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<blockquote data-quote="Cimarron" data-source="post: 1428611" data-attributes="member: 15877"><p>I saw the movie on the 22nd over at Stillwater. I'm old enough to have seen the 1969 verson in the theater. I always liked John Wayne. Kind of like MacDonalds you always knew what you were going to get. He could however act when working with directors like John Ford or Howard Hawks. In my opinion "The Searchers" was his best film followed closely by "Red River". In most of his other films he is just playing John Wayne. As for his version of "True Grit" I liked it when I first saw it and I still do. It was a "hollywood" film. That is to say no attention to detail (just where exactly in Oklahoma are those snow capped mountains). Also his good old big loop lever Model 1892 Winchester, not even made until 14 years after the time period "True Grit" is set in. Thats just the way westerns were made years ago. </p><p></p><p>My biggest complaint about the new version, and it isn't really a complaint, is that it wasn't filmed in Oklahoma. The scenery is closer to Oklahoma but still a little "hollywoodsy" in a couple of scenes. They got pretty much everything else right, costumes, sets,firearms etc.. I wish they could have expanded the role of Ned Pepper played by Barry Pepper as I think Barry did a great job of playing Lucky Ned. </p><p></p><p>As for compairing the two it was pretty well said on a nother site that it is like trying to compare Winchesters and Marlins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cimarron, post: 1428611, member: 15877"] I saw the movie on the 22nd over at Stillwater. I'm old enough to have seen the 1969 verson in the theater. I always liked John Wayne. Kind of like MacDonalds you always knew what you were going to get. He could however act when working with directors like John Ford or Howard Hawks. In my opinion "The Searchers" was his best film followed closely by "Red River". In most of his other films he is just playing John Wayne. As for his version of "True Grit" I liked it when I first saw it and I still do. It was a "hollywood" film. That is to say no attention to detail (just where exactly in Oklahoma are those snow capped mountains). Also his good old big loop lever Model 1892 Winchester, not even made until 14 years after the time period "True Grit" is set in. Thats just the way westerns were made years ago. My biggest complaint about the new version, and it isn't really a complaint, is that it wasn't filmed in Oklahoma. The scenery is closer to Oklahoma but still a little "hollywoodsy" in a couple of scenes. They got pretty much everything else right, costumes, sets,firearms etc.. I wish they could have expanded the role of Ned Pepper played by Barry Pepper as I think Barry did a great job of playing Lucky Ned. As for compairing the two it was pretty well said on a nother site that it is like trying to compare Winchesters and Marlins. [/QUOTE]
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