My husband was flipping through the channels last night and landed on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) which was showing True Grit. It's the only movie for which John Wayne received an Academy Award and it includes one of my favorite movie lines: "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man." The next movie up was The Shootist, John Wayne's last movie and one loaded with an all-star cast. Despite the fact John Wayne is an actor many folks enjoy making fun of, he starred in well over 100 movies and made a name for himself in the world of "Westerns".
... Which brings me to wonder ... What ever happened to the Western?? Hollywood rarely puts out Westerns anymore. I can think of only two in recent years: 3:10 to Yuma and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Both seemed to do well at the box office... so why haven't there been more?
Just wondering.
- Kelly
- Making my way through the ups and downs of life, holding fast to my favorite Bible verse: "For we walk by faith, not by sight." ~2 Corinthians 5:7. I began blogging in earnest at Yahoo360 on October 24, 2005. (briefly using LiveJournal and blog-city prior to that) In June 2008 I moved to Blogger. I'm now at WordPress where I hope to remain.