Gol-dang! They're remaking True Grit
 

The Dude goes west!
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/true...ilers/11122344

Well, it looks interesting. I'll never forget when we watched this in the theater, my dad was incensed that Wayne said "SOBs" in a movie.

Been seeing ads for it for awhile. I don't see the need for a remake, but it might be worth seeing.

I just hope that this doesn't end up like wargames 2(a pale imitation of the original)

The need for remakes is that in the current Hollywood talent pool there is zip who can come up with something that is original, or if they can then the studios are so averse to trying something new they want stuff they can make cheap, suck you in on marketing and be garunteed to make a profit.

Originality = risk and risk does not equal big hollywood studios.

Enough with the remakes already. :shifty:

Unless they can bring back the Duke, I don't see it :hmmm:

That was my first thought pretty big shoes to fill.

Looks good as a stand alone film, but there will be too many comparisons with the original to let it float on its own. There is no replacement for the Duke.

I watched the trailer and it looks pretty damn good. :shucks:

I agree. It speaks poorly for the whole entertainment industry, further evidenced by the fact that one of a major US network's top shows is a remake of a show from 1968. This trend is everywhere.

It may be a remake, but its the Coen brothers, so it certainly will not be boring.

The original will still be a pretty hard act to follow.

Very true, besides the cost argument. The studios don't go on a small budget when they remake successful movies. It may be cheaper to pay royalties to the original creators than to write a whole new script, but the other costs tend to margin this sum.

That is one of my hopes too. As they have made a very good neo-western with "No Country For Old Men".

In fact I am delighted that Hollywood makes a new Western film, it wasn't the most popular genre in the last few years. The last ones I remember were "The Alamo" and the "Assassination of Jesse James", both had no big commercial success. I am hoping for a Western revival with some fresh ideas, like they did in the Zombie genre. :up:

To be fair, neither The Alamo nor Assassination of Jesse James were true westerns. On the other hand 3:10 From Yuma was a true western, but also a remake. The last western I really enjoyed was Open Range, which also happened to be the only Kevin Costner film I actually liked.

Also, True Grit was a very popular novel first, so in one sense the original movie was also a remake.

"mighty bold talk for a one-eyed fatman!" :up:


saw "The Shootist" over the weekend, the Duke's last film. He was always a larger than life figure. If you check the net, for example his IMDB entry, you will see he is still one of the most popular movie stars, even though he's been dead over 30 years.