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My uncle, a cowboy, a favorite, put a bullet through his head in his back yard when he landed on not being pleased with where things were heading. He was 73. This was near twenty years ago. One would be hard pressed to find a tougher, yet kind, man. Fascinating.
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I have to disagree on "The Searchers".
I never felt that Wayne fit the character in the book. Ben Johnson would have been better.
How many here ever read the book?
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i like them both. i thought jeff bridges was excellent. if you want to see a real POS movie, watch hateful 8. man what a awful movie that could have been done so much better. glad it was a freebie.
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I have to disagree on "The Searchers".
I never felt that Wayne fit the character in the book. Ben Johnson would have been better.
How many here ever read the book? I read the book. Alan LeMay who wrote it, also wrote The Unforgiven, an excellent, similar story of the same timeframe. The Searchers movie wasn't the same story as the book, just based on it. True Grit I or III was much closer to the respective book than The Searchers was. John Wayne was perfect for the movie and I think The Searchers was his favorite movie. He even named one of his sons after the movie's main character.
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The new True Grit is awesome. The dialog is insanely good. The scene where Maddie gets her Dads horses back is incredible.
Can't hardly stand the sound of that whiny little gal in the original.
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Watched Tucker and Hannity a bit, then switched over to watch True Grit.
No John Wayne, no Kim Darby, no Glen Campbell and no fuggin good.
WTF has happened to the fugging US neighborhood?
No wonder youngsters think True Grit is no good. We're screwed because a remake of one of the classics doesn't live up to expectations? If so, then we're really, really screwed.
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Watched Tucker and Hannity a bit, then switched over to watch True Grit.
No John Wayne, no Kim Darby, no Glen Campbell and no fuggin good.
WTF has happened to the fugging US neighborhood?
No wonder youngsters think True Grit is no good. We're screwed because a remake of one of the classics doesn't live up to expectations? If so, then we're really, really screwed. Exactly. If it had sucked, which it didn't, I wouldn't have lost any sleep over it. Keep on Truckin'.
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Why can't we all just get along?
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A wise man is frequently humbled.
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Watched Tucker and Hannity a bit, then switched over to watch True Grit.
No John Wayne, no Kim Darby, no Glen Campbell and no fuggin good.
WTF has happened to the fugging US neighborhood?
No wonder youngsters think True Grit is no good. It's God's plan. Don't dare question God's plan. Get some damn faith, mister.
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I noticed just yesterday during a downpour that water seems more wet now than it was 40 years ago. I'm also pretty certain the sky is a slightly different color blue. I have not noticed that, but gravity is a whole lot stronger than it was 50 years ago. miles
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I gotta agree, Sir.
Dont think much of the newer version. I
wanted to like it.
Try not to miss the original. Yep, Glen Campbell was not an actor, but his incongruity made the show special. OH, I don't know. That scene with the turkey he shot with the 50 Sharps was priceless!
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The Jeff Bridges version matched the book better than Wayne's version. So? It still sucked! Did not suck,was just different.John Wayne was John Wayne no matter if he played Rooster Cogburn or Davey Crocket at the Alamo.People went to John Wayne movies to see John Wayne.As an actor he was one dimensional.He was very good at playing John Wayne.
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Hey now. Y'all gotta be thinking I'm a youngster @ 32. The remake was good (for a movie). I saw the remake before making a point of watching the original. Sure enough, like most movies and things we see on the big and small screens, the original was better.
Sometimes remakes are better. I have yet to see the new "Kong: Skull Island" but somehow I think it will be better than all the previous ones. Why? Special effects and (the former crackhead) Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly and John Goodman. You do have to respect the 1933 original. The 'franchise' is nearly 100 years old. But CGI and hi-def and great sound "bring you into the movie" more than good camera angles. I'm not holding up the new King Kong except as an example of an instance where the new version/remake is better than the original IMO. We're talking 1933 acting and special effects vs. CGI and hi-def sound and image.
Oh now you done it!!! The original KK is a personal top three for me and one the greatest movies ever made. It happened to make Marion c Cooper a personal hero of mine. His life story is one of the most incredible, admirable, and inspiring of the American spirit. I cannot stand CG and don't think I am alone. Every subsequent Kong has seemed less than the preceding. The Jack Black version had a few (very few) moments - thanks in part to Naomi, but over the top silly action scenes do little to compel and are a poor substitute for suspense. So is excessive gore or plain gross. Suspense being more nuanced and difficult but so much more captivating if a little is left to the imagination. Somehow the idea that 'more' is better is beaten in to every modern producer. How big is this new Kong again??? And who taught it pugilism? Can you really survive a narrow pathway with raptors and stampeding brontosaurus? Ugh. Older films needed a bit of imagination and as a result involved the viewer to a greater degree. I find far too many newer ones bordering on insult. Becoming a curmudgeon I guess.
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nutsacktroller: Spoken like a TRUE, self described "turd-like person"!
The movie your turdlike brain described as "sucking" earned MORE than $215,000,000 (two hundred and fifteen million dollars) in profit for its producers - SO FAR!
Remember turd that is PROFIT - money above the costs of making the movie!
Then the movie that the turd in question here describes as "sucking" was nominated for 10 (ten!) Academy Awards and 8 (eight) British Academy of Film Awards and NUMEROUS other awards as well as these.
Add to that the fact that "I" actually (to my great surprise and pleasure!) enjoyed the Jeff Bridges version of True Grit more than the original film.
So, thats the "SO" there nutsacktroller - you ought to try to keep your ignorance a bit more of a secret - but I guess that would be impossible for a self described TURD?
Sheesh.
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Hondo is my favorite Wayne movie. I'm also a fan of Angel and the Badman.
as for Tucker, I think people are going to be disappointed with him in the long run. Well, if you are a fan of Bill O' Reilly you won't be.
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The oratories of Hailey Steinfeld in the most recent True Grit were incredible from such a young girl.
John Wayne was just an actor, not the best there ever was. I much prefer Robert Duvall over John Wayne in a western movie any day.
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"We are screwed, blued, and tatooed."
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What does this mean? Do you ever consider the words that come out of your mouth?
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It means you've been through the proverbial ringer....for better or worse.
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It means you've been through the proverbial ringer....for better or worse. No offense intended Mooner. I am aware of the inference. But, if you dissect this statement to its literal definition it means nothing. It's just some goofy quoted jibberish from junior high that makes the other children laugh.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
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