True Grit

[anygunanywhere]

Barry Pepper was also excellent co-starring with Tommy Lee Jones in "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada".

That is a very good movie. Forgot about BP in that one.

I don't hate to disagree. That movie spewed calf snot.

The new True Grit was great. Mrs. Anygun did not vare for it but since Meg Ryan was not in it and it was not on the Wimmins Network I thought it rocked.

Great thread you started, TAM.

Anygunanywhere

[powerboatr]

I went and saw True Grit this morning.



The Cohen Brothers' movies tend to be polarizing. You either hate them or love them. I'm ambivalent. I really liked No Country for Old Men, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, and a few of their other earlier efforts, but I just couldn't make myself sit through The Big Lubowski all the way, even after several attempts. But I think that True Grit just may be their very best effort yet, and it stands as one of my favorite movies. I highly recommend seeing it.

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thanks for a review, just may have to take the better half out now
the big lobowski was hard to grasp.....even after numerous viewings
i did watch it once after a surgery, still a little out of it and it sort of flowed

[Bullwhip]

I'm not a connosieur of classic westerns, but do enjoy "modern" westerns and this one ranks highly:

1. Unforgiven
2. Open Range
3. True Grit (new)
4. 3:10 to Yuma (new)
5. Silverado

Quigley Down Under
Lonesome Dove (mini series)

One nobody remembers but me, TV movie from about 15 years ago, In Pursuit of Honor, Don Johnson as a cavalry sergeant stealing army horses to keep them from being slaughtered.

[texanron]

Saw it this past Monday with the family. We all thought it was a really good movie. I'll see it again on dvd for sure.

[powerboatr]

I'm not a connosieur of classic westerns, but do enjoy "modern" westerns and this one ranks highly:

1. Unforgiven
2. Open Range
3. True Grit (new)
4. 3:10 to Yuma (new)
5. Silverado

Quigley Down Under
Lonesome Dove (mini series)

One nobody remembers but me, TV movie from about 15 years ago, In Pursuit of Honor, Don Johnson as a cavalry sergeant stealing army horses to keep them from being slaughtered.

so there are two of us that saw in pursuit of honor.
was it really 15 years ago

[Purplehood]

I really enjoyed this Movie.

The dialog was quite notable. I loved it.

Matt Damon is a simpleton. He can act when he wants to. He did well in this movie.

According to my 15 year old son, the little girl is portrayed by a kid that has done Target commercials in the past. I think she has a bright acting career ahead of her.

[Pete92FS]

I'm not a connosieur of classic westerns, but do enjoy "modern" westerns and this one ranks highly:

1. Unforgiven
2. Open Range
3. True Grit (new)
4. 3:10 to Yuma (new)
5. Silverado

Quigley Down Under
Lonesome Dove (mini series)

One nobody remembers but me, TV movie from about 15 years ago, In Pursuit of Honor, Don Johnson as a cavalry sergeant stealing army horses to keep them from being slaughtered.

so there are two of us that saw in pursuit of honor.
was it really 15 years ago

Make that three of us - saw it two or three times. It doesn't seem like 15 years ago - time flies when your having fun and the older you get.

[varko]

If it's got Matt Damon in it, it won't get a penny from me.

To each his own. If I let Hollywood's political views decide whether or not I ever went to see a movie, I'd never go see movies. Damon's a pinhead, but so is Jeff Bridges, whom I've met by the way, and so is probably most of the rest of the cast. Oh well. And Damon's part is not even the main character.

Unless the movie's subject is a repudiation of all I hold dear, I'm not going to let an individual actor's misguided notions about life and politics keep me from seeing it - anymore than I am going to take their political advice or follow their cultural standards (of which they mostly are lacking).

It is still a great movie, and there is nothing wrong with the story.

A guy that goes to the same Bible study that I do worked on the film. I’ll be making a point to see the movie in the theater (which I very rarely do these days). There are other people involved in the movie industry besides the actors.

[Dragonfighter]

Barry Pepper also had a major role in "We Were Soldiers" in which he gave another superb performance. I am a huge fan of his.

+1

Also the only movie I ever saw where ALL of the deleted scenes on the DVD needed to be in there.

[varko]

Barry Pepper also had a major role in "We Were Soldiers" in which he gave another superb performance. I am a huge fan of his.

+1

Also the only movie I ever saw where ALL of the deleted scenes on the DVD needed to be in there.

I completely agree with both statements.

Of course we won’t mention Battlefield Earth. Even his great acting couldn’t save that one.

[boba]

As for the Coen Brothers, they will never make a movie as good as Fargo! :)

You betcha!

[DONT TREAD ON ME]

Finally got to see it. Definitely a great movie. I think Damon was good but the role could have been better played by someone more in touch with the south.

[Katygunnut]

I'm not a connosieur of classic westerns, but do enjoy "modern" westerns and this one ranks highly:

1. Unforgiven
2. Open Range
3. True Grit (new)
4. 3:10 to Yuma (new)
5. Silverado

I definitely agree on your #1. You have to love the line where the Sheriff says "Mister, you just shot an unarnmed man", and Eastwood replies with "He should have armed himself....."

Unforgiven is on my short list of best movies (across all genres). I have less than 10 movies on that list, but I can't really pick favorites or rank order them. Just know that I love them all.

Sounds like I definitely need to see True Grit.

[Pyrat]

Saw it today. Excellent movie, got'a read the book now.

Quigley Down Under

Agree, one of my favorite westerns too.