Originally Posted by jaguartx
Watched Tucker and Hannity a bit, then switched over to watch True Grit.

No John Wayne, no Kim Darby, no Glen Campbell and no fuggin good.

WTF has happened to the fugging US neighborhood?

No wonder youngsters think True Grit is no good.
My parents took me to see the original True Grit when it came out. It was great. I took my kids to see the Coen brothers version when it came out. After several year's reflection, the newer one is better. Bridges is a talented actor who is no stranger to westerns. I didn't think either Campbell or Darby sucked, as many did, but their newer counterparts were better. I don't know who the actor was who played Col. Stonehill, but there was no way you could best Strother Martin. Tom Cheney played by Josh Brolin was much more menacing than Jeff Corey. The scene at the end with Cole Younger and Frank James was just killer-even though I don't know how you could top John Wayne jumping a fence with his hoss.

The two movies are very different, and the Coen brothers wouldn't call theirs a re-make, just a different take on the same base material. Neither followed the novel exactly.