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| I saw the remake of True Grit Friday Night. I was surprised, but it was pretty good. They did manage to stick to the story, but present it in a new and interesting way with more detail from the book. I truly enjoyed it. Jeff Bridges, as disgusting as he was, did a great job as Rooster Cogburn. Matt Damon did a better job than Glen Campbell, but didn't sing. In fact the music throughout the film was a slow instrumental version of Leaning On The Everlasting Arms. Steven Spielberg was a producer, so that may account for the original feel to an old story. Many remakes just rewrite the story or modernize it. Some, like historical fiction, have to stay close to the original. The Virginian for instance, has been made into a movie four times, but it gets worse each time, and the actors get further away from the lovable hero of the original. Stagecoach has been done at least twice, the first time in 1939 when John Wayne was still lean and good-looking. The second version was the same story, but with different actors came different characterization, which were still interesting. I think it's time to do it again. I nominate Hugh Jackman and Matt Damon, with Kurt Russell as the sheriff. I don't believe The Ox Bow Incident has ever been redone, and it's such a good story. It should be remade, although it will be hard to top or break even with the first one. I love it when TCM runs the remakes back to back. A film addict, like me, can really study them that way. |
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