So the Coens decided to remake John Wayne's Oscar winner with Jeff Bridges ( fresh off his Academy Award) as Rooster Cogburn , fellow winner Matt Damon in Glenn Campbell's good guy Texas Ranger role ,the always interesting Barry Pepper ( the sniper from Saving Private Ryan ) subbing for Robert Duvall , Josh Brolin as the "real " villain and some annoying kid replacing another annoying kid but even more annoyingly.
I don't know but as the trailer is more or less shot for shot of the original two questions
1. Why?
2. How come, with all that talent. it isn't anywhere near as good as the original?
Answer to 2. Whatever you think about of John Wayne , the role fit him like a glove.Here Bridges exudes none of the likability and comes off as just creepy. The movie turns around the lead and here it appears that Bridges is firing blanks.
Btw those people on youtube saying that the remake,being from the Coens is "going to be darker and more complex" . Did you even watch the trailer ?It's exactly the same.
Anyway the original was pretty friggin' dark if you think about it .
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