phenomenal bit of Visual Storytelling by both Actors. Kilmer deserved at least an Oscar nomination for Doc and Biehn has always been a significantly underrated Actor…

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      I agree, it's a real shame that I feel like so many kids have forgotten about his abilities now. More people need to watch this movie.

  • @T291
    @T291 Год назад +4

    Michael Biehn who played Johnny Ringo also played Kyle Reese in the first Terminator movie.. Never have i ever had this much trouble to type correctly.. It's 4.22 am here so lol 😂

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      🤣😂🤣 I can totally relate, I do most of my RUclips stuff between the hours of 11pm and 4am. That's crazy though, this cast gets better and better.😁

  • @StevesFunhouse
    @StevesFunhouse Год назад +6

    This event *DID* happen, the characters, every one of them, were real and the sequence of events were pretty accurate, as far as we know. This really lays out what history has recorded. The ONLY thing we don't know are actual conversations between the characters.

  • @IsabelleRSG
    @IsabelleRSG Год назад +5

    One of the best movies from the 90s for sure. I'v watched it countless times and will rewatch it again many more

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +3

      It's really good. It's definitely one of the best westerns that I've ever seen.

  • @barbarawissinger
    @barbarawissinger Год назад +7

    If you’re interested in the Old West, look up Bat Masterson. He was friends with Wyatt Earp in Dodge City, being the head lawman in town, but eventually became a sports reporter in NYC. His life was fascinating.

  • @StephenLuke
    @StephenLuke Год назад +5

    This movie is one of my best historical western movies ever made! Not to mention this film is distributed by Buena Vista Pictures.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      It really it, soooo dang good. Glad I was able to watch it!

    • @StephenLuke
      @StephenLuke Год назад +3

      @@tomcattvreactsDana Delany who played Josephine voiced Andrea in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm which was released obviously on the same day as Tombstone.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +2

      @@StephenLuke Really? That's crazy!

    • @StephenLuke
      @StephenLuke Год назад +4

      @@tomcattvreactsI was attracted to Tombstone when I did some research on those historical figures, I bought the movie on the 2002 Vista Series DVD and what's awesome about it is that there's a small illustration copy of the OK Corral by Wyatt Earp himself.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      Whoa! That's really cool.
      Kinda random thought but could imagine what it would've been like to have met Wyatt. That would've been amazing.
      I know that was random, but having an illustration from his perspective made me think of it.

  • @melinda4360
    @melinda4360 Год назад +5

    Tombstone then second would be "Lonesome Dove" a 1995 miniseries. During the O.K. gunfight Wyatt was the only one to stand in place. He was calm and cool.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      I think my Grandpa really likes "Lonesome Dove", I should definitely watch it
      Wyatt is such a cool character 😎 👌🏼

  • @williamcabell142
    @williamcabell142 Год назад +5

    Westerns...the greatest genre of movies ever! 🤠🐎

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      I do love westerns too, So much fun. You prefer John Wayne or Clint Eastwood?

  • @USCanthony
    @USCanthony Год назад +13

    For the most part the story is real. Hollywood took creative license to create more tension and greater drama but all of the underlying story pretty much took place. You can actually read the book Wyatt Erp wrote about Doc. It is on the Internet. Just search for the title of the book. This is a story about relationships at its core. The ride and die relationship between Wyatt and Doc truly was a beautiful thing. You don't hear about relationships that strong from back in those days but Wyatt was the only person who tolerated Doc and Doc showed his appreciation by always being there for Wyatt no matter what. The other relationship took place mostly in the time period after the time range this movie covered. That is the relationship between Wyatt and Josephine. Wyatt fell in love at first sight yet he never broke his vows to Maddie. It wasn't until after Maddie had already passed away that he finally got together with Josephine. They were both very devoted to one another. Just watching the movie for the relationship between Wyatt and Doc and the amazing job that Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer did at recreating that relationship makes watching the movie very much worth it.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +5

      I appreciate literally all that you wrote here! I read somewhere that he never even had vows to Maddie that it was only common law, that alone kinda changed my perspective.
      I love the friendship between Wyatt and Doc, it really makes the movie for me

  • @dferris44
    @dferris44 Год назад +3

    Some things I think most reactors overlook 1 when introduced to Cactus Jack and Texas Jack most reactors comment something about "you can kill a man for calling you a liar" what Jack said is "He crawfished a bet and called me a liar" the crawfished a bet is the important part (didn't pay up after the card game was over). 2 When Doc is told to refrain from his lifestyle Kate ignores this because she loves him and wants to make his last months as pleasant as possible, six months of a pretty good life or two years bedridden and miserable she was doing what she thought was best for him. 3 Johnny Tylers (Faro dealer) comment to Wyatt "for a man that don't go heels (not wearing a gun) you sure do run your mouth a lot" Wyatt put his guns away when he retired he was unarmed when he faced Johnny . My observation based on how the duel between Doc and Ringo was filmed Doc new his end was near after the episode that left him bedridden at the Hooker ranch he faced Ringo to eliminate Wyatt's chance of being killed in the shootout and wanted to go out in a blaze of glory with his boots on hence his comment as he died "this is so funny" while looking at his feet, if Ringo was as good as his reputation they would have killed each other that's why Doc reholterd his gun while Ringo was still alive.

  • @BrittanyHolcomb1
    @BrittanyHolcomb1 11 месяцев назад +1

    The scene where Doc is saying Ringo needs revenge for being born is an analysis he gives as a kindred spirit.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  11 месяцев назад

      So He Himself feels that he and Ringo are a lot alike?

    • @BrittanyHolcomb1
      @BrittanyHolcomb1 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@tomcattvreacts exactly

  • @sectiondrecords4580
    @sectiondrecords4580 Год назад +2

    Thanks for a great reaction to this movie! Subscribed. This movie is the closest to the true story of all Wyatt Earp movies. I grew up near the town of Tombstone Arizona. The town is still there and looks like the movie. The Earp's and Clanton's still live there and in fact Wyatt Earp III played Billy Claiborne in the movie.. The Birdcage theater is there with the bullet holes still in the ceiling. Wyatt Earp was a consultant on the early movie westerns. Famous movie cowboys Tom Mix and William S Hart were pallbearers at Wyatt Earp's funeral. Wyatt Earp's saloon, the Oriental is still there and is now a variety store called Eileen's. Many in Tombstone still wear guns. I interviewed one of the Clanton's, a store owner in Tombstone, and he still had nothing good to say about the Earp's.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      Glad you enjoyed!Thank you for Subbing, I appreciate it alot!
      You're really making me want to go to Tombstone. Lol
      So do they mainly wear revolvers or pistols? Maybe both? Just curious

  • @babyfry4775
    @babyfry4775 Год назад +9

    Tombstone is a classic. Yes, a lot is based on real events. The gunfight at OK Corral was real and happened like in this movie. Wyatt also killed Curly Bill in the creek out in the open. Someone who was shot said that bullets were fired at Wyatt but none hit him. Michael Biehn played Johnny Ringo. He was in Aliens with Bill Paxton and was in the Terminator. I don’t think Doc killed Ringo though. Doc had tuberculosis and that’s why he went to Arizona as it was supposed to be easier on the lungs there. Wyatt really wrote that book about Doc. Doc was supposed to be a fast shooter. Maddie was his girlfriend but she was an addict. Such a good movie and quite the cast. Powers Boothe was Curly Bill.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      I love the history in this type of movie! I found out after a short Google search that Wyatt was common law married never ceremonially. So him falling in love with the actress doesn't bug me anymore. I genuinely understand why he did.

    • @babyfry4775
      @babyfry4775 Год назад +3

      @@tomcattvreacts yes, me too. He tried to work things out with Maddie but it just didn’t work. She was an addict so that made it harder. Good reaction. It’s one of my favorite westerns. Try Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      Thanks for watching, I've not watch lot of Clint

    • @dferris44
      @dferris44 Год назад +2

      Funny trivia about Wyatt he died of old age having never been shot or wounded in his life he had bullets pass through his jacket he had a boot heel shot off and a saddlehorn but not himself.

  • @marieoleary527
    @marieoleary527 Год назад +1

    Doc has TB. They called it Consumption back then. A dismissive slang for it was calling them a “Lunger”.

  • @jeanine6328
    @jeanine6328 Год назад +1

    With Docs woman, Kate, she’s exactly what he needed. He had TB which was a death sentence back then. He’s not one to take it easy to live longer in pain. She treated him like he wasn’t sick at all and that’s exactly what he wanted. He wanted to play poker all night and she’d be there to help him and keeping an eye on his back. A lot of people see her as a villain for this, but I think it made her the strongest woman ever. You don’t stand by a man like that unless you live him deeply. She set aside her own pain worrying about losing him, and made sure he lived life to the fullest on his terms. I think she’s great.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      So she pushed him to make sure he didn't waste his very short life. That she didn't let him just fall apart just succumb to depression? Didn't she straight up try to poison him though? Also don't people sand by old people or sick people just to rob them when they die? Idk, I could be wrong and I'm good with accepting that she loved him

  • @delg1211
    @delg1211 Год назад +2

    Yup, amazing movie,- and tons of great actors, nice reaction... and you didn't even mention the awesome Billy Bob T ;)

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      I had NO IDEA, that was him!!! My told me and I thought he was messin with me. lol

  • @ReymundoCortez
    @ReymundoCortez Год назад +7

    Wyatt was known for being a law man.

  • @patrickburke9108
    @patrickburke9108 Год назад +1

    Doc last were "This is funny" he was looking at his feet. He always thought he would die with his Boots on.

  • @TheAshMcG
    @TheAshMcG Год назад +1

    I thought Doc was saying Huckleberry, but it is actually Huckle Bearer, huckles are the straps on caskets. Also the your no Daisy when Ringo is killed means a weed, Daisy is a weed that is resilient.......I love this movie.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      It is so dang good, just on a whole other level! That montage towards the end is dope!

  • @marieoleary527
    @marieoleary527 Год назад +1

    Red River; Last Train From Gun Hill; Hildago; Lonely Are The Brave; ElDorado, The Cowboys, The Man From Laramie, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon…….I could go on, the above is a good start.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      I've seen Hidalgo(❤️), and Eldorado but the others I haven't. I love westerns and hope to sometime watch these. Thanks for watching 😁

  • @lindy1642
    @lindy1642 Год назад +3

    The director was mia most of the time so Kurt Russell had to step up and direct and act..doc holliday was diagnosed at 19 with tuberculosis...

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +3

      That's cool, I heard that the movie was really important to him. You can totally see that in the finished product

  • @ramontieso1208
    @ramontieso1208 Год назад +1

    When Johnny Ringo met up with Doc Holiday in the bar and did all the fancy pistol work I thought Doc was gonna kill him because I knew Doc supposedly killed Ringo. I'm glad that killing didn't happen till the end.

  • @cog4life
    @cog4life 11 месяцев назад +1

    Loved loved your reaction. Nice to hear one without swearing every other breath!! This just goes to show it’s unnecessary. Great reaction!! 😊Would like to see the others you’ve watched! One of my fav movies. 😊

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks Alot! I appreciate the support. I hope you enjoy the other reactions!

  • @MuricaTurkey
    @MuricaTurkey Год назад +2

    The people the Cowboys attack in the beginning were likely legit ranchers, not a rival gang. Which is even more heartbreaking 😔
    The Cowboys probably tried to steal their cattle at some point earlier (that's what they were known for at first, before they branched out to other illegal activities. It's where their nickname came from).
    The ranchers probably resisted, shot at the Cowboys. In the shoot out, 2 Cowboys were 💀
    This is why he says, "Next time we come, y'all better step aside." 😧😩

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      Yeah, it's really sad and just goes to show how dangerous they are, and how much control they had. Also gangs and there violence and scare tactics haven't changed much

    • @texaspatriot4215
      @texaspatriot4215 Год назад +1

      Actually they were Mexican law men

  • @yaimavol
    @yaimavol Год назад +3

    You need to watch Charleton Heston in Ben Hur. So few have reacted to that, but you will be amazed by how good that movie is. It's epic in every way

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +2

      I've seen it! I loved it, and you're right! It's incredible!!!

  • @BrittanyHolcomb1
    @BrittanyHolcomb1 11 месяцев назад +1

    The actress portraying Vitgil's wife went on to play Maureen Ashby in Sons of Anarchy.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  11 месяцев назад

      I watched the first episode and my wife wasn't interested in any more. Lol

  • @TheHessian123
    @TheHessian123 Год назад +1

    Yes, it is based on the real events. There is debate over how accurate it is but ding dang it, its a great show.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      Lol, I'm just gonna assume it happened exactly like the movie.🤣

  • @patrickburke9108
    @patrickburke9108 Год назад +1

    Billy Bob Thornton is the bully card dealer in the first act

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      My Dad told me that, the guy's changed so much!

  • @asterix7842
    @asterix7842 Год назад +3

    In my opinion, the best of the modern westerns, and one of the best movies ever. I never get tired of watching it. In answer to your question, yes shooting someone was considered legal if it was a "fair fight"- i.e., a shootout, or if someone else draws first (self defense). Shooting an unarmed person, or someone not agreeing to fight was still considered murder. I was surprised when I first heard that line at the end, that Wyatt lived well into the 20th century. It's strange to think that he died just a few years before my parents were born.
    Some great westerns I'd recommend are High Noon, the original Magnificent Seven, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. All of Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns are good, but I think the best is Once Upon a Time in the West. For a comedy, you could check out Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, Support Your Local Sheriff, or Maverick, based on the classic tv show.
    If you like to see Kurt Russell in a different kind of role, try John Carpenter's Escape From New York.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      It really is great! It's got everything a great western should have. I've not seen any of those serious suggestions however I have seen all the comedies but Support Your Local Sherrif was a LONG time ago!
      Also I'm really wanting to watch Escape from New York!😁

  • @thewordkeeper
    @thewordkeeper 10 месяцев назад +1

    Another thing that was really unique about this picture which 95 to 99% of westerns, especially earlier Westerns, had that was always constant no matter what was the inclusion of the bar room brawl, there were none. With the exception of a couple of slaps and some pistol whippings there was virtually no two to three minute actual fist fights with people being thrown over a bar, knocked through windows or in a barn throwing down.
    You would think that at least in the *_Earp Vendetta Ride_* that Wyatt, Turkey Creek or someone would have gotten into one of those long drawn out fights. But it didn't happen. And as much as I love westerns in this flick I really never noticed or miss it.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  9 месяцев назад +1

      That's a really interesting observation, in contrast to one of my favorite westerns growing up "McClintock".
      Thanks for watching and for commenting!

    • @thewordkeeper
      @thewordkeeper 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@tomcattvreacts @tomcattvreacts No problem. I actually saw *_McClintock_* in the mid-1960s on the big screen. My favorite scene was the mudslide brawl. At that time a lot of movies from years past were shown in the movie theaters as we had, obviously, no cable or pay-per-view.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  9 месяцев назад +1

      That's Awesome! I'd love to see that in that in the theater

  • @MusikPiratCH
    @MusikPiratCH 3 месяца назад +1

    I'm not so much of the Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday story (because of too many of those movies). My favorite Western cast is in The Magnificent Seven (1960)! One of the best Westerns ever made!

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  3 месяца назад

      My Dad loves that one, but I've never watched it. I'll have to check it out

  • @vickiekasafirek9096
    @vickiekasafirek9096 Год назад +1

    Definitely one of my favorite movies👍👍👍.

  • @dianeritthaler7792
    @dianeritthaler7792 8 месяцев назад +1

    Loved Doc and Wyatt. Kirk Russell helped direct this.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  8 месяцев назад

      Same, I heard that it wouldn't have been made if not for him! So cool 😎

  • @jenfries6417
    @jenfries6417 Год назад

    FYI, Virgil was an experienced lawman before coming to Tombstone, so he did know the risks he was running, but he was the kind of person who acted on principle, while I guess Wyatt was more pragmatic. That's why Wyatt was more willing to let minor infractions slide than Virgil was. Morgan was new to this kind of situation and did not know what he was getting himself into.
    Also, FYI, it was actually common for established towns in the old west to ban or otherwise restrict gun carrying within town limits. Back when most of the middle of the country was territories rather than states, lawlessness was rampant due to the vast empty expanses of wilderness where gangs could hide out forever, basically, and the overlapping levels of law enforcement out of different agencies, all of which were understaffed and none of which cooperated with each other. The towns that came up in the midst of all that, to exploit mining or other resources, usually started as out-of-control crime-fests mostly run by the gangs or a few dominant outlaws. But as they grew and began to accumulate things like families with kids, churches, stage coach stops, and telegraph connections to the rest of the country, a real culture would come together, and then they'd get "cleaned-up," meaning they'd acquire stable local law enforcement. That's when gun control happened. The people who had been used to just shooting anyone they liked whenever and wherever they liked would complain about it, but by then, they were outnumbered in the town. The majority of people were happy to comply with the new laws, crime plummeted, and the towns grew into stable economic and social hubs of civilization. When that happened often enough, you'd soon get a whole territory stabilized enough to lobby for statehood.
    So that whole "the law-abiding people can't defend themselves" thing didn't really work that way, historically. Instead, what happened was that the majority overwhelmed the minority, and the former bosses of "wild west" towns found themselves marginalized, pushed into a criminal underclass, and no longer holding the leverage to bully or buy governmental officials or power. We see this play out in "Tombstone," as Wyatt is constantly besieged by law officers and elected officials trying to hire him to enforce the law in their jurisdictions. In the town of Tombstone, we find Behan as the corrupt county official who sides with the Cowboys for his own personal profit, and Fred White as the town official who is honest but powerless. When the Earps take over his job, they're just better at it than Fred White was, so they are able to tip the balance and push the Cowboys out of power. Behan doesn't wise up and switch sides - I guess he'd have had too much too lose - but ends up running for his life just like the rest of the surviving Cowboys. After that, Tombstone became the stable established town that grew into the city it is today.
    A key part of the process was law-abiding people enforcing the law and pushing guns out of their streets, not continuing to pull out their guns to shoot back at the bad guys. The moment when an angry mob wants to summarily execute Curly Bill for shooting Fred White, but Wyatt blocks them, pointing out that he'll stand trial for the shooting like anyone else, is symbolic of this transition from lawlessness to the rule of law. Wyatt is the representative of the law. The mob, even though they want justice for a crime, is lawless. Guns are the practical crux of enforcing a specific law to prevent crime, but the real heart of the issue is social attitude about what's the right way to behave within one's community. Leaving the gun at home, or storing it with the local police upon arrival in town, shows good will and peaceful intent. When most people take that attitude, it shines a bright, inescapable light on anyone who doesn't comply with the local rule.
    Finally, I absolutely love this movie, but I could wish it was a bit longer and gave us more of the women's stories, especially Mattie's addiction and Kate's relationship with Doc. I know that several scenes were edited out, and thus the movie ends up portraying Kate in a pretty bad light. In fact, she and Doc were together on and off of many years, and she was his caregiver during the worst of his illness (tuberculosis), including at the time of his death. I also would have liked to see more of Wyatt and Doc's friendship.
    PS FYI: Tom Mix was like the John Wayne of the 1920s, to put that into a context that matches your video intro.

  • @noelkorf5018
    @noelkorf5018 Год назад +1

    Shane is an excellent western.
    No Name on the Bullet is on of the best westerns

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      Always love suggestions for new westerns, Thanks

  • @T291
    @T291 Год назад +3

    Greetings from Finland man!!! Ig you have seen the terminator movies??? If not you should definitely check those out!!! Maverick is good western movie. BTW did you notice that Doc flipped his both guns different directions when he was told that he must seeing double. "I'll be back" 😎

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      Finland, whoa! Yes sir, seen all except for the last one and I loved Maverick when I was kid.

    • @T291
      @T291 Год назад +1

      I haven't seen many great westerns and I'm a movie collector.. Wyatt Earp movie starring Kevin Costner is good 2!!! "I'll be back" 😎

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      Sweet, Kevin Costner is great

  • @dianeritthaler7792
    @dianeritthaler7792 8 месяцев назад +1

    My favorite Western ❤

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  8 месяцев назад

      Soooo dang good. The perfect western

  • @burontimus
    @burontimus Год назад +4

    OPEN RANGE
    You gotta see it!

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +2

      I just looked it up, Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall. Sounds awesome 👌🏼

    • @burontimus
      @burontimus Год назад +2

      @TOMCAT TV It definitely is 🙂

    • @StephenLuke
      @StephenLuke Год назад +3

      @@tomcattvreactsOpen Range is also distributed by Buena Vista Pictures.

  • @Blue-qr7qe
    @Blue-qr7qe Год назад +1

    Pretty hard to beat Kevin Costner in a cowboy role.
    OPEN RANGE (2003)
    Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening.
    DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
    Kevin Costner, Graham Greene, Mary McDonnell.
    Powers Boothe (Big Bill Brocius, here) had a lead role alongside Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, Brad Dourif, and a host of other exceptionally talented actors in HBO's 3 season series: DEADWOOD (2004 - 2006). Excellent historically based drama about the gold-rush town in what would become South Dakota. Way under-known series. Extremely rich in charactors, direction, and photography. If you love Westerns, must see. Thank me later.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      Those have been requested multiple times, seems like I have to do them eventually huh? Lol
      I'd really like too

  • @cog4life
    @cog4life 11 месяцев назад +1

    Btw thanks Ray!

  • @williamcabell142
    @williamcabell142 Год назад +1

    Dude Yellowstone! Modern Western!

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      Been wanting to watch it, trying to get my wife to watch it with me. She's seems somewhat interested too, so ..... 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @jamiemassey8755
    @jamiemassey8755 Год назад +1

    That’s a fat Billy Bob Thornton that Wyatt kicks out of poker game.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      My Dad told me and I didn't believe him, lol

  • @BrittanyHolcomb1
    @BrittanyHolcomb1 11 месяцев назад +1

    Last I saw of Kurt Russel was in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  11 месяцев назад

      I guess so, he used to be in a ton of movies and now I feel like I've never seen him

  • @gabrielmauller8137
    @gabrielmauller8137 Год назад

    And you forgot about the handsome younger brother, ablely played by Bill Pullman. That’s Bill Paxton you fool!

  • @ReymundoCortez
    @ReymundoCortez Год назад +3

    And the fight at Tombstone was real and Tombstone is a real place incase you didnt know.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      Idk why I didn't realize this was a true story. My wife doesn't like cowboys, the old west, westerns, or history and she knew it was. Lol

    • @ReymundoCortez
      @ReymundoCortez Год назад +1

      @@tomcattvreacts 😂😂😂

    • @vickiekasafirek9096
      @vickiekasafirek9096 Год назад +1

      Yes I been there it's a really really cool place. If anyone gets to go there it's definitely worth it. It's an old west tourist town now. With shoot outs and everything.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      @@vickiekasafirek9096 That sounds Awesome and like a lot of fun!

  • @rhudoc3745
    @rhudoc3745 Год назад +1

    "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
    John Wayne (so maybe you've seen it)

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      I think once but wasn't able to pay a whole lot of attention. I barely remember it

    • @rhudoc3745
      @rhudoc3745 Год назад

      @@tomcattvreacts And Jimmy Stewart, Lee Van Cleef, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, Andy Devine and others. Might give it a look-see again.

  • @johannesvalterdivizzini1523
    @johannesvalterdivizzini1523 4 месяца назад +1

    You should check out another movie from the same time--"Wyatt Earp" with Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid. It's good, and another take on the saga. Quaid plays a fabulously ill Doc Holliday, full of piss and vinegar.

  • @Farmer_Dave
    @Farmer_Dave Год назад +2

    If you would like to see an amazing proformance by Kurt Russell as a Child Actor watch "Follow Me Boys" about the Boy Scouts from the 1960s.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      Actually I did watch that a long time ago and loved it! Especially because I was in cub scouts at the time.
      I should watch it again, maybe on the channel🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @patticriss2238
    @patticriss2238 Год назад +3

    You hit my horse and we’re gonna have issues. Big issues.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      I loved that, so good!

    • @patticriss2238
      @patticriss2238 Год назад +1

      @@tomcattvreacts haha. I own a bunch of horses. My Grandaughter and I barrel race in Oklahoma and we love our babies. You touch one of them with aggression and we will take you OUT!!

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      @@patticriss2238 lol, I get it for sure. It's hard to not be protective.

  • @frankhumphrey9898
    @frankhumphrey9898 Год назад +2

    You said you liked John Wayne , he hung out with Wyatt when he was just starting out in films . Wayne copied his signature walk from Wyatt .

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      That's really cool!

    • @frankhumphrey9898
      @frankhumphrey9898 Год назад +1

      @@tomcattvreacts I have 4 favorite westerns Tombstone , The Outlaw Josey Wales , Rio Bravo and the original Stage Coach .

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      @@frankhumphrey9898 I've seen Rio Bravo a lot! 🎶 "My Rifle, Pony and Me" 🎵

    • @frankhumphrey9898
      @frankhumphrey9898 Год назад +1

      @@tomcattvreacts The Deguello 💀🎶

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      @@frankhumphrey9898 *chef's kiss*

  • @gabrielmauller8137
    @gabrielmauller8137 Год назад

    As the Dread Pirate Robert said in the Princess Bride “You guess wrong.”

  • @ReymundoCortez
    @ReymundoCortez Год назад +2

    When you are as quick as doc is its not being cocky, he just knows that guy has zero chance. Doc was way to fast

  • @mycolortv1
    @mycolortv1 Год назад +2

    It always amazes me how we [Meaning Young Americans} who i watch reviewing movies like this...WW2 movies...dont know ANYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      I know plenty of history about WW2, the formation of America and various other things. One of the only things I'm lost on is The Old West. I watch a lot of Westerns but not many historical ones apparently

  • @burontimus
    @burontimus Год назад +3

    Wyatt wasn't really married to her.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      Thanks. Yeah I looked it up and I guess he was always at the most common law married.

    • @burontimus
      @burontimus Год назад

      @@tomcattvreacts Yep

  • @jamesnorthup7717
    @jamesnorthup7717 Год назад +2

    Watch unforgiven if you haven't

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад +1

      I've never seen it but sounds awesome. I love Clint

  • @tvdroid22
    @tvdroid22 Год назад +1

    You called out so many, but no comment on Billy Bob Thornton.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      DUDE! Billy Bob Thornton is Unrecognizable in this movie! The last thing I had seen him in was season 1 of Fargo so if I was looking for him, I'd be looking for a really skinny guy. lol

    • @tvdroid22
      @tvdroid22 Год назад +1

      @@tomcattvreacts I didn't catch him the first time either, but then again I barely knew of him then. It was after I heard/saw him in Armageddon that I put the voice with the face. Sometime after that I had Tombstone on and that voice got my attention. Before all that I didn't know what he really sounded like as I only knew him from Slingblade, and that wasn't his normal speaking voice for that character.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      I've experienced that with a few actors, so fun!

  • @orangeandblackattack
    @orangeandblackattack 11 месяцев назад +1

    laudanum is not salt..its opium

  • @ReymundoCortez
    @ReymundoCortez Год назад +1

    Can you send me the link to watch it

  • @FuckCancelCulture
    @FuckCancelCulture Год назад +1

    Aye man can you watch behind enemy lines 2001 you won’t regret the best film watch in history

  • @albertmassingo4249
    @albertmassingo4249 Год назад +1

    Just like everything else it's baby steps. Look how far it has eroded try to pass laws that they can put you in jail if you don't call people what they identify themselves as. Chip away your rights a little by little too you don't have any.

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      Amen, that's why COVID was so loved by the government. They used it as an excuse for sooooo many things

  • @cog4life
    @cog4life 11 месяцев назад +1

    DIE HARD 🎄🎄🎄🎄Yes!

  • @DavidLowery-jh8ny
    @DavidLowery-jh8ny Год назад +1

    Have you watched true detective?

    • @tomcattvreacts
      @tomcattvreacts  Год назад

      I have not, I've heard it's really good though.

  • @dalebachman4510
    @dalebachman4510 3 месяца назад +1

    Watch Captain Ron...compare his acting

  • @reginaldwestbrooks7253
    @reginaldwestbrooks7253 Год назад +2

    Talk too much

    • @majorpsychokiller95
      @majorpsychokiller95 Год назад

      ... isn't that the job what he's supposed to do?...
      You dumb fuggin shite