True Grit 2010

O brother, where art thou? Was pretty good "we..thought..you..was..a..toad."

And I will see true grit just because it's the coen bros teaming up with bridges again
 
SilentJohn said:
O brother, where art thou? Was pretty good "we..thought..you..was..a..toad."

And I will see true grit just because it's the coen bros teaming up with bridges again
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Fargo No Country for Old Men and O' Brother Where Art Thou are three of my favorite movies. However, True Grit is a classic. I usually don't care if movies are remade, but I'm not sure I like the idea of putting a different version out there of this one.

I'll still see it.:D
 
Don't kill the messenger here, but my Father in Law (in his 70's) saw the commercial and remarked that Bridges would be better than John Wayne in the movie. I asked (in a properly shocked tone) "how can that be".

He said, that the Duke never liked to "get his hands dirty". He was always clean shaven, etc and not gritty enough. I've seen a bunch of his movies but don't recall if my FIL was accurate.

My favorite is the Shootist, in which Wayne plays a dying gunslinger and it was totally in character for him to be fastidious about his appearance in that movie.
 
GWashington1732 said:
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.
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3:10 to Yuma? The one that came out a few years ago?
I did not know it was a remake but I know that the one that came out a few years ago was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Maybe the book was different but the movie was horrible.

Inglorious bastards was a remake of something else?
 
I'm on vacation, so I'm going to try and catch the matinee tomorrow. I like the Coen brothers, the actors for this one, and I'm not much of a John Wayne fan besides (heresy, I know). We'll see how The Duke holds up to The Dude.
 
Nixelplix said:
I can never understand all the time and energy put into a remake, when they could make a perfectly good original movie.
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I think folks need to simmer down a little and get the facts straight.

True Grit (1969) is a film adaptation of a novel (1968). True Grit (2010) is another adaptation of the same novel, not remake of the 1969 film.

If you go into the theater not wanting to like it, you're going to find a way to not like it. It's called confirmation bias.

True Grit (2010) aims to be a truer adaptation of the novel. There is a lot more you can do with a film today in 2010 that you couldn't get away with in '69.

I don't think the film should so readily be dismissed. It may well be a knockout hit.
 
The John Wayne version strayed a bit from the book, whereas this version is supposed to be more true to the original. We will see. If the little girl loses her arm due to the snake bite and Matt Damon dies from his head injury, then it will be more in line with the book. The big difference between the book and the original movie is that in the book, the story is told from the perspective of Maddie Ross as an old uptight unmarried spinster 30 years later. She was like that at 14 in the book and worse at 44. For most of the book, she apparently holds both Cogburn and LeBeouf in contempt, as she thinks that Cogburn is a drunk and LeBeouf a glory seeking blowhard.
The one thing that you can say about the new movie is that Hailee Steinfield is the correct age. Kim Darby was like 22 when she made the original movie. Also, Lucky Ned Pepper is not played by Josh Brolin. Barry Pepper is playing that role.
As for John Wayne, he was one of the great icons of film, but like many of the greats, he had an incredible career basically playing himself. There are a number of movie buffs who would tell you that he won the Oscar for True Grit as payback. Kind of a "lifetime achievement award" for being passed so many other times. Some would say the same thing about Martin Scorcese finally winning the best director award for The Departed. Payback for the other 4 or 5 times he should have won and didn't.
 
I liked John Wayne's version alot.... and I'll like this new one alot too, I suspect.

I loved the 1933 King Kong, and enjoyed the 70's with Bridges, and loved the newest one with Jack Black. Somebody already said it.... there's alot you can do with a film nowadays that you couldn't "back then". Hell, George Lucas realized that, and re-released the SAME films, only updated. Any Star Wars fans in here? I enjoyed the old ones and the new ones alike.

I won't think less of JW's True Grit because there's a new one, and I won't think less of the Bridges version because there's an old one. They'll stand on their own, in my eyes at least.

Cougar, why wouldn't we remember the 70's Kong? You ain't the only old bastid in here, ya know. ;)
 
jdm61 said:
The John Wayne version strayed a bit from the book, whereas this version is supposed to be more true to the original. .
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From the reviews I've read, this is correct. The new version is supposed to be MUCH closer to the feel of the book. The first version greatly softened the "grit" of the book. This version put it back in.
 
Velitrius said:
Hell, George Lucas realized that, and re-released the SAME films, only updated. Any Star Wars fans in here? I enjoyed the old ones and the new ones alike.
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I don't know, I think the model ships and the muppets looked a lot better than the stupid CG stuff. Oh, and Jar Jar Binks was annoying, and Episode 2 was boring, and Episode 3 was bad, but it was at least entertaining.

Now, Star Trek's CG ships, on the other hand, look way cooler than their models ever did. But that's different, Star Trek evolved into CG ships over time starting in the early days with Wrath of Kahn and woking it into the tail end of DS9, Voyager, the newer movies, and Enterprise.
 
I just got back from seeing "True Grit." I liked it; Jeff Bridges did a great Cogburn and the girl palying Mattie was great as well.

For a follow up, I picked up a copy of "Appaloosa" on the way home to continue my Western kick.
 
I caught the morning matinée, I liked it but John Wayne in the original is the best in IMHO.
 
Brought my son to see the first showing today. Glad to see a quality western on the big screen. I saw the 1969 version with my dad and it was a classic in it's own right. With the realism in today's cinema, the Duke version will come off as campy to someone much younger but it was the real deal back in the day for me as today's was for my son.
 
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