True Grit vs. True Grit

[policerevolvercollector]

To bring this back on track.....

I prefer the 2010 version. I understand that John Wayne won an Oscar for the '69 film. But, it was a likeable but not a great performance or even his best. He fully deserved the award for "The Shootist" and "The Searchers"!

 

[the ringo kid]

There are actors, then there are movie stars. Then there is John Wayne.

He is a unique and memorable figure in the history of cinema, who will be remembered and watched long after other fine actors and movie stars have faded from memory.

He is also intertwined with the myth of the American West, and no other film actor personifies America quite the way he does.

Wayne still casts a giant shadow...

I might add that Chuck Norris IS afraid of John Wayne.

 

[the ringo kid]

Strother Martin, if that's who the poster was referring to, was in True Grit AND The Wild Bunch, but not the Professionals. In 1969 he was in T.G., The Wild Bunch, and Butch Cassidy, playing three completely diverse characters. And in 1967 Cool Hand Luke. That's why he's my favorite character actor of all time. He was like a chameleon.

I stand corrected. I had completely forgot about Martin-who BTW, was great in many old Western TV episodes.

 

[Lew Archer]

I stand corrected. I had completely forgot about Martin-who BTW, was great in many old Western TV episodes.

Strother Martin was always memorable, always added something to any movie he was in. I also liked him in "Harper", the 1966 Paul Newman movie based on Ross MacDonald's detective novel, "The Moving Target". Great movie, incidentally, even if they changed the title, and the name of the title character from "Lew Archer" to "Lew Harper".

Yes, that Lew Archer. My avatar is the great writer, Kenneth Millar, who wrote under the pseudonym Ross MacDonald

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Strother Martin was always memorable, always added something to any movie he was in. I also liked him in "Harper", the 1966 Paul Newman movie based on Ross MacDonald's detective novel, "The Moving Target". Great movie, incidentally, even if they changed the title, and the name of the title character from "Lew Archer" to "Lew Harper".

Yes, that Lew Archer. My avatar is the great writer, Kenneth Millar, who wrote under the pseudonym Ross MacDonald

I just watched Harper a couple weeks ago. When I was a kid in the late 60's we'd go to the show fir fifty cents and I saw Harper about four times. It aged really well over the decades. When Harper split open the bad guy's (Roy Jensen) forehead with that file or metal bar, that was pretty gory to a little kid! Now it's nothing.

 

[rog8732]

Well, it seems I have come to the last (?) post on this subject. I actually think I have the most interesting observation.
The academy award went to the Duke for his role in True Grit,his first and only, and, that same award went to Bridges for his role as "Bad Blake" a year or so, before his role as Rooster was released.
The award could have, and should have been given to Bridges as Rooster, ( and he was nominated) so that the same movie was awarded Best Actor for two totally different renditions of the same character, but, more importantly, because his acting was the best for that year. I doubt that option will ever present itself again to the academy. Instead, while most of us here can recite most all of the great lines from True Grit, I dare say, most of us do not recall, ( or care) who actually won best actor for the year the remake of True Grit was nominated, or for that matter, any lines from the movie!
It was Colin somebody-or-other as a king of somewhere-or-other that had a speech problem.
Duke's Oscar was most likely for his huge contributions to movies,and not his acting ability in that particular film. As has been noted in this thread, his work was much better in several of his prior movies, but, I for one am glad he was finally awarded the highest honor "those people" are able to hand out.

I will final this note by saying, it is highly unlikely anybody on this forum gets to cast a vote for an academy award, and further, that movies are not likely any of our favorite forms of entertainment.
Regards

 

[DaGOOSExyz]

The first version with John Wayne was the best. The second version
wasn't horrible but I just like the "Duke" version better. My 2 cents.
Goose

 

[straight stick]

Strother Martin, if that's who the poster was referring to, was in True Grit AND The Wild Bunch, but not the Professionals. In 1969 he was in T.G., The Wild Bunch, and Butch Cassidy, playing three completely diverse characters. And in 1967 Cool Hand Luke. That's why he's my favorite character actor of all time. He was like a chameleon.

Yes, I was referring to Strother Martin, sorry for not making it clear.

 

[GRIZZLYBEAR]

I liked the original version better than the remake...

That being said I liked the remake also.

 

[UncaGrunny]

Because of this thread, I spent last night re-watching the original for the first time in probably 25 or 30 years.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. I still think it contains one of the most iconic Wayne scenes of all time: "Fill your hand, you sonuvabich!"

Plus there's the bonus of getting to see my childhood nemesis Glenn Campbell (long story involving names, spelling, and the ability of children to taunt each other to despair over truly tenuous similarities) take an epic rock to the head. 'Bonk, bonk, bad kid...'

Now, I'll have to check out the remake. I think it's still up on netflix.