About 30 minutes in. Not because I didn't like it, but because I found myself not enjoying the film due to making constant comparisons to the original which I saw with my parents at a drive-in and have seen many times since. I realized it was impossible NOT to do this.
If you see exactly what to do don't tell ME! I'm just a singer in a rock&roll band!
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Jeff I agree. I think this version is a little bit better than the John Wayne version. I was skeptical going on but in thehands of the Coen brothers I can see why they want to remake it. They did it justice. The more I watch it the more I come to love it.
shareIf you can dismiss the sixties version from your mind, you'll find that this one is plenty entertaining. Both are solid films, and are really pretty similar, they're both true enough to the book that there are only small differences in the script.
2010 plusses: That Hailie girl seemed much younger than Kim Darby had, the Mattie of 1969 seemed like a young woman, the Mattie of 2010 seemed like a child. That made it all seem that much more perilous. And I always enjoy seeing Jeff Bridges.
1969 plusses: John Wayne being all iconic, and genuinely funny in places, not that Jeff Bridges wasn't good. (He's always good.) But other than Wayne, I think the thing that made the 1969 version so much fun was its excellent score! Really, it has a wonderful score that really adds to the sense of fun and adventure.
Well you missed a great flick. 30mins it was just getting going.
shareI finished watching after the credits stopped rolling and the screen went black.
shareWhile comparing two films with the same name makes absolutely perfect sense,
I do think they are two different movies that can stand on their own.
Mostly they tell the same story, but there is so much different about them.
I really like them both. I liked Wayne and Bridges. Didn't really like Damon or Campbell much, (surprising as Damon is an A-lister and Glen def was not), but they did serve their purpose.
I probably liked Darby more than Halee (sp?), but the latter did a fine job. Kim had a defiant yet nervous quality that was very endearing, while the newer girl had a little less personality. But only a little.
I really like both movies quite a lot.
Aligns with my feelings about the movie with the exception of the girls. Not that I thought Darby was bat, but I thought Steinfeld was terrific.
shareInteresting. I can see how that would affect one’s viewing of a remake.
As for myself, I watched the original first but never watched it multiple times. Different story with the 2010 film. I gotta say I easily prefer the Coen’s film and do find it superior. Stellar performances and direction. Hailee Steinfeld in particular was on fire!