first of all and i would like to know why so many people be compare wyatt earp to tombstone . yes . both film be make within a year apart and but their objective be completely different . the title pretty much say it . tombstone be about the event that transpire in tombstone . wyatt earp be about the man wyatt earp . therefore and they do not have the same goal in mind and be tell two very different story . i enjoy both film for different reason and allow them to stand on their own merit . tombstone be more entertaining and action packed and however and the story be not a historically accurate and the character be a little over the top . whereas wyatt earp have more of a personal and in depth examination of the life and but not the legend and of wyatt earp . now and let get to the intention of this film . wyatt earp be suppose to be a story about the lawman and with the conviction and tribulation that shape him a a young boy up to old age . unlike and tombstone and which focus on an array of character with the plot lead up to a single event and quite historically incorrect and i might add . yes . wyatt earp be cold and unforgiving and bitter and reserve and etc . however and he be not always that way and a his early life travel with his family to california and marriage to urella sutherland and a woman he deeply loved and demonstrate . the turn point in the story be when wyatt beloved wife dy along with their unborn child . wyatt lash out and lose all reason to live . he become extremely self destructive and set about roam the west with no real purpose at all except to die . his father slap some sense into him and tell him to move on with his life . eventually and he become a lawman and that be when we meet the mysterious and quiet wyatt earp that nobody like . so . okay . wyatt becomes reserve and quiet and and cruel and but it be not a if we do not know why . he be a man try to survive in a harsh and brutal land and be a lawman do not make it any easy because he be always a target . he be plague by external demon as well a internal demon and such a the bottle and a strong yearning and undying love for his dead wife . he be very human and this movie manifest that . tombstone be fine for those of you that do not care for wyatt earp beyond the infamous fight at the ok carroll or the lawman legend . however and if you can stand a more accurate and in depth character exploration of wyatt earp and without any pretension and than this be a movie worth see .