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Saw this story, thought some might be interested.

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I'll wait to pass judgment till after I've seen it.

The Duke abides...

That Matt Damon is willing to be quoted as saying he has never seen "True Grit" says volumes.

I'm really sick & tired of remakes.
Let the classics be.
Especially True Grit.
Is there no new ideas out there?

I am not going to bother. Any body want to bet this turkey will bomb big time?

Nothing says a western movie like John Wayne. Nothing says American tough guy like John Wayne. No one comes close, but, it's just the movies.

Apparently not.

Nobody can write a writ for a rat like John Wayne. I wouldn't waste my time.

I like the Coens' take on things, most of the time. And I don't mind "remakes" if they're well done. I was prepared to loath the remake of "3:10 to Yuma', but it was worth watching if you just regard it as a western and not as some sort of social commentary (which it wasn't).

The Coens' treatment of "No Country for Old Men" was refreshingly close to the book until they apparently decided to cut a key element close to the end. The overall effect was authentic (probably thanks to Tommy Lee Jones and his knowledge of westerners and west Texas). Haven't seen "The Road", so I don't know how they fared on that one...

How in the world can any remake anything that compares to this?

Not possible:

This is one I will be boycotting.

Anybody but John Wayne, playing the roles he made famous, is blasphemy.

That reminds me. True Grit is another classic I need to add to the collection. The grandkids NEED to know what real movies were.

Man this is like making a remake of "Dirty Harry", some movies should be left alone, the originals are still good. I would consider giving Bridges a chance, but not if it means having to watch (big mouth, small brain) Matt Damon.

Clint Eastwood will always be Dirty Harry & Wayne will always be Cogburn.

there just isn't any way possible to remake that film.

there just isn't any way possible to remake that film.
Which prompted me to have a few of those colts with the fancy grips and a period winchester takedown in 38.55

While its true there will never be another John Wayne the same book with a different screen play could stand on its own. Surely Bridges is smart enough to not infuse his roll with the Duke's mannerisms.

I have seen many people play Doc Holliday yet none beat Val Kilmer's take on the man.

If ya'll read the story, they aren't remaking the John Wayne film. They are making a new True Grit film based more closely on the novel, which is fantastic and ya'll should read.

You can't remake a John Wayne movie, but you can make a new movie with the same basic story and tell it in a new way. And that's what the Cohen Brothers are going to do. And honestly, no one can do it better than them. And if any of you have read the book, Jeff Bridges is probably the best actor on earth to play that role. Yes, even better than John Wayne.

And Matt Damon is appropriate for the role of LaBeouf, considering the character is a gigantic douchebag. Glenn Campbell was appropriate in the 1960's, Matt Damon is appropriate now.

It will be a damn fine film, and the people who will boycott it without knowing jack about it are the same idiots who refused to watch Top Shot based on seeing 10 minutes of the pilot.

Brian.

Thinking there are enough idiots on here that would boycott puzzy after one bad relationship or because 'none' could compete with the one piece they got in 1973.

I hope Bridges handles the lever action left handed, or the film will fall at the first hurdle...

It will awfully hard to produce a film as good as the original True Grit.

I would agree, but it sounds like its going to be a substantially different film. I'm betting they have moved away from the more "comic" elements of the original and gone for a harder, edgier version in keeping with the book...

In many ways its a shame they are calling it "True Grit" as it will always be under the shadow of the original; had they changed the name it may have had a better chance to be judged on its own merits...