True Grit (1969) Full Length Reaction
Added 2024-06-21 02:21:47 +0000 UTCI wanted to check out a classic John Wayne Western and see what it was like and how different it was to all the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns I've watched. Loved the moxie of the girl and John Wayne sure reminded me of my Grandpa! I'm dying to see the remake, what do we think?
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Of course this is an older John Wayne, but growing up his cowboy movies were always the best. Some of my faves were Big Jake, Rio Lobo, The Searchers, El Dorado, War Wagon, and Sons of Katie Elder, all excellent that we'd watch over and over!
Lee R.
2024-06-30 03:17:23 +0000 UTCThat was really great, I hadn't seen the whole movie before and enjoyed it tons. Fab reaction! Doing the remake would be awesome, I've seen it once when it was new and I loved it. John Wayne was much funnier than I ever expected him to be. "Why, you're no bigger than a corn nubbin." π π½ "It's a rat writ, writ for a rat." π He said so many amusing throwaway lines. 53:08 The young girl comes up with a 'Clunk him on the head' plan. π $150 dollars from 1880 would be worth just slightly over $4600 in 2024's goods / services. Looking up the meaning of 'a notorious thumper', it means being well-known for some bad or unfavorable quality, deed, etc. Shout out to your granddad! π΄π€ π I wonder if he has seen the remake of True Grit / liked it. And also Unforgiven / Gran Torino. Do you think your granddad would like brief internet fame as a co-reactor on remake of True Grit? π I really love a fairly overlooked Western/thriller called 'The Missing' (2003). A single mother tries to track down and recover her oldest daughter who has been kidnapped, to be sold in slavery. Really great cast, directed by Ron Howard. Soundtrack by James Horner. HBO's Deadwood, imo, is the best revisionist Western series that's ever been made. 3 seasons then 1 film wraps it up. It's Shakespearean in excellence, ensemble cast is phenomenal, only somewhat violent at times but the swearing is off the charts, it would make Joe Pesci blush. The C word is used with abandon, as it often is in Scotland. Ep 1 of Deadwood is directed by Walter Hill. And apologies for continually banging on about this, but Sam Peckinpah's 'The Wild Bunch' (1969) is my fave pre-1970s revisionist Western movie ever. It was hugely controversial upon release due to how violent it is. It's Reservoir Dogs on horses. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1059489-wild_bunch Brief synopsis; it's about men out of time - a hardened gang of professional gunslingers / robbers / killers who are facing the final days of The Old West as a new era of civilization begins. The director used a revolutionary semi slo-mo filming technique for action scenes and shoot outs that was so ahead of it's time, it has been influencing movies from then till now. Bad Boys, The Matrix, 300 and many, many others. There are several cuts of it, you want the original 1969 European release. (145 minutes long) In 2018, it was announced that Mel Gibson would co-write and direct a new version of The Wild Bunch. Michael Fassbender's name has been mentioned in casting. I am beyond mind-blown for this, if it happens. I added these 3 movies to your request site originally. www.jenmurrayxo.com Currently Deadwood has 25 votes and The Missing has only 8 sadly and The Wild Bunch has 14. Another Coen Bros film that is *truly* essential viewing for you is 'The Hudsucker Proxy' (1994), it is a Frank Capra-esque screwball comedy set in the 1930s and is about corporate ladder climbing. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh β₯ and Paul Newman (who made good salad dressings).
Jason Scade
2024-06-23 19:43:10 +0000 UTCYes, John Wayne was considered by many to be like the ultimate American tough guy, and after the change in culture of the counter culture movement of the 60s, basically, Clint Eastwood became that for the younger generations. In real life though, everything that I've ever heard says that John Wayne, or Duke, was a real easy going, friendly guy with a big sense of humor, that loved playing practical jokes, and was real easy to get along with, and not such a hard ass that people would assume. You see some of it come out in some of his movies. In fact, Rooster Cogburn was probably the most he ever actually played a character. There is also a sequel to this called "Rooster Cogburn" with Katherine Hepburn, which is another cute one, though I'd probably see some of the other classics first. It's a long story, but he basically kind of stumbled into being an actor at first, was discovered by John Ford, the grandfather of American film, and kind of learned on the job as he went, but very early on, John Ford knew he was no good when he was trying to act, and was only good when he was just being himself. So, usually if you look beyond the tough guy persona, you'll see lots of the real guy. There's a great comedic scene in "McClintock" where he plays, or really was drunk, and I've always imagined thar is the Real John Wayne that I wish I could've met! That movie is another story. Even longer story, making the "Alamo" was a personal dream of his, it took years and bankrupted him, but then after he made a string of more less typical movies for him because he needed the money. "McClintock" is a western romcom with Maureen O'Hara that is a good example of one of them. A cute one, but again, I'd probably stick to some other classics for now. Like maybe "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". He did do movies that were not westerns. Particularly war movies during the WW2 era and after, which is another story, there were some other randos through out his career, and towards the end, even a couple wannabe Dirty Harry type cop movies, but Westerns were the mainstay of his career.
Richie Cabral
2024-06-22 01:22:40 +0000 UTCAn even younger Dennis Hopper also had a small part in another John Wayne flick, "The Sons Of Katie Elder". I've probably already suggested it before, but my favorite movie with Dennis Hopper, and Canadian Kiefer Sutherland, is a comedy/action called "Flashback" from '89 or '90. I'd love to see you react to that one!
Richie Cabral
2024-06-21 23:57:31 +0000 UTC
