Re: True Grit

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, pcg wrote:
> Young Hailee Steinfeld is sharp, smart, and terrific, and reminded me of 
> nothing so much as Megan Follows in the first "Anne of Green Gables" 
> mini-series.

Steinfeld is indeed terrific, though it never occurred to me to think of 
Follows.  As I recall, Follows' Anne was full of insecurities, whereas 
Steinfeld's character is... not.

> I've never seen the original, as I'm not a huge fan of John Wayne or 
> westerns in general, but this movie surprised me by how funny it is. And 
> not "dark, quirky, Coen Brothers" funny, just plain laugh-out-loud 
> funny.

Heh.  Quite a few Coen brothers (why is the "b" always capitalized?) have 
actually been a bit miffed that True Grit is "too mainstream", or that 
they can't sense the Coens' directorial style here.

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