True Grit

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  February 23, 2012 at 11:21 PM, said ...

  best western i've seen in awhile.they don't seem to make that many true westerns anymore.

• August 21, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Zgamer said ...

  Did start a little slow at the very beginning, but it just built up from there. Let me do my list:

   

  Pros:

  -Solid acting from all the leads. Steinfeld sometimes seemed to be reading her lines very quickly, but she was always a commanding presence. The interaction between her, Bridges and Damon was the heart of the film.

  -Solid direction. The Coens know how to maintain suspense and keep it flowing naturally with none of those tricks we hate from other directors.

  -Great writing. Snappy and intelligent dialogue throughout makes this a joy to listen to. Proves that cowboys can say clever things, even when drunk!

  -Stellar production value. The cinematography, costumes, art direction/location shooting and more were professionally well done.

  -Being a great adaptation (technically not a "remake" as it is based on the source material and not the movie). The film managed to create a distinct identity for itself without feeling like the John Wayne version.

  Cons:

  -Some weak editing here and there. Mostly little things, but it sometimes makes the flow a bit strained.

  -That end credit song. Not that it was all bad, but it was so jarring when following the events before it.

   

  A great film all in all. Definitely ***1/2 out of ****

  
  
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  June 24, 2011 at 10:33 PM, said ...

  last time i posted on here, i gave this either a matinee or rental as i remember it,

  now watching it on Blu-ray with subtitles, I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!! This  movie is awesome especially when you know whatis coming out of Jeff Bridges mouth, FULL PRICE!!

• June 11, 2011 at 3:03 AM, Santos said ...

  Dissapointing especially when you compare it to the original. The original True Grit was a good old fashioned fun western. The Coen Bros. seemed to be going more for the "Unforgiven" style of western and that just didn't work for me here. I do think it's worth seeing mainly for the performance of Hallie Steinfeld, who out-acts everybody else in the movie.

  
  
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  March 31, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Samuel Kent Jackson said ...

  this movie wasn't anywhere near as good as critics seem to want it to be

• March 29, 2011 at 2:16 AM, said ...

  I saw this movie and I enjoyed it alot.I saw the original and that bored me.This remake is epic.I will be giving this movie a full price.The lesson learned is "If you kill a girl's father.Expect her to come after you with the law enforcement."

  
  
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  March 29, 2011 at 1:20 AM, said ...

  Not the best western i seen but not bad and surprisingly funny. Very High Matinee

• February 20, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Paul said ...

  loads of carlyes!!!!

  
  
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  February 14, 2011 at 11:20 PM, said ...

  Didn't like the movie....this is the same movie as Winters Bone

  This is not a true western, which is what I expected

  I didn't like Winters Bone neither

• February 13, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Edward Howden said ...

  True Grit is a True Hit ... sorry, I'll get me coat.

  
  
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  February 06, 2011 at 5:17 PM, said ...

  Look's like a decent action western might check it out sometime!

• January 23, 2011 at 10:52 PM, said ...

  this movie was some ol bull shit!!! i love the originall

  
  
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  January 18, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Jamilya Ramos said ...

  I really liked this movie. But I gotta say, I didn't like the ending.
  

• January 18, 2011 at 9:55 PM, DMajorBoss said ...

  Thanks for the info, FungusMonkey.  I did see him in those, but I also admit that I've not listened to too many of them myself.  Heh, if I did, I'd probably find out why he's only on those.

   

  As for the contest, I guess I missed out...oh well, still all cool.

  
  
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  January 18, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Chunk from TheKidsfromSpearfish said ...

  o, i didnt read FungusMonkeys post before my comment...i got my hopes up for nothing!!! : (

• January 18, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Chunk from TheKidsfromSpearfish said ...

  Hey look i found the badass Dragon Korey!!!!!

   

  does this mean i get a book? that would make my day! haha

  
  
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  January 18, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Fungusmonkey said ...

  @DMajorBoss - He's only on ACOCO now.

   

  @Korey - you might want to make it clear to people that they have to post that they found images in the blog post, not on the contest post. Two different people have said that they found your image here, but they posted it on that page not this one.

• January 18, 2011 at 9:15 PM, DMajorBoss said ...

  This probably shows just how infrequent my visits to the forum have been, but I do wonder what happened to Carlyle.  I've not seen him in quite a while, in the sense of reviews.  It'd be nice to have him back.

  
  
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  January 18, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Korey From Spill said ...

  Uh oh...

  

• January 18, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Nedan said ...

  Nice review. I really liked the movie but I don't think I'm in love with it as much as some other people. I definitely liked it more that Korey seemed to though. I love how you brought Carlyle in the review though. It surprised me the first time i saw him.

  
  
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  January 17, 2011 at 2:46 AM, MattPayneMPA said ...

  Great movie,and a hilarious review!Looks like Carlyle is haunting the rest of the crew! :D

• January 16, 2011 at 11:38 PM, said ...

  They're fakes!  Where is he, where is the real Carlyle!?

  
  
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  January 16, 2011 at 7:45 PM, August Denys said ...

  Dude at 1:47 is that Carlyle behind that blackboard thing.

• January 16, 2011 at 6:17 PM, said ...

  hhaha funny reviewwwww and good review too

  
  
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  January 16, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Sarah Czipowski said ...

  The Grits jokes and Hamburglar had me rolling. I MIGHT give this is a shot, but if KOREY calls it slow, idk, my parents might kick me for renting it.

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