True Grit

[coyote101]

I just saw the first showing of "True Grit" in our fair city. If you are a fan of western movies this is a must see. Jeff Bridges is outstanding as Rooster Cogburn. You won't be dissapointed in this movie. 

Pat

[Todd Rahm]

Its on my list of to-do's this week of, if not tonight. Some critics are saying its better then the first.

I got to thinking after I saw a few trailers for the film that ole Bridges would be a great fella to do a lot of John Wayne remakes. 

[pitw]

Does it got hookers like Daves post .

[KySongDog]

I plan on seeing it. 

[weedwalker]

Thanks for the review Pat. I'd like to see it myself.

[alscalls]

Oh good..... I was hoping it did not suck...   

[CCP]

Thanks Pat glad to hear it is a good movie. I have not been to the movies with my dad since I was a kid. (Drive in) I told him about it awhile back and plan to take him next week to see this..

[Roundman]

I want to see it too. I'm the only western fan in the house. Be hard to fine anyone to go with me.

[nastygunz]

Its on my list of to-do's this week of, if not tonight. Some critics are saying its better then the first.

I got to thinking after I saw a few trailers for the film that ole Bridges would be a great fella to do a lot of John Wayne remakes. 

BLASPHEMY!!....

[golfertrout]

Barry your a crazy feller

[pitw]

Barry your a crazy feller

   Not really Dave .  I had never seen the original movie when I posted that question , but I kinda/sorta watched it a couple nights ago on the TV and can say it never kept me spell bound .

[vvarmitr]

    

[Bopeye]

Glad to hear it get's high marks from you Pat. I have wanted to see it, but have felt somewhat pissed that someone would have the audacity to take one of John Wayne's movies and do a remake of it.
I'm kind of in the same boat Roundman is in. I'm the only one in the house that likes the Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, True Grit, El Derado, Jeremiah Johnson, Rio Bravo, just to name a few. Eastwood and Wayne were the best western actors I ever watched, although Tom Selleck did a good job playing in westerns when he did them. His versions of some of Louis L'amours books were fantastic.
Use to have the entire Louis L'amours collection and then got strapped for money to pay for a wedding and sold them all. I could still kick myself for doing that. 

[NASA]

BLASPHEMY!!

That was my first thought, as well.

[KySongDog]

Its hard to beat the Duke.   

Hey Bop, you left out Unforgiven.   

[Jeb]

I'm the only one in the house that likes the Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, True Grit, El Derado, Jeremiah Johnson, Rio Bravo, just to name a few. Eastwood and Wayne were the best western actors I ever watched, although Tom Selleck did a good job playing in westerns when he did them. His versions of some of Louis L'amours books were fantastic.

WRONG.....your not the only one. I grew up on those John Wayne movies and Josey Wales is a all time favorite western, heck Im on my second dvd of that movie....lol....ever notice all the guns in that movie were black powder ? Im sure there will never be another John Wayne but I dont mind them trying to remake an old great western. Hollywood has been lacking in the area of GOOD westerns for years.
                                          Jeb

[MI VHNTR]

The Duke is the one and only Rooster Cogburn.  Accept no imitations.

[nastygunz]

[Marshal Cogburn is cross-examined by a defense attorney]
Attorney: How many men have you shot since you became a marshal, Mr. Cogburn?
Rooster: I never shot nobody I didn't have to.
Attorney: That was not the question. How many?
Rooster: Uh, shot, or killed?
Attorney: Oh, let us restrict it to killed, so that we may have a manageable figure!
Rooster: Well, twelve to fifteen, stopping men in flight and defending myself.
Attorney: Twelve to fifteen? So many that you cannot keep an accurate count! I have examined the record, Mr. Cogburn. A much more accurate figure is available. Come now â€" how many?
Rooster: Counting them two Whartons… twenty-three.
Attorney: Twenty-three men in four years. That makes about six men a year!
Rooster: It's a dangerous business.

[vvarmitr]

Coyote Kate & I went & seen it.
I didn't try to compare to the previous True Grit, but took it on its own merits.
When I can buy it I'll have! 
That means it'll be $5 in the bargain bin at Wally World. 

[Jimmie in Ky]

You might as well get used to hollyweird turning out remakes of old films. They have done a lot of them lately. Just modernized the characters and changed the titles.

I do like the fact they are paying more attention to period firearms in many of toddays westerns.  It hurts when hte good guy packs a peacemaker in what is supposed to be 1867.

I am going to see this one as soon as possible. I like Bridges as an actor. But I think Tom Selleck would be a better replacement for some of the old Wayne movies. I liked the Selleck version of Monte Walsh a lot better than the original with Lee Marvin. Jimmie