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True Grit - Great Movie for the Season
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| Dec 23rd, 2010
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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: redshawk
Chen Lee. And the cat was General Sterling Price.
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posted on
12/23/2010 5:45:10 PM PST
by
tuffydoodle
(Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
To: Mariner
Thanks for the review, sounds great, I'm a big western fan, Eastwood was my guy though, Bridges was great in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (though this wasn't a western).
To: redshawk
Chin Lee and the cat was General Sterling Moss.
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posted on
12/23/2010 5:46:16 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: redshawk
124
posted on
12/23/2010 5:46:19 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: Richard Kimball
125
posted on
12/23/2010 5:47:31 PM PST
by
tuffydoodle
(Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
To: bushpilot1
Thank you for your service to our country! I know you probably didn’t hear it then.
Now you and I are almost the same age as Wayne was when he played Rooster Cogburn.
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posted on
12/23/2010 5:50:01 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
My Mistake. Your are correct. Hell, I could be a senator with all the mis-speak....hahaha..
...but, but...I was close...right?
McCaskill goes down in 2012.
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posted on
12/23/2010 5:51:34 PM PST
by
redshawk
(Hey 0Dumbo, I'm scratching my nose too, and not with my index finger!)
To: tuffydoodle
That is one of the classic lines.
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posted on
12/23/2010 5:53:05 PM PST
by
redshawk
(Hey 0Dumbo, I'm scratching my nose too, and not with my index finger!)
To: Mariner
Nobody will call you Marneener to your face. There
will be whispers hehind your back
though.
Question is: are they talking about your Marneener-ness, or are you just sensitive to the fact you may actually be a 'marneener'
LOL.
Neener. Neener. Neener! How do we know?
I believe you're in the closet 'bout being a 'Neener.
LOOK: I'm just trying to help.
Just so I'm clear on the issue, just what are 'Neeners?
129
posted on
12/23/2010 5:54:29 PM PST
by
raygun
(My Jake Sully Avatar action figure can beat up YOUR action figure (besides I have TWO of 'em).)
To: redshawk
My kids hate watching that movie with me, since I quote all the dialog along with the characters. Drives ‘em nuts.
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posted on
12/23/2010 5:54:29 PM PST
by
tuffydoodle
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To: tuffydoodle
You got that one down too. Seems that you are a TrueGrit fan.
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posted on
12/23/2010 5:54:51 PM PST
by
redshawk
(Hey 0Dumbo, I'm scratching my nose too, and not with my index finger!)
To: redshawk
“Your partner done kilt cha’ and I done for him.”
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posted on
12/23/2010 5:54:51 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: Inyo-Mono
“Send my traps to my brother, George Garrett. He’s a methodist circuit rider down in Austin, Texas.”
133
posted on
12/23/2010 5:57:37 PM PST
by
tuffydoodle
(Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
To: redshawk
I can barely add and subtract but by golly, I know my True Grit quotes!
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posted on
12/23/2010 5:59:28 PM PST
by
tuffydoodle
(Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
To: Mariner
I am buying a couple of tickets to see it.
135
posted on
12/23/2010 6:01:58 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: LS
In many ways, better than Connery. NOOOOoooooo! He'll always be Bond to me!
136
posted on
12/23/2010 6:03:18 PM PST
by
FrogMom
(No such thing as an honest democrat!)
To: tuffydoodle
That scene (shootout at the dugout) was filmed about 20 miles from my house at Hot Creek, near Mammoth Lakes in the Eastern Sierra of California
137
posted on
12/23/2010 6:04:09 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: Mariner
How bad was Glen Campbell's performance in the original film version of True Grit?
Well, my brothers and I saw True Grit in a theatre when it was released in 1969.
Earlier this year, we were together in the home of a relative after a funeral. In the shallow post-funeral conversation, a few of the women were discussing a movie they had recently seen. As the conversation drifted, the words "bad actor" were uttered.
Spontaneously, 41 years after the fact, my two brothers and I simultaneously said "I ain't dead yet, you bushwhacker" in our best/worst Glen Campbell impersonation.
Glen Campbell. True Grit. Acting so bad it stayed with the three of us that long.
*shiver*
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posted on
12/23/2010 6:04:09 PM PST
by
Scoutmaster
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
To: Inyo-Mono
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posted on
12/23/2010 6:08:03 PM PST
by
tuffydoodle
(Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
To: Mariner
Just got back from watching it... it's very good... but...
I wasn't all THAT impressed with Jeff Bridges' performance, mainly because he sounds just like Karl from Slingblade. That just put me off from the beginning. I also saw a couple of sloppy edits, one in the back of Chen Lees' store early where Rooster is wandering around looking for a match (you hear him talking but his lips are not moving at all) and then at a campfire you can see Mattie talking but nothing's being said.
Also did not like Bridges' delivery of the "fill your hand" line, it just lacked something.
I'm nitpicking though, as I said, it's very good.
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