The 1957 original version of 3:10 To Yuma has some major differences with the remake version of 2007. In fact, the 2007 version is in some ways a revision of the original. One of the biggest differences between the two films is the ending. In the 1957 version, Ben Wade and Dan Evans escape on the train to Yuma and it rains in the end of the movie. In the 2007 version, Dan Evans dies and Ben Wade kills his group of outlaws. Wade then gets on the train by himself to go to Yuma as Dan Evans’ son points a gun at him. The ending of the later film is much more violent than the earlier film. This seems to signify that the earlier film was not violent enough. Ben Wade seems much more violent and sociopathic in the later film because he kills more people not only in the end but also throughout the film.
In the later version, Dan Evans tries to prove to his sons that he is brave and heroic, whereas in the earlier version Dan Evans only wants to earn the money so that he can save his ranch. This is a revision, because in the later film Dan’s kids do not respect him and in the earlier film Dan’s kids think the world of their father. In the 1957 version, Dan’s children hardly make an appearance at all. His wife, however, makes many appearances, from the beginning to when she rides to meet him in Contention to when she sees him in the train in the end. In the later film, the director must not have wanted to make the same point with Dan’s wife because she did not have nearly as much of a role as she did in the earlier version. Dan’s son takes to the forefront in the later version. This is a revision because in the earlier version the women act as the main “other” whereas in the later version the young boy acts as the “other”.
Another point of revision is the point of other races in the film. In the newer version, Asians worked to build the railroad and both an Apache and a Mexican were part of Wade’s gang. In the later version, the director wanted to show all of the different types of people in the west, especially the Chinese that built the railroads, whereas the older version did not care to show many other races at all. This is a strong point of revision, because it signifies that today people are more apt to show people of all race and creed to play a part in an event, whereas in the 1950s people were less apt to show others of different races.
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The 1957 original version of 3:10 To Yuma has some major differences with the remake version of 2007. In fact, the 2007 version is in some ways a revision of the original. One of the biggest differences between the two films is the ending. In the 1957 version, Ben Wade and Dan Evans escape on the train to Yuma and it rains in the end of the movie. In the 2007 version, Dan Evans dies and Ben Wade kills his group of outlaws. Wade then gets on the train by himself to go to Yuma as Dan Evans’ son points a gun at him. The ending of the later film is much more violent than the earlier film. Ben Wade seems much more violent and sociopathic in the later film because he kills more people not only in the end but also throughout the film. This violence seems to say that cowboys were in fact deadly and bloodthirsty instead of the previously thought notion that cowboys only killed when they needed to.
ReplyDeleteIn the later version, Dan Evans tries to prove to his sons that he is brave and heroic, whereas in the earlier version Dan Evans only wants to earn the money so that he can save his ranch. This is a revision, because in the later film Dan’s kids do not respect him and in the earlier film Dan’s kids think the world of their father. In the 1957 version, Dan’s children hardly make an appearance at all. His wife, however, makes many appearances, from the beginning to when she rides to meet him in Contention to when she sees him in the train in the end. In the later film, the director must not have wanted to make the same point with Dan’s wife because she did not have nearly as much of a role as she did in the earlier version. Dan’s son takes to the forefront in the later version. This is a revision because in the earlier version the women act as the main “other” whereas in the later version the young boy acts as the “other”.
Another point of revision is the point of other races in the film. In the newer version, Asians worked to build the railroad and both an Apache and a Mexican were part of Wade’s gang. In the later version, the director wanted to show all of the different types of people in the west, especially the Chinese that built the railroads, whereas the older version did not care to show many other races at all. This is a strong point of revision, because it signifies that today people are more apt to show people of all race and creed to play a part in an event, whereas in the 1950s people were less apt to show others of different races.