I just saw the first showing of "True Grit" in our fair city. If you are a fan of western movies this is a must see. Jeff Bridges is outstanding as Rooster Cogburn. You won't be dissapointed in this movie. :yoyo: :yoyo:
Pat
Its on my list of to-do's this week of, if not tonight. Some critics are saying its better then the first.
I got to thinking after I saw a few trailers for the film that ole Bridges would be a great fella to do a lot of John Wayne remakes. :biggrin:
Does it got hookers like Daves post :shrug:.
I plan on seeing it.
Thanks for the review Pat. I'd like to see it myself. :yoyo:
Oh good..... I was hoping it did not suck... :fingerx:
Thanks Pat glad to hear it is a good movie. I have not been to the movies with my dad since I was a kid. (Drive in) I told him about it awhile back and plan to take him next week to see this..
I want to see it too. I'm the only western fan in the house. Be hard to fine anyone to go with me.
Quote from: Todd Rahm on December 22, 2010, 04:02:10 PM
Its on my list of to-do's this week of, if not tonight. Some critics are saying its better then the first.
I got to thinking after I saw a few trailers for the film that ole Bridges would be a great fella to do a lot of John Wayne remakes. :biggrin:
BLASPHEMY!!.... :eyebrow:
Barry :wo: your a crazy feller :laf:
Quote from: golfertrout on December 24, 2010, 04:43:36 AM
Barry :wo: your a crazy feller :laf:
Not really Dave :noway:. I had never seen the original movie when I posted that question :nono:, but I kinda/sorta watched it a couple nights ago on the TV and can say it never kept me spell bound :iroll:.
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Glad to hear it get's high marks from you Pat. I have wanted to see it, but have felt somewhat pissed that someone would have the audacity to take one of John Wayne's movies and do a remake of it.
I'm kind of in the same boat Roundman is in. I'm the only one in the house that likes the Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, True Grit, El Derado, Jeremiah Johnson, Rio Bravo, just to name a few. Eastwood and Wayne were the best western actors I ever watched, although Tom Selleck did a good job playing in westerns when he did them. His versions of some of Louis L'amours books were fantastic.
Use to have the entire Louis L'amours collection and then got strapped for money to pay for a wedding and sold them all. I could still kick myself for doing that. :doh2:
Its hard to beat the Duke.
Hey Bop, you left out Unforgiven. :yoyo:
Quote from: Bopeye on December 25, 2010, 08:53:33 AMI'm the only one in the house that likes the Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, True Grit, El Derado, Jeremiah Johnson, Rio Bravo, just to name a few. Eastwood and Wayne were the best western actors I ever watched, although Tom Selleck did a good job playing in westerns when he did them. His versions of some of Louis L'amours books were fantastic.
WRONG.....your not the only one. I grew up on those John Wayne movies and Josey Wales is a all time favorite western, heck Im on my second dvd of that movie....lol....ever notice all the guns in that movie were black powder ? Im sure there will never be another John Wayne but I dont mind them trying to remake an old great western. Hollywood has been lacking in the area of GOOD westerns for years.
Jeb
The Duke is the one and only Rooster Cogburn. Accept no imitations.
[Marshal Cogburn is cross-examined by a defense attorney]
Attorney: How many men have you shot since you became a marshal, Mr. Cogburn?
Rooster: I never shot nobody I didn't have to.
Attorney: That was not the question. How many?
Rooster: Uh, shot, or killed?
Attorney: Oh, let us restrict it to killed, so that we may have a manageable figure!
Rooster: Well, twelve to fifteen, stopping men in flight and defending myself.
Attorney: Twelve to fifteen? So many that you cannot keep an accurate count! I have examined the record, Mr. Cogburn. A much more accurate figure is available. Come now â€" how many?
Rooster: Counting them two Whartons… twenty-three.
Attorney: Twenty-three men in four years. That makes about six men a year!
Rooster: It's a dangerous business.
Coyote Kate & I went & seen it.
I didn't try to compare to the previous True Grit, but took it on its own merits.
When I can buy it I'll have! :readthis:
That means it'll be $5 in the bargain bin at Wally World. :laf:
You might as well get used to hollyweird turning out remakes of old films. They have done a lot of them lately. Just modernized the characters and changed the titles.
I do like the fact they are paying more attention to period firearms in many of toddays westerns. It hurts when hte good guy packs a peacemaker in what is supposed to be 1867.
I am going to see this one as soon as possible. I like Bridges as an actor. But I think Tom Selleck would be a better replacement for some of the old Wayne movies. I liked the Selleck version of Monte Walsh a lot better than the original with Lee Marvin. Jimmie
Ok this is a little off topic, but since we're talking about John Wayne I'll add this. All John Wayne fans know and love the movie "The Green Berets". This is my connection to the movie:
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The guy on the right in the photo is me. The sun washed out my face a little and gave the appearance of me being heavier than I really was! :innocentwhistle: The gentleman on the left is Robin Moore. Mr. Moore wrote the book "The French Connection", but more important to this thread, he wrote "The Green Berets" and co-wrote the lyrics to the song "The Ballad of the Green Berets". He lived in Hopkinsville the last couple years of his life and I had the honor of meeting him several times. This picture was taken at the VFW in 2007.
Pat
That's cool Pat. :biggrin:
Sounds like an interesting man to meet.
And Pat, you might not want to spend so much time in the sun. :biggrin:
Hey Bop, did you leave out Sam Elliott on purpose? His role in "The Sacketts" really added a lot to that movie. When he caught that feller who intended on stealing his gold, and dry shaved him with his own Arkansas Toothpick on the bar and then poured whiskey on for after shave, that was classic stuff, IMO.
Hey Pat
That is really cool. I bet Mr. Moore had some great stories to tell that never made it to print. :congrats:
Pat, I too had the honor to meet Mr. Moore. He spent an awful lot of time at Fort Bragg gathering background for his books. On several occasions we meet him at the "O" club for happy hour.
Quote from: possumal on December 31, 2010, 10:25:01 PM
When he caught that feller who intended on stealing his gold, and dry shaved him with his own Arkansas Toothpick on the bar and then poured whiskey on for after shave, that was classic stuff, IMO.
I loved that part too! :eyebrownod:
After reading this post, me and the little woman went out and ate and watched it last night, Enjoyed it but there will never be another John Wayne
First time we went to the movies since the remake of Dukes of Hazards
Way cool Pat! :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo:
I saw it last night. Not better than the original, only different. Technical notes: A snake WILL crawl over a hair rope; No snakes are out and about when snow flies, ESPECIALLY at night when temps are lowest; Hibernating snakes do not "spring to life" (and bite) when disturbed, they require a constant heat source to raise their body temperature to bring them out of this immobilized state, usually 6-8 hours. There were a few other things, but I'm not going to pick the movie apart. Just not worth $15, should have waited for the rental to come out.
Quote from: NASA on January 03, 2011, 02:19:11 PMA snake WILL crawl over a hair rope; No snakes are out and about when snow flies, ESPECIALLY at night when temps are lowest; Hibernating snakes do not "spring to life" (and bite) when disturbed, they require a constant heat source to raise their body temperature to bring them out of this immobilized state, usually 6-8 hours. There were a few other things,
Sure don't need anything more to keep me from watching it :whew:.
This is way too cool Pat. What an honor it must've been to meet that gentleman. Very nice indeed. :highclap:
Quote from: coyote101 on December 31, 2010, 09:39:12 PM
Ok this is a little off topic, but since we're talking about John Wayne I'll add this. All John Wayne fans know and love the movie "The Green Berets". This is my connection to the movie:
(https://forum.finsandfur.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi246.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg115%2Frlageman%2FRobinMoore2007.jpg&hash=ef4569ed36b721a6c65eaafa2805f2d4dbe0e446)
The guy on the right in the photo is me. The sun washed out my face a little and gave the appearance of me being heavier than I really was! :innocentwhistle: The gentleman on the left is Robin Moore. Mr. Moore wrote the book "The French Connection", but more important to this thread, he wrote "The Green Berets" and co-wrote the lyrics to the song "The Ballad of the Green Berets". He lived in Hopkinsville the last couple years of his life and I had the honor of meeting him several times. This picture was taken at the VFW in 2007.
Pat