Ben Dover Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Watched this again tonight ....................feckin superb Every line spoken by Wayne is an absolute cracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Herbertson Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Watched this again tonight ....................feckin superb Every line spoken by Wayne is an absolute cracker You're right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Great film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Love it. The remake is great too and contains one or two of JW's lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Treasurer Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Agree it's a decent film but I always thought that JW was a terrible actor, more wooden than a log cabin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Root Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester 73 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 John Wayne always played John Wayne. Maybe not a great actor but a great movie star. I dont know why the coen bros remade true grit (they got ten oscar nominations and won none. I rest my case) or the ladykillers for that matter. Fekin crazy. red river stagecoach the searchers the man who shot liberty valance true grit the shootist sands of iwa jima she wore a yellow ribbon the alamo Played himself in every film. Didnt play lawyers or schoolteachers or ****** and didnt really need to. I think Wayne new his capabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 John Wayne always played John Wayne. Maybe not a great actor but a great movie star. I dont know why the coen bros remade true grit (they got ten oscar nominations and won none. I rest my case) or the ladykillers for that matter. Fekin crazy. Regarding the bit in bold, aye that's right. They got 10 oscar nominations for one film. JW was nominated for three over his entire career. He was great to watch though, just as Coen Brothers flicks are usually brilliant. Awards mean very little, especially Oscars these days. Status only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysthereinspirit Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 John Wayne always played John Wayne. Maybe not a great actor but a great movie star. I dont know why the coen bros remade true grit (they got ten oscar nominations and won none. I rest my case) or the ladykillers for that matter. Fekin crazy. red river stagecoach the searchers the man who shot liberty valance true grit the shootist sands of iwa jima she wore a yellow ribbon the alamo Played himself in every film. Didnt play lawyers or schoolteachers or ****** and didnt really need to. I think Wayne new his capabilities. The Searchers was one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester 73 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I love the coen brothers films. Mostly. Ive now seen both versions of true grit and I think to myself regarding the remake, what was the point? Emperor's new clothes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brow Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 probably to bring it to a new audience that wouldnt watch John wayne films? as far as remakes go, I could name at least a dozen in the last 5 years that were coplete barrell scrapers. This wasnt one of them. I enjoyed the remake, it was a proper sunday matinee cowboy story. The little girls acting was brilliant, just because it didnt win an Oscar doesnt mean it wasnt a good remake. Titanic and The blind side have both won best picture and they are utter guff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester 73 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 The little girls acting was brilliant, So was kim darby in the original. I didnt think the coen bros film was bad, i just didnt think it was any different. Hence , what was the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Agree it's a decent film but I always thought that JW was a terrible actor, more wooden than a log cabin That'll be the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 So was kim darby in the original. I didnt think the coen bros film was bad, i just didnt think it was any different. Hence , what was the point. The coen brothers was truer to the book,better acting also.Loved both films but for J Wayne to get an Oscar for best actor no way should that happen.Whoever lost out to him must have been sick at the time. I read the book with the coen's version in mind but still could not visualize Bridges as Rooster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 The coen brothers was truer to the book,better acting also.Loved both films but for J Wayne to get an Oscar for best actor no way should that happen.Whoever lost out to him must have been sick at the time. I read the book with the coen's version in mind but still could not visualize Bridges as Rooster. The Duke deserved the Oscar. Fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Bought the original last week for ?4 from HMV. Really enjoyed it. Kim Darby is fantastic in it. I also like John Wayne, i dont care if people say he is wooden, he is enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 As much as I love the coen brothers I can't say they followed the book more than the original. Many things made up for the first film that never happened in the book made it into the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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