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Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« on: October 22, 2010, 11:24:33 PM »


http://msn.universalpictures.nl/truegrit/

I'm rather undecided about this, being quite fond of the John Wayne flick.
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 11:50:07 PM »
Okay, that was...odd.  If it wasn't a remake, it might have struck me as interesting.  Has there ever been a successful remake of a movie starring The Duke?
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2010, 12:04:43 AM »
Technically it is supposed to be closer to the book than the Duke's version was.  Darker.

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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2010, 12:09:01 AM »
Didn't they skip the whole amputation thing, for the old movie?
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2010, 02:25:51 PM »
Kim Darby is my favorite actress.

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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2010, 01:47:01 PM »
As long as it is different enough from the older movie that I am not constantly reminded of it or comparing it, It might turn out to be pretty good to watch.
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2010, 02:02:03 PM »
Well Mech, there may be some hope of that, as it's not a remake of the earlier movie, but a new adaptation of the book.
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2010, 03:30:48 PM »
Call it what you will, remake, reintrepretation...
The real question is when was the last time an even partly original idea came out of hollywierd?
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2010, 08:37:47 PM »
Never seen the original.  So maybe I'll be able watch and enjoy this.  But, it has Brad Pitt.  So that reduces the odds of enjoyment.
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2010, 09:14:02 PM »
Why?  Is there not one person in the film industry that can come up with an original idea?  Why all the damn remakes?

I'll pass seeing this. And I'll be pissed if they try to remake "Big Jake" or "The Shootist". P
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2010, 09:38:17 PM »
Quote from: Tuco on October 23, 2010, 02:25:51 PM
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2010, 10:34:08 PM »
Quote from: sumpnz on October 24, 2010, 08:37:47 PM
Never seen the original.  So maybe I'll be able watch and enjoy this.  But, it has Brad Pitt.  So that reduces the odds of enjoyment.

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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2010, 12:28:24 AM »
Quote from: sumpnz on October 24, 2010, 08:37:47 PM
Never seen the original.  So maybe I'll be able watch and enjoy this.  But, it has Brad Pitt.  So that reduces the odds of enjoyment.

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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2010, 01:02:48 AM »
There is no Brad Pitt in this movie, or at least I don't see any mention of it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403865/

Quote from: Battle Monkey of Zardoz on October 24, 2010, 09:14:02 PM
Is there not one person in the film industry that can come up with an original idea?  Why all the damn remakes?
I'll pass seeing this. And I'll be pissed if they try to remake "Big Jake" or "The Shootist". P

The John Wayne version was not terribly original; it was based on a novel. As this one is from the Coens, it will probably be better. Then again I'm partial, because the girl in the trailer looks like my friend, Heather, who really does have "grit."


Besides, how would Brad Pitt be a negative?  ???
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2010, 08:17:26 AM »
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Besides, how would Brad Pitt be a negative?

As in the OPPOSITE of a positive
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2010, 10:01:04 AM »
Quote from: Fistful on October 25, 2010, 01:02:48 AM

Besides, how would Brad Pitt be a negative?  ???
Is he the one playing the Texas Ranger?  I'm pretty sure I don't like him trying to represent Texas.  They should have made him one of the bad guys that gets killed.
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2010, 10:55:21 AM »
I'm drawing a blank:  What was the Western remake a year or two ago about the farmer/rancher who volunteered to escort a prisoner to get the reward for his family?   The name is escaping me. 

IMO, that was a movie that was so like the original that I was constantly comparing the two.  I found I liked the original much better. 
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2010, 12:00:58 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 25, 2010, 10:55:21 AM
I'm drawing a blank:  What was the Western remake a year or two ago about the farmer/rancher who volunteered to escort a prisoner to get the reward for his family?   The name is escaping me. 

IMO, that was a movie that was so like the original that I was constantly comparing the two.  I found I liked the original much better. 

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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2010, 12:31:56 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 25, 2010, 10:01:04 AM
Is he the one playing the Texas Ranger?  I'm pretty sure I don't like him trying to represent Texas.  They should have made him one of the bad guys that gets killed.

That's Matt Damon, of the "Bourne" series, "Good Will Hunting", and he was Private Ryan.
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2010, 05:51:21 PM »
Matt Damon is the Texas Ranger; Brad Pitt is not in the film.

They're both great, so I don't know what all the fuss is about.  ???
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2010, 05:54:22 PM »
Should have Duval as Judge Parker  =)
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2010, 06:20:28 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on October 25, 2010, 05:51:21 PM
Matt Damon is the Texas Ranger; Brad Pitt is not in the film.


Thank God....y'all had me worried for a moment....

Is Josh Brolin still playing the bad guy?....
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2010, 08:14:28 PM »
Quote from: Matthew Carberry on October 23, 2010, 12:04:43 AM
Technically it is supposed to be closer to the book than the Duke's version was.  Darker.

I've never read the book.  Is it good?
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2010, 10:29:08 AM »
My bad.  Matt Damon is better than Brad Pitt.  'Course that's damning with faint praise.  Maybe I will bother to watch it afterall.
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Re: Coen brothers remaking "True Grit"
« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2010, 06:15:07 PM »
OK, I just have to know. What is so bad about Brad Pitt? I mean, other than consorting with A-Jo, which probably indicates some serious issues, why would anyone dislike him as an actor?
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