Here's a pic of John Wayne with the author, Charles Portis :
Posted on 12/27/2010 11:55:37 AM PST by Cinnamon Girl
You’ve got to be kidding me! Black swan was perfectly vile. At first I thought it was just another chick flick my wife dragged me to. But it was far worse. I certainly don’t think such a violent and grotesque film would inspire any would be dancers or ballerinas. I cringed through the entire movie. The lesbian sex scene looked more like pure torture than anything else. I know some guys get off watching two women go at it. But I found the entire movie diffcult to take with all of the f-bombs, mean spiritedness, and the petty jealousies and rivalries between the dancers. It was certainly not the type of movie to inspire anyone into wanting to go into this profession. Between the gratuitous violence, foul language, and nasty sex scenes and masturbating, as well as the self-inflicted damage to the body and gross tatoos, I just wanted to take a shower after watching it. I found myself throughout the movie burying my head into my wife’s shoulder and sinking in my seat. I couldn’t wait for this dreadful thing to end. But, full disclosure, I like movies like Patton and the Godfather much better.
What John Wayne wanted for his daughter... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBQ1T1sQQ_E
AGREED!
I thought Robert Duval was a much better Lucky Ned Pepper than the current, Barry Pepper. But how can you compare anyone to Robert Duval, even the early Robert Duval in a relatively small character role (one of the reasons the follow-ups to Lonesome Dove didn't resonate, IMHO, was that who else could be believed as Augustus McRae?). And yes Dennis Hopper did register much more strongly as the doomed Moon.
I thought Robert Duval was a much better Lucky Ned Pepper than the current, Barry Pepper. But how can you compare anyone to Robert Duval, even the early Robert Duval in a relatively small character role (one of the reasons the follow-ups to Lonesome Dove didn't resonate, IMHO, was that who else could be believed as Augustus McRae?). And yes Dennis Hopper did register much more strongly as the doomed Moon.
I remember one critic of the original said that Glen Campbell came to that role with no acting experience, and after doing True Grit still had none!
I remember one critic of the original said that Glen Campbell came to that role with no acting experience, and after doing True Grit still had none!
That may be the most cruel thing anyone's ever said about Matt Damon.
LOL! How true!
That may be the most cruel thing anyone's ever said about Matt Damon.
LOL! How true!
Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996 in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American actress who played the role of Mattie Ross in the Coen brothers' 2010 adaptation of True Grit.[1] She had a number of small parts in teen-oriented films and television and appeared in a K-Mart commercial for "blingatude".
Steinfeld attended Conejo Elementary and Colina Middle School. She left Colina toward the end of her first year to be homeschooled in sixth grade. Steinfeld's father is Jewish and her mother is of Filipino, African-American and European-American descent.[2][3] Her uncle is fitness trainer Jake Steinfeld.[4]
Spielberg loves his Italian Perazzi shotguns, but is a straight-down-the-line Hollywood lib when it comes to gun control.
Spielberg loves his Italian Perazzi shotguns, but is a straight-down-the-line Hollywood lib when it comes to gun control.
I thought Matt Damon did a fine job.
“Spielberg loves his Italian Perazzi shotguns, but is a straight-down-the-line Hollywood lib when it comes to gun control.”
Spielberg falsified the ending of his masterpiece “Schindler’s List” to avoid showing that Oskar Schindler gave each of his Jewish families a gun and ammunition for self defense at the end of the war.
Then he's no Glen Campbell.
Actually, Glen Campbell's performance in the 1969 'True Grit' is on the second-worst acting job in film history.
After True Grit, Glen Campbell was the leading man and principal character in "Norwood," which also featured Kim Darby (from True Grit) and Joe Namath.
Yeah, Namath out-acted Glen Gampbell.
A review of the movie from Life, or Look, or somewhere was so scathing, I cut it out and stuck it on my bulletin board. I remember part of the view almost verbatim:
On the bus, he [Campbell] meets Kim Darby, whom he met earlier in True Grit. She's on her way to get married, so they curl up and neck. Pausing for breath, she spots his guitar. "Let's have a song" she says. Norwood has eight songs. She can have them all.
I just came from TRUE GRIT. Great movie! Beats the 1969 version by a country mile!
Glad to hear you liked 'The Tourist' because I'm taking my mother to see it.
Here's a pic of John Wayne with the author, Charles Portis :
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