True Grit was originally created in 1969 by Hal B. Wallis and starred the world famous, John Wayne. Many years later is was remade by the Coen Brothers in 2010. The remake featured a very popular actor, Jeff Bridges. The roles played in the remake act, walk, and talk a lot like the original. For the most part, they even look alike! The Coen Brothers stuck to all of the original roles and didn’t add a single one. The way the directors of both movies go about the violence and humor in both are great. They’re not bloody or crude to the point that you wouldn’t want to watch it. But it’s got enough to make it interesting. The original True Grit has become a classic western movie that a lot of the younger generations haven’t seen, while the remake
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People thought that Bridges couldn’t live up to the performance that Wayne gave. On the other hand, a lot of them wanted to see Bridges, in his born again, middle aged prime, because they thought he would do it justices. In the original revision a lot of people didn’t like the way that Wayne was playing this role, and that was mostly the younger generation. They thought that he symbolized old values, and didn’t really care for him. John Wayne won an Academy award for his performance in this movie and as the years have passed, it has become obvious that there was no one better from this era that could have played this …show more content…
At first, it wasn’t seen like that. In 1969 it was just another western, and there were quite a few of those at that day in time. Generation after generation it has aged beautified and John Wayne is truly respected for the role he played. Even though some say that Jeff Bridges could not live up to the part, and I would say it would be terribly hard to follow up the performance that Wayne gave. Bridges did an outstanding job in the part of Rooster Cogburn. In 1969 a lot of the young generation didn’t like the fact that Wayne was going to be starting in the film. Wayne to them was a old man who was very conservative and stuck in his old ways. They wanted to see someone younger and tougher. It’s funny because its flip-flopped with the remake. It’s the old that doesn’t like Bridges playing the part, because they are the ones that really know
People thought that Bridges couldn’t live up to the performance that Wayne gave. On the other hand, a lot of them wanted to see Bridges, in his born again, middle aged prime, because they thought he would do it justices. In the original revision a lot of people didn’t like the way that Wayne was playing this role, and that was mostly the younger generation. They thought that he symbolized old values, and didn’t really care for him. John Wayne won an Academy award for his performance in this movie and as the years have passed, it has become obvious that there was no one better from this era that could have played this …show more content…
At first, it wasn’t seen like that. In 1969 it was just another western, and there were quite a few of those at that day in time. Generation after generation it has aged beautified and John Wayne is truly respected for the role he played. Even though some say that Jeff Bridges could not live up to the part, and I would say it would be terribly hard to follow up the performance that Wayne gave. Bridges did an outstanding job in the part of Rooster Cogburn. In 1969 a lot of the young generation didn’t like the fact that Wayne was going to be starting in the film. Wayne to them was a old man who was very conservative and stuck in his old ways. They wanted to see someone younger and tougher. It’s funny because its flip-flopped with the remake. It’s the old that doesn’t like Bridges playing the part, because they are the ones that really know