True Grit 2010

I can never understand all the time and energy put into a remake, when they could make a perfectly good original movie.
 
that looks like a completely different movie than the original to me. More action and less comedy. It's hard to replace John Wayne though:foot:
 
Well that's great. If it's a completely different movie, they could have taken off the eye patch, renamed the character, and called it Rough Riders or some other tough sounding name. I'm sure the reuse of the name is nothing more than a marketing device.
 
its not like remakes are a new thing.

movies have been remade and remade again for many, many years.
 
KuRUpTD said:
marketing ? the original movie was made over 40 years ago
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Your point being? Every time you remake a movie, there's a 99% chance you'll do it disservice. MAJOR DISSERVICE. How many remakes over the last decade have surpassed the success of the original?

The Duke won an Acadamy Award for that movie. His ONLY one. Say the name "Rooster Cogburn," people automatically think John Wayne.

As much as I enjoy Jeff Bridges as an actor, this movie will have to be so sharp and tough it cuts steel before it will surpass the original.
 
I am going to try very very hard to view this movie on its own merits.

But I have to say I see nothing about the first version that needs improvement or reinterpretation. I think JW's version of Rooster will stand as the definitive one.
 
I think it totally appropriate to review a remake with a repost:
Cougar Allen said:
Why don't they remake movies that weren't done right the first time? If you know anything about it you can rent a stack of bad movies and find some that could have been good movies, and still could be good movies if you changed them around a little....

Does anyone remember the King Kong remake of the 1970s? Fat chance....
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Of the few Western magazines I've read recently, all of them love the new True Grit. Any time critics love the movie, it will invariably be a stinker. I will see this movie, but nothing can top the original. The girl who played Maddie Ross was good, Glen Campbell was good, the guy who played Tom Chaney was good. Robert Duvall was good as Lucky Ned Pepper. Big Jake was my favorite John Wayne film, but the original True Grit has to take the cake. I think JW deserved that Oscar.

Jeff Bridges with an eye patch? C'mon. They could've found someone else. He's not a bad actor, but, really? I can kind of see Matt Damon as Glen Campbell's character. But Josh Brolin as Lucky Ned Pepper? Supposedly, the remake follows the book more closely. I don't know, I liked the Duke's version.

I think original is an obscure term in Hollywood.
 
The newer movie, based on the book, imo boasts a far better directing pedigree (Coen Bros) and talented lead... :p
 
The remake of 3:10 to Yuma was quite good. As was the remake of Inglorious Basterds. I don't know what True Grit will be like, I don't really like John Wayne that much though, I'm more of a Clint Eastwood fan.
 
In the case of True Grit,I really think the new one could surpass the old one,movies have come a long way in the past 40 years they can make a movie today that 1/2 or more of it would have ended up getting cut because of swearing and vulgarity.:DI think that True Grit is one of those movies that can use that.:thumbup:
 
Royalties and money, mixed with a lack of original ideas, with a spattering of tribute.
Songs are often remade because the record company owns the song. The song is already written, and a proven success. Sometimes the original artist is now the producer, ala David Bowie for one.
Hollywood has always re-made movies, just like Broadway, plays, and classical music have their "greats".
I just hope that when someone does a re-make or cover that they have something else to offer. Especially when the original movie was originally based on a book.
Lots of the "greats" have borrowed ideas from another source. "Lord of the Rings" was part Bible part "Beowolf" and part WWI. It's very hard to write something original.
 
Does anyone remember the King Kong remake of the 1970s? Fat chance....
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I do remember the 2005 version and really enjoyed it. Regarding song covers, does anyone here hate Thin Lizzie's cover of "Whiskey in the Jar" due to its lack of originality?
 
I hear it's a readaptation the original story of true grit was more about the girl in the original movie it's more about rooster and the girl gets back burner as soon as Wayne shows up on screen
 
I think Joel and Ethan are secretly trying to atone for screwing up what would have been a modern western classic in "No Country for Old Men". I've heard all the arguments for that one: following the book, AA but nothing will ever erase the collective "WTF???!" spontaneously uttered by the audience about 3/4 of the way through the movie. I'm still pissed.

Personally, I think The Coen Bros. have been off the mark for some time with "The Ladykillers" (another remake), "Burn After Reading", and "A Serious Man.

I'll see "True Grit" because I'm always a sucker for westerns, but I agree with those who ask, "Why remake a great movie?" I sure hope Jeff Bridges doesn't get killed off-screen while sleeping in a boarding house halfway through the movie in this one. Grrrrrrrrr.
 
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