tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post493203341617709685..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: On the Big Screen: TRUE GRIT (2010); or, The Dude of DeathSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-37762525562824281952010-12-30T20:03:04.469-05:002010-12-30T20:03:04.469-05:00Hey guys!
This is Nathanael from Forgotten Classi...Hey guys!<br /><br />This is Nathanael from Forgotten Classics of Yesteryear. You asked what I thought of "True Grit." Well...here it is:<br /><br />I thought that it was good. Very good, in fact. Do I like it better than the original? I can't quite say.<br /><br />I CAN say, however, that I preferred John Wayne's performance. And, no, that isn't just because I am an avid John Wayne fan. It's because...well...John Wayne's performance had more...true grit.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, Bridges was great. But he overplayed himself. I liked the analogy to W. C. Fields, because it felt like Bridges largely played his role for laughs. He was drunk off his ass, quite literally, for most of the film, all the while chewing more scenery than tobacco. He struck me as a rugged, mountain man...but not as a U.S. Marshall. He didn't come off as a guy who could take on four men with two loaded six-shooters. He came off as a well-meaning clown.<br /><br />Wayne's performance was much more believable and...I can't believe I'm about to use this word to describe John Wayne...subtle. You BELIEVED that he was a mean ol' curmudgeon. You BELIEVED that he killed 23 men. You BELIEVED that he was Rooster Cogburn.<br /><br />Also, I prefer the cinematography from the original film. The Coen Brothers use of rural Texas was striking...but after a while the washed out color palette largely dominated by browns and beiges became tedious. The original was filmed largely in the forests of Colorado, where Hathaway submerged the camera in luscious greens and blues in addition to the traditional browns and blacks which inevitably accompany every Western. The Coen Brother's film was too desaturated for its own good. I know that desaturated photography focusing on browns is a trademark in the Coen Brother's films (with "Barton Fink," "No Country for Old Men," and "A Simple Man" coming to mind). But I felt that this film could have used a bit more...well...color.<br /><br />Other than that, the film is thoroughly entertaining with an incredible cast. You know...I wouldn't be surprised if Matt Damon had a second Oscar nomination heading his way after this performance.Nathanael Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959797971471060052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-76984156369633767092010-12-27T20:40:16.539-05:002010-12-27T20:40:16.539-05:00Hola!!
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