True Grit (2010)

I saw it it was ok but The Dukes version is more superior by far.

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True Grit has taken Number 1 position this week and it has taken $110 million plus at box office so far.

Great news for this movie and hopefully it will start a westerns revival with Hollywood.

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True Grit" seized the reins at the weekend box office with $15 million, taking the No. 1 spot and becoming the first Western to top the $100 million mark since the 1990s, according to studio estimates released Sunday.

That IS good news! Long live the Western!

It's a good movie and excellent choises for actors, but still I don't see why it was made: it adds very little to the first version. I expected more original approach from the Coen brothers. Interesting how with the same dialogue the John Wayne version is so much funnier than this.

Very true. So many lines in the OTG have emphasis, where in the NTG they are almost thrown away(compare Rooster talking about his marriage in the two films, and the climatic verbal exchange with Ned from both).

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Interesting how with the same dialogue the John Wayne version is so much funnier than this.

I've mentioned this before but perhaps it was overlooked.

In the original, Duke was poking fun at the tough, unbending, take-no-prisoners screen image that he had built for himself over about 40 years of acting. This is especially evident in the segment with the drunken Rooster, Mattie and the rat in the back of Chen Lee's shop. That's why the original has a sense of wry, self-depreciating humor about it when compared to the remake, which is much more serious and somber in tone.

Jeff has no such screen image to mock so he was doing his own acting and I thought did a magnificent job. Again worthy of an Oscar, IMO.

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It's a good movie and excellent choises for actors, but still I don't see why it was made: it adds very little to the first version.

SO far there is about 150 million(dollars) reasons this movie was made. Dukes version has not appeared on the big screen in 40 years. Until this new version was made a lot of young people did not know there was a old version.

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SO far there is about 150 million(dollars) reasons this movie was made. Dukes version has not appeared on the big screen in 40 years. Until this new version was made a lot of young people did not know there was a old version.

Another reason... is that there is no, or at least few, talented writers in Hollywood these days... the best they can hope for is a sad rehash of something that was successful before.

I honestly wonder what the audience makeup is for the film. Everyone I've spoken to who planned to, and did, see the film, were mainly early 40s and up. And of those, I'd say half never saw the Wayne version, but were aware of it. They were going for a number of reasons: the good reviews, it was an action film, and my own feeling is that a lot of the viewers may have seen it for nostalgic reasons as much as any other. It's geat to have a remake of a Duke classic that isn't crap, and that HAS brought more attention to Duke's version, and hopefully his other films. Havin' it be a success may open the door to more decent westerns being done. A BIG win all around.

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Another reason... is that there is no, or at least few, talented writers in Hollywood these days...

Amen, Eric. This is especially true of television writers. Those clowns quite often lose any degree of creativity after about 5 episodes.

Well, at least we know that there is one cast member who watched the '69 True Grit as preparation before making the new film:

http://scottfeinberg.com/haileesteinfeld

Maybe she's just too young to learn how to lie yet. . .

In just about every interview I've ever read where an actor has remade a part, they say they did not watch or rewatch the original. They don't' want to be influenced by it. Makes sense to me.

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In just about every interview I've ever read where an actor has remade a part, they say they did not watch or rewatch the original. They don't' want to be influenced by it. Makes sense to me.

Well, I'm of the opposite opinion, it just doesn't make much sense to me.

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Well, at least we know that there is one cast member who watched the '69 True Grit as preparation before making the new film:

http://scottfeinberg.com/haileesteinfeld

Maybe she's just too young to learn how to lie yet. . .

I could not help but laugh when the interviewer ask 14 year old Hailee if she went to the movies growing up as a kid. Like she was reflecting back 30 years ago. There are such things as stupid questions.

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There are such things as stupid questions.

Very true. And most of 'em are asked by people purporting to be journalists.

My favorite part of Hailee's interview by Feinberg comes at the very end:


"what “true grit” means to her (“Perseverance, and to never retreat, never back down, always take a step forward, follow through, and if you get knocked down you get right back up”)"

To me, that describes John Wayne's lifetime film persona to a tee.

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My favorite part of Hailee's interview by Feinberg comes at the very end:


"what “true grit” means to her (“Perseverance, and to never retreat, never back down, always take a step forward, follow through, and if you get knocked down you get right back up”)"

To me, that describes John Wayne's lifetime film persona to a tee.

How true Stumpy how true.

It got 10 Oscar nominations.

Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
“The King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
“True Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography
“Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
“Inception” Wally Pfister
“The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
“The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest” Sandy Powell
“True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing
“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter” David O. Russell
“The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
“The Social Network” David Fincher
“True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
“Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
“Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
“Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
“The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing
“Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter” Pamela Martin
“The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours” Jon Harris
“The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful” Mexico
“Dogtooth” Greece
“In a Better World” Denmark
“Incendies” Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup
“Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
“The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
“How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
“Inception” Hans Zimmer
“The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture
“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
“The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
“127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession” Tanel Toom
“The Crush” Michael Creagh
“God of Love” Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing
“Inception” Richard King
“Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing
“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects
“Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

10 nominations for True Grit it would be ironic if Jeff Bridges got Oscar as Best Actor in the same role as John Wayne.

$140 million already at box office. Another $40 million and it succeeds Dancing with Wolves as most successful western.

may2,

I hope you don't mind that I used my 'moderator powers' to bold all the True Grit entries in your post, it just makes them easier to find.

Now . . . does anybody know what things are considered in the categories of Sound editing and Sound mixing? Those are two nominations right there.

Also, I noticed one category for which it was nominated is "Writing (Adapted screenplay)". Might that be why the screenplay is so darned close to the original?

I'm very pleased to see Hailee Steinfeld get nominated. I think she did an outstanding job!

Certainly, the film has done VERY well as far as nominations go! I think only one other film garnered more.

Looking forward to everyone's thoughts,

Chester

I am very disappointed that all involved in the NTG have failed to show any respect for the 1969 version and in particular John Wayne. The have blanked it completely and despite it following the book very closely those involved in the NTG claim that their version is truer to the original source. This has left me a little disgruntled and to be honest while Bridges may be passable in this movie his career is not even one quarter as good as John Wayne's.