TRUE GRIT REMAKE

[rajpoot]

My mule don't like people hating Westerns.

[Hosakawa Tito]

My mule don't like people hating Westerns.

Best he apologize to your mule then.

[Lemur]

I love a good Western, but they are rare.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I love my Westerns rare.

[Lemur]

Of course, this does violate the Prime Directive: Never remake good movies.

[Reverend Joe]

I love a good Western, but they are rare.

Really? Maybe we have different standards, but I don't think good westerns are any rarer than, say good action movies. If you meant "good western" as in "great western", then yes, I'll agree those are far and few between, just as the great action movies are. But honestly, I can pretty much turn on any random western with John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, etc. and be entertained.

Also, there's actually been quite a few really good westerns lately, especially considering the number of total westerns being made: The Proposition (an Outback Western, but it's pretty much still just a Western), 3:10 to Yuma (another not-great-but-still-good one, and quite frankly somewhat better than the original), Broken Trail (NOT Brokeback Mountain) and Appaloosa, the latter two of which easily stand up against the great films of the classic era like the Searchers or Once Upon a Time in the West. Percentage-wise, that's pretty much on par with the percentage of good westerns you would see during the genre's heyday.

[rajpoot]

3:10 to Yuma, the one with Russel Crowe could have been good, had they decided to leave in a bit more of the original story instead of glorifying the outlaw and making him the hero, while portraying the good guy as a martyr.....

[Reverend Joe]

I dunno, I felt like the original was a bit awkward; the whole thing with the villain suddenly saving the good guy felt weirdly shoehorned in. It just felt more awkward in general; I mean, sure, the new one wasn't the most natural movie, but I felt like they pulled the character development off better. Maybe I need to give the original a couple more viewings, but the ending just seemed much more awkward than in the remake.

[rajpoot]

Err...yes...I never saw the original movie....I was actually referring to the story by Elmore Leonard on which the movie was based....It's got the same basic plot-line aside from the fact that the hero is a deputy sheriff, and the fact that in the end he's the one who forces the villain to run tot he train and shoots Charlie Prince in the process, insted of getting beat up and being saved by the villain.
Guess it's the old 'what-story-translates-well-into-a-movie' thing.

[lars573]

I love a good Western, but they are rare.

They don't actually exist. Everyone I've ever tried to sit through has been bad.

[naut]

Looks good. Minus Matt Damon.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Looks good. Minus Matt Damon.

.................................................................................................... .......the hell did you just say about Matt Damon?

[Fisherking]

Perhaps for once a remake has the potential to outshine the original.

I will be interested to see.

It doesn’t come out here until Feb and chances are I will have to wait until it is on DVD to see it in the original English version.

Watching a Western in German just loses something....like all of its flavor.

Its hard for me to watch a Western in another language.