Western Coen brothers to adapt 'True Grit'

I thought the performances were really good and the Coen brothers brought back a true western feel . I was hoping that it would of been more suspenseful but I still enjoyed the film.


I gave it 8/10
 
Great to see this great movie climb to the #1 BO position after three weeks. Shows that quality and good word of mouth sometimes gets results.
 
I'm not really a huge fan of westerns. There are very few I like. I really enjoy Unforgiven and Pale Rider as well as Silverado though. I'd rank True Grit up there as one of my new favorites now. :)
 
Finally got to see it, and man am I happy I did. The acting across the board was simply phenominal, and I really did not expect all the humor in it. Other than the ending, which was felt was semi-anticlimatic, it was near perfect.

8/10
 
The acting was incredible...the Hailee Steinfeld stole the show, she had "blingatude"...:woot:
 
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I saw in a third time :up:.

Quick question, though.

During the epilogue, Mattie says a quarter century (25 years) has past since she was bitten by the snake. She also mentions that Labeouf would be in his seventies, but closer to his eighties. So he'd be somewhere between 75 and 79 years old at the end of the film.

So... does that mean Labeouf was at least fifty at the time of the story? Or was "quarter century" just meant to be a rounded-off estimate?

There's no way Damon's character could have passed for a 50-year-old man during that time period.
 
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Ok, I watched the movie for a second time. The First time was just to see the movie, and I wasn't impressed.

The second one was pure official buissess. The second was for pure critics poit only. Soon I will have to give my vote (febrauary) for Bulgaria's annual Movie Awards for the non Bulgarian language, witch pretty mutch means All of the good movies.

The Acting: 9.5/10
The Directing: 7/10
Writing: 7.5/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Film Editing: 7/10
Music: 5.5/10
Art Direction: 7.5/10
Costume Design: 8.5/10
Sound: 8/10
Makeup: 7.5/10

I'm thinking to put the movie in my official ballot for 6 or 7 awards: Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Rasing Star Award, Cinematography, Costumes, Sound and maybe adapted screenplay.

My overall rating for the movie is 7.7/10
 
Boom said:
I saw in a third time :up:.

Quick question, though.

During the epilogue, Mattie says a quarter century (25 years) has past since she was bitten by the snake. She also mentions that Labeouf would be in his seventies, but closer to his eighties. So he'd be somewhere between 75 and 79 years old at the end of the film.

So... does that mean Labeouf was at least fifty at the time of the story? Or was "quarter century" just meant to be a rounded-off estimate?

There's no way Damon's character could have passed for a 50-year-old man during that time period.
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I noticed the same thing. I couldn't remember her exact words and figured maybe she meant that 25 years had passed until Rooster died and then her spoken epilogue was delivered some years after that.
 
Okay, that would make sense.

Because after moving Rooster to her family's plot, she did mention visiting his grave from time to time.
 
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Couple of fun facts. Here is Rooster Cogburn's description in the novel:

I had guessed wrong as to which one he was, picking out a younger and slighter man with a badge on his shirt, and I was surprised when an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of Grover Cleveland went up and was sworn. I say "old." He was about forty years of age. The floor boards squeaked under his weight. He was wearing a dusty black suit of clothes and when he sat down I saw that his badge was on his vest. It was a little silver circle with a star in it. He had a mustache like Cleveland too.
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I noticed by the lamplight that his bad left eye was not completely shut. A little crescent of white showed at the bottom and glistened in the light.
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Interesting. It looks like Cogburn doesn't even wear an eyepatch in the novel. From the second quote, I still get the impression that he has an eye (the white under the lid). Did he literally lose his eye or did he just go blind in that eye?
 
So I finally saw this

THe acting, the action, the cinematography, everything was so well done. Honestly Ive always found the Coen Bros. to be a bit overrated (not bad, just not as good as everyone says) but I really enjoyed this. Definitely my favorite movie by them.

8/10
 
As a kid I remember watching just like 2 or 3 westerns. That was it. But every one of them left a good impression on me. Rough men living in rough times. When life was witnessed just by yourself, without the media around. Then the genre died.

I haven't seen every Coen brothers movie but I remember I thought "Barton Fink" was wonderful. And now they have had the true western genre feel resurrected. I swear I haven't felt the western alive for decades but this movie makes it and makes it good. The story and the characters are simply as simple as masterful. The classic rough anti-hero, the search for revenge in a world where that is a synonim of justice, a scenario where life is so hard only true brave human beings are able to survive, everything is just delightfully portrayed. The characters seem to have a whole life behind them even when we don't need to be explained about it.

5/5

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Very well put. I was impressed by this film. The Coens are absolute masters of cinema. I hope they keep churning out quality films at this rate, they have never made four such exceptionally good films in a row. Bridges was perfectly cast. Matt Damon should most definitely play more roles like this one, I think this is his most enjoyable role of his career so far. The Coens hit the nail on the head by casting him. Barry Pepper should be in more movies, he was teriffic in this, just teriffic. Same goes for Brolin, who looked so completely beastly and had this crazy mix of sad and intimidating. Standout scenes are the final horseback shoot-out, the first encounter with the Pepper gang at night and the courtroom scene with Cogburn. When it comes to casting, it's just top notch and pitch perfect all around in this film. Every. Single. Role. Down to the smallest speaking part. That attorney that faced of Cogburn in the courtoom, wow, that guy was awesome. As was the Bearskin man. Hilarious scene too. All in all, it felt like a movie of old, an oldschool western made by American masters. Only dissapointments were the use of greenscreen near the ending and the ending itself. Kinda...anti-climactic as some mentioned. Deakins nearly trumped himself when it comes to lighting. That first shot could be framed and hung in a museum. I might need to go and see this a second time in theatres.
 
Can't wait to get this on Blu Ray. When's the release date?
 
You guys are a bunch of wimps. :oldrazz: :woot:
 
Double post.
 
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Thats really far off. I guess the movie did just come out in December though. A May release date would be better IMO
 
Boom said:
Please tell me you're joking :dry:.
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Nope. The film's had amazing staying power for three months. In fact our first-run theater still shows it in a smaller auditorium, and during the weekend it gets roughly 10-30 people per showing. We'll have it for at least another week.
 
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