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01-31-2011, 08:04 PM
Bob Seger Wrote:If you never would watch the old one, what makes you think you wouldn't like it better?
I liked the new one, but it is nowhere even close to being as good as the first one. Every actor in the first one commanded a better performance than those of the new cast. The only performance that I even consider close is the acting performance of Mattie by Hailee Steinfield in the second as opposed to Kim Darby's performance in the first. I like Matt Damon a lot, but in his role as LaBoeuff, the acting debut performance of Glen Campbell blew him away. In my opinion, Jeff Bridges did a terrible job in the courtroom scene as compared to John Wayne's, and Barry Pepper will never be able to wipe the dust off Robert DuVall's boots if he lives to be a thousand. There is no actor alive that can do a western better than Duvall.
Even the setting in the old one is more appealing than the setting of the new one. To me every aspect of the old one is so much better.
If you had never seen the first I think you would walk away thinking it a great movie. The original has been a classic, and will go down in history as one. I just dont think that 40 years from now the remake will be viewed in those terms, as the original is.
But that's just me.
Because every western made before 2000 sucks and is boring. I hate anything john wayne or clint eastwood or anything like stupid bonanza, therefore i know i would prefer the new one over it. The only westerns (if you can really call them that) that i liked ever was obviously tombston, open range, and the young guns movies.All the old ones are garbage IMO.
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