Sunday 22 March 2015

One of 2010's Best Films, True Grit

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The release of most movies in 2010 proved that this year was one of the weaker ones for films. There were very few movies that were even in the running for best picture of the year and they were easily identifiable if they were. Early on one of the year's best movies was recognized very early in the year. True Grit immediately vaulted into the running for best picture when it was released in 2010. This award was not the only one that True Grit was up for; they were up for many others as well.

The Coen brothers are well known within the film industry and they made this film. Many popular films have been made by them over the years and True Grit is considered among this group. Previously there was a film released under the same name starring John Wayne, but this version of True Grit stays closer to the one in the novel. One feature that really shot the movie up the charts was an outstanding cast of characters.

Jeff Bridges played the main character. Jeff Bridges had worked with the Coen brothers on other films as well, most notably The Big Lebowski. A murder of her father forces a young woman to look for someone to avenge him and the man she hires is Bridges. Starting as a drunk who cares for no one and ending with him trying to save the young woman's life, Bridges makes an amazing transformation. The young lady continued to view him as an important person in her life even though they never saw each other after their adventure.

Watching True Grit is definitely worth the time that it takes. This film was very well done and that is increasingly rare to see in the Western genre of films. Great scenes that mix up some high comedy and dead seriousness offers the mix that most are used to with Coen brothers films. Everyone who watches this movie will be entertained.

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