True Grit
 

Going to see the Coen Brothers new release of True Grit tonite. Watched the 1969 version last night on DVD. The critics are saying the new one is much better. The old one was pretty damn good.

True Grit | Official Movie Site & Trailer | December 22, 2010

It looks good, I like most of the Coen movies...No Country for Old Men was fantastic. I will have to go see this.

I'm a big Jeff Bridges fan, can't wait to see it:)

The previews look great. It should be a good movie.

a very rare occasion, me being a first nighter.
the duke has been on tcm since six this morning. true grit is on at 8 p.m.
catch an hour of that and it's off to see the dudester cogburn version.

Not enough John Wayne types anymore. He represented what made this country great.

Hopefully the remake won't tarnish that.

Hard to imagine the big lebowski doing John Wayne as I hate everything the big lebowski depicted.

huh? How can anyone hate on The Dude? It was hysterical!!

I guess sammy doesn't abide.

When will they run out of movies to remake and be forced to become original again? What was so wrong with the original True Grit that it needs to be remade?

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I think it's a bad idea to remake True Grit, btw

I think i was a soph in hs first time and thought it was cheesey. Bridges and Brolin make great cowboys.

Seems most books are better than the movies and original movies are better than the remakes.

My .02

Watching the original right now....

bridges, coens? what needs to be said?

"What was so wrong with the original True Grit that it needs to be remade?"
The answer is "Nothing". The reason is churn for money. There is nothing new anymore. Everything that ever was is now being recycled. I believe the best movies were in black and white. "Special Effects" were the beginning of the end of the story and the beginning of the "visual".

Agree and thats why I will not be going to see this one.

John Wayne played in "True Grit" and unless he is in the movie its not for me.

Joe A

to quote gary cooper; "yup."

i just got back from seeing it and was very well satisfied.

joe, i normally shy away from remakes, did it need redoing? no.
but it was great.

I don't think anyone can top this...


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This is pretty cool..

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I read the book, and saw the movie. I may check this out, but it would be hard to top the excitement of this movie when I was a Kid, and John Wayne was The Man.

The book was awesome. I could barely stand it when she was down with the snakes. The most exciting book I had ever read, up to that time.

He was purty darn good in Wild Bill. I would recommend that movie if you haven't seen it.