Iconic John Wayne Role Redone (True Grit remake)

movies.yahoo.com ^ | August 18, 2010 | Jonathan Crow

[GOPsterinMA]

Damn it man, they’re probably re-writing the script as we type...

[DemforBush]

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).

[K-oneTexas]

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!

[wku man]

I gotta say, and you may croak, but I like "Rio Bravo" and "The Commancheros" as much as "True Grit". Yeah, there were a lot of continuity problems in both movies, but I'm not one of those film geek types who have to pick everything apart. If I like a movie, I like it for what it is...good entertainment.

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!

[Texas Mulerider]

Strother Martin’s no slouch, either. One of my favorite actors.

[februus]

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.

[Texas Mulerider]

I gotta say, and you may croak, but I like "Rio Bravo" and "The Commancheros" as much as "True Grit".

I even liked "El Dorado."

[DemforBush]

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).

[Hoosier Catholic Momma]

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.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

‘loved Will Geer in that one, too’

Will Geer was a great actor, but talk about Reds!!

[Monterrosa-24]

In EL DORADO Robert Mitchum did not let Wayne steal the pic. Mitchum was great.

[Mojave]

Well they could remake “Being There” this time they can cast a Biracial actor with that type of real life experience to play the part, he will not be doing much after 2012.

Give Chauncey two heads and let Biden join in the fun.

[freedumb2003]

>>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).

[mylife]

Gielgud was hilarious!

[BnBlFlag]

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.

[Sans-Culotte]

Maybe it was Kim Darby and Glenn Campbell. Their acting left a lot to be desired. And she seemed kind of long in the tooth for the part.

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.

[DemforBush]

Yup. Geer was about as far left as they came. His first wife (actress Herta Ware) was just as radical as he was.

[Arizona Carolyn]

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.

[Borges]

Either that or ‘Red River’.

[JaguarXKE]

I have one rule in life:

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.