Duo hits mark in atypical Western, 'Appaloosa'
Audiences expect certain things from a Western: stock characters, dusty plains and men of few words who occasionally deliver well-placed one-liners (we all remember Eli Wallach's stoic delivery of, When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk,"" in ""The Good, the Bad and the Ugly""). These audiences understand surprises are limited to who's going to get shot and who's going to live. But somebody's definitely going to get shot. The important thing when filming a Western is to do it well, keep those one-liners memorable instead of corny and provide those classic moments of frontier-man bravery.