Rooster kills the horse out of sympathy. He isn't doing it because he doesn't care about it at all. He chose the girl's life over the horse's, ran it ragged, and put it out of its misery so it didnt have to lay there in the dark, exhausted, being eaten alive by wolves/coyotes.
The horse was dead already. He gave his life for Maddy. Once you blow a horse out like that they don’t recover. It’s one of the noblest scenes in a film that I have seen.
She got her revenge, but it cost her nearly everything: her horse, her companions, her arm, and her innocence. Makes me cry every time. When we see her when she's older, we can see that the innocence is gone, and the child is dead: she died that night, same as the horse, after being carried to her new life, which is why we jump to her 25 years later. She lived, but the child died the same time the horse did, at the same spot, right there in the middle of that grass. Then she, and all of us, watch her past move further and further away behind her until we can't even glimpse it, and Little Blackie is swallowed into the blackness: the gravestone of a child before her quest for revenge. When Rooster shoots Little Blackie and walks back over, she is visibly upset and angered despite her condition, and "fudely" beats against him. She's beating back against the real world, the loss of her innocence, the death of her childhood. But he picks her up and carries her forward anyway: time moves for everyone, and the last line even proves it when Rooster ends with "I've grown old."
A quarter century is a long time as Mattie says, but we also see here that a mere few weeks can be a long time too, in importance, in someone's life. This short trip signaled the death of her childhood and her entrance into the harsh world, and because of that, those few days and weeks on the trail were eons
Now, past all the talk about how Rooster could just disbursed all that silly emotion and a great movie scene by taking a bigger horse, he’ll, maybe two. Seriously that was a beautiful scene. I just watched it again last night and through my tears I think Rooster say his last words to us. “I’m growin old.”
It actually wouldn't have made sense to take 2 horses. If you're trying to extend the length of your journey significantly over time, it makes a lot of sense. But, if you're making a mad dash for somewhere on a horse, if you have another horse hitched up, that horse will have to push equally as hard, meaning it will be just as worn down by the time the first one is and won't get you much farther. If you gotta get away fast, a single horse will do the same, because they'd both be run ragged to the same point. However, if he was trying to make a slower journey over land, taking 2 horses would make a lot of sense. That way one is more rested from not having to carry the weight, and you can switch. But if you're going to run one hitched up horse ragged, it means you're running all those horses that are hitched ragged.
the distance would have taken days on any horse driven at a reasonable pace. Mattie and Cogburn were at that store quite early in the film and were barely into Indian territory at that point. for them to ride from where they were back to that same store in the time needed for her to survive - that exertion probably would have killed any horse.
Lmao. Yeah you've got that right. Jeff Bridges is a far superior actor. He has amazing range as an actor. You see one John Wayne character, you've seen them all. The Trent Dilfer of cinema.
@@randyratliff4483John Wayne played John Wayne. There’s nothing wrong with that but from an actor’s perspective Bridges was more unpredictable. It was one of the few times I forgot it was Jeff Bridges. Along with Fisher King, and Big Lebowski I saw a character onscreen, not Bridges.
This just shows you that he didn't know anything about horses or knew how to use them. If he knew how he would have found help faster by just going easy on the horse rather pushing the horse hard and stabbing the horse causing the horse to fall and die and having to walk the rest of the way for help
when the pony Express was around this is why they would trade out horses. Rooster made what looked like a 3 day ride in a single night, if he did not shoot the horse it would have suffered the rest of its life. Horses are very temperamental animals, something as simple as changing food type to quick can mess a horse up for a while. him killing the horse was a mercy kill.
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Rooster kills the horse out of sympathy. He isn't doing it because he doesn't care about it at all.
He chose the girl's life over the horse's, ran it ragged, and put it out of its misery so it didnt have to lay there in the dark, exhausted, being eaten alive by wolves/coyotes.
Yer right. That's the truth
Horse had a name. Blackie. RIP Blackie
The horse was dead already. He gave his life for Maddy. Once you blow a horse out like that they don’t recover. It’s one of the noblest scenes in a film that I have seen.
@@creatrixZBDquite a heroic beast.
This is why we truly don’t deserve animals especially dogs and horses they will give their lives for us at times 😢
She got her revenge, but it cost her nearly everything: her horse, her companions, her arm, and her innocence. Makes me cry every time.
When we see her when she's older, we can see that the innocence is gone, and the child is dead: she died that night, same as the horse, after being carried to her new life, which is why we jump to her 25 years later.
She lived, but the child died the same time the horse did, at the same spot, right there in the middle of that grass. Then she, and all of us, watch her past move further and further away behind her until we can't even glimpse it, and Little Blackie is swallowed into the blackness: the gravestone of a child before her quest for revenge.
When Rooster shoots Little Blackie and walks back over, she is visibly upset and angered despite her condition, and "fudely" beats against him. She's beating back against the real world, the loss of her innocence, the death of her childhood. But he picks her up and carries her forward anyway: time moves for everyone, and the last line even proves it when Rooster ends with "I've grown old."
A quarter century is a long time as Mattie says, but we also see here that a mere few weeks can be a long time too, in importance, in someone's life. This short trip signaled the death of her childhood and her entrance into the harsh world, and because of that, those few days and weeks on the trail were eons
The horse knows. Only Blackie would have had the heart to go on that long.
“I’ve grown old”- I what a testimony
Now, past all the talk about how Rooster could just disbursed all that silly emotion and a great movie scene by taking a bigger horse, he’ll, maybe two. Seriously that was a beautiful scene. I just watched it again last night and through my tears I think Rooster say his last words to us. “I’m growin old.”
It was a great scene. But they should have edited out the horses in the meadow.
Rooster also was played out by the end of the scene.
It actually wouldn't have made sense to take 2 horses. If you're trying to extend the length of your journey significantly over time, it makes a lot of sense. But, if you're making a mad dash for somewhere on a horse, if you have another horse hitched up, that horse will have to push equally as hard, meaning it will be just as worn down by the time the first one is and won't get you much farther.
If you gotta get away fast, a single horse will do the same, because they'd both be run ragged to the same point.
However, if he was trying to make a slower journey over land, taking 2 horses would make a lot of sense. That way one is more rested from not having to carry the weight, and you can switch. But if you're going to run one hitched up horse ragged, it means you're running all those horses that are hitched ragged.
Get that warrior a drink.
This scene made me cry real hard :'(
That's so sad! I love horses and that really got to me.
Same here. I know he put it out of its misery but it was so sad to watch. Hailee did a real great job acting
DHGlee2013 the horse wasn't in misery in the first place he put it in misery by stabbing it for no reason(not trying to make this a hate comment)
stabbing it for no reason? Are you fucking stupid? He stabbed it to get it to keep going so he could save the little girl's life. You are dumb.
Nancy Hahn i some times feel like the horse.........the horse is a hero too...........
Such noble , and loyal creatures.....
Man, I have felt like that horse before
Red dead 2 in a nutshell....kill the horse they take away honor but u save the girl you get good honor back lmao
I've grown old
Great video! One of the best movie scenes ever.
Jeff Bridges is not John Wayne
Little blackie saved his beloved owner
Rooster became the new horse
been here done all of that more then once.......lucky to day there cars today so i never had to shoot a horse to save a life......
the thing about saving a life is your forgotten at the end........makes the life of hero a painful one.....
life is love is running until you drop
poor little blackie
Love you uncle junior- my Vietnam vet
Little Blackie had True Grit.
Blackies lungs would've burst during the day. He used the light to run the beat
En duygusal at sürme sahnelerinden biri.
Da muss ich immer heulen 😢
I always wondered why he didn't stop and grab one of the bigger horses.......
I don't think any horse could've made that whole ride at that rate of urgency, and Laboeuf's horse was "small" by Rooster's standards too.
the distance would have taken days on any horse driven at a reasonable pace. Mattie and Cogburn were at that store quite early in the film and were barely into Indian territory at that point. for them to ride from where they were back to that same store in the time needed for her to survive - that exertion probably would have killed any horse.
This ISNT even True Grit! This is man frim Snowy River. Wtheck?
Lol I can never enjoy this scene. Sugarpine ruined it lol
What are you talking about?
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Jeff Bridges is not John Wayne
Jeff Bridges isn't a war dodging blowhard?
got that right
Bridges Rooster >>> Waynes Rooster
Lmao. Yeah you've got that right. Jeff Bridges is a far superior actor. He has amazing range as an actor. You see one John Wayne character, you've seen them all. The Trent Dilfer of cinema.
@@randyratliff4483John Wayne played John Wayne. There’s nothing wrong with that but from an actor’s perspective Bridges was more unpredictable. It was one of the few times I forgot it was Jeff Bridges. Along with Fisher King, and Big Lebowski I saw a character onscreen, not Bridges.
This just shows you that he didn't know anything about horses or knew how to use them. If he knew how he would have found help faster by just going easy on the horse rather pushing the horse hard and stabbing the horse causing the horse to fall and die and having to walk the rest of the way for help
Well lawmen back then didnt have the wisdom of TH-cam comments sections, just their judgment and guts.
It’s a god damned movie!!
you're supposed to trust that the horse was already at it's quitting point, and rooster wouldn't have stabbed it unless it was necessary.
when the pony Express was around this is why they would trade out horses. Rooster made what looked like a 3 day ride in a single night, if he did not shoot the horse it would have suffered the rest of its life.
Horses are very temperamental animals, something as simple as changing food type to quick can mess a horse up for a while. him killing the horse was a mercy kill.
You missed the mark bud.