ChrisL
Diamond Member
He was highly overrated as an actor, he did one thing and one thing good, that was playing John Wayne. That should burn some biscuits also......Another Wayne movie that is almost completely historically accurate (props, clothing, scenes, weapons, saddles) is Rio Grande.
I find it difficult to like John Wayne. Sorry, I know that will burn a lot of people's britches. I find him to be highly overrated as an actor, and hard to like.
I have to be honest. I don't obsess over Westerns, nor have I watched a lot of John Wayne.
I did supplement my kids education during summer months and help home school him. One of our projects, was I had him read True Grit, and then we did a comparative analysis of Old Hollywood, and new Hollywood.
John Wayne either read that book, met the author, or did not do a bad job acquitting himself. We both decided that the movies were equal treatments.
John Wayne's version stayed a little truer to the book though.
I've seen the second version. Great movie.