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Brown Eyes:


I'm here to report that I finished the mini series last night!  I really enjoyed it, and can't say frequently enough how much I enjoyed the performances of Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall.  I liked the book slightly better than the mini-series... but, really both were great.

Pretty soon I'll start reading Dead Man's Walk and report here about that too.  So, stay tuned!

:)

ifyoucantfixit:



   I am really glad you enjoyed it so much Amanda.  I sure did too. I am one of those people when I read a book,
or watch a series like that, if I love it.  I hate to see it end.  I want it to keep going and going... 

mariez:
Fabienne, I'm glad to hear you're enjoying LD so much - it's easy to see why McMurty received a Pulitzer for it, isn't it? 

Chrissi, I'm exicted for you to get the book and start reading, too. 

Amanda, I couldn't agree more about the performances of Duvall and Jones - they were amazing in the roles.


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Near the end, when Call was at Gus's bedside - there is a moment when he just says, "Gus" that really touched me.   You could just feel how much Gus meant to him.   :'(  And I can't believe Duvall did not win an Emmy for his performance - he was outstanding.

Marie

Brown Eyes:
*spoilers*

I agree that Call/ Tommy Lee Jones's performance during Gus's deathbed scene is outstanding, and Duvall's is all the way through.  I think that, in the mini-series in particular, Call becomes much more sympathetic (or at least I feel increasingly sorry for him) around the time of Gus's death and after.

Prior to Gus's death, I enjoyed Call for the banter and bickering with Gus, which I always founds charming and funny at points.  But, in the early stages of the story I don't particularly feel much for Call as a character on his own.  But, with Gus's death, I guess inevitably, Call's own character comes into better focus... and his emotional struggles/ emotional repressions become more and more poignant.  With Gus's death, Call's devotion to Gus becomes very clear, and, it's of course, very touching too.


I agree also about the idea that I was sad with LD (the book) ended.  I'm excited to read the two books that, in terms of narrative chronology, come before LD.  Because, I'm very curious about the partnership between Gus and Call in their younger days.

Brown Eyes:

As part of "bump-fest" I thought I'd revive this thread a bit.

I've also been meaning to stop by and mention that I started reading Dead Man's Walk the other night.  I'm only about 30 pages into it so far.  And, yikes!  I have to say that so far it seems quite brutally realistic and graphic.  I know McMurtry had moments of that in LD too... but he seems to start this one off on some startling notes!

And, LOL, I notice the theme of Call trying to train a difficult mare has come back in this one.

I'm excited to learn more about how Call and Gus got started in their early years.
:)

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