Friday, January 6, 2012

True Grit (2010)

Just passing along some good news: one of the best films of recent years, True Grit, is on Instant Play. It's a beautiful movie--its landscapes not as dramatic as the 1969 version, but photographed so well, the characters and action framed in spaces that look nothing like "scenery." And it's maybe one of the Coen bros.' most morally complex films, in that the justice enacted is fraught with losses, and the plucky young heroine is forced to see each one, and learn to live with them. Besides, the narration is typically Coen-perfect, and Jeff Bridges rolls himself up into a ball bigger and messier than the Dude's. All in all, one of those rare occasions when a remake makes perfect sense.

2 comments:

  1. I just made this list of the best movies instantly available on Netflix.
    http://myinstantqueue.blogspot.com/

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  2. It's one of those movies you can watch again and again, just for the dialogue--even the sounds of the voices, no matter what they're saying.

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