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Young Guns - a Movie Critique

Young Guns is a movie about Billy the Kid, but it is not at all historically accurate. The movie makes the Kid look like a homicidal lunatic, when in reality the Kid was very kind hearted. To quote George Coe, a very close friend of his, "He would have been a successful man under different circumstances, but he got a poor start in life with damaging consequences. He had a reputation for helping the elderly, the poor and the young and yet despite the Kid's expert skill with a gun he was always in good humor, ready to do a kind deed for someone." Anytime I happen upon the Young Guns movie I want to pick up objects and throw them at the screen.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 2/7/2012 8:08:00 AM
I'm frrom Missouri where he lived.... I agree. Every so many years some one tumbles over the tombstone of the one who killed him... One of his family went on to become a judge in California.
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Date: 2/7/2012 2:03:00 AM
Dear Billy keep your cool, you show us that special side of history and keep his name alive!I only wish one day you could write us a movie or a book to show the world the Billy the kid you admire!
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Date: 2/3/2012 11:58:00 AM
Hi, good to see you ! oxox Anne-Lise
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