True Grit 2010 Joel and Ethan Cohen

Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested. Written by Jim Beaver

Another triumph for Those Crazy MN boys. Jeff Bridges is a force of nature as Roster Cogburn, a roll made famous by the Duke himself. How does one top John Wayne. By making the man your own, the only thing left of old "Marion" is the eyepatch and the drinking, the rest is totally the Dude. However the real star here is the dialog. Such as these lines between titular bad guy Berry Bepper and Bridges' Cogburn;

Ned Pepper: What’s your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?
Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker’s convenience. Which’ll it be?
Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!

With that the reings are placed between the teeth and a thrilling recreation of the 1969 versons most memorable gunfight begin. Matt Damon is having fun and preens like a peacock The young Mattie Ross, who's film this truly is, is played with a religious determination by Haliee Steinfeld is a vision and this was her first film! Roger Deakins the DP does beautiful and austere work leaving the landscapes to do the heavy lifting. hese two filmmakers are brilliant and True Grit is one more great film in their already packed cannon!

Too much fun !