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True Grit - Great Movie for the Season
Vanity | Dec 23rd, 2010 | Self

Posted on 12/23/2010 3:42:18 PM PST by Mariner

I know, many of you can't bear the idea of somebody, anybody, taking on a role once played by John Wayne. I too was skeptical as I am a devoted Duke fan.

However, I'm also a great fan of Jeff Bridges and the Coen Brothers.

And, I can tell you this: The Dude does The Duke proud.

This is certainly the best Western since Unforgiven and probably in the top 10 ever. Yes, it's far better than the original in every respect.

Acting, dialogue, mood and photography come together to be the best movie the Coen Brothers have made.

It's not a story about vengeance. It's a story about justice. And what a story it is. The final scene before the Coda, when Rooster and Mattie are riding through the night is one of the most heart-wrenching scenes you will see in a movie. Ever.

Both are deserving of Academy Awards, as are the Coen Brothers in multiple categories.

Go see this movie in a theater...soon...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: communists; frmarxistenablers; hollyweird; marxists; movies; truegrit
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To: Mariner

A clumsier child you’ll never meet than Horace. He musta broke 40 cup.


101 posted on 12/23/2010 5:10:43 PM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

That’s a deevorced woman for ya, talkin’ bout decency. I said, “goodbye Enola. I hope that nail sellin’ bastard makes you happy this time.”


102 posted on 12/23/2010 5:13:08 PM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: Mariner

Sally Field auditioned for True Grit and was very disappointed that she didn’t get it. I think she would have been great.


103 posted on 12/23/2010 5:15:25 PM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Actually the 1941 Maltese Falcon was the 2nd remake.
In 1937, they did another version called Satan Met A Lady with Warren William and Bette Davis. 3rd time was the charm with Maltese Falcon.


104 posted on 12/23/2010 5:15:31 PM PST by packrat35 (I got your tag line..)
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To: tuffydoodle

Classic!


105 posted on 12/23/2010 5:16:22 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
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To: eaglescout1998

Both of them were good. Lee Marvin was great in the 1964 version.


106 posted on 12/23/2010 5:18:33 PM PST by packrat35 (I got your tag line..)
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To: Retired Greyhound
Well, if the remake comes out on cable in the next few years, and, should I have nothing better to do with my time, and only then, will I consider watching the raping of a true American Classic Movie.

TrueGrit is my MOVIE and I will not wavier. Likewise, I will defend My Country without pre-conditions.

107 posted on 12/23/2010 5:19:48 PM PST by redshawk (Hey 0Dumbo, I'm scratching my nose too, and not with my index finger!)
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To: redshawk

Ditto to everything you said. I have absolutely no desire to see this movie.


108 posted on 12/23/2010 5:19:53 PM PST by saminfl
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To: redshawk

Boy was Horace, wife was Enola.


109 posted on 12/23/2010 5:21:52 PM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: redshawk

“Don’t you know about germs?”

“No”

“Go wash, Gaspargo, you lose.”


110 posted on 12/23/2010 5:24:06 PM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: redshawk

“If every time I hear about a Texican drinking out of a hoof print...”

Hmmm, I’m not gonna get this one right but it’s something like, “I’ll shake his hand or buy him a Daniel Webster ceeegar.”


111 posted on 12/23/2010 5:26:09 PM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

True Grit was the first movie I saw after returning from combat in Vietnam. Was on a 3 day pass visiting relatives in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was 20.

John Wayne in True Grit justified the carnage I inflicted on the NVA and Viet Cong when I was a tank commander on C26 in 2nd Platoon, C Troop, 3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry.


112 posted on 12/23/2010 5:26:25 PM PST by bushpilot1
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To: calex59

“You mean you wouldn’t load it wrong while in a state of drunkenness?”

I’ll just have to get you to show me how.


113 posted on 12/23/2010 5:27:32 PM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

My all time favorite movie. I will see the new one, too. What the heck.


114 posted on 12/23/2010 5:29:58 PM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: tuffydoodle
I’ll just have to get you to show me how.

Are you goofy? I was referring to Mattie's line in the movie when her pistol misfired due to John Wayne loading it wrong. Some people are so frickin defensive they can't recognize a little kidding when they hear, or read, it.

BTW, I can, and do, know how to load any cap and ball revolver, including a Colt Dragoon, but would hesitate to load one when in a state of Rooster Cogburn type of drunkenness.

115 posted on 12/23/2010 5:37:28 PM PST by calex59
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To: Mariner

THANKS! I want to see the video when it is released. As long as it isn’t propaganda I enjoy movies for entertainment. It has always been claimed that when it comes to Communism most of Hollywood participates. They get rich and we get poor watching.


117 posted on 12/23/2010 5:40:29 PM PST by apoliticalone
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To: redshawk; Inyo-Mono

“If every time I hear about a Texican drinking out of a hoof print...”

I believe John Wayne said “Texas waddy”, not Texican.

And I haven’t seen that part of the movie in 41 years!


118 posted on 12/23/2010 5:40:39 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (I visited GEN TOMMY FRANKS Military Museum in HOBART, OKLAHOMA! Well worth it!)
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To: tuffydoodle
Love ya. You got them right. You are a TRUE-Gritter.

Now, how about this question: “What is the China Man's name?”

119 posted on 12/23/2010 5:41:24 PM PST by redshawk (Hey 0Dumbo, I'm scratching my nose too, and not with my index finger!)
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To: calex59

I’ll just have to get you to show me how was the next line in the movie. I was quoting it.


120 posted on 12/23/2010 5:44:31 PM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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