Went and saw True Grit last night. Had to go alone. None of my friends will go. Some are even thinking of staging a protest.
I thought it was excellent. Jeff Bridges nailed it. I know, I will get flamed for this, but it is worth seeing. Hollywood just does not make movies like this anymore.

I'm going to see it this afternoon. All the reviews I have read have said it is a very good movie.

I went last Thursday and your right Jeff Bridges nailed it. And this time it is closer to the book then first one was. This one even looks like it was filmed in the territories or at least closer than the Sierra Nevada mountains

Excellent movie. A great re-do of the last one. I liked the ending in the 1st one better, but this one is an excellent movie. I like the new Matty Ross better than Kim Darby.

I'd give it a solid B. Jeff Bridges deserves an A for his role. The only disapointment is that it was almost a carbon copy of the old movie. Some of the dialog and scenes are word for word. The scene where Mattie is selling her father's horses is a good example.

Never.

Not me. How can perfection be improved?

Don't underestimate the Coen Bros.

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Originally posted by MJines:
Not me. How can perfection be improved?

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Originally posted by brad may:
Hollywood just does not make movies like this anymore.

I thought that this movie just came out. Where was it made?

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Originally posted by RonE:
I thought that this movie just came out. Where was it made?

New Mexico and Granger, Texas

Bride and I saw it last night. Good, very good, too bad the "Duke" did have the same script, etc. Bridges deserves an award of some sort for this, considering the degenerate flicks they are make these days.

Jim

I.m looking forward the seeing this, Jeff Bridges is a great actor, I liked his father Lloyd, too.

Bridges was good, and I enjoyed the movie...but for me it did not compare to the early version with Wayne.

I have seen both movies, new and old, and they are both great on their own merit. I think Jeff Bridges and Hallie Stienfeld did a great job.

Remaking True Grit, is nothing sacred? Will Casablanca be next? Has Hollywood run out of fresh ideas?

Liked it...

Bridges is an excellent actor...

His version of Rooster is much grittier...

Suprised at the PG-13 rating...decent amount of blood and impact shots...

Just read the review in the LATIMES.

Worth seeing.

I'll go and see it.

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My wife and I are going tonight.

Two thumbs up!!!!

Hearing Mattie Ross mention her dady was to be burried in is "mason apron proper" and to then see his square and compass in his belongings

Good movie!!!! sorta like the old but with modern technology in film.....the snakes looked to fake though. The begining is a bit different as is the ending. Matt Dammon was a dam-site better than Glen Camble.

I won't see it-- hope John Waynes ghost kicks Bridges ass!

When watching Bridges in this movie,,, i thought I could smell the whiskey and tobacco on his breath. He nailed it. I was and still am a huge John Wayne fan,, worth the watch,,

We saw it last week. Damn good movie, one of the best I've seen in a long time. Jeff Bridges was fantastic and Damon and the girl were good, too.

Great movie,saw it twice in one week.Bridges was great,I agree with drwes about smelling the booze.

I saw it too, but you can't out cowboy John Wayne. Jeff Bridges did a wonderful job, but it made me realize how good John W. really was in all of his movies.

Every other character was better than the original, other than Tom Chaney, originally played by Robert Duvall.

There is also something to be said for the original Mattie Ross played by Kim Darby. She was always right, but never likeable. There are some real people like that, and I think it added some depth to the original movie that I didn't pick up on before.

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Originally posted by dave-t:
I saw it too, but you can't out cowboy John Wayne. Jeff Bridges did a wonderful job, but it made me realize how good John W. really was in all of his movies.

Every other character was better than the original, other than Tom Chaney, originally played by Robert Duvall.

There is also something to be said for the original Mattie Ross played by Kim Darby. She was always right, but never likeable. There are some real people like that, and I think it added some depth to the original movie that I didn't pick up on before.

Robert Duvall was Lucky Ned Pepper wasn't he?

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Robert Duvall was Lucky Ned Pepper wasn't he?

Duvall was Ned Pepper.

Barry Pepper is Ned Pepper in the new movie. He was also the sniper in "Saving Private Ryan".

Went and saw it a second time. The new movie is advertized as being closer to the book. Just finished reading the book. I think the John Wayne movie was closer to the book. The ending in the new movie was just like the book in that Mattie lost her arm. But the Duke's movie was closer to the book for the rest of the movie.
After reading the book, most of the script was word for word from the book. If a script writer was paid he got paid for doing nothing.
Every line in the movie was taken directly from the book, except for the parts that were changed, which wasn't very much. Maybe 10 minutes of each movie.

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Every other character was better than the original, other than Tom Chaney, originally played by Robert Duvall.

Robert Duvall was Lucky Ned Pepper wasn't he?

Yep, I had the characters mixed up there.

Jeff bridges is on fire. He has done a bunch of great roles lately but his role as rooster was the best. The girl who played the little girl was just awesome too. Made me wish if I did have a girl to have one like her. Worth seeing for sure.

I'm still on the fence with this one.For me there was a lot of graphic violence (because we can) that was really unnecessary for telling the story.I do agree with drwes about being able to smell the booze and cigarettes, Bridges did nail that. Any one else notice he was shooting right handed with his right eye patched?? In the original Waynes left eye is patched,probably so he could shoot.

Took grandson to see it he liked it I did not like it at all. Must be the age difference.

I thought both had their merits. How the hell did they do Barry Pepper's teeth? Prosthetic or digitally re-done? They really can work magic - those snakes did look fake, though!

I've read the book, went to the original movie and the second.

The second movie is better. Bridges was absolutely excellent and Damon was light years ahead of Glenn Campbell.

I believe the Coen brothers did a great job. Mattie Ross was wonderfully played and Jeff Bridges was excellent. I thought however that Matt Damons accent was horrible, horrible, horrible. I've never heard a Texan talk like that.
The gun-play was very realistic and the horse work was good. Darn good flick, but I still vote for John Wayne.

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Matt Damons accent was horrible, horrible, horrible. I've never heard a Texan talk like that.

Do you really think there was a Texas accent in the 1880's

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Matt Damons accent was horrible, horrible, horrible. I've never heard a Texan talk like that.

Do you really think there was a Texas accent in the 1880's

Yes..probably Spanish.

I liked the new one and the old one. Saw the new one, and three days later, the old one was running on cable. Both of them were good!

I thought they were both good movies. I am a huge John Wayne fan and watched the original on blu-ray before I saw the new one. The new does follow the book more closely.

Saw the movie on opening day, and thought it was tremendous.

OK, here goes. Everybody pile on.

I am a big John Wayne fan, but I thought the original, as a movie, may have qualified as a contender as worst movie of all time. If it were possible to find two worse actors to bumble through a movie in major roles than Kim Darby and Glen Cambell, it would be hard to imagine. They should haave been banned from the screen.

Maybe it's a local Kentucky thing, but I always thought this was a generally held opinion. I have never met a single person who didn't share this view. I can remember when the original was running, and people were actually laughing and making jokes about it locally. It was a big point of disussion that John Wayne was involved with such a turkey.

I am not trying to start a flame war, but I actually found all these positive comments here surprising.

I'm not a fan of older westerns and tend to love the work of the Coen Bros.

So no surprise I loved the Coen's True Grit and loathe just about any 50's-70's era westerns.

My other favorite western is 'Dead Man' starring Johnny Depp, directed by Jim Jarmusch.