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Entertaining western but not amazing. The performances from everyone but Wayne are pretty hokey. The girl is more annoying than anything and I can't figure out why Glenn Campbell is in this.
It seems like they missed some things they could have edited out. and what is left isn't all that exciting. However, The Duke is nice to watch and the good parts are really good.
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It's an entertaining western, but there's very little depth to it.
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One of those situations where I was going to see the new version so I wanted to watch the original version first and then I didn’t even go see the new version after all meaning that watching this original version was a colossal waste of time.
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A great western driven by one of John Wayne's best performances. The film raises many issues that would not usually be touched by a traditional western such as the role of women and the centrality of violence within the American community.
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Rewatched on blu ray.Transfer is excellent to blu ray.Watched with commentary from western historians which was witty and informative.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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It's OK. Not a patch on The Coen Brothers vision and nowhere near to doing the book justice. Wayne is massively over acting and shouts every line of dialogue for whatever reason. I freely admit to not being a fan of classic westerns and this is a true classic western with its obvious good vs bad visual choices.
This movie was released in 1969, the year of Easy Rider, if ever you needed a demonstration of how far New Hollywood…
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True Grit is a bad movie all around. John Wayne playing an unconvincing drunk, heavily overacting.
Kim Darby playing the girl who hires the man with True Grit (i.e. John Wayne) is showing this JW how to act. Here role is not very convincing either, but that's the script. An actor is in a tough spot when (s)he has to play a badly written script.
And there was little to the story.
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Viewed on Netflix
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Not nearly as good as the Coens' but still really good. This is the first John Wayne I've seen and it wasn't terrible.
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This had been on my To See list for ages, and fortunately for me last year's remake occasioned this Blu-ray Disc release of the 1969 film adaptation. The premise is simple enough: Mattie (Darby) hires U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn (Wayne) to track down the man who killed her father and bring him to justice. Mattie is a headstrong young woman, Rooster is a deeply flawed ornery old codger. They are reluctantly joined by La Boef (Campbell), a young buck out…
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Commentary track by Jeb Rosebrook, Bob Boze Bell and J. Stuart Rosebrook *****
The trio share insights into the story, the production and the history of the era depicted on screen. They're very well informed on all three topics and the conversation is engaging and lively. I'm always leery of commentary tracks with more than two participants, but this one is terrific. They ask one another questions, prompting a litany of anecdotes and observations. Easily one of the most enjoyable commentary tracks I've ever heard, and highly recommended for enthusiasts.