Give Chauncey two heads and let Biden join in the fun.
Posted on 08/18/2010 7:17:49 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA
In 1969, John Wayne played Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit" -- a grizzled, drunken U.S. Marshal hired by a 14-year-old girl to track down her father's killer. The role ended up winning the aging Western star his first and only Oscar, prompting him to make a rare sequel -- "Rooster Cogburn" -- opposite Katherine Hepburn in 1975. The image of Wayne's craggy, eye-patched visage from "True Grit" has become a cinematic icon.
So film mavens everywhere were taken aback when it was announced last year that Joel and Ethan Coen would been making their own version of "True Grit." But don't expect a straight remake; this movie is based more closely on the Charles Portis novel. And Jeff Bridges, fresh off his Oscar win, was tapped to play Cogburn; that's right, the Duke has been replaced by the Dude.
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Damn it man, they’re probably re-writing the script as we type...
Oh, for me it’s not about politics on this one (Butch Cassidy). I just don’t think Damon and Affleck have the acting chops to even *begin* to match Newman and Redford’s performances in that one.
I agree, Redford was excellent in Butch Cassidy. My favorite Redford role, though, will always be Jeremiah Johnson (loved Will Geer in that one, too).
Sam Elliott would have been much much better and believable.
Jeff Bridges isn’t bad, he has done some good work ... but I can’t see it here. He just doesn’t have what it takes to pull of Rooster Cogburn properly. Actually enjoyed him in ‘Tucker’, ‘Baker Boys’ and ‘Starman’ ... didn’t like ‘Wild Bill’. So he is a ‘no’ for me.
Matt Damon, just plain can’t act. In anything I’ve ever seen him in. He’s done his share of remakes too and they have all been bad. He just isn’t an actor, let alone a quality one.
I’ll be passing on this one, pardner!
Of course, my favorite John Wayne movie wasn't even a John Wayne movie, per se. "The Longest Day" had such a great ensemble cast. One of the best war movies ever.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Strother Martin’s no slouch, either. One of my favorite actors.
The Coen’s can pull it off. It is entertainment and they have yet to make a really bad film.
For John Wayne films, I have a soft spot for The Cowboys. His role as Wil Anderson taking teens on as drovers was a great experience for me when I was the same age as many of the boys in that film when it was released. Great character acting by Wayne. Polished even. My Dad and I saw that together in ‘72 and that was also a way to see the value of experience passing into youth.
I even liked "El Dorado."
Heh, I rented “Garcia...” about a week after I saw the Wild Bunch. I thought it was a very good film, though Wild Bunch was the better of the two, IMHO. It doesn’t hurt that I’m a huge fan of Bill Holden and Ernie Borgnine, of course. :-)
I also saw “The Getaway” recently, with McQueen and Ali McGraw. I thought it was okay, but not all that great. Poor Jack Dodson! (aka Howard Sprague of Mayberry).
LOVE that movie! (’The Quiet Man’, that is). I grew up in a household where John Wayne was practically worshipped, LOL.
My daughter’s class watched ‘True Grit’ last year in 5th grade. My stepdad said we did a fine job of picking a Catholic school :) She enjoyed it, too.
‘loved Will Geer in that one, too’
Will Geer was a great actor, but talk about Reds!!
In EL DORADO Robert Mitchum did not let Wayne steal the pic. Mitchum was great.
Give Chauncey two heads and let Biden join in the fun.
>>Mitchum was great.<<
Bob Mitchum could read the phone book and every eye would be riveted on him no matter what else was happening on the screen.
You only get one like him per millennium (if you are lucky).
Gielgud was hilarious!
I think his character in “The Searchers” was probably some of his best acting, if not the best.
I agree. It’s one of my all time favorite movies.
I think the acting seemed weird because they adhered to Portis' dialog. Characters would say "I do not think that I will come along with you!", rather than "I'm not coming with you!" It made even good actors sound kind of clumsy. I agree that Campbell sucked. Even with more natural dialog he would have sucked. But many classic films feature an actor who is no great shakes. I love Rio Bravo, but Ricky Nelson has always seemed uneasy and awkward as Colorado. However, he was a teen idol at the time, and it was "cool" to have him in the movie.
As to Kim Darby: it was not normal back in 1969 to have a 14-year old star in a major film. Darby did at least seem younger than her real age. She was not a gorgeous knockout at least, and under the circumstances, she was good casting for the time.
Yup. Geer was about as far left as they came. His first wife (actress Herta Ware) was just as radical as he was.
I used to like just about anything Redford acted in; then he started leaning to more message-type movies and really disappointed me, still there has been a few worth seeing in his later career, Newman was just flat out a good actor who went to work, did his job and then returned to his real life in Connecticut. I think it kept him grounded and he brought that to his roles.
Either that or ‘Red River’.
I don't see Matt Damon films.
I have a few more rules:
I don't see Matt Damon films
I don't see Alec Baldwin films
I don't see Susan Saranwrap films
I don't see Susan Saranwrap's boy friend's films
I don't see Barbara Streisand's films
I don't see John Cuke-sack's films
I could go on, but it's bed time.
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