True Grit

There are several Coen brothers movies I don't really like (Barton Fink, the Hudsucker Proxy, Burn After Reading), but when their period pieces (No Country for Old Men, Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou?) have generally been outstanding.

 

'Burn After Reading' was alright. Not up to the standard of most of their other work, but still better than 98 percent of American movies.
I really liked 'The Hudsucker Proxy,' and 'Barton Fink' is my favorite Coen brothers movie.

 

It's not a thick book. You could knock it out in a few hours. Portis — a former newspaperman — is woefully ignored. Partly because he's a bit of recluse.

 

I haven't gotten a copy yet. Maybe I'll check out if Borders has it in stock when I do some Christmas shopping.
I'm reading Larsson's Millenium trilogy, and I want to finish the third before we get the movie.

 

I never thought of that before but I generally agree. Miller's Crossing is fantastic as well.

 

The original was kind fun but kind of cheesy. Comes off in parts as not-so-scary episode of Gunsmoke or something. Also some really bad acting (Glenn Campbell).

This looks like it could be better.

 

And for the umpteenth time, as said on various threads, this isn't a remake of the movie. It's a re-imagining of the book. Its original source material is the book, not the movie.

 

Are you a flak for Paramount?

 

I believe we are 3 short of an umpteenth, so I don't appreciate your tone, hair-splitter.

 

so this is a remake of the john wayne movie, right?

 

No. The Kim Darby version.

 

Compared to what was happening in American film making in the late 60's, True Grit was hopelessly old fashioned. It was about ten years behind the times.

Wayne's Academy Award was basically a Lifetime Achievement Award because the old studio's way of life was dying, if not already dead.