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Plot: An aging marshal helps a young girl find her father's killer. When a Texas Ranger joins in the pursuit for the reward, conflicts ensue between the two men until the girl brings them together.
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MCT:August 6, 2008
John Wayne is lawman Rooster Cogburn - a sort of Dirty Harry of the old west with an eye patch! A great no-nonsense western with plenty of drama and action. John Wayne's performance deserved to win him an OSCAR.
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MCT:July 8, 2008
So that's what that image is from. Sure, I knew True Grit was a movie, but I didn't realize that this movie would be so straightforward.
I'd like to start off differently than I normally do. Normally, I stress all the positive aspects of a film before really getting into the full court slam. This time, I'm going to talk about the negative things because it happens right off the bat. The beginning of this film is a mess. Almost indiscernable what is going on and who is who. We know that the main character hates Tom, but that's about it. We see someone get shot and then there's a general state of confusion from that point on. There's just so much going on that the director understands, but the audience is just left in the dark, making leaps of faith to make heads or tails of the plot up to that point.
The other kinda sh*tty thing about this movie is the music. It's 1969 and there's a ton that really reflects in this movie. Screw the fact that history is supposed to be objective. That's incidental at this point. What you really notice is this godawful score and feathered hair. Honestly, there's moments when the music almost feels appropriate, but then it gets all sixties-esque and makes me gag. The thing is, I really like a lot of the scores from the 60's. But the music in this movie just does not match what is going on screen and makes it almost seem like a TV episode at times.
But the rest of the movie gets to be really smooth. I was going to gripe about how annoying the main character is. I mean, having a fourteen year old girl is just like what Jurassic Park did with Lex and Tim or the addition of Edward Furlong to the Terminator franchise. But rather than have this character be cute, she just comes off as a raging, annoying b*tch and that drove me crazy at times. But that kind of characterization was kind of necessary for the movie. I started liking her when Rooster says, "She reminds me of me." Okay, so that change in her character really pays off not when characterizing her, but when looking at Wayne's character. It is interesting seeing Wayne in this part. This is the movie that got him the award, which is odd because this movie feels more like a culmination of all of his parts to the extreme. Rooster Cogburn is the manliness and gruffness of John Wayne's other characters and amplified them until he's a full-fledged bastard of a man. Pretty much, if all of those characters continued leading their lonely lives, they would have eventually all melded together and formed this nasty ol' coot. But this nasty ol' coot's got some background and that's what separates this from other Westerns. There's a really great change.
What's odd is that this is a two hour plus movie that doesn't feel that long. Once you really get into the story, it is really interesting and there's a natural change that goes through all of these characters. It's really well written and there's a certain amount of respect I have for the post-intro stuff that goes on in this movie. Also, the villains have the same deal going on. While most villains are evil in Westerns, the main villain in this movie is just pathetic. He seems to blame life for all of his problems and considers himself a victim of circumstance despite constantly doing selfish things. I think that's much better than the "evil-for-evil's-sake" bad guy.
I love the fact that I keep seeing Dennis Hopper in these tiny little parts in great films. You know that he was just struggling to get noticed and accidentally found himself in all these truly classic movies. If I start another drinking game, there's going to be the "spot Dennis Hopper" option that will get you only a little drunk. Frankly, if it offered to get you really drunk, you'd get totally wasted every three movies. He's in that many movies. (Okay, not that many, but you catch my drift.) I was also surprised to see Robert Duvall. It's always a treat to see Robert Duvall at a younger age. He's really made his mark as "the old guy in movies," but seeing him as a young, spry guy who is terrifying because he's such a threat is a fun change.
I won't say that this movie has the draw that a lot of the imagery online implies. What I will say is that it is a far above average Western that serves as a good character piece and rather than saying "it's a good western," I'd be more inclined to say "It's a good film." -
MCT:June 19, 2008John Wayne finally got an Oscar for his performance as Rooster Cogburn in this film and he deserved it.
True Grit is about a young girl who seeks revenge on the man that killed and robbed her father. She bribes Federal Marshall Cogburn to go after the man with Glen "Bad Mugshot" Campbell in tow as a Texas Ranger hunting the same man.
Wayne seems to be playing a crustier version of himself at this point in his life. Rooster's demeanor appears to be that life had ridden him hard and put him away wet. Overused seems to come to mind and Wayne gives probably one of the best performances of his life.
Featuring a young Dennis Hopper and a young Robert Duvall True Grit was Wayne' swan song, mainly because most of his output after this film (excluding the Shootist) just wasn't up to snuff. It also rang the last call bell on the great American western (as opposed to the Italian influenced westerns) mainly with the deaths of Howard Hawks, John Ford, and eventually John Wayne himself.
This film was going to be a four start affair, but I had to bump up a half a star because of the appearance of screen legend and personal guru Strother Martin. -
MCT:June 14, 2008The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he has "grit", and a reputation of getting the job done. The two are joined by a Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Glen Campbell), who is looking for the same man (Jeff Corey) for a separate murder in Texas. Their odyssey takes them from Fort Smith, Arkansas, deep into the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) to find their man.
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MCT:June 8, 2008
Rooster Cogburn: Mr Rat... My writ here says you must stop eating Chen Lee's cornmeal forthwith. It's a rat writ, writ for a rat, and this is lawful service of same. See, he doesn't pay any attention to me.(Shoots rat.)
Mattie: Outside is the place for shooting!
RC: I'm serving some papers
Mattie: That was your job in the first place!
RC:You can't serve papers on a rat, baby sister. You've got to kill him or let him be. ... Judge Parker... Old Carpetbagger! But he knows his rats. We had a good court... ...until those pettifogging lawyers moved in. The ratcatcher's too tough on the rats! "Give them rats a fair show," they say. What fair show did they give old man Potter? Tell me that. Finer man never lived. -
MCT:April 22, 2008
One of my favorite John Wayne movies, thsi show has all the makes of a gun slinging western, but with family values and emotions. I Loves It!
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MCT:April 17, 2008
Excellent western...Wayne is very good, and Kim Darby is a very unique character for this type of film.
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MCT:April 11, 2008
One of Wayne's finest efforts. Glen Campbell surprises as an actor in that he doesn't suck. Kim Darby steals the show.
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MCT:March 21, 2008
An excellent western, John Wayne did a great job (probably not well enough to deserve his best actor oscar, but hey), definitely worth seeing if you like westerns.
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MCT:March 16, 2008
Ive never been a John 'fascist' Wayne fan. Hes pretty one dimensional. But in his long list of films, there are a few i like. But True Grit is a great western. With a couple great scenes featuring alot of killer supporting acts like Strother Martin, Dennis Hooper and Robert Duvall. Glenn Cambell was soso. But the character of Rooster Cogburn is great and i actually liked Wayne here.
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MCT:February 21, 2008Very Good movie, Wayne won Oscar I believe. Young girl hires Gogburn to hunt down her father's killer. An allstar cast even though it does not show it to the right.
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MCT:January 16, 2008
Loved the movie I just couldn't stand the lead actress. She just grated on my nerves through the whole film.
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MCT:December 14, 2007
Filmed near where I lived as a 10 year old boy. It was lots of fun to watch it being filmed. My Father was an extra, and could easily be seen in the crowd at the hanging scene.
Plus it had THE DUKE!!!! -
MCT:November 9, 2007
this movie is a real action packed cowboy and John Wayne plays the part Beautifuly. a great movie with plenty of GRIT.
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MCT:October 8, 2007
Wonderful western! I love John Wayne, and I wish I could see more of Kim Darby. She was on Frasier once a long time ago.
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MCT:September 12, 2007
John Wayne won best actor for this one. Definitely his best performance coupled with the best script.
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MCT:September 8, 2007
Yeah okay, so I hate the fat racist one, but that doesn't mean that he didn't occasionally make a good film, I mean come on, the odds are in his favour, cos he made fucking hundreds of films...this ain't bad
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MCT:August 23, 2007
Fantastic - John Wayne is such a legend! Even old and fat (as he was in this one) he has more charisma than every modern so called movie star will ever have. The Duke rules!!!
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MCT:August 15, 2007
This movie is one to treasure. True Humor, Great Acting, Wonderful Script, Marvelous Casting!
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MCT:August 4, 2007
I would hardly call John Wayne's acting in this stellar, but compared to the rest of the cast he's great. Ultimately, he's the only character that engenders sympathy from the viewer. I think I would have actually enjoyed this movie more if Kim Darby's annoyingly arrogant and unsympathetic character had died. The fact that this movie inspires sadism in me is a bad sign. But, if you want an entertaining western it's not bad.
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MCT:July 17, 2007
One of the Duke's most loved movies for a reason. He's a crusty old soul here, but probably more lovable than ever was before or after.
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MCT:July 14, 2007
This movie sums up John Wayne's career perfectly. His acting ability was always questionable but his charisma and collaborations with masters of the genre always bore fruit.
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MCT:July 9, 2007
What can one say:The Duke's only oscar winning movie, even though I thought he should have won a few more.
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MCT:July 1, 2007
has got to be like one of my all time fav's....i'm goofy so fuck it ! I like it just the same....my favorite part is when the dude look's at rooster(john wayne)and says"thats bold talk for a one eyed fat man" well that pisses him off so he in turn say take your rains you sonofabitch...and off he charges with two yellow boys leaver action........NUFF said !
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