The old one is on tonight at 8 pm on AMC.
I've seen the new one. It is a good movie, but I would rather watch John Wayne and the original cast.
With all of the remakes, has Hollywood run out of original ideas?![]()
Saw the old one many times. It has the feel of a Disney film in a way. Glenn Campbell as LaBouef? -come on!! The young lady who played Mattie Ross in the old one was 21 at the time.
The new version finally put some GRIT into True Grit. The young lady who plays Mattie Ross does an even better job than the fine performance in the original, and she is only 14 years old, so it was more believable. Matt Damon is a GREAT LaBouef! Damon abandons his super agent persona to do this role justice, he seems uncertain of himself as he has not caught Cheney, he is frustrated with Rooster's scorn, he keeps trying to impress Mattie. Just a great performance. Bridges gives a great perfomance also, and his rough, amiable, deadly version of Rooster is dead on.
All in all, I liked the second one better. More true to the book, better performances all around, an ending that is not from a fairytale. In the end you realize it is Mattie who really has True Grit. (And I loved her interaction with Frank James at the end, this girl can't let it pass! "Keep your seat, trash."