i have never be a fan of the western genre and but i find myself enjoy this one . this be not your typical hollywood western . it cut out pretty much every romantic vision of the american west that hollywood have ever portray and just present a fascinating bare bone account of one of the frontier great hero . rather than focus totally on the ok corral and there be an emphasis on the event prior to tombstone that mold wyatt earp . this be one of the few western movie i have see where you get a feel for how it actually might have be to live in that time . instead of the usual hollywood fluff and you get something much different . there be still scene with stagecoach and saloon and but they do not seem as romanticize a in other western . and you also get other non hollywood vision of the west and such a scene with buffalo be slaughter and skin . wyatt earp himself be portray a a very powerful individual who and while fight on the side of the law and could also be cold hearted and cruel and and excessively violent at time . attribute necessary for survival a a lawman . costner be fantastic a wyatt earp and with one minor complaint . he get the attitude and posture and look down pat . it just that i think his voice be a bit too nasally to carry the power that wyatt earp must have have whenever he speak . a for the other actor and they be all outstanding with dennis quaid in particular turning in a great performance a doc halladay . a lot of people have comment on this movie and tombstone . personally and i enjoy both and but the difference be that when i watch tombstone and i feel like i just watch an entertaining story and whereas when i watch wyatt earp i feel like i just saw a piece of history . overall and an excellent and very under appreciate movie .