A remake of 'True Grit'?

[ddandb]

I just Hollywood is going to do a remake of the John Wayne classic 'True Grt'
Whatta ya think? Should they leave this alone or is it time to be redone?

[JBean]

I find that remakes go one of 2 ways; either its done really really well and everyone loves it, or they blow it and everyone hates it.

I'm interested to see how it turns out.

[Maximus]

They need to leave it alone. I just can't see anyone else in the role John Wayne made.

[TBD]

Or Katherine Hepburn. They should just leave it alone. Don't **** with the classics.

[Maximus]

I think Katherine Hepburn was in Rooster Cogburn, but again another classic I'd not like to see remade.

[ddandb]

On the plus side just about anybody could act better then Glen Campbell.

[Jason]

Ehh, I'll be the odd man out here. :P

I personally don't really like most remakes, but I wouldn't mind seeing True Grit redone. I was never a John Wayne fan, either. IMO all he did in a lot of his movies was sit on a horse and talk shit, lean on a ship's bulkhead and talk shit, or fly a plane and talk shit. Yet everyone always walked away scared, or he managed to beat the hell out of them despite having slower moves than a three-toed sloth.

Clint Eastwood or Lee Marvin would have dropped him any day of the week, no problem.

My two cents. Flame if you must. :twisted:

[madgar]

The Coen brothers said their version will follow the book much more closely than the John Wayne one did. I imagine it will be a completely different movie. Much like The Last Man on Earth, Omega Man, and I am Legend are all very different.

[bearcat87]

The Coen brothers said their version will follow the book much more closely than the John Wayne one did. I imagine it will be a completely different movie. Much like The Last Man on Earth, Omega Man, and I am Legend are all very different.

I read somewhere that their version would be through the eyes of the little girl. Don't know if that is more true to the book or not.