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Originally Posted by Frazod
Frankly, I thought it was massively superior to the original. Better performances from better actors all the way around. Hailee Steinfeld in particular was amazing. One of the best child actor performances ever.
The original True Grit isn't a bad movie, but I can think of a lot of John Wayne movies that I like better. The Oscar he won was more of a lifetime achievement award than anything else. It's one of those classic movies that just didn't live up to the hype. I feel the same way about African Queen; yeah, it's okay, but what's the big deal?
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I tried to be evenhanded, because I can truly see potential in both sides.
If someone had a lot of affection for the original, I can see them thinking that the Coen remake was superfluous, even if it was well made.
If someone was less than enamored of the original, I can see them applauding the Coen's doing a superior job.
And I . . . sort of . . . fall in the middle. I think both were good, and when I saw the remake I had long had lived with the experience of the original. But the Coen version was so well made, if I had seen it first, I probably wouldn't think as highly of the original.