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Mike1951 wrote:Barry Pepper was also excellent co-starring with Tommy Lee Jones in "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada".

That is a very good movie. Forgot about BP in that one.

I LOVED Barry Pepper's role in Saving Private Ryan. He was also superb in We Were Soldiers.

He's one of those actors with the chops to do leading roles, but not the right Hollywood look.

I actually like him in all the smaller roles he plays. Seeing him in a movie is like a nice surprise.

Great review, TAM. Completely agree. Very good movie, just a good-ok fashioned straight up western - enjoyable to watch.

The 14-year-old girl (both the character and the young actress) stole the show. Bridges was really good too. Damon was better than I thought he'd be, but still think he was a casting mistake - a real-life Texan, Matthew McConaughy or Billy Bob Thornton, been better.

Brolin was convincing in his limited screen time, with a perfect vocal inflection. And Barry Pepper is phenomenal - if I didn't know going in that he is in this film I likely would not have recognized him.

I'm not a connosieur of classic westerns, but do enjoy "modern" westerns and this one ranks highly:

1. Unforgiven
2. Open Range
3. True Grit (new)
4. 3:10 to Yuma (new)
5. Silverado