Review of True Grit (2010) by Broncosownyou — 20 Jan 2011

For any one to say that this version of True Grit is more faithful to the book by Charles Portis is ridiculous. This version changed just as much, if not more than the original did. I understand that the book is narrated through Mattie's eyes but they left out so much of what made the book so great that it was almost a different story. Too many characters spoke lines in the movie that other characters in the book had actually spoken. Parts of the movie were out of order and the role of Rooster Cogburn himself was literally relegated to second fiddle.

This movie gets a 6 because it was a decent western. But if you want to watch True Grit stick with the original.

"The Dude" just couldn't pull off what the "The Duke" did over 40 years ago.