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20. I hate it when someone calls him a "Real Patriot" or a "Great American"
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 11:08 AM
Aug 2012

A great American doesn't shirk his duty by using a joke of an excuse while others go off and risk their lives. Then poor Lew Ayres, who really was a pacifist, volunteers and risks his life as a Medic in battle zones and he is vilified because he "won't fight".

Wayne spends the next few decades acting as if he actually did something heroic instead of being the biggest coward of all time. During the Viet Nam war he vilified other peoples children because they abstained on principle and egged youngsters on to die for no good reason while wearing a Green Beret costume.

From all accounts he was a maudlin drunk but he must have been a fine actor because he was a far cry from the heroes he portrayed.

My pick for one of America's all time crappy people! I can't watch even one of this hypocrite's films.

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I was thinking "Blazing Saddles". HopeHoops Aug 2012 #1
Excellent review, WCGreen. Ptah Aug 2012 #2
My Preference Is "Red River" Paladin Aug 2012 #3
Best Westerns ever made are Gun Fight at the O.K. Coral, Magnificent Seven, or Westward the Women. vaberella Aug 2012 #4
Best western of all time is "High Noon." n/t RebelOne Aug 2012 #22
It would be hard to beat The Ox-Bow Incident (Henry Fonda). n/t retread Aug 2012 #5
That is very good film, just watched it again last year, but I was put off a little WCGreen Aug 2012 #17
This.. AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #6
I've never seen it TuxedoKat Aug 2012 #7
That one is better than most Major Nikon Aug 2012 #8
Have you seen "The Big Country" TuxedoKat Aug 2012 #9
Oh yes Major Nikon Aug 2012 #15
that one is one of my favorites... WCGreen Aug 2012 #18
Yes TuxedoKat Aug 2012 #19
My favorite Gregory Peck novie, Equate Aug 2012 #21
Anthony Quinn, as well... WCGreen Aug 2012 #24
Didn't mean to leave him out Equate Aug 2012 #25
one of my favorite movies.... WCGreen Aug 2012 #26
it is, indeed, a great final scene fishwax Aug 2012 #10
Wayne ave it all for this one... WCGreen Aug 2012 #16
I like that one scene with the two separate trails, one of wagons, the other Indians begin_within Aug 2012 #11
"Best" and "John Wayne" Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #12
Does it address Mr. Wayne's draft dodging? jmowreader Aug 2012 #13
I hate it when someone calls him a "Real Patriot" or a "Great American" Walk away Aug 2012 #20
I hate the fictional OK Corral movies JonLP24 Aug 2012 #14
Have you ever read "Soul Catcher" By Frank Herbert? Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #23
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