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Offline FiLtH

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« Reply #45 on: October 01, 2005, 09:34:39 PM »
Whats the movie where Wayne is a sheriff, Martin is the drunk deputy, and Walter Brennan is the old geezer side kick. The whole movie was Wayne and Martin strolling the streets...and telling Brennan to get back in the cell area. "Im a goin!"

  I actually got bored watching it. Rio Bravo?
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« Reply #46 on: October 01, 2005, 09:52:58 PM »
If you don't like John Wayne, either you're un-american or you have too much estrogen in your bloodstream.


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« Reply #47 on: October 01, 2005, 09:59:23 PM »
I never liked John Wayne. He always came across to me as a "dressed up" hollywood "cowboy"

He has nothing on Clint Eastwood.
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« Reply #48 on: October 01, 2005, 10:10:40 PM »
Nobody mentioned Blazing Saddles yet
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« Reply #49 on: October 01, 2005, 10:12:42 PM »
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« Reply #50 on: October 01, 2005, 10:23:07 PM »
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I never liked John Wayne. He always came across to me as a "dressed up" hollywood "cowboy"

He has nothing on Clint Eastwood.


Don't you mean, "dressed up, and draft dodging Hollywood cowboy"?

:D

Pffft... some of us didn't buy into John Ford's mythmaking.
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« Reply #51 on: October 01, 2005, 10:36:37 PM »
Who's John Ford?

I just never liked John Wayne. He always had this fake cowboy outfit and look in every western. Sometimes he even had pink shirts, for the love of cod.

Just never cared for his acting or his look.
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« Reply #52 on: October 01, 2005, 10:45:51 PM »
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Who's John Ford?


The film director that made John Wayne an icon. (Stagecoach, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande, etc.)
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« Reply #53 on: October 02, 2005, 12:39:54 AM »
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yep... you never take a handgun when you can take a rifle or shotgun but the old 44 40 or 45 colt was still a very good manstopper if you hit the guy..

What lever actions did then they can still do.  very good gun in a practiced hand for carbine ranges...  the old 45-70 is still unbeatable for penetration.   ........................

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I just picked up a Springfield trapdoor carbine in .45-70, looking forward to many fun matches with it.  Dang thing sounds and feels like a cannon going off every time you shoot it.  Leaves a big grin on my face every time.  :)  Paying for reloading those big bastiges isnt cheap though.

I've decided my next purchase is going to be a pair of S&W Model 3s in .44 Russian.  I got to shoot one recently and fell in love.  The break top action is kind of awkward, and they look a little goofy at first, but man are they sweet shooters.  Lots of folks back in the late 1800s called the .44 Russian the finest handgun ever made.  I can see why.
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« Reply #54 on: October 02, 2005, 12:52:13 AM »
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Yeah. Just goes to prove I watch too many westerns.


That, sir, is impossible.  :)

The great thing about all those movies is, with the invention of the DVD they have been re-released and are widely available (and dirt cheap).

I've been picking them up from the Wal Mart $5.50 and $7.50 bins, and there's lots of other good ones coming around.  I just bought season one of Steve McQueen's "Wanted: Dead or Alive" last month for $19.99.  Love that Mare's Leg of his.
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« Reply #55 on: October 02, 2005, 12:54:57 AM »
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Don't you mean, "dressed up, and draft dodging Hollywood cowboy"?

:D

Pffft... some of us didn't buy into John Ford's mythmaking.


You dont have to buy into the Myth to love John Wayne or his movies.  He was human.  He had his faults just like anyone else.  He was still a great man.  And for anyone who doubted his acting ability in his later years, watch "The Cowboys" and tell me he cant act.
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« Reply #56 on: October 02, 2005, 12:56:54 AM »
Although I have to say my all time favorite John Wayne movie wasnt a western.  

"The Quiet Man" has always been, and always will be, my favorite John Wayne movie.  He and Maureen O'Hara made a great couple on screen.
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« Reply #57 on: October 02, 2005, 01:05:16 AM »
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Dyin ain't much of a livin, mister."


Actually he doesn't say mister, he says boy.
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« Reply #58 on: October 02, 2005, 02:16:53 AM »
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You dont have to buy into the Myth to love John Wayne or his movies.  He was human.  He had his faults just like anyone else.  He was still a great man.  And for anyone who doubted his acting ability in his later years, watch "The Cowboys" and tell me he cant act.


No doubt. He was a great actor in that "same role in every movie much like Ben Affleck" sort of way.

As to being a great man... I lack evidence to support this opinion. The list of great men who were also actors is a damn short one, but this guy should be at the top of it.
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« Reply #59 on: October 02, 2005, 05:41:39 AM »
I agree 100%.  Audie Murphy was one hell of a guy, by anyone's definition.
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