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"True Grit"

Started by KellyH, December 27, 2010, 10:42:39 PM

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stumpy

My wife and I really enjoyed it.  I thought Jeff Bridges was a great choice for that role.  Last night my wife wanted to see the original, so we rented it.  I think John Wayne was much better, but the rest of the movie seemed hokey to me.  Maybe it's cause I really hated Glen Campbel in that role.  Also didn't like Kim Darby that much.  I was also surprised at how identical the movies were.  I would have expected the Coens to change their quite a bit.  All in all, both movies are worth watching again.
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Jeff

I got the blueray from my Daughter for Father's Day this morning. I've not watched it yet, but have been wanting to see it.
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Mooseherder

We are going to watch it this afternoon. :)
It has been here a few days waiting on the right time from netflix.

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I watched it a couple of nights ago. I enjoyed it up until the snake bite. Then it was downhill--like they ran out of time or money and needed to end it.
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I burnt it last night, I wasn't all that impressed :( I think for this day and age it could have been done a lot better.

miking

I saw it three times when it was in the theaters. I first heard about it in Arizona when I took a tour of Old Tucson Studios, where Wayne filmed several movies. The tour guide said Jeff Bridges was the only actor that could have pulled it off in a remake and I think he was right. The original made an appearance on the big screen close to here this spring and I missed it but did go and see Stagecoach and The Searchers this weekend on the big screen.
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Jeff

I just finished watching it. I liked it.  :)
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pigman

Don't tell me the ending, I am going to see it tomorrow for free at out library.  ;D
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Quote from: pigman on June 19, 2011, 11:28:04 PM
Don't tell me the ending, I am going to see it tomorrow for free at out library.  ;D

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miking

Without saying too much about the ending, they could have had the two aging gunfighters near the end of the movie played by original cast members, Robert Duval and Glen Campbell but they didn't. Too bad!
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Quote from: Burlkraft on December 30, 2010, 09:06:21 AM
We saw True Grit last night.

It was good, but I like the John Wayne version better.

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Mooseherder

We liked the Movie but I got aggravated at the 5 previews of junk movies at the start.
There's ten minutes of my life I can't get back. >:(
Then the DVD stopped at a fork in the road and I had to get up and hit play quite a few times before it would start for some reason the DVD remote commands weren't working.
This is the first time something like that has happened.
I think Paramount Studio is trying to get me peaved. :D

pigman

I saw the movie tonight and Raider Bill was wrong, John Wayne did not die at the end. ;D  He was dead before the movie started. :(
I am sure the part Jeff liked the best was the snake scene. ;)
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MrMoo

We saw it at the theater a while back. I thought they did a good job with it.

Bibbyman

I appreciated that they didn't go for all that stylized camera work and CGI like so many of the modern movies.  The costumes looked right for the most part but looked too new and clean most of the time. 

James Gammon would have been perfect for Rooster Cogburn part!

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Quote from: jim king on June 18, 2011, 08:14:37 PM
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thecfarm

I feel the customs look to new and bright on alot of movies. Some of those westerns they had some good soap and water.
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DouginUtah

Quote from: miking on June 20, 2011, 05:26:52 PM
Without saying too much about the ending, they could have had the two aging gunfighters near the end of the movie played by original cast members, Robert Duval and Glen Campbell but they didn't. Too bad!

Glen Campbell has Alzheimers.  :(
-Doug
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Patty

We watched the new True Grit movie last night.

I guess I'll stick with the advice that if I can't say anything nice, then say nothing at all....... :-X


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Bibbyman

FYI,  Netflix has both "True Grit" movies available streaming.

FYI.2,  I still like the true, "True Grit" better even though it had a number of technical flaws.
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paul case

I saw the ''new True Grit ''' over thanksgiving.
I hope they quit trying to remake any John Wayne movies right there. >:( :(    PC
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zopi

If I ever see another movie, where there are no contractions in the dialog, I'm going to look up the writer/director and beat them with a nice stout piece of hickory. My god,  but that was annoying.
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Bibbyman

I've seen two newer versions of Stagecoach.  Neater one was worth a spit. At least the 1966 version had Ann Margret and Slim Pickins.  The 1986 version with Johnny Cash and company was really bad.

We found a couple of great old John Wayne westerns before Christmas I told Mary to wrap up for me.   One was Red River, and the other The Cowboys. 
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Those are worth watching again.... and again. PC
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