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Don't see how you can improve on perfection.
1 posted on 08/19/2010 3:19:02 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

You can’t replace JOhn Wayne with a fruitcake.

It will be a floop.


2 posted on 08/19/2010 3:19:58 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Nachum

Bold talk for a one eyed fat man.


3 posted on 08/19/2010 3:21:20 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Playing by the rules only works if both sides do it!)
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Wasn’t it the Coen brothers who produced “Oh Brother Where Art Thou”?


4 posted on 08/19/2010 3:23:38 PM PDT by FrankR (It doesn't matter what they call us, only what we answer to....)
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5 posted on 08/19/2010 3:24:13 PM PDT by Palter (Kilroy was here.)
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I was horrified to hear of a remake of True Grit. It simply doesn’t need to be done. Don’t mess with the Duke.

But then again... I’m a *huge* Coen brothers fan. I love every one of their movies. They capture characters so vividly... like nobody else. If it’s really a retelling of the book, moreso than a remake of Wayne’s portrayal... maybe it will work.


6 posted on 08/19/2010 3:24:56 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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John Wayne is irreplaceable. That said, I think Jeff Bridges could do a creditable job playing Rooster Cogburn. I’m really curious to see how the rest of the cast shapes up.


7 posted on 08/19/2010 3:25:47 PM PDT by RichInOC ("Fill your hand, you son of a...!!!")
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To: Nachum
Dennis Hopper is “walking the streets of Glory” for real now. Who is gonna play the role of General Sterling Price?
11 posted on 08/19/2010 3:27:20 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Gus the Scotty dog likes cheese!)
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Will never (again) watch anything with Matt Damon in it.


12 posted on 08/19/2010 3:27:26 PM PDT by JaguarXKE
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I don’t know about better but I think Tom Selleck would do a fine job in that role.


13 posted on 08/19/2010 3:27:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Nachum

Most interesting Wayne “sequel” is his own remake of his own film.

Was it Rio Bravo first, followed by Rio Lobo?

First movie had Dean Martin as the sidekick, Walter Brennan and ?Ricky Martin?

Second movie has Robert Mitchum and James Caan, but it’s the same story.


14 posted on 08/19/2010 3:29:23 PM PDT by Williams
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"Don't see how you can improve on perfection." Other than Wayne's performance you can't really call True Grit "perfect". It's pretty much a mess. I trust the Coen brothers to make a better movie.
17 posted on 08/19/2010 3:33:51 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (DeMint 2012)
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If anybody could put a fresh spin on it and get a good performance out of Bridges (who really is a decent actor), it’s the Coens.

Hey, at least M. Night Shamalamadingdong isn’t doing it.

}:-)4


19 posted on 08/19/2010 3:34:43 PM PDT by Moose4 (November 2, 2010--the day that "YES WE CAN" becomes "OH NO YOU DIN'T")
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...Joel and Ethan Coen would been making their own version....

...

would been? Idiots writing copy again.


38 posted on 08/19/2010 4:23:04 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin/Hunter 2012 -- Bolton their Secretary of State)
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Hollywood has given up on improving perfection, they hope people will come see a pale reflection now.

But since they brought it up, they chose the wrong actor. There are a number of obvious western actors that would have been an obvious pick.

A non obvious pick that I think would have been great, Bruce Campbell, yep, Brisco County Ash Jr. is the guy they should have picked.


40 posted on 08/19/2010 7:00:01 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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