tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post3029324350897377070..comments2024-01-27T02:33:23.675-08:00Comments on Beverly in Movieland: The Anderson Platoon: Boots on the GroundBeverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-28798686320047886782012-06-13T20:39:31.358-07:002012-06-13T20:39:31.358-07:00I am a huge Wayne fan, but The Green Berets is pre...I am a huge Wayne fan, but The Green Berets is pretty indefensible, 'tis true. Thanks at least for pointing out The Shootist, one of the finest valedictory cinematic outings in the whole history of the medium.Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-25675365487969775402012-05-06T10:19:34.199-07:002012-05-06T10:19:34.199-07:00I'm not a huge Wayne fan either, needless to s...I'm not a huge Wayne fan either, needless to say, but in films like Stagecoach and the Sands of Iwo Jima I can see where he got his iconic status. You might appreciate his last film, The Shootist, made when he was clearly dying and playing on that fact. It is surprisingly moving, thanks partly to a really strong performance by Ron Howard in one of his last big acting roles. Lauren Bacall and other interesting actors are in there too.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-20918780672048520882012-04-28T22:50:26.546-07:002012-04-28T22:50:26.546-07:00I've never been a huge Wayne fan, but I should...I've never been a huge Wayne fan, but I should probably see THE GREEN BERETS now. You've piqued my interest, lol. The only Wayne films I like are CHISUM and THE SEARCHERS; the former because of the great cult film cast and the latter... well, it's an important film of the western genre. I will say that Wayne's THE CONQUEROR (1956) is of vast cinematic importance on how NOT to do an autobiographical motion picture on historical tyrants. Viewed as a comedy, it's a classic.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.com