Posted on 12/31/2010 12:28:39 PM PST by Kaslin
....back in the late 1960s when the book came out John Wayne read it and immediately bought the screen rights...he had been in the movie business long enough to know a good western when he saw one....and he knew this was going to be his baby all the way....at his age and with his experiance in the genre, there has never been an actor more perfect for a role.
Good except the ending - did not care for it. They should have done the same ending as the original movie.
I love John Wayne—True Grit and most of his other movies.
I also love the Coen Brothers. I expect this movie will be very different from the Wayne movie, but also worth seeing.
We really enjoyed the movie. My 21 yo son came away impressed with the performance of the actress playing Mattie. He liked it, but really was moved by her.
...but the Coens, from what I hear, have put 'the novel' out there on the screen...and not the Hollywood evisceration of a novel...as I hear the original movie was...(though I love the original immensely)
I loved Wayne as Rooster...he earned his oscar. and I do not like the politics of Mr. Bridges.
so I will wait for the Bluray, watch it on my own ‘big screen’ and probably enjoy it as the trailer looks great...and I love most things ‘Western’
I know John Wayne is a legend; but, I felt Jeff Bridges did an excellent job as Rooster. Matt Damon was certainly better than Glenn Campbell; and, the girl playing Mattie was very good.
My two girls liked the movie (I call them girls tho both are in their 20's.), but, I don't think Westerns are a genre that the young are tuned into anymore. Unlike my husband and myself who grew up with westerns on t.v. and the big screen.
It’s good. Go see it.
I call that bold talk for a one eyed fat man.
Wayne was crushed, had to go to Wallis and plead with him to do the role of Rooster Cogburn.
John Wayne read a book?
I just might join you in that. Wait until it comes out on Bluray. And, if you love most things "Western", have you seen "Appaloosa"? If not, check it out as well on Bluray.
Hey! I have two eyes...
Hollywood is totally bankrupt of ideas.
Yeah, John Wayne read books. Just like Reagan and Sarah Palin. What’s your point, Pilgrim?
The main thing I liked about the original (besides the Duke himself, of course) was the affection that developed between Rooster and Mattie. I didn’t get that same sense from the new one. And the commercials and previews before the movie were horrible!
Sorry, I know the first film and book pretty well. With certain exceptions - Mattie doesn’t lose her arm - the original movie is very close to the novel. Not at all a “Hollywood evisceration.” And when you have Strother Martin, Jeff Corey and Robert Duvall back you up, who gives a damn what is changed?
FReeper Cinnamom Girl has written a very good and persuasive review of the movie:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2648074/posts
The ending is based on the book, not the movie. So it's actually more correct
I see it yesterday and thought it was a great movie. Jeff Bridges, I thought did a fantastic job as Cogburn and I'm not a Jeff bridges fan
I ADORE the novel Little Big Man. So different from that dopey movie!
The novel is complex - very hard on the Indians and hard on the white man. Custer is a hero in the novel - something most people would not know since his bravery and military smarts have been denigrated and suppressed.
Have you read its sequel? I have it and am slowly working myself through it.
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