True gall

The gall of some people!!!
In this case, the Coen Brothers.
Many of their movies have been very entertaining, but this time they've gone too far!

For people of my generation, the most iconic figure in western movies is....
See?  I don't even have to tell you who it is.  You know already.
He made some outstanding westerns over a span of 30 or more years and finally won an Academy Award
as best actor in one of them.  No one, absolutely no one, could have played that role better.
You have only to look at him as the character and it brings the whole movie to life.

John Wayne IS Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit".  One of the most memorable roles in his long career.

If you only saw it once, you will always remember him on his horse, with the reins in his mouth,

swinging a rifle in both hands, as he charges toward the band of bad guys, yellling "Fill your hands

you sons of b......"  (Somehow, when the Duke said it, it didn't sound like swearing.)

Now the Coen Brothers have decided to re-make the movie.  This time with .....are you ready

for this travesty?

That's right, Jeff Bridges.

C'mon, give me a break.

I can only hope the new version is a complete flop with the critics and loses a bundle of money for the Coen Brothers and anyone else who is involved in this travesty.

Would you like to see anyone else but Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig in "Pride of the Yankees"?

Anyone but Peter O'Toole as "Lawrence of Arabia"?

Anyone but Omar Sharif as "Doctor Zhivago"?

Anyone but Robert Preston as "The Music Man"?  (Okay, they tried Matthew Broderick and it was awful.)

I can see it all now:

Coming soon to a theatre near you: "Gone With the Wind", with Brad Pitt as Rhet Butler and Angelina Jolie as Scarlett O'Hara.