i will say that i saw this film before i saw tombstone but i have to say and upon further review and this be so far the superior film it not even funny . it be 14 year now since these be put out and the more i watch them and the wider the gap between the two film becomes . quaid be a far superior doc holliday . costner and a far superior earp . the big difference though be in the writing . so many of the line in tombstone come across a corny and contrive . they be and for lack of a good term and goofy . wyatt earp the film be the grandiose and much more realistic seeming film . the character be well develop and the writing be clearly more polished . i do not particularly like either of the morgan earp character in either film and but virgil earp again be portray much well in wyatt earp than tombstone sam elliott and who basically do his usual and play sam elliott rather than a character . at the end of the day and i have sit through wyatt earp about eight time . i have watch tombstone twice and i have decide there would not be a third . it doesn not stand the test of time at all . earp do .