You'd have to be blind and deaf not to notice any of the hoopla about the Coen Bros. upcoming release of their new project "True Grit". I've seen the John Wayne version a few times and even caught "Rooster Cogburn" on cable television a time or two. They're not substantial movies but harmless enough for sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and a Diet Pepsi to pass a couple of idle hours.
After reading the NYT review on the movie, I took the writer's suggestion and found a copy of the book at the local library. It's a fast read being more of a novella than a novel. The book is definitely time well spent with, to use a cliche, wonderful language that I hadn't found in the fiction I've read for the last few years.
If the Coen Bros. did right by the novel, I expect a cinematic treat.
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Topic - Anyone seen an advance screening of True Grit? - Postal Grunt 19:45:30 12/19/10 (23)
- an average effort by the Coen brothers, so still worthwhile IMO - PhilJ 11:27:56 12/24/10 (0)
- Saw it last night... - Dalton 00:16:02 12/24/10 (4)
- It's very common to underestimate a Coen bros film on first viewing - Jazz Inmate 14:46:55 12/24/10 (3)
- RE: It's very common to underestimate a Coen bros film on first viewing - Dalton 16:12:43 12/24/10 (2)
- RE: It's very common to underestimate a Coen bros film on first viewing - Jazz Inmate 22:43:40 12/27/10 (0)
- Very, very well-written and thought out responses! ABSOLUTE - tinear 09:00:52 12/27/10 (0)
- came out today and I saw it - tunenut 17:55:37 12/22/10 (4)
- Thanks for that. Can't wait to see it. (nt) - reelsmith. 07:39:57 12/23/10 (0)
- Another home run by the Coens - Jazz Inmate 00:23:56 12/23/10 (2)
- Saw it Xmas day in Carmel, IN - SOLD OUT. - Harmonia 16:59:59 12/28/10 (1)
- RE: Saw it Xmas day in Carmel, IN - SOLD OUT. - Vinylized 09:48:15 01/03/11 (0)
- Looks pretty promising... - musetap 15:48:18 12/20/10 (0)
- Word is they're as true to it as they were to "No Country..." nt - tinear 12:57:38 12/20/10 (0)
- has all the earmarks of a classic Coen bros outing - Jazz Inmate 10:39:28 12/20/10 (0)
- Newsweek said... - mkuller 20:17:08 12/19/10 (8)
- As good as the book? - Peter Breuninger 05:13:54 12/21/10 (0)
- Gee - The Godfather, The Graduate, Goldfinger ... - musetap 21:35:39 12/20/10 (1)
- No James Bond film approaches the book upon which it is based. The formulaic 15-minute cavalry charge at the - tinear 07:56:07 12/21/10 (0)
- 'Blade Runner' - Tony D. 17:18:09 12/20/10 (1)
- RE: 'Blade Runner' - user510 18:52:47 12/21/10 (0)
- Where the Wild Things Are (NT) - tunenut 14:19:38 12/20/10 (2)
- Agreed... - mkuller 16:10:33 12/20/10 (1)
- arguably A Clockword Orange... - tunenut 16:46:06 12/20/10 (0)