Review of True Grit (2010) by Vypurr — 11 Jan 2011

I didn't really like this movie. Jeff Bridges voice was annoying (too much groveling in his voice), and the scenery looked pretty bland (no vibrant sky colors or grass colors). The town scenes looked unauthentic and it seems as if some of the background was intentionally a bit off or blurry, so someone wouldn't focus on it I suppose.

The girl, Maggie spoke too sophisticated for a 14 year old, and seemed too rehearsed at times. The old vigilante cowboys even seemed to speak this way at times, and it came off as unauthentic. Maggie looked mixed race (white/black) and I'm wondering if this was intentional to appeal to a wider audience? I definitely don't think that was the "norm" in the 1800's.

Whole thing seemed unauthentic and stiff. Thumbs down on the scenery and acting. Definitely didn't hold up to the original. A much better western is The Quick and the Dead with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman.

Hackman was born to play a cowboy and the scenery is perfect for that era and there was so much put into the visual effects of this movie.