True Grit (11th Feb)

MookJong · 14 Feb 2011 at 12:45

Quirky with some dark humour, it certainly has the Coen brothers feel but I can't help thinking it would have been more awesome played totally straight like No Country.

It was a little bit "Oh Brother where art thou" for me...

7/10

Tunney · 14 Feb 2011 at 13:02

Hailee Steinfeld definitely deserves an Oscar for her performance. Well worth seeing, makes me want to play through Red Dead Redemption again.

ps3ud0 · 14 Feb 2011 at 13:55

Tunney said:
Hailee Steinfeld definitely deserves an Oscar for her performance. Well worth seeing, makes me want to play through Red Dead Redemption again.

LOL I said the same thing in the cinema - quite enjoyed it, mumbling Bridges got boring/obvious very quickly. The Coens seem to like pacing their films slowly - its not a bad thing, but wish there was a point to it in some of them (decent characterisation etc).

ps3ud0 :cool:

maddog · 14 Feb 2011 at 17:44

Really good acting,great script and well shot but zero story.

joem1983 · 21 Feb 2011 at 18:16

Really enjoyed it! Nice seeing a traditional western again.

I did see john waynes other true grit rooster cogburn the other day and that wasnt as good!

weringo · 21 Feb 2011 at 18:23

Rroff said:
Its the coen brothers... its going to be boring, long winded, slightly erratic, nonsense hiding behind its somehow "insightful", "thoughtful" or "artistic" when it blatantly isn't.

Haha that is spot on.

Curunen · 21 Feb 2011 at 19:01

4T5 said:
Jeff Bridges has really come into his own as the Old ****** up Dude, I'll be watching this.

Heh, he's so watchable in that kind of role.

Edrof · 21 Feb 2011 at 19:09

Rroff said:
Its the coen brothers... its going to be boring, long winded, slightly erratic, nonsense hiding behind its somehow "insightful", "thoughtful" or "artistic" when it blatantly isn't.

You've seen it then? :rolleyes:

Participant · 21 Feb 2011 at 19:32

Forde said:
You've seen it then?

Why the roll eyes? He's pretty much spot on. Whether or not he's seen it, he's allowed to make an educated guess as to what it's going to be like based on Coen Bros. past form.

Edrof · 21 Feb 2011 at 19:46

I can't recall a single part of the film that was erratic, long-winded, boring or 'nonesense'.

If he can give a trollish opinion on something he hasn't seen, I can damn well roll eyes at him!

Participant · 21 Feb 2011 at 20:07

Forde said:
I can't recall a single part of the film that was erratic, long-winded, boring or 'nonesense'.

If he can give a trollish opinion on something he hasn't seen, I can damn well roll eyes at him!

So because you can't recall it, his opinion was trollish?

He made a reasonable assumption based on prior form by the Coen Brothers. That in itself is not trolling, no matter how much you dislike the opinion given.

I have seen it and I agree with most of what he says. Pretty much all of it was absolutely boring.

craptakular · 21 Feb 2011 at 20:10

SHREDDER1UK said:
I turned it of after 10 mins snore worthy.

You turned the cinema off?

ethan · 21 Feb 2011 at 20:14

Oxy said:
You turned the cinema off?

Lol

Participant · 21 Feb 2011 at 20:18

Maybe he's a critic and was sent a screener

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Edrof · 21 Feb 2011 at 20:47

Robbie G said:
So because you can't recall it, his opinion was trollish?

He made a reasonable assumption based on prior form by the Coen Brothers. That in itself is not trolling, no matter how much you dislike the opinion given.

I have seen it and I agree with most of what he says. Pretty much all of it was absolutely boring.

Oh well, can't go wrong with Bad Boys and Die Hard 4.0.

Converge · 21 Feb 2011 at 22:40

I thought it was a great film. I liked the humourous elements to it as well. I agree that the girl deserves an oscar, she was particularly good.

Participant · 22 Feb 2011 at 09:44

Forde said:
Oh well, can't go wrong with Bad Boys and Die Hard 4.0.

It's easy to play the 'well you're thick, go and watch a thick person's movie' card. I've just seen The King's Speech, which I found enthralling. No Country for Old Men was paced brilliantly, the undertone of Chigurh's menace kept the interest levels high and...stuff actually happened in that movie.

True Grit by contrast, was utterly insipid.

Skillful diversion by yourself though...back to the original point, making a judgement on what a film could be like based on prior form, is hardly trolling.

bledd · 22 Feb 2011 at 10:11

/googles 'insipid'

thecremeegg · 22 Feb 2011 at 11:38

Saw this the other day, thought it was excellent

Amp34 · 24 Feb 2011 at 00:20

Not too bad, end was a bit long winded and I'm still never sure if Bridges is a good actor or a really bad one...

What I want to know is how the heck people can get shot so much and just be fine the next minute. Yeah because being shot through the chest just involves a small bandage and it's fixed! :confused:

Don't know why but that annoyed me in this film more than any other.