Okay, I was never really into westerns as a kid and the closest I got was with "The Wild Wild West" tv show. There were a few John Wayne movies I dug, but it wasn't until the Clint Eastwood brand of movies (spaghetti westerns becuase of the Italian hand in them) that I really got into them and into only that brand. In the last 15 years, there has been a resurgence with "The Mask of Zorro, The Wild Wild West" with Will Smith and few others...not to mention the sequels to those and I have gotten into them.
"Appaloosa" follows these with 21st century speak in 19th century settings. Don't get it. Ed Harris did just about everything in this from writing, starring, and directing it all. There is nothing at all wrong or really horrible about the film, but there is nothing really noteworthy either. The acting is good, the directing and cinematography are good and the script is good, but that is it. There is nothing great...except for the interaction between the characters of Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris. Aside from the interaction of their characters, there is nothing that is really going to make you feel that the time watching this could not have been better spent doing something else.
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