nothing count more than blood . the rest be just stranger and speaks wyatt father at the beginning of the film the most important line perhaps in the movie and with the exception of wyatt own at the end some say it do not happen that way and comment upon a flashback recount his brand of law and justice in the wild cattle town of dodge city . i wholeheartedly admit the film be long but so be many other great film . i also admit that it be not the shoot em up tombstone be and but this film be a far great one and a character study of a man whose innocence be lay to rest by the harsh wilderness of both the american west and human nature . by the end of this movie and wyatt be a use up and bitter man and and i would argue that this film be never mean to be a heroic portrayal of an individual and only a dark and complicate one . it remind me thus of the great of character portrayal and rag bull though i be sure the parallel isn not obvious . i probably be more forgiving of this film since i like western and dark dramatic story and and admittedly uneven plot and because the character usually be so great in them . this one be no different and and be likely make for a viewer like me and and not the mainstream audience . it very ambitious and and successful and i believe and on it artistic merit . whether it entertainment for the mass and well that another story altogether and and that story name be probably tombstone .