True Grit (2010)A Film Review by Junior Bruce
I love me a good western. Always have. From watching Nobody make a living legend out of Jack Beauregard in "My Name is Nobody," to fantasizing about being an old west outlaw taking on the Murphy Gang alongside Billy the Kid in "Young Guns," westerns have made up a significant portion of my movie watching years. So when something like "True Grit" comes lumbering down the trail, you know my goose-pimples are reaching for the sky like a rustler staring down the barrel of a Rooster Cogburn held pistol!
"True Grit" is a Coen Brothers remake of a classic starring John Wayne. Of course, as of this writing, I've yet to see the original, so I can't (and won't) be making any comparisons. What I will tell you, however, is that of the westerns that I have seen, this movie is one of the most authentic. Not that I've spent a day in the old west, because time travel hasn't been invented yet, but if I had to hold one movie up as a mirror to match what I think is accurate, "True Grit" is getting the nod.
