Tombstone
VS.
Rounders
When you think about it, these movies are pretty similar. They both have a "hero" who reluctantly gets brought back into the world they thought they left. Both "heroes" are saddled with a brother/friend that brings down the movie whenever they are on screen. They both have poker. I'm running out of similarities here.
Tombstone.
This movie is awesome. Allow me to list:
1. Kurt Russel as Wyatt Earp
2. Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday
3. Sam Elliot as Wyatt Earp's brother
4. Powers Boothe as that bad guy
5. Michael Beihn as that other bad guy
6. Kurt Russel as Snake Pliskin as Wyatt Earp
7. The one shot where that guy gets the butt of a rifle on the head in a melee horse driveby
The not awesome things:
1. Bill Paxton as anything in any movie ever
2. The direction wasn't anything special
3. Most of the girls were forgettable
In summary, this movie is awesome.
Rounders.
Everything that this movie has going for it (Matt Damon, John Malkovitch's ridiculously awesome accent) is completely derailed by none other than Mr. Ego, Ed Norton. Fortunately, the final showdown takes place without him, but it's not enough to save the movie. It's really unfortunate, too, because this would be at least a B+ movie without him, but it is brought down to an average C.
In the end, Bill Paxton's poor performance doesn't bring down Tombstone as badly as Ed Norton's in
Rounders. And even without the two bad actors
Tombstone is still a better movie.