I agree. So many people are enamored with Wayne and the first film, that they don't even give this one a chance. I love the first adaptation and John Wayne, but this is a damn good film!
@@jamesrawlins735 Yep but the original followed the book's story line. What's funny is Rooster didn't wear an eye patch in the book. Glen Campbell is a much better singer. :D
Such a bittersweet ending to this great story. One likes to imagine that an adventure must be followed with similarly colorful exploits, but instead it was just many years of regular life. People getting older, more hardened, more reflective of old times.
I am 72 years old and while the phrase "lively times", has a poetic lilt, it is an understatement in regard to my life thus far. I have enjoyed fantastic adventures, just as I had planned, and I do plan to go out during one of the future adventures, whatever they may be. "Rage against the dying of the light" Dylan Thomas
That's true, but it's obvious that Halliee grew up to be a very good looking woman, certainly considerably prettier than the (very good) actress here..
@Gunners_Mate_Guns living was hard back then, sometimes people just get beat up by life. The character of Mattie Ross hadn't an easy life, father taken when she was young, and being the eldest meant she had to become the breadwinner. She probably threw herself into education and work to give her family stability.
@@Gunners_Mate_Gunsdon’t forget this is in days when the best moisturizer for your skin probably was some kind of animalfat. People aged, lives where more physically demanding.
Every time, and I mean every single time I watch this, I can’t stop the tears. This touched me so much because all of my friends are gone. People I always had the intention of going to see have passed on, now lying in fields of stone. I visit them from time to time, and I leave pennies on their headstones to mark my passing by to visit. There I am, an old fat man sitting next to a lone marker in a forgotten cemetery overgrown with weeds and hardly cared for- carrying on a conversation like old friends do. I hope they can hear me and know how much I miss them. It saddens me to know there will be no pennies left for me when I’m gone. Not one...
I'm crying 💔. I'm sure they're watching over you. Lost many childhood friends/acquaintances before reaching 30 so I know your feeling. God bless you, mate. May your grief be lighter as years pass by and may your life be as blissful as possible.
One of those very, very rare occasions when a 'remake' exceeds the quality of a classic original. A fantastic film, I heartily recommend you watch both.
@@wpistol Well that’s not what they’re saying. I don’t think Bridges is better than Wayne, but the new Grit is on the whole a much better movie than the old Grit.
"Time just gets away from us", when you reach an age when you know there are more days behind than ahead, a line like that hits like a hammer on a railroad spike. You wonder where the years went, you wonder if the memories of you as a child are yours because they seem like a dream and not something you actually lived.
I know just what you mean. I just turned 65 and I have no family or friends left. They've all passed on or scattered to the wind. Now you'll say that 65 isn't that old. True, but I've never taken care of myself so I'm dealing with pain in my body that I could never have imagined. Yes, I'm having a huge pity party. Forgive me, please.
@@nancydemoss608 I too am 65. I’m lucky with close family. Although have lost 4 recently. If you’re not jump on the conservative bandwagon. Fixing to be a hoot. May 14 2022. 🇺🇸🖖MAGA
Yessir. I just turned 33. I could run up at down mount marcy when I was 12 Adirondack buzzard. Even when I was 18. Done 19 out of the 46 some of them twice but time does take its toll. I'm still truckin and got many moor miles to go😊🍻like your picture by the way
It has been said that a person dies twice in this world. The first time is when their body physically dies. *The second time is when the last person who knew them speaks their name.*
I think it was a Greek philosopher who said "you are never really dead while there is still someone who remembers you" I will stand corrected on this of course.
@@marksievert5237 Frank James Rode with Jesse James Most people don’t find women and children killing back shooting cowards to be worthy of much You will however find them glamorized by a bunch of confederate sycophants to this day
@@marksievert5237 That is a good question. As Cole Younger was as much a murderer as was Frank James. Cole once lined up half a dozen or so yankee soldiers belly to back to see just how many bodies his ammunition would pass through when fired from his gun.
@@jollyjakelovell4787 Frank in real life seemed a lot more reasonable and sane compared to other outlaws of his time. I know he did some pretty bad things, such as tale part in that one massacre during the Civil War, but his part in those things could be nuanced.
@@marksievert5237I haven't seen the whole movie, but my takeaway was the seated man's breach of etiquette: Rise and remove your hat when a lady arrives or departs your company.
So if anyone is curious the guy playing as Frank James is played by James Brolin, the dad of Josh Brolin. Apparently it wasn't a random cameo either, part of Mattie's harsh tone with him is intended to be because he reminded her of the likes of Tom Cheney, so they thought it fitting to have Brolin's dad depict the silent Frank.
"Time just gets away from us". I'll be 65 in a couple months. I look back and wonder how all those years slipped away without me noticing until they were gone.
I will be 65 in June. I remember like it was yesterday that my grandmother told me (when I was 8) “remember every day like it was your last day and don’t let any day escape your grasp.” It may be my good memory or the combination of it with that admonition, but, in my case, at least, the days have NOT escaped me. 😀👍
I am well beyond 73, and have become aware of the same thing. But I reckon I know where the years went ... they were given to the Lord and invested in my wife and our two sons and my old dad, the demented alcoholic, and my older brother, who did so much for me, when he had time and opportunity before a heart attack cut him off at age 52. Yes. Our lives have been invested into that of others And time of course, moves on ... And God bless us in the process ...
We used to work around the clock 2am-2:30pm. The other schedule being 2pm- 2:30am Sometimes we’d flip but It made it weird. I feel that. It was just us. I had kids but my pard didn’t. Haven’t talked to him for two years.... he is family to me.
My Dad was 84 when he passed away. Much of his life was spent in the same Yell County, Arkansas. He warned me, I will know when I am old when everyone I ever knew well has already died. That must mean, I am old now, because everyone else is gone and none of the places I ever knew, exist anymore..... not even my country. Fair thee well, Pilgrim.
When I was a boy of 16, they filmed the original True Grit movie near Dardanelle. I never knew where it was and I never saw any of the actors or crew. I was just amazed that anyone would make a movie there.
My daughter was married in the room that served as the courtroom in the movie. It is in Blanco, TX. Only member of the cast we met was Damon. He was very hospitable as they say in those parts.
You got that right. I'm ashamed to think of what my father would say if he were alive today and had to listen to a bunch of soft, pasty, spoiled rich kids chanting death to America.
@@mikeforney354 Those of us who would fight to save it, or to remember it, won't know the pain or the joy of getting to be that age. I know I won't. Patriot goes down with his ship.
You were able to watch bob dylan's legend unfold in real time. My generation watches eachother play videogames on the internet. Trust me, you don't want to live to see what happens next.
It would have been very difficult to make a better movie than the original, and I'm not sure they did that. But they certainly made a movie that deserved to have been made. It is superior to the original in some aspects and inferior in others. But I am pleased to have seen both.
Somehow, that final scene hurts me. I think it captures the sadness that we all are soon gone and our friends pass on a few each year. Elizabeth Marvel just choked me up with that performance.
I'm no great fan of reboots but I enjoyed this with as much pleasure as I enjoyed the original. Well done on the part of everyone involved. May everyone watching enjoy some lively times.
It is so incredibly rare to find a reboot which brings something new and isn’t simply a cash grab. This was a film made with a love for the material and the art of film making. That I can watch either one and love them is a feat for all involved in the productions. Having read the rather short book it is impressive how well the brought it to the screen.
I know the Wayne die hards will always criticize this movie but it is another Coen masterpiece. I suppose I will be biased too if they ever remake an Eastwood western.
as one of the "Wayne die hards" I loved this movie, its solid enough to stand on its own rather than just be judged as a remake as most of these are. I still enjoy the original better but thats IMHO a matter of taste rather than quality.
The one fault I have about remakes is the use of the same name. You end up with multiple movies with the same name! You see a movie on the TV listing and have to check the credits to see which one it is!
I remember this epilogue not sitting quite right with me 10 years ago. Now that I'm older I love it, so beautiful and touching that she had finally gotten Rooster to reach out to her after 25 years and they still didn't get to meet. Time just gets away from us...
The pair had no further business, and a friendship wouldn't have been useful to either of them. One a child turning into a young lady with hopes and aspirations, the other a guy who's done everything already, been hardened with the experience and prefers to sit in a chicken pantry getting dumb on spirits. But they took a piece of each other with them when they parted ways. Nighthorse...
Loved this remake, as much as the original. That last scene always brings a tear to my eye! Coen brothers are fantastic, but don't forget the cinematographer, Roger Deakins, he is amazing!!
i watched the original as a young man , and loved it . i watched this as a much older man , and loved it . i grew up on John Wayne movies and i have to say , Jeff Bridges did no shame to the role and i will even say " killed it ".
I enjoy hearing the speech of the times that didn't include contractions, the formal quality of the dialog is pleasing to my ear, and the actress that played the older Mattie Ross did a great job of sounding like her younger counterpart, her voice over made it easy to connect the dots. Although I've never seen her in anything else, I understand the actress that played the young Mattie is doing very well in her career, and I'm so glad for that as she was outstanding in the role. I did see an interview with her from many years ago and her portrayal of young Mattie was so convincing it was almost jarring to hear her talk like an modern teenager, that's the sign of a good actor, you buy who they are in a given role. Great movie, the great Jeff Bridges always stands out, and Matt "How do you like them apples" Damon and Josh Brolin also delivered the goods. And let's not forget the spirit of The Duke either.
1:37 the complete vitriol and venom in her stare at Frank James is amazing. History remembers Frank James as being a lot like Ned Pepper and his gang, and you can see her remembering Ned Pepper in that stare and at 1:44 she did a wonderful job at showing shock and sadness at Rooster’s death and maybe regret at not getting in touch with him sooner.
I will be 77 next months and have lived through many generations and seen many deaths. I have crossed the big pond twice and have spent more than 2 years living in or visiting in other countries. The ending of this movie is outstanding and well acted, and the music does touch your heart. I remember that song from my youth and the singer does a great job. Its hard to do a good remake of a John Wayne movie, but this remake of True Grit is excellent. Well produced, directed and acted.
This is one of my favorite Westerns. As a firearms lover, I appreciate the pains and extra effort they went to in order to be more authentic than the great majority of Westerns made. They did their homework and had a great cast.
This was a profound sad ending to an amazing captivating movie. She was so young determined and full of life and driven by a sense of justice. Through our energy dedicated to honest pursuit and living life we might feel satisfaction, justice and attain wisdom. You can't go back and death is final. Although the ending left me feeling melancholy there's no doubt that True Grit is among great movies.
It shows that vengeance harms both the avenger and the target of revenge. If Mattie had been after “justice” instead of vengeance her life probably would have turned out very differently.
I need to see this movie, it seems a respectfully done redo with great actors. I loved the original, obviously it was a masterpiece with two legends, it was also filmed not far from where I was born and raised.
I have read the book and watched both versions. I think they are both excellent works and highly recommend you see this one. It is rare I can watch a remake and be able to love both the original and the new but this is it.
Watch it alone first , the last 10 minutes will rip at you a bit ... it's wholesome , and real !! I'm taking nothing away from the original , but this is a very good movie .. Bridges , Steinfeld , & Damon NAILED IT !! 👏
When I was a boy growing up, I knew many country folk of my grandfolks generation who still spoke like that. The dialogue, the manner in which they spoke, sounded so true. Especially, "Keep your seat, trash." They could whip you clean, with just a few sharp words.
This movie was the most accurate depiction of the people and the living conditions that was ever put on film. The casting was impeccable. We were demonstrably moved by every scene in this great accomplishment of cinematography! Thanks!
I love all the background action going on in this scene. All those extras working hard to keep the authenticity of what we're watching goes practically unnoticed.
I remember going to see this movie the first time. I felt somehow, that I was betraying 'The Duke'. But I am sure, that if 'The Duke' saw this movie he would have been most pleased. Fantastic movie in its own right without comparisons. The last scene will always bring a tear.
Unlikely, Wayne was a vain and jealous man. To know someone else was stealing his thunder was an unforgivable transgression. He struck his own woman on set when he thought she was making a mockery of him. He was quite contemptible in person.
I am deeply saddened that I cannot get my adult children to watch movies such as this. An excellent movie. A brilliant book. A glimpse of days gone by. Ignored.
Reuben Cogburn was a real person. A Confederate veteran. He WAS a good shot, and in his youth an agile horseman with the Missouri guerillas, and one tough s.o.b.
@@plus_sign What's wrong with that? The Civil War is still being fought in the South which I find to be very sad. After the surrender, Abraham Lincoln asked that we all forgive each other and rebuild America as a united nation. With malice toward none. I seem to recall Lincoln saying that. So let's swallow our pride and make this country the best in the world. It can be done.
@@nancydemoss608 Girl, i couldn't even make it past the first sentence 🙄 i read later his character had a redemption arc based around hating what he did but if you not talking about that you should just delete
@@plus_sign Confederate Veterans are considered US Veterans by official Act of Congress. This respect was bestowed upon them to help heal the nation and bring us together stronger than ever. Now those in power are only thinking of ways to divide us.
One of the features of a Coen brothers film is always the wonderful meditative denouements that leave us thinking about the film's characters. This ending is about their finest - "time just gets away from us" indeed.
@Jon Smyth The original would be the short story. Where Mattie loses her arm. So if you want the original, you get Mattie losing an arm. I loved the John Wayne movie. This version is sadder and more difficult to watch. But it is much closer to the original story.
@Jon Smyth He's saying the original isn't the John Wayne movie, the original is the novel. This wasn't a remake, as the John Wayne version was also based on the novel. The Coen Brothers weren't trying to remake the earlier movie, they were making a movie based on the novel, and in the novel, she loses her arm.
@Jon Smyth When you say "I like the original better" it's fine. But you also added "why did they have to write in that she lost an arm?" It's just worth correcting once you have two essentially false (even if understandable) statements. It's fine to prefer the John Wayne movie - it's a classic and one that I also love. But I think it's important for people to know that they didn't gratuitously add in an amputated arm for this movie. That is the original story.
@Jon Smyth Where in my reply did I state anything about what you said was the original? You assumptions are clear, you think this is a remake of an old John Wayne movie. it is not. It is based on the novel that an old John Wayne movie is also based on. The differences are more than just her losing an arm. In the novel and the Coen Brother's movie, the story is told from Mattie's perspective. The JW movie is a more general story-telling perspective which was a more accepted screenwriting technique particularly in the 60's. You would also think that Rooster was the main character in the 1969 adaptation. Saying the Coen Brother's movie is a remake of the 1969 adaptation would be like saying The Dark Knight trilogy is a remake of the Michael Keaton/Tim Burton Batman movies. It's not, they're just both based on the same comic book, but told completely differently.
Thanks for posting this. My grandfather told me that his father met Frank James. More to this clip though was that people would just disappear on you (like leBeouf). My family is from Western PA, but some traveled west to California. My grandfather's father had a brother that traveled west. He disappeared somewhere on the great plains, never heard from again. I guess it was common back then. People still go missing today, but it's usually foul play nowadays.
When I first watched this film, what a joke compared to the original masterpiece. Over the years I’ve watched it say 10 times. I now think it’s as good in fact better, than the original !!
Version 2 was a really good movie, and you got to hand it to the Coen brothers for even tackling such and icon. They got 10 nominations too, but didn't win anything. It was filmed brilliantly. That said, 1969 True Grit was a masterpiece and won an Oscar. Only 2 other Westerns have EVER won an Oscar. It will go down in history as one of the greatest movies ever made.
I think what makes this ending so incredible is that you realize that in the long run Maddie’s revenge didn’t fill the gap in her heart like she thought it would, many times when someone wrongs us we think that getting payback will instantly make us feel better, but more often then not it doesn’t really do much for us after we get it, because either way what that person did to us is still there, and that’s what happened with Maddie, she still had a dead father after Tom Chaney was killed, add on top of that the fact that when she was a kid she suddenly had to step up and be as responsible as an adult after her father was unexpectedly killed, losing her arm to the snake bite and never getting the chance to see Rooster again before he died and you can definitely see why she grew up to be so bitter, because of everything that happened to her she grew up to be one of those people who thinks being nice and optimistic is a waste of time and it’s better to just accept life as unfair cruelty, when you think about it Maddie is a very tragic character, because she spent her whole childhood getting every ounce of hope she had smashed into oblivion and as a result it caused her to grow up into a very cynical woman, this movie was an absolute masterpiece
I think the "revenge" was actually just getting business done. Like the $50 she owed Rooster. She had to make things right and she did. I never figured her for the type that had a "gap" to fill.
Yet she also knew that "nothing is free but the grace of God." Some people never get around to learning that, being too preoccupied with their corporate America "work ethic."
When I first watched this film I thought it was rather a poor remake. But having watched it again I realise what a great film it is. I never miss it whenever it comes around on T.V.
You can kind of see a knowing glint in Cole Younger's eyes when they talk about the 'lively' times they shared with old Rooster. While a flawed man, Rooster was a good old soul beneath the bluster and rough exterior.
@@ashleyt8897 Personally I don't see or feel it in these new films. Maybe that's just me but everything seems like a cash grab. Anything for money quality doesn't matter
Her look towards James at 1:38 says more than her "keep your seat, trash" comment ever could. Who played this elderly Mattie? Wonderful performance: posture, carriage, eyes. Love it when an actor makes words unnecessary.
Just answered my own question. Elizabeth Marvel (and she was a marvel) played the adult Mattie, while Ruth Morris, born without a left forearm, played the adult Mattie when the final scenes required it. Fun fact (according to Wiki): Hailee Steinfeld was chosen for her role from a pool of 15 THOUSAND applicants. I'd say the Coen brothers---and Ms. Steinfeld---got it right.
@@galvanizedgnome Elizabeth Marvel is a highly regarded character actress. She has excellent range. From a cold-blooded assassin in _Bourne Legacy_ to a kind and motherly innkeeper in _News of the World._ Like many of the best actors, Marvel got her start in stage productions. She's been in two Coen brothers films, and they don't waste time re-casting bad actors. i.e. Your opinion is stupid.
@@cooganalaska3249 eh, in that time period manners made the man even to women like her. She thanked Younger for his time but since James just gawked he got what he deserved.
@@cooganalaska3249 It is just that they understand what it means when a man of the old school will not rise at a woman's entrance...he is transmitting his contempt for her...she is picking up on that. So, save your b.s. for the lesser among us.
I thought doing a remake of a John Wayne movie was sacrilege when this movie came out and wasn't going to watch it but ended up watching it anyway. At the end of the movie I realized that I liked this new version better than the original. Jeff Bridges is a fine actor indeed.
@@eddiewinehosen6665 Hear, hear. I find it curious that he avoided going into service during WW2, (while so many other entertainers were enlisting,) yet he played the heroic soldier in many a film.
I was disappointed when I first saw the Coen Brothers version....maybe due to the expectation of better action sequences. I also couldn't catch half of what Jeff Bridges was saying. But... after rewatching years later and many times since, it is now one of my all-time favourites. The characters all have great depth and authenticity. Even Ned Pepper! Sad to see Maddie's spirited youth evolve into a starchy misanthrope, albeit with a high regard and fondness for Rooster and LeBeouf. A fine book & fine movie.
All the friends of my childhood have crossed over.. I'm old and tired but I sleep right and eat well.. I miss everyone but I know it will soon be my time.. I have never visited graveyards my friends aren't there.. just the shells that carried them.. In 3 days I will be 97.. inside I am 25.. If I could tell people what keeps me going it is to live every day to its fullness.. steer clear of hard liquor and have a woman to love.. and laugh every chance you get especially in hard times... An old Tom T Hall song says Faster horses younger women Older whisky and more money...
When I was a kid the John Wayne version stuck with me. I am from Brasil and there was one channel that had westerns every monday. The scene in wich a 14 year old would just cross the river and go into wild country is stuck in my mind. Maybe it is for sentimental reasons I like both movies the same, but all in all, I think the modern one is certainly one of the great movies shot in this century.
Two women played the adult Mattie. Elizabeth Marvel who did the speaking lines and Ruth Morris was the body double. Ruth was born without her left forearm and was found after a nationwide search.
Everytime I hear this song, I feel a tinge of missing my days of being a Christian. This ending perfectly captures what a lot of us go through. We see it happening right in front of us, but can't do anything about it except to make each moment of your life count.
@@haroldcampbell3337 Yes, "come back", live the ridiculous fantasy, spend your time kneeling and praying to the empty void. No is listening, nobody cares, there's nothing there.
I am now 80, & lately I have looked back over the years & wonder how fast the years went by. I now have a gg grandson & pray the lord will give me a few years so he can Remember me as I remembered my grandfather. Two granddaughters that I spend as much time with as I can. Most of my high schools friends have passed, as well as others. Spend time with my 2 children & the lord blessed me with good children & granddaughters. Thank You Lord for giving me this good family. I have made my will & prepared to go win the lord calls me.
I love the Coen brothers films (most, anyway), and this is a beautifully done Western. Most films I watch that are based on a novel come up short of the book - not this one. Charles Portis' tale is a masterpiece - so is this film.
The first film of this could not hold a candle to this one. One of my top ten westerns of all time. Would love to see it again. Sound track was beautiful. Loved Iris Dement.
The John Wayne 'Grit' was a 'movie', & movies come & go, although I'm aware that version has many faithful fans... however, THIS 'Grit' is, IMHO, a MASTERPIECE OF FILM-MAKING that will always stand above the earlier version. I offer this opinion as someone who has read the book multiple times & loved it, & I think this version more faithfully captures the real feel of the Portis novel, plus, the actors, script, & direction in this version are much superior. The 1st version had Henry Hathaway, an 'underwhelming' director, & although it was serviceable, casting Kim Darby, 22, as a 14-yr-old girl was a MAJOR misstep, as was Glen Campbell's role, not to mention that HORRIFIC theme song! I could go on, but I guess I'd better close & stand by for all the 'hate e-mail I'll probably receive... we all have our opinions, 'haters'; I look forward to yours!
I also agree that this version is much better then the original. I liked Wayne in it but he has done better in other movies, kim and Glenn were the weakest parts to the original, this version had believable characters because of solid performances.
The dialogue and character development of this version make me want to read the book....the original film, while rousing in the action sequences, did not.
@@yvwic50 I HOPE YOU DO read the book; it will give you a much greater insight into Mattie Ross & her inner self, & also put this scene in better context... ENJOY!!
"Time just gets away from us. " I called a friend (Joe) who I hadn't spoken to since 2015. His son (Ron), my best friend, passed away that year as well as my father a month before. When I didn't get an answer, I called Ron's widow and she told me that Joe passed three weeks ago. In eight years I couldn't go to the farm to see Joe, time just got away from me. I'm glad that my father got to meet Joe and Ron, I hope they are in each other's company now. They were good people.
The first movie was good but this was pure greatness, did the book justice.
I agree. So many people are enamored with Wayne and the first film, that they don't even give this one a chance. I love the first adaptation and John Wayne, but this is a damn good film!
The original followed the book. This one went woke.
The biggest advantage that the remake has: Matt Damon as the Texas Ranger as opposed to Glen Campbell (who couldn't act his way out of a paper bag.)
@@jamesrawlins735 Yep but the original followed the book's story line. What's funny is Rooster didn't wear an eye patch in the book. Glen Campbell is a much better singer. :D
LOL, the funniest comment I have read in a long time thanks.
Such a bittersweet ending to this great story. One likes to imagine that an adventure must be followed with similarly colorful exploits, but instead it was just many years of regular life. People getting older, more hardened, more reflective of old times.
true, and it's a reminder that heroes are often regular people who answer the call.
If you pull your covers over your head at night and fart its a proven fact you'll live longer ,inhaling the gasses reverses the again process
I'm 74 years old and my "lively times" are fast approaching an end! Yet, all said and done, I've had a hell of a fine time!
Me too.
When one is 74-No telling when it is time to check out...♿💀
I am 72 years old and while the phrase "lively times", has a poetic lilt, it is an understatement in regard to my life thus far. I have enjoyed fantastic adventures, just as I had planned, and I do plan to go out during one of the future adventures, whatever they may be.
"Rage against the dying of the light"
Dylan Thomas
Are you concerned about your judgment before God and your continued existence ?
@@jerrycapodilupo9195
No!
I appreciate it when the "adult" incarnation of a character is a believable version of the juvenile one.
That's true, but it's obvious that Halliee grew up to be a very good looking woman, certainly considerably prettier than the (very good) actress here..
@Gunners_Mate_Guns living was hard back then, sometimes people just get beat up by life. The character of Mattie Ross hadn't an easy life, father taken when she was young, and being the eldest meant she had to become the breadwinner. She probably threw herself into education and work to give her family stability.
@@Gunners_Mate_Guns She'd be 39 here. I don't think the actress is unattractive relative to her age. In a sense she has a matronly look.
@@Gunners_Mate_Gunsdon’t forget this is in days when the best moisturizer for your skin probably was some kind of animalfat. People aged, lives where more physically demanding.
@@Gunners_Mate_Gunswell this actress is still quite a bit older plus halliee wears makeup and had a bit of cosmetic surgery.
The end of this movie is a masterpiece by itself. "Time just gets away from us". Six amazing words... Goosebumps.
Gets me too
I watched this movie when I was 10 in theaters with my dad... I now understand the jokes he laughed at.. my dad is no longer with us.
@@angelr6524 lost both of my parents. I remember watching star wars with him. I remember taking my mom to the park.
As you get older, that statement becomes truer and truer.
The Dude abides.
Every time, and I mean every single time I watch this, I can’t stop the tears. This touched me so much because all of my friends are gone. People I always had the intention of going to see have passed on, now lying in fields of stone. I visit them from time to time, and I leave pennies on their headstones to mark my passing by to visit. There I am, an old fat man sitting next to a lone marker in a forgotten cemetery overgrown with weeds and hardly cared for- carrying on a conversation like old friends do. I hope they can hear me and know how much I miss them. It saddens me to know there will be no pennies left for me when I’m gone. Not one...
I'm crying 💔. I'm sure they're watching over you. Lost many childhood friends/acquaintances before reaching 30 so I know your feeling. God bless you, mate. May your grief be lighter as years pass by and may your life be as blissful as possible.
You'll be alright, amigo.
You’ll be greeted by your friends again 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Be at peace and do as much as you can to live.
They're there, you can't see or hear them, but they're there. Death isn't the end, it's another beginning.
Guess you're kinda screwed then.
One of those very, very rare occasions when a 'remake' exceeds the quality of a classic original. A fantastic film, I heartily recommend you watch both.
And read Portis’ book!
Yup 👍
FAAAAAARRRR exceeds. Maybe Jeff Bridges best role
Bullshit. No remake equals John Wayne's performance.
@@wpistol Well that’s not what they’re saying. I don’t think Bridges is better than Wayne, but the new Grit is on the whole a much better movie than the old Grit.
"Time just gets away from us", when you reach an age when you know there are more days behind than ahead, a line like that hits like a hammer on a railroad spike. You wonder where the years went, you wonder if the memories of you as a child are yours because they seem like a dream and not something you actually lived.
Well said.
I know just what you mean. I just turned 65 and I have no family or friends left. They've all passed on or scattered to the wind.
Now you'll say that 65 isn't that old. True, but I've never taken care of myself so I'm dealing with pain in my body that I could never have imagined.
Yes, I'm having a huge pity party. Forgive me, please.
@@nancydemoss608 I'm only 31 and ten friends/acquaintances died before I reached 30. It's rough!
@@nancydemoss608 I too am 65. I’m lucky with close family. Although have lost 4 recently. If you’re not jump on the conservative bandwagon. Fixing to be a hoot. May 14 2022. 🇺🇸🖖MAGA
Yessir. I just turned 33. I could run up at down mount marcy when I was 12 Adirondack buzzard. Even when I was 18. Done 19 out of the 46 some of them twice but time does take its toll. I'm still truckin and got many moor miles to go😊🍻like your picture by the way
My Grand Mother used to say "It doesn't take long to live a life".....so true, enjoy it while you can......
True.....as I have gotten older, I don't think there is a day that I am not amazed at the brevity of life.....but a vapor....
"A quarter century is a long time..." "...Time just gets away from us." Truer words never spoken, to bookend a perfect final scene.
Yeah it does , when I look in the mirror I wonder who is that old man looking back at me
The fact there's been 22 years of this century already.
The Coen brothers are masters at writing and directing movies and writing great endings. I love their movies!
When you turn 25 it doesn't seem so. But when you hit 50 it starts sinking in. 75 isn't far away if you're lucky to make it that far.
A quarter-century is NOT a long time! It goes by like greased lightning.
It has been said that a person dies twice in this world. The first time is when their body physically dies. *The second time is when the last person who knew them speaks their name.*
Good line. All the “great” leaders and self important should remember it.
I think it was a Greek philosopher who said "you are never really dead while there is still someone who remembers you" I will stand corrected on this of course.
Sometimes the second comes before the first
@@oaf-77 Jeez... and I thought my life sucked!
The version I heard was "We're never really dead once we're not forgotten".
“Keep your seat trash.” I love this line. 😊
What was the point of it?
@@marksievert5237
Frank James
Rode with Jesse James
Most people don’t find women and children killing back shooting cowards to be worthy of much
You will however find them glamorized by a bunch of confederate sycophants to this day
@@marksievert5237 That is a good question. As Cole Younger was as much a murderer as was Frank James. Cole once lined up half a dozen or so yankee soldiers belly to back to see just how many bodies his ammunition would pass through when fired from his gun.
@@jollyjakelovell4787
Frank in real life seemed a lot more reasonable and sane compared to other outlaws of his time. I know he did some pretty bad things, such as tale part in that one massacre during the Civil War, but his part in those things could be nuanced.
@@marksievert5237I haven't seen the whole movie, but my takeaway was the seated man's breach of etiquette: Rise and remove your hat when a lady arrives or departs your company.
So if anyone is curious the guy playing as Frank James is played by James Brolin, the dad of Josh Brolin. Apparently it wasn't a random cameo either, part of Mattie's harsh tone with him is intended to be because he reminded her of the likes of Tom Cheney, so they thought it fitting to have Brolin's dad depict the silent Frank.
"Time just gets away from us". I'll be 65 in a couple months. I look back and wonder how all those years slipped away without me noticing until they were gone.
@Mystery Meat: AMEN. Well, said. I'll be 65 in June, and I know EXACTLY what you mean and feel.
Better than the alternative.
I will be 65 in June. I remember like it was yesterday that my grandmother told me (when I was 8) “remember every day like it was your last day and don’t let any day escape your grasp.” It may be my good memory or the combination of it with that admonition, but, in my case, at least, the days have NOT escaped me. 😀👍
Just turned 56 and think the same thing. How did it go so fast?!?
I am well beyond 73, and have become aware of the same thing. But I reckon I know where the years went ... they were given to the Lord and invested in my wife and our two sons and my old dad, the demented alcoholic, and my older brother, who did so much for me, when he had time and opportunity before a heart attack cut him off at age 52. Yes. Our lives have been invested into that of others And time of course, moves on ... And God bless us in the process ...
“An old trailmate”
My memories of my old trailmates are uniquely precious. God bless them all.
We used to work around the clock 2am-2:30pm. The other schedule being 2pm- 2:30am Sometimes we’d flip but It made it weird. I feel that. It was just us. I had kids but my pard didn’t. Haven’t talked to him for two years.... he is family to me.
This is one of the finest movies ever made.
My Dad was 84 when he passed away. Much of his life was spent in the same Yell County, Arkansas. He warned me, I will know when I am old when everyone I ever knew well has already died. That must mean, I am old now, because everyone else is gone and none of the places I ever knew, exist anymore..... not even my country. Fair thee well, Pilgrim.
When I was a boy of 16, they filmed the original True Grit movie near Dardanelle. I never knew where it was and I never saw any of the actors or crew. I was just amazed that anyone would make a movie there.
My daughter was married in the room that served as the courtroom in the movie. It is in Blanco, TX. Only member of the cast we met was Damon. He was very hospitable as they say in those parts.
You got that right. I'm ashamed to think of what my father would say if he were alive today and had to listen to a bunch of soft, pasty, spoiled rich kids chanting death to America.
@@mikeforney354 Those of us who would fight to save it, or to remember it, won't know the pain or the joy of getting to be that age. I know I won't. Patriot goes down with his ship.
You were able to watch bob dylan's legend unfold in real time. My generation watches eachother play videogames on the internet. Trust me, you don't want to live to see what happens next.
Iris DeMent is one hell of a singer. Absolutely awesome. I have been lucky to see her in concert a couple of times.
Why is not on Spotify .... It a brilliant song
Ps - found it 😁
This comment and its replies are hilarious. she sounds like sandy cheeks having a seizure
love her with John prine
She really is. I thought the song a little abrupt here. Love that hymn, however.
She sounds like dolly Parton
Such a great film and a wonderful remake...the Coen bros did good.
That final scene stays with you..
Yes it does! Some very good writing, I must say.
It would have been very difficult to make a better movie than the original, and I'm not sure they did that.
But they certainly made a movie that deserved to have been made. It is superior to the original in some aspects and inferior in others. But I am pleased to have seen both.
Somehow, that final scene hurts me. I think it captures the sadness that we all are soon gone and our friends pass on a few each year. Elizabeth Marvel just choked me up with that performance.
I'm no great fan of reboots but I enjoyed this with as much pleasure as I enjoyed the original. Well done on the part of everyone involved. May everyone watching enjoy some lively times.
It is one of the few remakes that in some ways improves on the original and does not try to change the story for a "modern" audience.
It is so incredibly rare to find a reboot which brings something new and isn’t simply a cash grab. This was a film made with a love for the material and the art of film making. That I can watch either one and love them is a feat for all involved in the productions. Having read the rather short book it is impressive how well the brought it to the screen.
this version was more faithful to the book, so in my opinion was better.
It is a rare thing for a remake to equal or surpass an original. I can only think of four. This is one of them.
The Coen Brothers never disappoint.
One of my favorite movies. Thanks for posting. I laugh every time I hear her say "Keep your seat, trash."
I know the Wayne die hards will always criticize this movie but it is another Coen masterpiece. I suppose I will be biased too if they ever remake an Eastwood western.
as one of the "Wayne die hards" I loved this movie, its solid enough to stand on its own rather than just be judged as a remake as most of these are. I still enjoy the original better but thats IMHO a matter of taste rather than quality.
The one fault I have about remakes is the use of the same name. You end up with multiple movies with the same name! You see a movie on the TV listing and have to check the credits to see which one it is!
You can't remake Clint's movies. I mean I guess you can try, but no
" Time just gets away from us ". No truer words spoken.
Along with the silhouette of her from the rear walking with one arm.
Probably one of the greatest remakes of all time.
Absolute chills at the end. I remember staying in my theatre seat for some time.
One of the most atmospheric truly great American stories...to read it is to be there and live it. Remarkable.
I remember this epilogue not sitting quite right with me 10 years ago.
Now that I'm older I love it, so beautiful and touching that she had finally gotten Rooster to reach out to her after 25 years and they still didn't get to meet.
Time just gets away from us...
That scene is word for word in the book, even calling Frank James "trash."
As much as he griped at her you knew something grew between them... respect, admiration and a tich of love...
I'm 30 now and after burying many friends before and after the movie, this scene hits way too close to home.
The pair had no further business, and a friendship wouldn't have been useful to either of them. One a child turning into a young lady with hopes and aspirations, the other a guy who's done everything already, been hardened with the experience and prefers to sit in a chicken pantry getting dumb on spirits.
But they took a piece of each other with them when they parted ways. Nighthorse...
As far as the book goes La Beouf and Rooster wanted nothing to do with Mattie after they got Chaney lol
One of the reasons, why i love this film so much, is the realistic ending without emotional whitewashing.
Loved this remake, as much as the original. That last scene always brings a tear to my eye! Coen brothers are fantastic, but don't forget the cinematographer, Roger Deakins, he is amazing!!
A good story, both versions are worth watching.
The book is well worth reading. Mattie's dead-pan voice will crack you up.
I try to watch them back to back as a double feature on occasion.
Best remake of the best western ever made.
i watched the original as a young man , and loved it .
i watched this as a much older man , and loved it . i grew up on John Wayne movies and i have to say , Jeff Bridges did no shame to the role and i will even say " killed it ".
I love how they talk in this film. Always reserve and thoughtful with every word spoken.
I enjoy hearing the speech of the times that didn't include contractions, the formal quality of the dialog is pleasing to my ear, and the actress that played the older Mattie Ross did a great job of sounding like her younger counterpart, her voice over made it easy to connect the dots. Although I've never seen her in anything else, I understand the actress that played the young Mattie is doing very well in her career, and I'm so glad for that as she was outstanding in the role. I did see an interview with her from many years ago and her portrayal of young Mattie was so convincing it was almost jarring to hear her talk like an modern teenager, that's the sign of a good actor, you buy who they are in a given role. Great movie, the great Jeff Bridges always stands out, and Matt "How do you like them apples" Damon and Josh Brolin also delivered the goods. And let's not forget the spirit of The Duke either.
The older Mattie actress also played a brief but very intense part in the Bourne movie with Jeremy Renner (not Matt Damon).
@@madmux5334 Is that right, I didn't know that, I will look for that.
the dialogue was mostly lifted from the book. if you haven't read it, do yourself a favor.
@@tylerjames329 That makes sense, maybe I'll give it a go. Thanks.
@@tylerjames329 Yep, the book was almost as good as the movie and that's rare...
1:37 the complete vitriol and venom in her stare at Frank James is amazing. History remembers Frank James as being a lot like Ned Pepper and his gang, and you can see her remembering Ned Pepper in that stare and at 1:44 she did a wonderful job at showing shock and sadness at Rooster’s death and maybe regret at not getting in touch with him sooner.
She tried but he didn' t answer until she got the handbill.
Cole Younger didn't want to hurt anyone during the Northfield Raid but Frank James murdered the clerk for no reason at all.
Actually most people say frank wasn't even there
@@southslastrebel2575 Respected historians say he was there and by the description, he shot the clerk on the way out of the bank because of his rage.
Maybe she would have been more civil is James had stood up in the presence of a woman.
The music was also beautiful in this movie as was the story, the acting was sublime, the message, well,sobering!
"Time just gets away from us" It's so true and finally a great remake.
I will be 77 next months and have lived through many generations and seen many deaths. I have crossed the big pond twice and have spent more than 2 years living in or visiting in other countries. The ending of this movie is outstanding and well acted, and the music does touch your heart. I remember that song from my youth and the singer does a great job. Its hard to do a good remake of a John Wayne movie, but this remake of True Grit is excellent. Well produced, directed and acted.
Loved this movie. Steinfeld’s performance was epic.
This is one of my favorite Westerns. As a firearms lover, I appreciate the pains and extra effort they went to in order to be more authentic than the great majority of Westerns made. They did their homework and had a great cast.
As one gets old, and the world gets 'modern', we should be reminded that the time we have is so short, so precious.
This was a profound sad ending to an amazing captivating movie. She was so young determined and full of life and driven by a sense of justice. Through our energy dedicated to honest pursuit and living life we might feel satisfaction, justice and attain wisdom. You can't go back and death is final. Although the ending left me feeling melancholy there's no doubt that True Grit is among great movies.
It shows that vengeance harms both the avenger and the target of revenge. If Mattie had been after “justice” instead of vengeance her life probably would have turned out very differently.
I need to see this movie, it seems a respectfully done redo with great actors. I loved the original, obviously it was a masterpiece with two legends, it was also filmed not far from where I was born and raised.
I have read the book and watched both versions. I think they are both excellent works and highly recommend you see this one. It is rare I can watch a remake and be able to love both the original and the new but this is it.
Read the book first. You will find this a more faithful adaptation, right down to this scene.
Watch it alone first , the last 10 minutes will rip at you a bit ... it's wholesome , and real !! I'm taking nothing away from the original , but this is a very good movie .. Bridges , Steinfeld , & Damon NAILED IT !! 👏
''Keep your seat trash". One of my favorite lines ever!
When I was a boy growing up, I knew many country folk of my grandfolks generation who still spoke like that. The dialogue, the manner in which they spoke, sounded so true. Especially, "Keep your seat, trash." They could whip you clean, with just a few sharp words.
This movie was the most accurate depiction of the people and the living conditions that was ever put on film. The casting was impeccable. We were demonstrably moved by every scene in this great accomplishment of cinematography! Thanks!
That last scene gets me every time I watch it ... "time just gets away from us "
God bless all of our old trailmates....& God Bless America.
I love all the background action going on in this scene. All those extras working hard to keep the authenticity of what we're watching goes practically unnoticed.
An elegant retooling of a delightful film. Homage without pathos and a considerable work on its own legs.
If you’re gonna rebot a movie. This is how you do it!
I remember going to see this movie the first time. I felt somehow, that I was betraying 'The Duke'. But I am sure, that if 'The Duke' saw this movie he would have been most pleased. Fantastic movie in its own right without comparisons. The last scene will always bring a tear.
Unlikely, Wayne was a vain and jealous man. To know someone else was stealing his thunder was an unforgivable transgression. He struck his own woman on set when he thought she was making a mockery of him.
He was quite contemptible in person.
"Keep your seat trash..."I love that line!
I am deeply saddened that I cannot get my adult children to watch movies such as this. An excellent movie. A brilliant book. A glimpse of days gone by. Ignored.
“Keep your seat trash” Just brilliant!
Reuben Cogburn was a real person. A Confederate veteran. He WAS a good shot, and in his youth an agile horseman with the Missouri guerillas, and one tough s.o.b.
confederate veteran?? 🤮💩💩💩
@@plus_sign What's wrong with that? The Civil War is still being fought in the South which I find to be very sad. After the surrender, Abraham Lincoln asked that we all forgive each other and rebuild America as a united nation. With malice toward none. I seem to recall Lincoln saying that. So let's swallow our pride and make this country the best in the world. It can be done.
@@nancydemoss608 Girl, i couldn't even make it past the first sentence 🙄 i read later his character had a redemption arc based around hating what he did but if you not talking about that you should just delete
@@plus_sign Confederate Veterans are considered US Veterans by official Act of Congress. This respect was bestowed upon them to help heal the nation and bring us together stronger than ever. Now those in power are only thinking of ways to divide us.
With a name like that, gotta be tough!
I love the rendition of leaning on the everlasting arms. Anymore I find myself really enjoying the old hymnal songs.
One of the features of a Coen brothers film is always the wonderful meditative denouements that leave us thinking about the film's characters. This ending is about their finest - "time just gets away from us" indeed.
'Time just gets away from us.'
Yes, it does.
The original is perfect. This version was just as wonderful, yet somehow perfect in a different way that justified the remake.
In the original Rooster has "True Grit" in this version it's Mattie. That's the difference for me.
@Jon Smyth The original would be the short story. Where Mattie loses her arm. So if you want the original, you get Mattie losing an arm. I loved the John Wayne movie. This version is sadder and more difficult to watch. But it is much closer to the original story.
@Jon Smyth He's saying the original isn't the John Wayne movie, the original is the novel. This wasn't a remake, as the John Wayne version was also based on the novel. The Coen Brothers weren't trying to remake the earlier movie, they were making a movie based on the novel, and in the novel, she loses her arm.
@Jon Smyth When you say "I like the original better" it's fine. But you also added "why did they have to write in that she lost an arm?" It's just worth correcting once you have two essentially false (even if understandable) statements. It's fine to prefer the John Wayne movie - it's a classic and one that I also love. But I think it's important for people to know that they didn't gratuitously add in an amputated arm for this movie. That is the original story.
@Jon Smyth
Where in my reply did I state anything about what you said was the original? You assumptions are clear, you think this is a remake of an old John Wayne movie. it is not. It is based on the novel that an old John Wayne movie is also based on.
The differences are more than just her losing an arm. In the novel and the Coen Brother's movie, the story is told from Mattie's perspective. The JW movie is a more general story-telling perspective which was a more accepted screenwriting technique particularly in the 60's. You would also think that Rooster was the main character in the 1969 adaptation.
Saying the Coen Brother's movie is a remake of the 1969 adaptation would be like saying The Dark Knight trilogy is a remake of the Michael Keaton/Tim Burton Batman movies. It's not, they're just both based on the same comic book, but told completely differently.
One of the truly great endings , very touching !
Such a great film. Thank you for posting this.
What a GREAT movie what a GREAT book. also l thank the Coen bros for introducing me to Iris Dement. Voice of an angel.
Leaning on the everlasting arms
I liked the way the tune to that song was woven through the whole movie
Thanks for posting this. My grandfather told me that his father met Frank James. More to this clip though was that people would just disappear on you (like leBeouf). My family is from Western PA, but some traveled west to California. My grandfather's father had a brother that traveled west. He disappeared somewhere on the great plains, never heard from again. I guess it was common back then. People still go missing today, but it's usually foul play nowadays.
Folks just disappeared sometimes in those days. In the first part of Dances With Wolves: "Why don't he write?"
Great movie! One of the very few remakes to actually be better than the original.
An absolute masterpiece in every way.
When I first watched this film, what a joke compared to the original masterpiece. Over the years I’ve watched it say 10 times. I now think it’s as good in fact better, than the original !!
John Waynes the only joke tbh.
This version followed the novel much more closely than the original did.
I think they nailed it. Life rarely works out to the happy ending.
I find sometimes - certainly not always - remakes are more nuanced and with more depth than the originals, great though they may be in their way.
Agreed.
I don't care what "they" say, that was one of the best remakes I have ever seen.
Version 2 was a really good movie, and you got to hand it to the Coen brothers for even tackling such and icon. They got 10 nominations too, but didn't win anything. It was filmed brilliantly.
That said, 1969 True Grit was a masterpiece and won an Oscar. Only 2 other Westerns have EVER won an Oscar. It will go down in history as one of the greatest movies ever made.
I think what makes this ending so incredible is that you realize that in the long run Maddie’s revenge didn’t fill the gap in her heart like she thought it would, many times when someone wrongs us we think that getting payback will instantly make us feel better, but more often then not it doesn’t really do much for us after we get it, because either way what that person did to us is still there, and that’s what happened with Maddie, she still had a dead father after Tom Chaney was killed, add on top of that the fact that when she was a kid she suddenly had to step up and be as responsible as an adult after her father was unexpectedly killed, losing her arm to the snake bite and never getting the chance to see Rooster again before he died and you can definitely see why she grew up to be so bitter, because of everything that happened to her she grew up to be one of those people who thinks being nice and optimistic is a waste of time and it’s better to just accept life as unfair cruelty, when you think about it Maddie is a very tragic character, because she spent her whole childhood getting every ounce of hope she had smashed into oblivion and as a result it caused her to grow up into a very cynical woman, this movie was an absolute masterpiece
I think the "revenge" was actually just getting business done. Like the $50 she owed Rooster.
She had to make things right and she did. I never figured her for the type that had a "gap" to fill.
Well said!
Yet she also knew that "nothing is free but the grace of God." Some people never get around to learning that, being too preoccupied with their corporate America "work ethic."
And she felt it necessary to insult Frank James
@@they_luvjenna still, he didn't get up
When I first watched this film I thought it was rather a poor remake. But having watched it again I realise what a great film it is. I never miss it whenever it comes around on T.V.
You can kind of see a knowing glint in Cole Younger's eyes when they talk about the 'lively' times they shared with old Rooster. While a flawed man, Rooster was a good old soul beneath the bluster and rough exterior.
it is hard to grasp when one realizes My lively times have passed and the time just slipped away" this is one great movie. Love the ending, wow.
How tough a woman would you have needed to be to live that life. Much respect.
still moves me every time I see this.
some awesome film making.
What an amazing movie. This is without a doubt, one of my favorites.
Both versions are excellent and stand together as complementary masterpieces of the American western.
Thanks to Joel and Ethan Coen for making great films in a time of terrible decline in the film industry.
What is it about the film industry that you think is declining? I'm genuinely curious
@@ashleyt8897 It is deprived of creativity and passion.
@@SDuce3 I see where you're coming from but there are some filmmakers that still have passion
@@ashleyt8897 Personally I don't see or feel it in these new films. Maybe that's just me but everything seems like a cash grab. Anything for money quality doesn't matter
@@SDuce3 are there any new films you like?
Her look towards James at 1:38 says more than her "keep your seat, trash" comment ever could. Who played this elderly Mattie? Wonderful performance: posture, carriage, eyes. Love it when an actor makes words unnecessary.
Just answered my own question. Elizabeth Marvel (and she was a marvel) played the adult Mattie, while Ruth Morris, born without a left forearm, played the adult Mattie when the final scenes required it. Fun fact (according to Wiki): Hailee Steinfeld was chosen for her role from a pool of 15 THOUSAND applicants. I'd say the Coen brothers---and Ms. Steinfeld---got it right.
I thought she was garbage compared to the main actress
@@galvanizedgnome Elizabeth Marvel is a highly regarded character actress. She has excellent range. From a cold-blooded assassin in _Bourne Legacy_ to a kind and motherly innkeeper in _News of the World._
Like many of the best actors, Marvel got her start in stage productions. She's been in two Coen brothers films, and they don't waste time re-casting bad actors.
i.e. Your opinion is stupid.
I w0as thinking she sounded like Mary Steenburgen (I know that's spelled wrong, she played Cara Clayton)
@@scotcoon1186 Actually, that is how you spell it. Good guess!
read this book when i was a boy. loved the dialogue and the soundtrack.
"Keep your seat, trash." Now a days people call that a whoosh. I think.
Serious shade on that hick 😂
Typical independent, emancipated woman who is disgruntled when treated like a man.
@@cooganalaska3249 eh, in that time period manners made the man even to women like her. She thanked Younger for his time but since James just gawked he got what he deserved.
@@cooganalaska3249 It is just that they understand what it means when a man of the old school will not rise at a woman's entrance...he is transmitting his contempt for her...she is picking up on that. So, save your b.s. for the lesser among us.
@@cooganalaska3249 WOW! Talk about 'speaking your mind! BTW- how ARE things down at the local 'INCEL' chapter???
So, so, so good. Really . . . a masterpiece. The style AND the substance make this a movie without peer.
I thought doing a remake of a John Wayne movie was sacrilege when this movie came out and wasn't going to watch it but ended up watching it anyway. At the end of the movie I realized that I liked this new version better than the original. Jeff Bridges is a fine actor indeed.
It helps that this is more another adaptation of the novel and not a remake. Which is better is up to you.
They should do more remakes of John Wayne movies since he was a rather shitty actor so there's plenty of room for improvement!
@@eddiewinehosen6665 Hear, hear. I find it curious that he avoided going into service during WW2, (while so many other entertainers were enlisting,) yet he played the heroic soldier in many a film.
I was disappointed when I first saw the Coen Brothers version....maybe due to the expectation of better action sequences. I also couldn't catch half of what Jeff Bridges was saying. But... after rewatching years later and many times since, it is now one of my all-time favourites.
The characters all have great depth and authenticity. Even Ned Pepper!
Sad to see Maddie's spirited youth evolve into a starchy misanthrope, albeit with a high regard and fondness for Rooster and LeBeouf. A fine book & fine movie.
Love them both
All the friends of my childhood have crossed over..
I'm old and tired but I sleep right and eat well..
I miss everyone but I know it will soon be my time..
I have never visited graveyards my friends aren't
there.. just the shells that carried them..
In 3 days I will be 97.. inside I am 25..
If I could tell people what keeps me going it is to live
every day to its fullness.. steer clear of hard liquor
and have a woman to love.. and laugh every chance you get
especially in hard times...
An old Tom T Hall song says Faster horses younger women
Older whisky and more money...
I watch this movie with my grandma for the first time. The first version too. I love this movie 🎥
Old cowboys never die, just do their brandin at a different holding pen.
Just tradin' out his silver spurs for some golden wings, and a guitar for a harp.
That was well done. A lot of people decried doing a remake, but I venture it did the story justice. Justice well done.
Much closer to the book.
When I was a kid the John Wayne version stuck with me. I am from Brasil and there was one channel that had westerns every monday. The scene in wich a 14 year old would just cross the river and go into wild country is stuck in my mind. Maybe it is for sentimental reasons I like both movies the same, but all in all, I think the modern one is certainly one of the great movies shot in this century.
👍👍👍
Moving ..
One time when the remake outshone the original.
A great movie.
Two women played the adult Mattie. Elizabeth Marvel who did the speaking lines and Ruth Morris was the body double. Ruth was born without her left forearm and was found after a nationwide search.
Everytime I hear this song, I feel a tinge of missing my days of being a Christian. This ending perfectly captures what a lot of us go through. We see it happening right in front of us, but can't do anything about it except to make each moment of your life count.
It's still not too late to come back like the prodigal son.
@@haroldcampbell3337 Yes, "come back", live the ridiculous fantasy, spend your time kneeling and praying to the empty void. No is listening, nobody cares, there's nothing there.
@@onastick2411sounds like a you problem
@@willbaker8505 lol, you must have imaginary friends, that comment makes absolutely no sense.
sorry that your life is so unfulfilling bru @@onastick2411
I am now 80, & lately I have looked back over the years & wonder how fast the years went by. I now have a gg grandson & pray the lord will give me a few years so he can Remember me as I remembered my grandfather. Two granddaughters that I spend as much time with as I can. Most of my high schools friends have passed, as well as others. Spend time with my 2 children & the lord blessed me with good children & granddaughters. Thank You Lord for giving me this good family. I have made my will & prepared to go win the lord calls me.
I love the Coen brothers films (most, anyway), and this is a beautifully done Western. Most films I watch that are based on a novel come up short of the book - not this one. Charles Portis' tale is a masterpiece - so is this film.
The first film of this could not hold a candle to this one. One of my top ten westerns of all time. Would love to see it again. Sound track was beautiful. Loved Iris Dement.
The John Wayne 'Grit' was a 'movie', & movies come & go, although I'm aware that version has many faithful fans... however, THIS 'Grit' is, IMHO, a MASTERPIECE OF FILM-MAKING that will always stand above the earlier version. I offer this opinion as someone who has read the book multiple times & loved it, & I think this version more faithfully captures the real feel of the Portis novel, plus, the actors, script, & direction in this version are much superior. The 1st version had Henry Hathaway, an 'underwhelming' director, & although it was serviceable, casting Kim Darby, 22, as a 14-yr-old girl was a MAJOR misstep, as was Glen Campbell's role, not to mention that HORRIFIC theme song! I could go on, but I guess I'd better close & stand by for all the 'hate e-mail I'll probably receive... we all have our opinions, 'haters'; I look forward to yours!
I agree, this version is much better, and I love the Duke.
I also agree that this version is much better then the original. I liked Wayne in it but he has done better in other movies, kim and Glenn were the weakest parts to the original, this version had believable characters because of solid performances.
This version was closest to the original story and context. Far superior.
The dialogue and character development of this version make me want to read the book....the original film, while rousing in the action sequences, did not.
@@yvwic50 I HOPE YOU DO read the book; it will give you a much greater insight into Mattie Ross & her inner self, & also put this scene in better context... ENJOY!!
You can't beat a good western. I wish they'd make more.
"Time just gets away from us. "
I called a friend (Joe) who I hadn't spoken to since 2015. His son (Ron), my best friend, passed away that year as well as my father a month before. When I didn't get an answer, I called Ron's widow and she told me that Joe passed three weeks ago. In eight years I couldn't go to the farm to see Joe, time just got away from me. I'm glad that my father got to meet Joe and Ron, I hope they are in each other's company now. They were good people.
Followed the book really well. Loved this film.