Favorite John Wayne movie and why (character)

[OC Investor2]

Sands of Iwo Jima
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Fort Apache
Big Jake
The Shootist
In Harm's Way
Sons of Katie Elder

There is no movie star today who can hold a candle to this man.....

[EarthBound?]

Originally Posted by ptsum

The Fighting Seabees, because my father's outfit was in that movie after they came back from Tarawa, my father was in the Seabees during World War II and his battalion was at Tarawa, which the movie was made about, when his unit came back stateside for R&R they were used in the movie and my father got a couple pictures of John Wayne on the movie set, so needless to say that's one of my favorite John Wayne movies, the other one is The Quiet Man.

I knew you were good people, , I'd love to see those pics with John Wayne.

[kanhawk]

Originally Posted by bellringer

I don't like him to die in movies. Which one was that? Or were there two?

I can think of 4 movies in which John Wayne dies
The Alamo
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Shootist
and the most controversial death The Cowboys

[EarthBound?]

Originally Posted by kanhawk

I can think of 4 movies in which John Wayne dies
The Alamo
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Shootist
and the most controversial death The Cowboys

I think he also dies in "The Fighting SeaBee's".


CanDo!

[RiWrites]

My favorite John Wayne movies are:

1. The Searchers
2. The Quiet Man
3. Donovan's Reef
4. How The West Was Run (he only had a cameo in this one)
5. A Lady Takes A Chance
6. Hell Fighters
7. McClintock
8. The Alamo

There are others but those listed are my favorites. Why are they my favorites? Because these movies had a great story and contained actors who knew how to act and weren't just the latest pretty face. This is why I quit watching a lot of new movies. There are no more writers in Hollywood and for the most part the people in the movies today should never be called actors they are just the latest flavor of the month. Give me older actors who knew what they were doing.

[Coolhand68]

Red River is another favorite.

[MICoastieMom]

Originally Posted by el borracho

just about any john wayne movie is my favorite

I would have to agree.

See many of my very favorites listed here:
The Quiet Man
The Searchers
True Grit
Rooster Cogburn
The Shootist
Fort Apache
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Stagecoach
Flying Tigers

Four excellant films that I didn't see mentioned before:
They Were Expendable
The Angel and the Badman
The Shepherd of the Hills
3 Godfathers

I just a wonderful program (on PBS, I think) about John Wayne and his relationship with John Ford and the movies they made together. I think much of what we see in Wayne as the quintessential hero is due to the evolving view of Ford as he explored patriotism and war, sentimentality, and faith as well the classic conflicts of man against man, man against nature, and man against himself.

[Ketabcha]

My favorite is The High and the Mighty because it's a good character study.

The Searchers is one of my favorites because I like the story and I like the theme song.

He did himself proud in True Grit. I had read the book but was not expecting much from the movie. Boy, was I wrong.

[trlhiker]

The Searchers and Red River, both awesome movies.

[soupson1]

stagecoach great characters john ford