What an absolutely beautifully shot movie this was. Granted, it had the benefit of being shot mostly outdoors in the sunshine on film, but I was surprised by the high quality production design, fantastic scenery, and good cinematography. The movie is pretty hokey just because of the time it was made, but the hokey nature fits the hokey script. It's meant to be sort of dry humor and it lent well to this movie. John Wayne was John Wayne, but often quite funny as the U.S. Marshall "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie, the little girl, was more annoying than sassy, which is too bad considering it seemed like it was supposed to come off as sassy. Not to mention she looked a lot like Justin Bieber. La Boeuf was silly enough, but the actor often delivered his lines too quickly, losing their humorous effect. The music was sometimes good, but more often than not was ill-fitting. A couple of the most enjoyable elements were the on-screen chemistry between the three main characters, Cogburn, Mattie, and La Boeuf, and the showdown between Cogburn and Ned Pepper. This was a fun story with good things about a hokey movie that was just a little too long for my liking considering the story it contained. A few too many unnecessary scenes that stretched too long.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/
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