VOLCANO MADNESS: Re: [Geology2] Re: Re-Visiting California's Original Rock Star

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Re: [Geology2] Re: Re-Visiting California's Original Rock Star

Adding to Kim's eloquent prose, I must interject sadly that the original was not shot on location. Western Arkansas looked remarkably like Colorado. Aspens in Yell County? Nope. Don't think so. :-)

Lin

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:

Rick,

Typically, I HATE remakes, especially when I feel the original really nailed it... how can one improve on perfection? When I heard there was a remake of True Grit I rolled my eyes (metaphorically-speaking) and dismissed it as more of Hollyweird trying to get blood out of a turnip riding the coattails of a Hollywood movie classic. However, I should have known better given it was the Cohn Brothers who did as they seem to be getting better and better with each movie they make. As much as I love the Duke and loved the two movies he did as Rooster Cogburn this newer version is a better movie and is indisputably closer to the novel from which the John Wayne original deviated quite a bit. The Wayne movie as was typical of the time emphasized the beauty of the landscape and toned down the violence but the novel was not about sweeping majestic scenes of the West but about the ugly gritty nature of human beings in that landscape and their doings. The 2010 movie captures it perfectly while still doing justice to the landscape in which that all unfolds. Also, the ending in the novel was more bittersweet and less satisfying than in the Wayne movie and the newer movie captures that bittersweetness perfectly... life usually does not feature a Hollywood "Happy-Ending". As your friend I challenge you to watch the movie and tell me what you think. ;-p

Kimmer

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Rick Bates <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com> wrote:

"Big words for a one eyed fat man"

I thought of "True Grit" (and have refused to watch the new edition knowing it would be an abortion) and "Rooster Cogburn" (loved Kate in that, tremulous voice and all). I considered some of the WWII classics too. But the poignancy of knowing that the Duke was dying during the making of the Shootist sways me every time. He knew it, we knew it and that makes the difference.

He and Ronald Reagan have been my heroes in a world needing far more heroes than it has. The world is a better place for having had their presence but is now reduced for having lost them. At least we still have Clint Eastwood. ;o] Ah well, back to rocks.

Rick

From: Lin Kerns

Nah. Best movies from a la Duke were "The Quiet Man" and "True Grit" (Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!). At least they're the ones I watch usually once a year. :-)

Lin

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:06 PM, wa6nhc <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com> wrote:

Best quote from that movie:
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these to other people, and I require the same from them." J. B. Books

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