I reckon many females on this site are wondering... What in the hell are they talking about... No females in that movie? Yes they were and very memorable too... like Nosy Kate and Jossy. At least Wyatt found his soulmate and love of his life and snatched her away from Behan. They lived together for 46 years. I like room service myself. Epic Reality turned into Myth and Legend of a Gunfight.

I just finished Wyatt Earp. I like that they took their time to establish Earp's character: especially his relationship with Maddie. From watching only Tombstone, I thought Maddie was his wife instead of a "friend with benefits" as presented in Wyatt Earp. Regardless, both movies didn't paint Earp as a saint - which I appreciate. Wyatt Earp did show more of his bull-headedness - especially in regards to his brothers' wives.

Anyway, I like both films. I'm glad I got around to watching Wyatt Earp. For decades, I was content with Tombstone.

One thing that both films didn't address was Doc Holliday's relationship with Wyatt Earp. From research (on the internet), they had a falling out. I suppose, they didn't want to tarnish Holliday's part in Earp's story.

Dennis Quaid was up to the task portraying Doc Holliday. Val Kilmer's "I'm your huckleberry." was a tough act to follow.

As a kid I liked the Earp done by Burt Lancaster with a catlike walk and unfortunately no mustache and still alive Kirk Douglas as Doc Holiday. I would had added "Gunfight in the OK corral" as a choice. I can't decide of the 3 but Val Kilmer looked too healthy to be sick I watch them all every time I can, I had read a lot about those events and lately there is a line of thought that those were just two gangs battling each other for a town control. One happened to carry badges. The wild west was really Wild. Eyewitnesses accounts. The triggering of the shootout being a shotgun being cocked. Lasted just seconds in very close quarters. And real life events that mimic hollywood. The mother and aunt of some of my best buddies on my teen was a police woman and she used to tell me about a unit of special arrests that did no special arrests, they lynched. Her office was next to their office and when they had a closed door briefing in the office and came out smiling with the shotguns in hand, it wasn't going to be an arrest. If you are a writer I got your story to dice it out with you, same events on a one flew over the cuckoos nest environment. On a mental and drug rehab center... "the cowboys" are the nurses, the earps are the patients, including a former dentist now a junkie for doc holiday now HIV positive character. 10 days. no shootout but a brawl to end all brawls and only shots of the epidermic kind of tranquilizers and made up shit by the dentist... in the cafeteria the day after the superbowl. With the right casting could be epic and familiarity with stories make it more believable. Based on real life events of course. I got a great imagination and creativity where ever I am I observe... and "what if". Like west side story was romeo and juliet and one flew over the cuckoos nest was like rebel without a cause. But about those two movies you mentioned maybe Earp was more historic and less flashy. Credit to Val Kilmer to be only actor to play both Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp. Great Question for those in the know for sure.

Wyatt Earp is a fascinating character. Ive read a lot about him. Tombstone with K. Russell was in terms of history a load of crap, but a great movie. Russell was too small a guy to play him but who cares. Kilmer was excellent as The Doc.

I chose Wyatt Earp, but I liked them both equally....Tombstone was all superhero-y....while wyatt earp was gritty....lots of catch phrases in Tombstone....but a fuller movie in Earp...

I'm not gay, but I like Costner. He seems to instill an element of truth in any story he does, though I may be wrong. He's also somewhat self-deprecating, which I'm not very good at.

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