Bruce Kelly Wrote:
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> HELLO, it's based on an actual event. Even
> allowing for some artistic license to pump up the
> action, this movie and others like it have
> routinely shown things that simply do not happen
> on any railroad, or at the very least defy the
> laws of nature. One of my favorite movies, Dances
> With Wolves, stood high above most other
> Action/Westerns that preceded it because
> actor/director Costner insisted on authentic
> portrayal of the Native American culture and
> language, and he specifically said he did not want
> the usual movie stupidity of a gun fight scene
> where revolvers keep firing after six shots. As
> for documentaries, I can think of a few recent
> flicks that were loosely packaged in that category
> but were full of more fiction and fabrication than
> a c.g. animated sci fi spectacle.

Thanks for your rational view of this. Putting aside all of the Hollywood spin on the whole thing, it probably will be good entertainment and certainly will give the knuckledragging railfans great fodder for incessant nitpicking and howls of outrage and etc. etc. I look forward to their comments!! :-)
C.
PS-- we might even just go see it so that we can comment on the comments!! :-)