Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 24, 2021 23:54:14 GMT
Wayne should have got a nomination for Red River and he damned well should have got one for the Searchers. Like him or not personally, he was incredible as Ethan Edwards.
I'm a Wayne fan. Yeah, he made some God awful films, the Conqueror, Jet Pilot, The Green Berets. But he made good ones too, Ford's Cavalry Trilogy, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Shootist. I'd put True Grit in the middle somewhere. It was part of the "Funny Fat Man" phase of his career, where he made Westerns that had a lot of humor in them. Big Jake, McClintock! etc. Wayne was good in True Grit, but I didn't care too much for Glen Campbell or Kim Darby. I did like the remake better.
I'm a Wayne fan. Yeah, he made some God awful films, the Conqueror, Jet Pilot, The Green Berets. But he made good ones too, Ford's Cavalry Trilogy, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Shootist. I'd put True Grit in the middle somewhere. It was part of the "Funny Fat Man" phase of his career, where he made Westerns that had a lot of humor in them. Big Jake, McClintock! etc. Wayne was good in True Grit, but I didn't care too much for Glen Campbell or Kim Darby. I did like the remake better.