Two movies, quite unrelated

[skreidle]

While I was working on a speaker installation this afternoon, I got to watch a fair bit of The Quiet Man (1952), starring John Wayne. I liked what I saw, so it's a shame I only got to see the beginning. :)


After work and dinner, Jillian and Oscar biked over, and we went to Greater Union to see the 8:45pm showing of The Return of the King, which was really really good. Made me want to read the books again, though most you are aware how futile a notion this is for me. :)

Comments

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

I'm entirely unfamiliar with just about every movie you just mentioned, possible exception being El Dorado, which I haven't seen.

[lanikei.livejournal.com]

go see them. i'm not entirely sure how good they are though... i feel like i'm probably a bit biased by sentimentality... but i think he won some awards (or at least was nominated) for true grit (possibly rooster cogburn, don't remember, same character). and the shootist is actually a really good movie (again, do a teensy bit of research into wayne's life/death). rio bravo and el dorado are pretty unabashedly fun silly not quite spaghetti westerns. they're not GOOD movies, but they're fun. the cowboys... i haven't seen it in awhile so i odn't remember if its fun, or what, i just liked it a lot. there's another movie i'm trying to remember that i like, and i can't think of what it was... maybe the man who shot liberty valance?

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Heard of True Grit, but not the other couple you mentioned. I'm sure I'll see some of them eventually, but not likely while I'm in Australia. :)