True Grit

[Jeff Lebowski]

Fantastic. I loved it.

[grapevine]

I seen it Christmas day in Ontario Oregon. Probably not as good as other westerns I have seen. But good story line if you don't mind some gore. I actually have not seen a true western for some time.

Speaking of theaters, In Rexburg is the paramoun still only $2.00 or $3.00? when I was a freshman was only a buck $50.00, And Provo had a One Dollar theatre too. Showed more outdated movies. Also are those theaters open Christmas and Thanksgiving in Rexburg too? Some are on Sunday. I jokingly invited roommates and others along. Not to break the sabbath and go to the movies. But to see what they said to the invitation. Passed the test and did not think of going to the movies.

[Borderline Divine]

Loved the movie, just a couple thoughts...

Maybe quibbling, or as my old friend in Kentucky used to say "Picking fly shit outta pepper."

The horse trading exchange between Maddie and the guy who played the role which Strother Martin played in the original was not as well done. I chalk that up to the fact that nobody could play exasperated sarcasm like Martin.

Also I'm a horse trader so that scene has always been one of my favorites.

The dialogue between Maddie and the coward Tom Cheney when they meet across the river. Again, Josh Brolin (whom I ordinarily like) is simply not the character actor that the original guy was.

First movie I've attended since No Country For Old Men, btw.

[Commando]

Speaking of theaters, In Rexburg is the paramoun still only $2.00 or $3.00? when I was a freshman was only a buck $50.00

It may as well have been a buck $50.00. A group of us went there all excited to see a movie and we all turned away back into the Rexburg chill when they wanted $7.50 a head. Call me cheap, but Paramount Theatre-- you're no Edwards Theatre (also overpriced).

[grapevine]

It may as well have been a buck $50.00. A group of us went there all excited to see a movie and we all turned away back into the Rexburg chill when they wanted $7.50 a head. Call me cheap, but Paramount Theatre-- you're no Edwards Theatre (also overpriced).

So the cheap theatre in Rexburg is a thing of the past now? The Theater on Main Street and the one next door to the cheap one always costed a fair amount. I think at least $5.00 or more. But for college kids always a cheaper one. I meant to say $1.50 not $50.00

[Hot Lunch]

I thought it was a fantastic movie. Bridges played it just right IMO. He was not John Wayne, but he was a world weary, bleary eyed relic of the Civil War and he did it very well.

I really found very little wrong with the film. Two big thumbs up from me.

My biggest complaint was with the audience. It seems like a very high percentage of people younger than 30 treat movie theaters like their own frontrooms, speaking loudly, having side conversations etc. I used to think they were just rude, but I have come to think that they are just not raised to think of moives as any experience different than watching a film at home on the big screen.

I am also always a little dispapointed in how yougner crowds react to violence. For example, last night when Cogburn

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shoots the guy in the face most of the youngish crowd we were seeing it with laughed out loud. I dont think that was supposed to be funny and the close up on bridges' vacant, weary, hollow looking gaze, with the little drops of spattered blood on his cheek was not intended to be amusing, but still they chortled. Sad.

I saw this movie a couple of nights ago and loved it.

It is funny you posted about the audience. About 40 minutes into the movie turned to the seventeen year old couple behind me and asked them to either take their conversation elsewhere or save it for after the movie. I seriously wanted to slap them they were talking so much.

[FN Phat]

I saw this movie a couple of nights ago and loved it.

It is funny you posted about the audience. About 40 minutes into the movie turned to the seventeen year old couple behind me and asked them to either take their conversation elsewhere or save it for after the movie. I seriously wanted to slap them they were talking so much.

Was there a noticeable odor emitting from the row behind you afterward?

[Hot Lunch]

Was there a noticeable odor emitting from the row behind you afterward?

LOL, no. I was surprised that the girl just couldn't keep her mouth shut though. The boyfriend was quick to say sorry, I guess he knew he would be the one getting slapped if I got to that level (which I never would at this age and I was with my father-in-law who is getting ready to go on his mission, 8 or 9 years ago maybe). The girl stopped for awhile but for the life of her could not stop talking about stupid crap.

[happyone]

I went and saw it last night. Good movie, the Coens did a outstanding job. I'm not sure which version I like better. I guess I'll just have to rewatch the Dukes version in the near future to refresh my memory

Some observations

Matt Damon did a much better job as LeBeouf than Glen Campbell. I realize that is not saying a whole lot

Some of the minor characters sounded a lot like the characters in the original

It seem to me that a lot of the dialog had the same cadence as in the origanal

Texas/New Mexico looks a whole lot more like the Oklahoma I remember than Wyoming (sorry Cowboy/landpoke)

[MarkGrace]

Finally saw this on New Year's Eve and really liked it. I will say that knowing the Coens work pretty well this one kind of caught me off guard. I go into their movies either expecting something dead serious in tone (like No Country, Fargo, Blood Simple, etc. -- even though those movies sometimes have their moments of levity) or something very quirky/funny (Lebowski, Raising Arizona -- that sort of thing).

I went into this one expecting the more serious tone, but the quirky element was much larger than anticipated. In the opening portions of the movie, it seemed like it was going to be pretty straight-forward, but at soon as they hit that journey it became very recognizably Coen. Many of the characters they met along the way actually reminded me more of the characters from O Brother Where Art Thou or Burn After Reading, and that's just not what I was expecting to see. Confounded expectations are always good, just threw me off for a minute.

But some seriously classic scenes. The negotiation, the courtroom, and the stunning final shots of the one-armed Maddie silhoutted next to the graveyard and the dead tree. Pretty great stuff.

If stuff like Fargo and No Country are my standard for "A" Coen work, I'd give this a solid B+.

[Paperback Writer]

Follow up: I should have known Choctaw country was SE OK. I've been there as a scout through the Ouachita Mtns, which I'm presuming is what the film depicted.

As a Scout leader my troop has spent some time on the Ouachita trail in those mountains. Over several trips, we hiked 50 miles of the Ouachita trail in Oklahoma and across the Arkansas border. The film locations (in Texas) for the Coen brother's True Grit is very true to that territory. There are a couple of scenes that I thought were actually shot on location but that appears not to be the case.

Great film. Highly recommend.

[Jacob]

Anyone else bothered a bit by the dialect? This is usually one of the best parts of a COhen movie, but I was a little bothered by all the illiterate criminals and such using such good diction. No contractions. No poor grammar.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Mrs. PAC and I saw this tonight and, like pretty much everyone else here, liked it very much. We loved the language and have agreed not to use contractions for the rest of the week when conversing with each other.

I enjoyed the film. The only flaw I saw was after Maddy had crossed the river with her horse she was dry.

Thankfully, my wife doesn't talk much during movies but she rather loudly (and unnecessarily) pointed this out to me.

...Matt Damon did a much better job as LeBeouf than Glen Campbell. I realize that is not saying a whole lot

Strongly agree. I remember a review back in '69 (?) observed something along the lines of "Prior to this film's release, Glen Campbell had never acted in a Hollywood movie. His record remains clean."

[Green Monstah]

Saw it last night. I'm not a huge Coen Brothers fan (not that I don't like their stuff, but my wife is an r-rating hardliner, so I haven't seen a lot of their films), but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thought it completely deserved an r-rating, and I'm still not sure why it's PG-13 other than

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it had no nudity or f-bombs

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Hanging scene, severed fingers, shot in the face, etc.

I agree that Bridges was great, but I also liked Matt Damon. He played the character well. I disagree about the girl, however. She had the right demeanor and body language, her dialogue seemed too forced and it was annoying (but maybe that's the idea, and if so, she played the part perfectly).

I'd definitely drop another 9 bucks if I had to do it over again.

[Green Monstah]

I enjoyed the film. The only flaw I saw was after Maddy had crossed the river with her horse she was dry.

This is fairly petty, but I hate it when I watch a movie and can tell that it wasn't filmed where the movie is supposedly set. All those Ponderosa pines really chapped my hide.