In Reply to: Vengeance is one of the six themes of any Western. You'd prefer to call posted by tinear on March 3, 2006 at 04:19:27:
He does force the border guard to face the consequences of his action. To me, this seems similar to forcing a robber to pay back the money he stole from the victim. I don't see this as vengeance or revenge, more simple (but rough) justice. I guess I see a bit more subtlety to this story than you do. After all, the killing was not intentional. And the border guard is not thoroughly evil. Revenge is certainly common enough in movies, including Westerns, but revenge is usually taken against people who do evil things, not simply make a mistake.
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Follow Ups
- if I were forced to use a single word, I would use "loyalty" - minor spoiler... - tunenut 10:16:15 03/03/06 (3)
- Not so fast. There was a MAJOR flaw in the film and that - tinear 18:25:14 03/03/06 (1)
- wow that was Levon Helm... - tunenut 19:34:24 03/03/06 (0)
- Re:Good points (nt) - Jeff Starrs 16:31:10 03/03/06 (0)