True Grit 2010

I liked it- good to see a modern western that did not suck, though the original was better IMO.

Wish Hollywood would get over the remake BS and start making some quality original films.
 
It was very good. I liked the court room scene and the log cabin scene best.
 
saw it yesterday, really enjoyed it..i think it was a solid movie all around. The girl along with Bridges did a great job, but i didnt think Matt Damon was as good...i dont know exactly why, but i didnt really bond with his character at all...usually i like Damon but i dont think he was quite right for this one. The Coen bros did a good job as usual, the movie looked great, and i dont remember it lagging too much or getting too boring. Overall very enjoyable and worth seeing.
 
I just saw it, and I am about to chow down on a plate of crow.

;)

Better than the original.
 
Spoiler alert for those who always request them.

The beginning felt hurried along. Maybe I was hurried along, hoping to get to the action. It felt like everyone was playing the actors in the original. The actor playing the horse trader acted like Strother Martin, Barry Pepper was not Lucky Ned Pepper he was Robert Duvall, etc. Glen Campbell wasn't bad in the original, he just wasn't good. When he told Maddie in the original that he thought about stealing a kiss from her, no big deal. In the new one, Matt Damon is in Maddies room when she wakes up, and tells her he was thinking of stealing a kiss from her. Creepy? The middle of the movie was pretty good, I thought. The fight at the dugout was better than the original. However, at the end, the actors sounded like they were just moving through the parts, just saying lines to get the movie finished. The end, when he shot the pony to put it out of its misery was good, but then a real downer when you find out Cogburn died a couple days before Maddie speaks with Cole Younger and Frank James. When she called Frank James trash for not getting up in the presence of a lady, presumably, you know she definitely still has that chip on her shoulder, which was a very good part of the movie.

I will watch the movie again. It was entertaining. I wholeheartedly believe that I saw the original way too close to seeing this one.
 
Man, can't believe some of the pans!
"No Country for Old Men?" One of my favorites. Along with "3:10 to Yuma." Perhaps my all time favorite modern western is "Unforgiven," though.
I plan to see the modern "True Grit" as soon as I get a chance (which will probably be months, and on DVD), and I anticipate it being a favorite, too.
 
Nostalgia and Hollywood eras aside, far better than the first movie, imo. :thumbup:

Better dialogue
Better writing
Better cinematography
Better acting (for the most part)
Better direction
Better period realism
Better costume (see above)
 
For those who haven't seen the original it's playing on AMC tomorrow at 8 PM.
 
I'm a big John Wayne fan, and a fan of his True Grit, (also a longtime fan of the book) but I saw the new one, and then watched the old one on DVD about a week later, and except for a few scenes where Wayne was at his best, the new version, for me, was much better than the 1969 version.

Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross, was just utterly amazing, far and away better than Kim Darby. She came across much more like the girl in the book, very determined and angry, whereas Darby came across as petulant and whiny.

Matt Damon, is the weakest link in the cast, but at least he did a fair job of playing the Ranger as he was intended, to be a bit of a moronic poof. But even he was better than Glenn Campbell, which was possibly the worst case of miscasting in Hollywood history.

Jeff Bridges as Rooster, borders on cinematic perfection. As much as I like John Wayne, he had a bad habit of "cleaning up" characters he played, and often went to far. While the first film mentioned his past with Quantrell and Bloody Bill, they greatly downplayed it from the book. I really liked how the new version showed a much more flawed and violent Rooster Cogburn.
 
Finally got to see True Grit today after it came out in Australia this week. Fantastic film and a ready-made classic. Having never seen the original (not much of a Wayne fan, I'm an Eastwood guy) I can't comment on it being better or worse but I can say: the Cohen brothers sure make a mean film.

Cinematography was stunning and the attention to detail for the period realism was fantastic. Bridges has really cemented his place as an extraordinary acting talent. And the debut performance from Steinfeld was amazing, much stronger that Damon's who looked awkward the entire film. Perhaps this was the way Cohen wanted him to appear though.
 
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