True Grit 2010

Does anyone remember the King Kong remake of the 1970s? Fat chance...

The awesome Dino DeLaurentis remake with Jeff Bridges? Jessica Lang? Charles Grodin It was far better than the horrible CGI crapfest with Jack Black
 
I'm 26 I know who the duke is I've seen the Jeff bridges king kong i was watching the three stooges when i was 5 and I am one of the few young people today who isn't a complete moron I know Hollywood is in the can but there are a few gold nuggets out there. But I will admit I am not huge fan of the duke but my grandfather was and my dad loves the quite man

I am more of a Clint Eastwood guy as I love the good the bad and the ugly and I have my dad to thank because he didn't want me to turn out a moron or a p***y

I just want to say not all young people are hopeless
 
I saw it yesterday. Great dialogue by the Coen Bros. Engaging and detailed visuals that give credibility to the era. Solid western. The girl who played Mattie Ross did a very good job. Much better than Kim Darby in the original. Jeff Bridges wisely didn't tread on The Duke's territory and developed a pretty good character of his own. Just about all the supporting cast complimented each other. Unfortunately, Matt Damon (who I generally like as an actor) wasn't a good fit for the movie. He looked and acted like he just walked off the set of "Invictus" and into this western. Josh Brolin, who was hardly in this movie as the heavy, Tom Chaney, would have been a much better choice for Damon's character, Le Boeuf. For some reason, all I could think of when I saw Damon was L.L. Bean.

Solid effort by the Coen's. Not a classic, but very good and well worth seeing.
 
I thought the movie was awesome. I loved it, and so did the whole family that went with me.

I have seen the original many times. This may be blasphemy, but I have always liked Eastwood better in westerns. I do like a lot of John Wayne movies, so don't get me wrong.

The remake is great.
 
I ended up going to see this on Christmas Eve. Great movie. Modern western classic.
 
Why Doesn't Eastwood put out another one with him behind the camera it should be really good he could even do a nod to Blondie (and rawhide) by having his gun make a cameo maybe in a pistol shop
 
Possibly the best movie of the year, true to the BOOK the way the so-called "original" never wanted to be. If this supposed "lack of creativity" is wrong, well, I don't want to be right.

I recommed everyone go see it before they hurl a rock.
 
I planned on seeing it when I saw the trailer and said to my brother "I'm there man!"

PS did it have a cool sound track?
 
Centaur said:
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.
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Totally loved it. I'm a sucker for originality, and hewing to the time period as slavishly as possible. Far more formality back then; lot of book learning as opposed to speaking for sounding eloquent, and so it could be a little wordy and drawn out; but that established the time period for me. Well done.

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SilentJohn said:
I planned on seeing it when I saw the trailer and said to my brother "I'm there man!"

PS did it have a cool sound track?
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The sound track seemed to be the only flaw. It was the same song, played 10 different ways for the most part. (It was a well know religious song, but I can't remember the title right now.) It didn't really detract from the movie too much, but I kept wondering why they used the same song over and over.
 
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