New Grit

[tombogan03884]

Wow ! The last movie I watched in a theater was "Blair witch"  

[fightingquaker13]

Wow ! The last movie I watched in a theater was "Blair witch"  

And you admit paying to watch it in public? I mean hell, if I knew that people would pay to watch footage of freaked out whiny teenagers in the woods shot with a mini cam, I could have been a millionaire when I was faculty sponsor of a college outdoor club.
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[tombogan03884]

And you admit paying to watch it in public? I mean hell, if I knew that people would pay to watch footage of freaked out whiny teenagers in the woods shot with a mini cam, I could have been a millionaire when I was faculty sponsor of a college outdoor club.
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Who said I paid for the ticket ?      

Actually I liked the concept behind it, there have been a couple other movies that used it as well, "84 Charlie MoPic" was the first one from back in the 80's, The plot is that a Lt. and  Camera man (MOS 84C - MoPic ) accompany a recon patrol to film a training video, last time I saw it it was only on VHS.
Then in 2005 I saw one called "Afghan 101" about a couple amateur journalists doing a documentary on the Arms trade in NW Pakistan.

[PegLeg45]

Wow ! The last movie I watched in a theater was "Blair witch" 

Up until this one, the last movie I saw in a theater was Star Wars: Episode 3 in 2005. It was painful due to the seating. There is a new theater about 20 miles from us and it has stadium seating with plenty of leg room and recliner-like seats. So, I decided to risk it on True Grit. Very comfortable. I may start to go more. Matinee is $6.00.

[billt]

The last movie we saw at the theater was "Open Range". Before that it was "Apollo 13". That tells you the frequency we attend the movies. I suspect it will be even less now that they become avaliable on DVD within weeks instead of months.  Bill T.

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[tombogan03884]

Wow ! The last movie I watched in a theater was "Blair witch"  

I have to correct myself, I forgot about "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy", but then it was a forgettable movie.  

[sledgemeister]

I watched true grit tonight and I agree it was enjoyable but alas I guess I am just a traditionalist at heart. Rooster lacked the depth that Wayne put into him and Maddy Ross was only just ok. Damon played the Texan well however and better than the original.
The ending gun battle was not as good as the original IMHO. The interation between Cheney and Maddy also lacked substance although it could have been by this time I was rooting for cheney to push her down the hole 
If I had not had seen and watched the original as many times as I had and not been familiar with it I may have enjoyed this version more.
I would give it a 5/10.

I wish they would make a few more westerns even TV series would be great, I long for another series like Deadwood

[Dakotaranger]

I watched true grit tonight and I agree it was enjoyable but alas I guess I am just a traditionalist at heart. Rooster lacked the depth that Wayne put into him and Maddy Ross was only just ok. Damon played the Texan well however and better than the original.
The ending gun battle was not as good as the original IMHO. The interation between Cheney and Maddy also lacked substance although it could have been by this time I was rooting for cheney to push her down the hole 
If I had not had seen and watched the original as many times as I had and not been familiar with it I may have enjoyed this version more.
I would give it a 5/10.

I wish they would make a few more westerns even TV series would be great, I long for another series like Deadwood

The problem with most modern Westerns are they lack the single most important fact, they DO NOT show what makes this country great or point out the good things about this nation

[tombogan03884]

Do not romanticize "the Cowboy". They were nothing more than the "blue collar" workers of their day. Most of them were fairly ignorant, and spent most of their off time drunk. All this "nobility" stuff is pure Hollywood crap, they were no more "noble" than the average modern factory worker. Their true strength, and what actually made America great, is always down played or ignored. It was that they worked like dogs, and did what needed doing.
30 below zero and a blizzard ? The cattle and fence lines still need to be checked on, get your ass out there and do it.
Drought or locusts got last years crop ? Tough sh!t, You still need to keep plugging, no bailouts in those days.
It was a hard, thankless, generally hopeless existence and they did it 24/7/365 for $30 or $40 a month and board.
But they did it.

[fightingquaker13]

Do not romanticize "the Cowboy". They were nothing more than the "blue collar" workers of their day. Most of them were fairly ignorant, and spent most of their off time drunk. All this "nobility" stuff is pure Hollywood crap, they were no more "noble" than the average modern factory worker. Their true strength, and what actually made America great, is always down played or ignored. It was that they worked like dogs, and did what needed doing.
30 below zero and a blizzard ? The cattle and fence lines still need to be checked on, get your ass out there and do it.
Drought or locusts got last years crop ? Tough sh!t, You still need to keep plugging, no bailouts in those days.
It was a hard, thankless, generally hopeless existence and they did it 24/7/365 for $30 or $40 a month and board.
But they did it.

+100! I hate it when people romanticize the past. They try to project their own values, yearnings, visions etc., onto average folks who stood up and did a job. It makes cardboard saints out of real people. To me it cheapens them and leaves us yearning for a past that never was. It makes us wonder "what went wrong?" as opposed to just manning up and dealing with stuff day by day just like they did.
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