Overall, I think both versions of True Grit were very good.
But if I had to pick one over the other, I would pick the Coen Brothers’ version. I absolutely loved Jeff Bridges’ version of Rooster Cogburn. His performance was so hilarious and good, I could practically smell his BO and his whiskey breath.
Still, it’s hard not to LOVE the gunfight scene in which John Wayne had the reins in his mouth and was spinning and shooting a couple of BIG guns as he charged Robert Duvall on horseback. Awesome scene!!!!
“Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!”
“Mighty tough talk for a one-eyed fat man”
“Well fill your hands you son-of-a-bitch!”