So whatt did you think of ‘Wyatt Earp’ compared to ‘Tombstone’?
To me, Tombstone is the better movie. I see more accuracies in it than in Wyatt Earp. I’ve spent decades reading on the ‘Old West’, so have some knowledge of the Earps. Kurt Russell WAS Wyatt in that movie. I have trouble seeing Wyatt in Costner’s portrayal.
However, Quaid’s portrayal of Doc Holliday was more accurate in some ways than Kilmer’s was in Tombstone, though both were strong characterizations. Holliday was more affable than Kilmer portrayed him. He was a Southern gentleman and dentist by profession, who slid into gambling, once diagnosed with tuberculosis.
My major problem with both movies is ‘encapsulating’ time. For instance, both show Virgil and Morgan Earp being ambushed at, or near, the same time. Actually, they were ambushed 3 months apart. Some of the vendetta material is encapsulated as well, as is Holliday’s death.