True Grit...

[oldude]

I lived 30 miles north of where the original was shot, beautiful country but not eastern OK/western Ar. Bent

 

[Tumblernotch]

Saw it tonight. Liked it quite a bit. Onliest quibbles: Rooster seems to fire seven times at the corn dodgers, but mebbe he drew his other sixgun; other quibble is that Ned Pepper fires his sixgun to signal Rooster while holding it right next to his ear ...
That Mattie was outstanding. Oscar talk for her. Jeff Bridges, too.

I noticed that too. Kept asking my wife if she ever saw him reload. I sure didn't. And he didn't reload before he holstered his pistol. Everybody knows that's the first thing you do in hostile territory. That was a big problem I had with most of the old westerns. You rarely saw them reload and even then it was after they shot 10 or 12 times. I reckon they can't get everything right in Hollywood!

 

[chad1043]

Appaloosa had that detail in it.

 

[gifford]

I recalled seeing a pair of pistol grips by the saddle horn; likely the pair he used in the final gun fight. They may have been the Colt Navies. There was a reference to a brace of saddle guns, I'm thinking those were the ones.

We'll definitely be seeing it again on a dvd with the english subtitles turned on, maybe I can read what Rooster is mumbling half the time. G

 

[BillinOregon]

Hey I didn't sit through all the credits at the end. Was that Dollie Parton or Emmy Lou Harris singing the closing song?

 

[blueridger]

I saw the movie and enjoyed it. However, I missed what the Indian boys were doing that caused him to kick them. What were they doing?

 

[ADK Ephraim]

Iris DeMent!

 

[gifford]

The singer was Iris DeMint (not sure of the spelling of her last name).

 

[ADK Ephraim]

Pestering the horse or mule tied to the hitching post.

 

[Tumblernotch]

I saw the movie and enjoyed it. However, I missed what the Indian boys were doing that caused him to kick them. What were they doing?

Bedeviling that poor mule. Just about the funniest scene in the movie. Apparently they did that sort of thing a lot and were used to getting kicked around for probably a lot less. I think they had too much time on their hands. They looked like they were capable of about anything. I've known kids like that. :rotf:

 

[Timothy Gregory]

I saw the movie and enjoyed it. However, I missed what the Indian boys were doing that caused him to kick them. What were they doing?

Bedeviling that poor mule. Just about the funniest scene in the movie. Apparently they did that sort of thing a lot and were used to getting kicked around for probably a lot less. I think they had too much time on their hands. They looked like they were capable of about anything. I've known kids like that. :rotf:

Actually they were "Jobbing" the mule with sharp sticks making it skree-haw.

 

[Timothy Gregory]

I hope I'm not giving anything away to those who haven't seen the movie yet but I was hoping that it would have been Kim Darby who played the "older Mattie Ross" at the end of the movie. That would have been a great tie-in to the original. I to feel that the young lady who played Mattie Ross will be going places in the movie business. I just hope she can stay true to her roots and continue to deliver such power-full portrayals. I also hope they cast Jeff Bridges in a remake of the sequel; "Rooster Cogburn."

 

[Tumblernotch]

I hope I'm not giving anything away to those who haven't seen the movie yet but I was hoping that it would have been Kim Darby who played the "older Mattie Ross" at the end of the movie.

Have you seen her lately? She's scary lookin'.

 

[brubincam]

can some one post a recent picture of kim darby

 

[Tumblernotch]

All you have to do is Google her and there are several sites that have pictures. She is in her 60's after all, but also seems to have a crazed look in her eyes.

 

[zampilot]

Yeah, ya just had to mention her dint ya? To this young lad of 12 or 13 she was hot city in StarTrek, Miri, one of the "semi-grups' in that show. Does have that crazy look to her, thats OK it keeps the dogmen away. I'd... .... say hello.

 

[Dances With Coyotes]

To solve the mystery of the 7 shots, Cogburn took one of the pair of saddle pistols he had hanging off his saddle horn when he was shooting corn dodgers. I noticed one pistol he was using was his belt gun (which appeared to be a Colt SAA 7 1/2", which I'll bet was supposed to be a .44-40) and then it showed him with a Navy in his hand but his belly gun was holstered, but the cameras were switching back and forth between him and LaBoef.Another shot showed one of the saddle guns missing from the saddle holster.

 

[PaulN/KS]

I think you are right as I remember wondering where that caplock came from...
Also, since Rooster Cogburn rode with Quantrill his carrying extra pistols would have been a holdover from then I'll bet. :hmm:

 

[Tumblernotch]

Yeah, ya just had to mention her dint ya? To this young lad of 12 or 13 she was hot city in StarTrek, Miri, one of the "semi-grups' in that show. Does have that crazy look to her, thats OK it keeps the dogmen away. I'd... .... say hello.

She was a cute one back in the day. As a youngster when True Grit came out I thought she was hot...or at least as hot as a 10 yr. old would think. :wink: I didn't know at the time that she was over twice my age. Wouldn't have mattered anyway. :grin:

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

I saw the movie this afternoon. I have to say I liked it very much. I thought the location shots were great as was the costuming. It was the same story as the Wayne version, only told by a different individual, with a different take on it. I don't think the new version would have made it in the theaters at the time of the original one. There would probably have been a whole lot of editing out certain scenes. But that was just the style and taste of a different viewing audience then.

I liked the John Wayne version, and I liked the Jeff Bridges version. I think they both can stand up equally well on their own merits. :thumbsup:

And it would be cool if there were a couple of Oscars on the horizon for the new Rooster and Mattie. They certainly deserve consideration.