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He's Canadian, he doesn't know.
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Didn't bother me. The song is a gospel standard, performed by young girls, which seems pretty appropriate for the movie. There is nothing "neu" about it. For reference:
Hoping this will be awesome though.
Last edited by Mman; 29 Sep 2010 at 09:45 PM.
He's Canadian, he doesn't know.
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon
Classic.
Teaser poster is pretty sweet.
I'm not a devious man by nature... but when you're unarmed, your tactics might gonna be downright Archimedean.
Classic.
New trailer.
I'm not a devious man by nature... but when you're unarmed, your tactics might gonna be downright Archimedean.
True Grit is True.
"Question the world man... I know the meaning of everything right now... it's like I can touch god." - bbobb the ggreatt
i drink it up!
It's true.
The Coens have kind of done the roots country/gospel soundtrack a couple times before now (I'd assume they're working with T-Bone Burnett again), but it's hard to argue that it doesn't work here.
Last edited by Frogacuda; 04 Oct 2010 at 10:50 PM.
B Student
So I am seeing this tonight. Impressions.... impending.
You lucky asshole. I used to go to the movies once a week. This past fall has been so fucking dismal that I haven't been in months. This is the movie I'm waiting for so that I can go back.
B Student
Alright, so this wasn't the dour remake I was expecting it to be. The trailer made it seem that the Coens were going to give True Grit a kind of No Country treatment, but it surprised me in a couple of ways. Firstly, it sticks really closely to the same story as the movie, and (I assume) the novel, hitting a lot of the same plot points, scenarios, and, shit, dialogue. So, having recently re-watched the original, the movie seemed to dance too much along a familiar line. The best parts where it wanders into newer territory Like encounters with a hanged man high in a tree, and a surreal medicine man.
The other thing that surprised me was that this movie is funny. Not funny enough to warrant calling it a western/comedy, but it's definitely playing for laughs. Brolin's casting is especially tricky because he looks like such a steely eyed badass in the trailer, but turns out to be the same goofball that's in the original movie, with a jarring goobery voice. So if you're coming to this hoping that the Coens are making True Grit into Unforgiven, you're going to be disappointed.
At times it seems like a kind of rote remake, but the humor and the acting make up for it. Bridges is great as Cogburn, Damon is surprisingly funny and there are a slew of well acted small parts, which is typical for a Coens movie.
I liked it.
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