*TRUE GRIT* Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@jenmurrayxo]

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[@e.d.2096]

@@jenmurrayxo Not a traditional western, PAINT YOUR WAGON. Gold rush comedy/musical/western. Clint Eastwood sings a love ballad! Where else are you going to see that!

[@geraldmcboingboing7401]

One of my favorite John Wayne westerns is The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) and one of my favorite John Wayne non-westerns is Island in the Sky (1953). Great reaction as always, Jen!

[@williambowman2326]

John Wayne was the biggest action , box office star of the post WW2 era. He is most associated with Westerns and war movies but he made one of the great romance movies that was the best loving tribute to the romanticized Ireland, The Quiet Man

[@PsychedelicChameleon]

There is a sequel, also starring John Wayne, called "Rooster Cogburn", but most people don't like it.

[@toyota420xp]

Wished you would have watvhed the new true gritt

[@michaeltrueblood2545]

"The Shootist" Absolutely

[@davidrichards6509]

The Shootist was John Wayne's last movie and EVERYONE on the set EXCEPT John Wayne KNEW at the time it was his last movie. Ron Howard is fond of telling the story of his time with John Wayne making this movie. Opey has said that everyone seemed terrified of John Wayne but he approached him meekly and humbly asking if the great cowboy movie star would help him practice some lines. Apparently John Wayne took an immediate liking to the polite and repsectfully reverent "kid" and would often express his desire to make another movie together.

[@melenatorr]

The book is good, too.

[@bazkeen]

Definitely. One of my favourite John Wayne movies 👍🏻👍🏻

[@thomast8539]

Could not agree more, but she should probably watch a few more westerns before watching Wayne in his swansong role.

[@neilmcdonald9164]

So often famous actors end on a bad film...thankfully JW didn't.🎩

[@Dillpicks95]

One of the best Westerns ever. John Wayne’s performance was fantastic, he even won an Oscar for his role in this and definitely check out the remake.

[@cvonbarron]

Many westerns are vastly superior to this film and to me, Wayne's performance is hammy and mannered. This was basically a career achievement award.

[@joelwillems4081]

@@cvonbarron His character was written that way.

[@andrewpetik2034]

This is one of my mom's favorites....

[@VorchaKali]

My personal favorite John Wayne flick is BIG JAKE but this one is very good as well.

[@NecramoniumVideo]

The remake is not bad as well.

[@darrellyounyvski591]

"Rooster Cogburn" if you want to see more of this character. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" is more of the classic western character, and also stars James Stewart and Lee Marvin. "The Searchers" is considered his best performance and the movie itself is arguably the top western of all time.

[@MrAnpu42]

I think my favorites are El Dorado, Rio Brovo, and Mclintock.

[@briansorensen5102]

Lee Marvin? Outstanding. Might want to add another Eastwood classic, "Paint Your Wagon".

[@FJB965]

YES!

[@geraldmorgan6906]

@@MrAnpu42 You and I seem to be of a similar taste. True Grit and The Searchers seem to get most of the recognition but I've always found them less enjoyable to watch than most of Wayne's other westerns. Rio Bravo is probably my favorite Wayne western, love the Stumpy character.

[@WVRSpenceWestVirginiaRebel]

They were also in The Shootist together

[@jacobjones5269]

The Searchers is the great American film, Jen.. And the Duke as Ethan Edwards is quite possibly the greatest performance of all time.. I recommend it highly..

[@Paul-lf1bq]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence is my favourite

[@andrewgrossman4982]

SAME! What a terrific film.

[@chrpike1]

Excellent western. You can’t lose with Jimmy Stewart.

[@william1611youtube]

YES! I forgot to mention that in my earlier comment. Wayne & Jimmy Stewart were magic together, and Lee Marvin was (IMHO) the most hateful villain in any western ever made.

[@RetiredSailor60]

Add Donovan's Reef to your list. It's not a western, but still a fun movie

[@melenatorr]

And I'll add "The Quiet Man".

[@chrisl9813]

While you can't go wrong watching True Grit as your 1st John Wayne movie, I have to say The Cowboys remains my favorite and is a must watch for any fan...

[@thomast8539]

I agree. I love the writing and Wayne's acting in True Grit, but sometimes Mattie being so strong-willed, is just too much for me. I think The Cowboys is one of Wayne's top 5 westerns along with The Shootist, Rio Bravo, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon and North To Alaska. I guess it just depends on what role his fans want to see from him because many many really like Liberty Valance and The Searchers, but for me, neither of those great films are part of his top 5 westerns. I think Wayne is just too 2 dimensional in those roles, whereas he really comes to life in the 5 I've chosen.

[@scottjo63]

But don't watch it too soon. Watch a few other John Wayne movies before watching The Cowboys. Reason, Bruce Dern. He became the most hated actor ever for playing the bad guy.

[@alancockrell6002]

John Wayne's best movie is The Quiet Man.

[@3dbadboy1]

The Texas ranger was Glen Campbell, who was quite a singer in his time, and he sang the opening song.

[@kellahella5286]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

[@brossjackson]

John Wayne recs: The Quiet Man (not a western), The Searchers, Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Rio Bravo.

[@Majoofi]

Even though Rooster is known to have True Grit, it's really Mattie who has the Grit.

[@catherinelw9365]

Lonesome Dove, a tv miniseries, is the quintessential American western (Starring Robert Duvall). Enjoyed your reaction! This and The Quiet Man are my favorite John Wayne films. The Quiet Man is a departure from westerns. Wayne plays an Irish-American who goes back to Ireland. Directed by John Ford, who did westerns, it was filmed on location with beautiful cinematography of the Irish countryside.

[@willardchi2571]

"Lonesome Dove" is one of the greatest westerns. "The Quiet Man" was a snoozefest. I hated it.

[@flynn-wp3ek]

Yes, absolutely more John Wayne reactions. Stagecoach, The Searchers, Rio Bravo, The Quiet Man, Sons of Katie Elder, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Cowboys, 3 Godfathers. Take your pick!

[@ChrisReise]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1542">25:42</a> I didn't realize how many "Star Trek" guest stars there were in this film. Maddy was Miri, the lawyer who was yelling at Rooster before he met Maddy was the husband who protected the salt vampire in "The Man Trap", this guy here who opened the door played one of the Earps in "Spectre of the Gun" and you are about to meet Maddy's lawyer, Dagget, who played that one examiner guy in "Wolf in the Fold".

[@jsharp3165]

And Tom Chaney is played by Jeff Corey, who was the leader of 'The Cloud Minders'.

[@Turok279]

It’s hard to appreciate how big a star he was back in the day. But for over forty years he was considered the manliest movie star . Around 1940 to 1980. He was in over 150 movies , most of them westerns. A few great ones include El Dorado , 1966 ,The Cowboys , 1972 , Big Jake , 1971. These and many more you would enjoy.

[@willardchi2571]

He also played a wide variety of other roles: WWII soldier, detective, ship and ferry boat captain--and once (thankfully) even laughably miscast as Genghis Khan.

[@mcgilj1]

I do love the reveal of Lawyer Daggett, aka "Piglet". I can never unhear it and wouldn't have it any other way.

[@thomast8539]

She draws him like a gun.

[@scottjo63]

Juror #1

[@socalpaul487]

"Rooster Cogburn", "The Cowboys", "The Shootist", "Big Jake", "Rio Bravo", "El Dorado" are great JW movies. Other westerns "Shane", "Pale Rider", "Quigley, Down Under", "Open Range", "Lonesome Dove", "The Magnificent Seven" 1960, "Little Big Man", "The Outlaw Josie Wales", "Silverado", "Support Your Local Sheriff"

[@benwerling2843]

The music for this was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who also composed music for The Great Escape, The Magnificent 7, and even Stripes! He's one of the Greats, like Jerry Goldsmith, whom I know you love and appreciate.

[@robphillips1797]

John Wayne was mostly a western star, but you would love The Quiet Man, which is an Irish love story.

[@harveylee51]

@robphillips The Quiet Man was director John Ford's tribute to his own Irish heritage and John Wayne had some Irish ancestry as well , it plays every St Patrick's day 🍀 True Grit use to play all the time as well when i finally watched it all the way through i did really enjoy it .

[@robphillips1797]

@harveylee51 Thanks for the info! I didn't mention any of John Wayne's war movies or The Conquerer, because they aren't as popular. What do you think of Rio Bravo? I love it, but I'm kind of an old square.

[@letsgobrandon5809]

Hataryi 👍

[@BulldogMack700rs]

@@robphillips1797 Victor McLaglin was awesome and in a bunch of John Ford westerns opposite the Duke, a very interesting man in his own right.

[@christianemden7637]

I wholeheartedly agree that Jen would love the quiet man.

[@Wyrmksc]

Hatari - He plays an African game hunter for Zoo's, Hellfighters - plays the owner of a for hire oil well firefighting specialist team. North To Alaska (exactly like the song) - plays a gold rush era miner. All are good movies. I think there might be a few WWII movies he was in as well.

[@cliffgraham9892]

for WWii they were expendable, the fighting seabees and the flying tigers were the best place to start.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

IN HARM'S WAY (1965) was his best war film. I loved Howard Hawk's HATARI! (1962) and also John Ford's DONOVAN'S REEF (1963) - starring JW, who did all his own stunts in those.

[@Kd_9562]

John Wayne was my grandfather’s favorite and this was one of his favorites of Wayne. I recommend El Dorado, Rio Bravo, Mcklintock, Big Jake, The Man who Shot Liberty Valance, and Stagecoach

[@nealsterling8151]

I grew up watching these movies and i still love them!

[@vermithax]

"My grandpa used to do that!" This confirms Jen was raised in an old timey cabin the woods.

[@mlong1958]

The second one, "Rooster Cogburn" is fantastic as well.

[@mazza4190]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance. John Wayne, Lee Marvin, James Stewart and a young Lee Van Cleef.

[@GeorgiusAgricola-pn4cr]

I love Lee Van Cleef! He was so bad in the 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,' especially when he shot the bedridden guy through the pillow and chuckled. But his biggest opponent had to be 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms' which he dispatched from atop the roller coaster.

[@andrewgrossman4982]

@@GeorgiusAgricola-pn4cr I feel like he's been in half the Westerns I've seen. His start was in High Noon.

[@andrewgrossman4982]

Yep. my favorite Western. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance also kinda goes beyond just being a Western, too.

[@RobertStallings-kx5ug]

and Strother Martin (who also appeared in True Grit)

[@OhArchie]

Now you need to watch "Rooster Cogburn", with John Wayne and the legendary Katherine Hepburn.

[@edwardleonetti2492]

"Sheriff, Mr. Cogburn!"

[@g.docswift9292]

You should watch Rio Bravo. Best movie ever. The Quiet Man is also a must-see, if you want to see the Duke in a wildly different sort of role.

[@BulldogMack700rs]

Awesome the Rooster Cogburn that doesn't mumble all the way through the movie lol, hopefully this is the start of a long beautiful journey. The Cowboys and The Shootist are magnificent.

[@jackmessick2869]

Other great John Wayne westerns: Stagecoach Red River The Searchers Hondo El Dorado The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance He also performed in a "Cavalry Trilogy" in the late 1940s and 1950s. All worth watching. The Coen Brothers remade True Grit in 2010. Hailey Stanfield did a great job in it as the orphaned daughter.

[@randy7831]

watching this brought back so many memories of watching John Wayne movies with my dad. The Duke was my dad's favourite actor and over the years I bought him more than 100 of his movies on dvd and vhs and we watched them all, some quite often. miss you dad.

[@user-un1wt2sd4w]

One big difference you will see between the spaghetti westerns is the way violence is shown. A lot of JW's movies were shot under the Hays Code so you don't see a lot of blood, torture, or seeing the gunshot and the person hit in the same frame. Also I loved the way language was used in this movie. On the surface it looks like just some big words. But unlike modern storytelling where we use a lot of slang and words with many different connotations, the words weren't so much big or fancy but very unambiguous. No "You better watch out," or "I'll get you one way or another" or "I'll F^&* you up". There was not a lot of ways you could misunderstand "I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which will you have?" Also, it was the word "Hanged", not "Hung". I don't think a lot of people today know the difference.

[@jeffthompson9622]

If I remember correctly, Jen, Kim Darby was 21 when she played the 14 year old Mattie Ross. Hailey Steinfeld was about a year younger than the character in the later film based on the same book by James Portis.

[@RobertStallings-kx5ug]

Kim Darby got her start in television (including playing the title role in a 1966 Star Trek episode). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miri_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)

[@Bill-v6f]

The actor that played Tom Chaney was the head administrator in the episode , the Cloud Minders

[@jarrodnewman0514]

Alright... a little True Grit trivia... Kim Darby was on her first marriage while filming in 1968. She divorced in 1969. She was married a year later in 1970. It, too, was a short lived marriage...divorced in the same year. She had one child with the former husband. Glen Campbell wasn't the first choice to play La Boeuf. Elvis Presley was first pick but his casting agent wanted him to have top billing over John Wayne...which the producers declined. So Glen Campbell got the part. R.I.P. Rhinestone Cowboy. John Wayne did his own stunt jumping the fence at the end of the film. It was an unscripted act. Not bad for having one lung. His left lung had been surgically removed in 1964 due to cancer. He still played Rooster in the film sequel 5 years later. But due to failing health issues, was not able to play Rooster a third time for the made-for-TV film in 1978. He died on 11th of June, 1979.

[@thomast8539]

I thought it was always Colonel Parker that blew Elvis' chance to be with the Duke in this film. Either way, its a damn shame because Elvis woulda been good here. Nothing wrong with Glen Campbell, but Elvis could actually act when he wanted to and I think he woulda stepped up his game for the role. Top billing always seems like such a stupid thing to lose a film over.

[@AlbertHuebsch]

John Wayne did a lot of westerns. He also did a lot of war movies but these weren't his only types of roles. He played a cop in several movies. He played an African big game hunter in the movie Harari. He also played a fire fighter who specialized if fighting oil rig fires. He has also played a lawyer in at least one movie. He also played a retired boxer who moved back to his native Ireland in a movie Called The Quiet Man (my favorite John Wayne movie of all time by the way. Out of all of the roles he played however the one that was the greatest stretch for him acting talent wise was playing Genghis Khan in the movie The Conqueror.

[@user-un1wt2sd4w]

I didn't see anyone else answer the question "What's that on the horse?" Sweat Horses will overheat if run too hard and too long. If a rider pushes hard enough they die of heart failure. Rooster road the horse to death to save the girl. Extreme since back then they were worth a lot of money but is was either her or the animal.

[@catherinelw9365]

One thing that bothered me is why didn't he get another horse so each had a ride? When he killed Ned Pepper, Pepper's horse was just standing there, next to his body.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Great reaction, Jen, thank you. There's a follow up to this film with John Wayne, "Rooster Cogburn" 1975 which is well worth reacting to. Other John Wayne Westerns I recommend are: "Stagecoach" 1939, "Fort Apache" 1948, "Rio Grande" 1950, "The Searchers" 1956, "Rio Bravo" 1959, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" 1962, "How The West Was Won" 1962, "McLintock" 1963, "The Sons of Katie Elder" 1965, "El Dorado" 1966, "The Shootist" 1976. John Wayne's non Westerns: "They Were Expendable" 1945, "The Sands of Iwo Jima" 1949, "The Quiet Man" 1952, "The Longest Day" 1962, "In Harm's Way" 1965. There are many more by him but these are the ones that I suggest as his best, Jen.

[@jbdragon3295]

I like The War Wagon also. Ya, Rio Bravo is good. The Sons of Katie Elder is really good. It's a good list. El Dorado. I've seen these many times and the others also.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@@jbdragon3295 Yes, War Wagon is another great one, he did so many it's difficult to narrow them down.

[@mikemartin8088]

Great list! I would add Flying Leathernecks a good one for 1951.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

​@@mikemartin8088 Thank you. Yes, another good one, he did a lot of great films, it's hard to think of them all.

[@MGower4465]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="362">6:02</a> Actually, in the time this movie is set, dinner and supper were different things, not two words for the same thing. Both refer to the evening meal. A dinner is often heavier fare and served very shortly after the end of the workday. Eating earlier provides time for digestion before turning in. Supper is served much later in the evening, and consists of lighter fare as a concession to the eater turning in comparatively soon after.

[@JamesLachowsky]

I was born and raised in Arkansas as was the author of True Grit, Charles Portis. I can tell you that we ate breakfast first thing in the morning, then dinner at noontime and supper in the evening. Dinner was generally the main meal of the day.

[@CarolinaCharles777]

While it's in a lot of movies, you NEVER want to suck the poison out with your mouth. I learned that while stationed at Ft. Irwin, CA.

[@theaikidoka]

I was born in 1980 and first started watching this movie on VHS in the early 90's. Back then I thought it was a great adventure movie, but as I got older I started to enjoy different characters for different reasons. Rooster is capable and relentless, La Boeuf is a braggart but true-hearted and funny, and Maddie is smart and resourceful. I think watching the remake soon would be an excellent idea, not just because it's an outstanding movie, but to compare the differnt approaches while you still remember the first.

[@ashleywetherall]

Wayne got his Oscar for this film. But he really should have gotten it 14 years earlier for The Searchers. The Remake of True Grit is excellent but has a very different tone. For John Wayne movie's I would also recommend The Cowboys and Red River.

[@williambowman2326]

All good movies. My parents told me that he should have won for The Sands Of Iwo Jima. That’s the Wayne blockbuster that resonated with the post war audience.

[@melenatorr]

Possibly, plotwise, the newer one is closer to the book; but the book has a wry, dry, wise humor that the newer version lacks; there's humor here, which I like. It isn't the book's humor, but that kind is almost strictly the kind that only fits in the intimacy between the book and the reader. The rather stylized dialogue we have here is an echo of the book. I like both movie versions, and the book as well.

[@thomast8539]

I respectfully disagree. His character in The Searchers is too rough and stern throughout the whole damn film. We don't get to know why Uncle Ethan was such a hard man at all, only that he was and we just had to accept it. SPOILER ALERT (kinda) I understand there is a allusion to Ethan having loved a woman that didn't become his wife, but we never fully know if that is true or the main reason for him being such a grump. At least with Rooster, we learn all we need to know from his own mouth and his actions. Plus, Rooster was a very funny man and caring as well, even though he could be just as tough or good with firearms as Uncle Ethan. BTW, wholly agree with you about True Grit remake and The Cowboys. One more thing, and I know it may be hard to hear, but Giant was a better western with a better story than The Searchers and it deserved its Oscar nomination that year.

[@williambowman2326]

@@thomast8539 Giant is a great film and is unjustly overlooked by so many and may be the best George Stevens movie( and that’s saying something) But I don’t recall anyone classifying it as a Western. I am a Texan and for the Baby Boomers and parents, it was the movie about the “ modern” Texas and its rise to national and international influence. It has many elements of a classic American Western. Interesting thought. BTW it’s much better than 80 Days , the 1956 Oscar winner .

[@thomast8539]

@@williambowman2326 I get what you are saying, and others have said similar things, but I don't think that westerns just have to be about stories before the frontier closed. After all, Big Jake, The Shootist, Tom Horn and The Wild Bunch all take place after 1900 when the frontier had been closed for a decade. Plus, even The Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean starts before 1900, but ends well after that, when oil is booming, just as oil plays a huge role in Giant. But, again, a lot of purists have their idea of westerns and I get that.

[@DoerOfThings8]

The best western ever is a miniseries starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, and Danny Glover, called "Lonesome Dove". Well worth a watch if you'd like to try a different kind of western with some truly iconic actors and characters and tons of heart.

[@janescribner8258]

Speaking of Robert Duvall, he portrays Lucky Ned Pepper in True Grit! Lonesome Dove is a masterpiece.

[@kevinlewallen4778]

Hi, Jen. Elmer Bernstein wrote a bunch of excellent film scores. I believe he studied with Aaron Copland. This film is a classic.

[@3dbadboy1]

He did The Great Escape and The Magnificent Seven.

[@ConstantineFurman]

Harold Ramis once told Bernstein that his score for "Ghostbusters" was better than the movie deserved.

[@Qochoc]

My personal favourite John Wayne western is “Big Jake” and the Dukes two sons were in it, one played one of his sons in the movie and the other played his grandson (first wife and third wife)…his other movie sons were the singer bobby vinton (blue velvet) and Chris Mitchum, Robert Mitchum son….its about a team of bad guy kidnappers vs John Wayne and friends and family

[@brucecsnell]

Big Jake is also my favorite Wayne film -- and one of my favorite westerns. Just watched it again a couple of weeks ago and it still satisfies.

[@truthguide1742]

John Wayne did primarily Westerns including US Cavalry Fort Apache, Rio Grande, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon. His second most movie genre was military. Such as In Harm's Way, Green Berets, The Sands of Iwo Jima, Horse Soldiers, The Flying Leathernecks, The Longest Day, and plenty more. He played an oil well firefighter in Hell Fighters. Other parts he played a private detective, American boxer of Irish descent who returned to Ireland The Quiet Man. The Duke's films are a deep dive into a rabbit hole.

[@mcgilj1]

Great Western of which Wayne was in many.. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Rio Bravo, The Sons of Katie Elder, El Dorado, The Shootist (another stand out performance), and The Cowboys. For a non Western check out The Quiet Man a gentle romantic comedy drama with the fiery Maureen O'Hara.

[@geoffsamuels5197]

The Quiet Man is a must see for John Wayne. As is Rio Bravo, The Searchers, The Longest Day, Stage Coach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

[@xortab]

"Rio Bravo" (1959) is by far my favorite John Wayne film. It's especially good if you want to hear great music and singing. The legendary western character actor, Walter Brennan, is at the top of his game in this role.

[@OptimusPrime75]

John Wayne (Born Marion Robert Morrison in 1907) was an amazing American Western icon. But yes, he did other genres as well. Some of his best films IMHO are True Grit, McLintock! Donovan's Reef, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Shootist, Rio Bravo, The Sons of Katie Elder, Big Jake, McQ, Trouble Along The Way and The Searchers. Four of those films featured Maureen O'Hara, with whom Wayne starred in five films with. Wayne had actually been offered the role of Dirty Harry, which he turned down and later regretted doing so. So yes, Jen, I highly recommend watching many more John Wayne films. :) BTW, he did a sequel to True Grit which is a fun watch as well, Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady.)

[@williambrownlee9978]

john awayne variety pack. A Quiet Man (Romance), McClintock (Comedy Western) and In Harms Way (War). Many more. But these would be a good start.

[@p-51d95]

You should also watch the 2010 version of "True Grit". Very different feel to it. Also good. Also, "Open Range" (Costner and Duvall) "Rio Bravo" (Another John Wayne movie)

[@abramsalinas1004]

After this one he made Chisum in 1970, Big Jake in 1971 and The Cowboys 1972 after this film. The Shootist being his last film ever, 1976. Great watch along.

[@user-cn5ie4zf2c]

After more the 100 movies, he won an Oscar. At his acceptance speech, he said if he had known, getting over weight, playing a drunk and putting a patch on his eye would get him an Oscar. He would have done it 40 years earlier. Check out his "Quiet Man" for a romantic comedy.

[@georgeheilman4243]

I saw this in my youth and loved the performances, and decided to read the book it was based upon afterwards. That too is certainly worth a read, especially for character perspective, if you ever get the chance.

[@scottjo63]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1156">19:16</a> this scene I recall way back when, everyone in the theater applauded. Her character was so well hated back in the day.

[@ianbuckley2347]

These scene where Rooster faces off with the four bad guys on the plain is one of my favourites in all of cinema. I get chills when he puts the reigns in his mouth and gallops towards them all guns blazing. Brilliant. Great reaction as always Jen. Glad you liked it and I'd love you to react to some other classic westerns.👍

[@guitarbo1]

I'm afraid I always get teared up getting to the last scene "Come and see a fat old man sometime!" I used to have a good old friend/coworker named Joe in Orlando, FL. that was a lot like Rooster. We had a lot of good times before he passed away 🍺

[@tomhoffman4330]

Saddle Up, 'Pilgrims'🤠We're Riding with THE DUKE!👍

[@FloridaMugwump]

@@tomhoffman4330 He only called one guy "Pilgrim" in one movie. Get over it already. It's not his catchphrase

[@tomhoffman4330]

@@FloridaMugwump I'd always thought it was...🤷‍♂

[@e.d.2096]

@@tomhoffman4330 How's it going today, Tom?

[@tomhoffman4330]

@@e.d.2096 Hey Eric👋Sorry We didn't get to Talk much in Chat. I'm doing OK, slow day / conserving My Energy. How are Y'all doing?

[@e.d.2096]

@@tomhoffman4330 I'm good (we're) 👍 when did this come on? (and you said nothing to me, maybe I can help in some way? )

[@charlize1253]

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="923">15:23</a>, Rooster says that he married a widow, but then she "left me and went back to her first husband." A subtle piece of great writing.

[@mcgilj1]

@@charlize1253 actually he says a "grass window" which when I looked it up means basically she was divorced, separated or abandoned. Must have been a term of the era?

[@thomast8539]

@@mcgilj1 Yep. Just like when the horse trader calls Rooster a "thumper". It means, as the innkeeper stated, that Rooster liked to pull a cork and would imbibe in whiskey by the barrel or tub if he could.

[@georgeplimpton9429]

I saw this in the theater when I was 9 years old. My favorite John Wayne movie. It took 55 years before I found out what he meant by keeping one chamber empty so he won't shoot his own foot off. Since the hammer on that type of pistol rests right on the back of a bullet when it's not cocked, they leave one empty while carrying it, and have THAT chamber be the one under the hammer while walking around or riding their horse, because if it's ON a live round, being hit or dropped CAN make it fire. And you don't want it firing when it's pointed at your own foot. 🤣 They call it "the cowboy load."

[@seantlewis376]

In 1969, True Grit was intended to be John Wayne's swan song, but he made a few more movies in the early 1970s. His real swan song was The Shootist in 1976. It was the absolute best "farewell" any legendary actor could give. He knew he was dying at the time, and poured everything he had into it. After seeing this movie, I read the novel. One of the great things about this is that even though the novel was written in the 1960s, the language of all of it is phrased in the ways that novels of the late 1800s were written in the time. Glendon Swarthout did a great job with it, and the film adaptation was very accurate to the book.

[@williampage622]

My great grandfather was a deputy federal marshal who worked for Judge Parker. Listen to Rooster’s cats name, Sterling Price, my great grandfather was Sterling Price MacLaughlen.

[@jackmessick2869]

While mostly performed in Westerns and War films, there is The Quiet Man, The Voyage Home, Island in the Sky, and The High And The Mighty. The Quiet Man is actually a Romantic Comedy-Drama. He also had a part in the scandalous-for-the-1930s Baby Face.

[@petersonchan9250]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="780">13:00</a>... now it's probably all condos Lol 🤣🤣 My aunt and uncle also always called it "supper" 😊

[@OldWestGunslinger-vs9mx]

John Wayne heroes (with some exceptions such as his characters in The Searchers and Red River) are excellent examples of positive masculinity. He can be stoic and gruff but typically only when the occasion calls for it. Most of the time he is good natured and has a soft place for people in need. He is tough without being heartless. He may not always be in command of the situation, but he's usually in command of himself. Ultimately the main difference between a John Wayne hero and a Clint Eastwood hero is you must peel away the layers to see Clint's heart of gold where as the Duke's heart of gold is readily available to all but his enemies.

[@HankD13]

Always loved John Wayne. My dad has a blurry photo of him having a drink (in a crowd) with John Wayne from 1962 when he was at the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi. He was there filming "Harari!".

[@markjone671]

John Wayne was known mainly for westerns but he did do other movies too. The romantic comedy The Quiet Man is one of his most popular films and Hatari, which was another romantic comedy with a score by Henry Mancini who wrote the theme to The Pink Panther. He also made two cop movies in the 1970's McQ and Brannigan. Brannigan was filmed in England. Wayne's final film was the western The Shootist which he made with James Stewart. True Grit was so popular it spawned two sequels, the very entertaining Rooster Cogburn which had Wayne reprising his role from the original film and True Grit, A Further Adventure which was made for television and starred Warren Oats in the John Wayne role.

[@njw5869]

“Quigley down under “ is a great “western “ with Tom Selleck . I think you would love it .

[@robertritchie8829]

There's something inviting about westerns, everything's so bright especially when you're used to living under rain most of the time. I barely recognised Robert Duvall, never seen him that young.

[@beatmet2355]

I once spent the night where this film was shot in CO. Beautiful country. The log they sat on by the creek was still there and it was also where the showdown at the end happened.

[@HenryInHawaii]

The Searchers is considered one of the finest westerns of all time, and perhaps John Wayne's best performance

[@theWoodrow321]

John Wayne was mostly westerns, but he did do other roles outside the genre, including another oscar nomination, for his role in The Sands of Iwo Jima 1949. Some of his other iconic films are, Stagecoach 1939, Red River 1947, The Quiet Man 1952, Perhaps his greatest performance was in The Searchers 1955, Rio Bravo 1959, McClintock 1963, El Dorado 1967, The Cowboys 1972, and his final role, for which as with The Searchers, that he should've been nominated, is The Shootist 1976.

[@johnduncan6760]

Several years back I went on a few dates with Kim Darby who played Maddie. She told me a few stories of this movie. She was an 18 year old at the time with a baby. Wayne would come over and cook for her during the shoot. Also Glan Campbell used to sing for the group on the bus over to the location.

[@americanaforever6725]

“The Quiet Man” and “ Rio Bravo” are two of my favorite John Wayne movies

[@charlescarter9600]

the shootist is a very good film made by john Wayne in later life and with a very famous supporting cast

[@danielgibson7948]

I loved to watch John Wayne movies with my Grandpa. This, the sequel Rooster Cogburn, and McKlintock are my favorites.

[@JB-nc7yk]

Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone brought on a new style of western. Before the spaghetti westerns hit the US market westerns were more like True Grit, High Noon, etc. John Wayne even criticizes Eastwoods “Man with no name”, partly because he didn’t like the vigilante style of those newer movies. But I really think Wayne was a little jealous of the young guy coming in and taking his spot as the face of the new Westerns.

[@ChicagoDB]

The remake is actually pretty good also…which is rare nowadays.

[@cvonbarron]

IMO, the remake is superior in every way.

[@OptimusPrime75]

@@cvonbarron The remake was closer to the story in the 1968 novel. But not superior.

[@cvonbarron]

@@OptimusPrime75 Ok, we can agree to disagree, i was never the biggest fan of the original, i prefer the remake.

[@JamesLachowsky]

At least the remake didn't make the Oklahoma hills look like the Rocky Mountains.

[@FJB965]

The remake SUCKS!!@

[@marieoleary527]

Other John Wayne classics: Red River; the Searchers; The 3 Godfathers; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; She Wore Yellow Ribbon; Shepherd of The Hills; The Cowboys; The Quiet Man, The Shootist. There are many others, you should have fun viewing all his movies😊

[@Shootingstarcomics]

The 3 Godfathers is on my yearly Christmas movie watch list.

[@tackysum]

Saw this movie in the theater with my mom and aunt when I was a kid and loved it. The audience actually applauded at the end. The character of Rooster is very different from the western roles that "Duke" typically played which was strong, no nonsense, and typically in his westerns a loner who got the girl in the end (sometimes). He got his start making films in westerns but also played modern day roles, particularly WW2 era films. Some of my favorites: Stagecoach, Rio Bravo, Red River, In Harm's Way, Back to Bataan, McClintock, The Quiet Man, The Searchers and his final film The Shootist. Hard to believe but the man appeared in over 200 movies in his long career. You should definitely check out the remake with Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld (she does a better job portraying Maddie IMO).

[@cliffgraham9892]

John Wayne did a little bit of everything - Hatari (a romatic comedy), Trouble along the way (sports), Tycoon (action) without reservations (screwball comedy in the vein of it happened one night), the three godfathers (christmas), Island in the Sky & the high and the mighty (disaster movies in Airport category), legend of the lost (sort of an Indy Jones type), the barbarian and the Geisha (true story of teh first US ambassador to Japan), Brannigan and McQ (dirty Harry), Blood Alley (sort of an African Queen type). but his impact goes way beyond his acting. Wayne was the first actor to start his own production company to find and develop material. He is in the stuntman hall of fame for developing most the techiniques they still use to film fight scenes. And he was the first major star to go public with his health issues using it to raise awareness about Cancer. He in fact coined the term "the Big C" to refer to it.

[@anonymes2884]

This is John Wayne in older, more avuncular mode. "The Searchers" arguably features the role of his with the most edge (and is held by many to be one of, if not, _the_ best of the Western genre). "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" is also great and "The Shootist" was his last movie and in some ways serves as a reflection on his own career (in that sense it's like a less revisionist "Unforgiven"). (as well as the remake BTW, the original novel of "True Grit" is well worth checking out too IMO - it's related by Mattie herself in, for my money, one of the most entertaining narrative voices in fiction)

[@richcarrCCC]

That was no stunt double jumpin' that fence in the closing scene. God how I loved John Wayne, like so many, I so wanted him as my father seeing as I didn't have one.. True Grit sits alone in cement atop my list of favorite westerns just above the tie for 2nd between Silverado and Tombstone. God bless Marion "The Duke" Morrison may he rest in splendor and the joy he deserves.

[@shawnfynn7889]

Critics don't like "The Alamo" (1960), and "The Green Berets" (1968) ..but I love them. You'll like "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965).

[@Ian-xx1xb]

Please like the video guys lady Jen is friggin awesome and deserves a million likes do your part and upvote this fantastic video 👍🔥💙🔥💙and ofc enjoy this wonderful reaction

[@Dillpicks95]

Jen is the absolute best and she deserves the world.

[@e.d.2096]

You're pretty fantastic as well,Ian!

[@Ian-xx1xb]

@@e.d.2096 nah I'm just a simple fan of lady Jen nothing more

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

[@harryrabbit2870]

"The Big Country" with Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston, "The Tin Star" with Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins, "High Noon" with Gary Cooper, "Stagecoach" with a very young John Wayne...ask your Patreon supporters what they think of those movies. They are all fun to watch and great movies to boot. Enjoyed your reaction, as usual.

[@user-bd9qx7qf2f]

"Feel your hands, you son of a bitch." Will always be my favorite line in the movie.

[@redatlit]

Fill not feel. Fill your hands, as in grab your guns.

[@philbertdez3863]

John Wayne had a prolific career covering most genres with the majority being entertaining with only a handful of turkeys (but what actor doesn't have them in their catalog). The Quiet Man is one of his better non-Western projects. In a similar vein, The African Queen(1951) with Humphrey Bogart/Katharine Hepburn is funny as heck as is Father Goose (1964)with Cary Grant and Leslie Caron, both fall under the romantic action comedy umbrella.

[@stefanfalke8041]

Here are a few more movies The Duke made which are really excellent not all are westerns but you will love them all, "The Searchers, Rio Bravo, Stagecoach, Reap the wilde wind, flying Tigers, The were expendable, Red River, Fort Apache, She wore a yellow Ribbon, the fighting kentuckian, 3 Godfathers, Sands of Iwo Jima, Flying Leathernecks, Rio Grande, The Quiet man, Hondo, The Conqueror, The Barbarian and the Geisha, The Alamo, Wagon Train, The Commancheros, McLintock, The Sons of Katie Elder, The War Wagon, Hellfighters, The Undefeated, Chisum, and Rio Lobo.

[@RetroClassic66]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="775">12:55</a> This was filmed in Ouray County, Colorado, both in and near the town of Ridgway.

[@thomast8539]

Jen, I heard your comments about Clint's stoicism in his westerns. I heartily agree, but you need to see him in Two Mules For Sister Sara, Joe Kidd and especially The Outlaw Josey Wales. That will give you a more rounded opinion on Clint's characters in his earlier westerns. Some will tell you to also check him out with Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon. I suppose you should watch that one as well, but I would save it for a rainy day. It isn't quite the usual fare for either actor or for those that really like westerns.

[@antoniolugo37]

The Searchers, Red river, 3 Godfathers, She wore a yellow ribbon, there are many John Wayne western movies you must watch

[@richardw64]

His later films reflected his age, compared to the early films which were your standard gunfighting movies. He also went to England as a detective in the movie Brannigan.

[@user-cr5mq9lz8r]

Yes, John Wayne was mostly a Western actor. Some of his greatest from earlier; "Stagecoach" (1939), "Red River" (1948), "The Searchers" (1956), & the greatest western of all time "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962) with Jimmy Stewart & Lee Marvin

[@alancrofoot]

The re-make is definitely worth a watch.

[@eknapp49]

To the recommended John Wayne list that is developing here, I would add the three movies of the so called “cavalry trilogy;” “Fort Apache,” “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” and “Rio Grande.”

[@ElliotNesterman]

The big divide in style of Westerns is the mid-60s. Before then American films were subject to the Hays Code which didn't allow extensive use of blood or gore, so gunfights were relatively bloodless. A few classic Westerns from the Golden Age of Hollywood are: _Stagecoach_ (1939), John Wayne's first great success; _High Noon_ (1952), one of the most influential Westerns in American film; _Shane_ (1953); _The Searchers_ (1956), considered by many to be John Wayne's greatest film; _The Magnificent Seven_ (1960), an adaptation of Akira Kur0sawa's masterpiece _Seven Samurai._ _The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance_ (1962).

[@touriewright5428]

Awesome reaction as usual :) Yes John Wayne did do other character types but is best know for westerns some of my favorites are Big Jake, McClintock, Rio Bravo (1959) and 7yrs later made a similar movie called El Dorado ((1966) both are fun, the Sons of Katie Elder which I put in the Mother's Day category and one of my all time favorites is The Quiet Man. Him and Maureen O'hara did a few films together and they certainly had very good chemistry.

[@Tacitusreborn]

The remake is also excellent. I'd recommend Rio Lobo, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and High Noon. All top notch classic westerns.

[@robphillips1797]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Cahill, U.S.Marshall. It's a very funny western with a simple story. A little like The Cowboys.

[@deeanna3335]

Glen Campbell,-LaBoeuf- sang the theme song to True Grit. At the time of this movie, he had a very popular tv variety show.