Just bought the special edition DVD of this movie yesterday. But damn, how could I have forgotten how cool this movie was? At nine years old, I had a burning hatred for anything Western. I thought cowboys and indians were old-fashioned and boring compared to my generation's gunslinger, Han Solo, with his blasters, Chewie, and the Millenium Falcon replacing the six-shooters, faithful sidekick, and valiant steed of the traditional western.
But when I was nine years old in '88, I went to go see this movie mainly b/c it had Keifer Sutherland in it, that kick-ass vampire from Lost Boys. I thought I was going to hate it, but from the very beginning, it pulled me in. Grittier and more realistic than any western I'd seen before (I hadn't been exposed to the Eastwood/Leone trilogy, or the Wild Bunch, yet), I immediately felt a connection with the Regulators. By the end of the movie, I was begging my mom to buy me a western outfit from K-Mart. Before long, I was Billy the Kid (my name really IS Billy), servin' warrants and drygulchin' the outlaws.
I haven't seen Young Guns in probably 8 or 9 years. So when I saw it on sale for 9.89, I just had to buy it. The DVD comes with a few cool extras, like a real documentary of Billy the Kid, an audio commentary with Lou Diamond Phillips and two other guys, and a Fact Guide that points out all the realistic facts of the movie. I haven't gotten a chance to check either of those features out.
Re-watching, I remembered all the reasons why I loved this movie. Lots of cussin' and blood. But not enough boobies, I noticed this time around. None at all, as a matter of fact. Something that was quickly corrected in the sequel, only this time featuring my favorite part of a chick's anatomy, her ass. Anyway, something really stood out that made me laugh my fucking ass off for a good ten minutes... I'm talking gut-busting laughter, where it hurt.
The peyote scene, where Chavez paints his face and makes the rest of his buddies drink from his cup. Soon after that, they're all trippin' nuts in the middle of the New Mexican desert.
"Didjo guys see the size of them GOTDAMN CHICKENS?"
"Hey, how'se come they ain't killin' us?"
"Cuz we're in the spirit world, asshole, they can't see us!"
I kept waiting for the line, "I'll make ya famous," but I guess that's in the sequel. Plus, YGII had the only Bon Jovi song I ever really liked on it's soundtrack..."I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride... I'm wanted, dead or alive..."
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