February 17, 2010
I love Westerns and I don’t trust people that don’t. 3:10 to Yuma (the 2007 version) is one of my favorites for a bunch of reasons. Great performances, gorgeous cimematography, lotsa shoot outs, and a nice tight pace. The tight pace is accomplished partly by keeping exposition short and simple. Get him on the train, get paid, save the farm. [...]
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April 30, 2009
Awhile back Jeff posted a piece on firearms mistakes that every writer makes. Many of them were abused cliches and many of them were maddening pet peeves of mine. I have some other pet peeves about combat and weapons that predate the repeating firearm. In some cases they predate gunpowder altogether. Armor Does Not Make You Slow. Somehow, [...]
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