A while, ago, one Saturday, afternoon, caught in a quagmire of doubt, regarding the movie to watch, over the weekend, Chandrashekar, the chap at the DVD rental, pushed 'Appaloosa' towards me. I viewed the said tape, with a little suspicion, because it smelt, of a slam bang western flick, a genre I've long grown out of. Since he insisted, I lugged it home & settled down to watch, over a cold 'Budweiser'. The beer, hops & all, grew warm as the movie captivated & how? The heroine ( Renee Zellweger), if she can be called that, is brilliant. A lone lady,she drifts into this one horse town ( Where two friends- Ed Harris & Viggo Mortensen- are hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a cattle rancher) & it is not clear if she is a widow, whore or wanderer. Allison, as she is called attaches ( after getting a lay of the land ) herself to the alpha male ( Virgil Cole/Harris) in town. Soon enough she makes a play for her boyfriends, friend ( Hitch/Viggo ), because she perceives him to be younger & a sounder bet.Viggo, will not have any of it & rather brusquely brushes the lady aside.............. Later, when Allison is abducted by a group of desperado's, she attaches herself to the gang leader...................& when rescued hitches up with Virgil again. What a lady, the quintessential, High Mach & High Self Monitor!!!!!!!!!!!!! on a veritable merry go round.( http://capnagaraj.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-pain.html ) The movie ends with the job done & two good friends parting ways, because as Viggo, knows, he does not stand a chance with Allison around and her super maneuvering skills.A mans logic! As he rides into the sunset he says, Virgil & Allison, need time to work things out...... As for Allison, her punchline is -Feelings get you killed! And she proves it by surviving every crisis that comes her way, in a cold, hard world, by reading the situation well and adapting. Who did better here? The HSM- Allison Cole or the LSM- Viggo? Your guess is as good as mine!.
