True Grit vs. True Grit

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I just watched the 2010 version again last night on FX. I saw it originally in the theater at the time of its' release and have seen the John Wayne version countless times over the years as well as having read the book twice. Which film is your favorite??

I believe that the nod has to go to the "new" one. Flame suit on..... :)
 
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chud333 said:
I personally like them both but believe also the newest
version to be more "period correct" and better acted.
Yeah, yeah, the Duke was Great but Kim Darby and
Glen Campbell did nothing for me in the original.
I agree with you OP.

Chuck
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Exactly right! :)
 
I'll take the Jeff Bridges version. The Duke is an iconic figure, but as an actor, he was a one-trick pony, essentially a caricature of himself. Jeff Bridges can act. In fact, he's becoming a bit of an icon himself: Rancho Deluxe, Tequila Sunrise, True Grit, and The Dude,
 
Jeff Bridges is approximately three times the actor Wayne was. Duke always played Duke, like Connery always plays Connery. Nobody played Duke better than Wayne, but I'll take Bridges.

Glen Campbell was so awful in the first one that I and the three other people I was with left the theater early in his on-screen time.

I'll just go hide in the woods now till the flames die down.
 
Who played the Texas Ranger ( Glen Campbell's role) in the new one? Thought he did a terrible job. Other than that it was decent... but I ve always been a fan of the Duke. Even he did only ever play one character.
 
Can't do it folks. While the new one wasn't bad, I just don't think that it could compare to the original. Yes, Jeff Bridges did a very good job, but the Duke is the DUKE!!! The ending of the new one in my opinion was kind of screwed up. Matt Damon survives and just rides off??? Rooster dumps Mattie at Bagby's and just leaves not to be heard from again until just before his death? The old Mattie in the new version really comes off as a super B@#%h. The cinematography in the original was much better and the music score with Glen Campbell was very good as well. Not even to mention Robert Duval, now how can you beat his performance? Some of the other characters in the new version were just kind of weird, like the "Dr.", in the bear coat. All in all, the New version gave it a good try, but I will still take the original any day.
 
I like em' both

Howdy,
I like both of them. I watched the Duke version this afternoon. The photography was spectacular.
I think streaming HD did wonders for it over the old analog broadcast.
The view out the courthouse doors of the mountains is stunning and the scenery throughout the whole movie is entertainment enough for me to watch it and smile.
Can't pick a winner. They both win in my book.
Thanks
Mike
 
I liked them both but had to consider them as separate efforts....It seemed to me, and I have watched almost everything the Duke did later in his career, that John Wayne never took himself to seriously...there was always a touch of humor in his movies, almost as if he recognized the caricature nature of what he did...(except for "The Shootist")...the modern version was a little dark, but truer to the book...
 
Finally saw the new one in AMC...uh yeah it sucked!
The Dude sounded like he had a mouthful of you know what, the ranger acted like he was scared to death, and the girl was irritating at best (not that Darby was much better, she was more bearable though.)
Wayne may have been a "one trick pony" but at least you could understand him! Campbell was a goof but at least he had sand, and I'm surprised little Mattie wasn't shot by either of the two old men at the end!
I'll take the original thanks...and Hollywood, stop with the remakes already, your embarrassing yourselves!
Dale
 
I loved the old one but now prefer the new one. We just watched it, too. I didn't much go for Kim Darby and Glen Campbell, either. The little girl in the new one actually looked 14 which she probably was, and she wasn't excruciatingly annoying like Kim Darby. Barry Pepper who played Ned Pepper in the new one is great in everything. But the first movie had the greatest character actor of all time, Strother Martin, in it.
Gun Nitpicking alert!! John Wayne shoots a rat with a .45 and it isn't blown to pieces. Glen Campbell's .50 Sharps had no recoil. I think Jeff Bridges' Colt 44-40 was a smokeless frame. Here's a 'then & now" video of the True Grit locations from the John Wayne movie.
John Wayne in True Grit, Then and Now, Extended Video - YouTube
 
John Wayne changed the blind eye so he wouldn't have to shoot his rifle right handed with his left eye as Bridges does. Wayne also uses a winchester rifle that had not yet been invented (the 1892), while Bridges uses the correct 1872.
 
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