True Grit, Best movie of the year?

Frankly, and without surprise, the coen brother have done it once again. In their highly lingual style, they demonstrate how effective speaking and diction can work verses straight blood and gore. True Grit is a wonderful mixture of clever language and incredible acting, especially the bold performance of Hailee Steinfield who really nailed every element of her part, playing a surprisingly witty and very bold young girl. However, this is not to say that Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges, and Josh Brolin were all lack luster as well. Jeff Bridges is barely recognizable as the alcoholic and constantly intoxicated U.S Marshall. Matt Damon as the overly cocky Texas Ranger, was funny, yet stayed true to the true nature of the wild west. They were just as spectacular and Josh Brolin’s ignorant portrayal of Tom Cheney really catches you off guard as this blundering idiot who seems to be a complete coward was not how you expected him to be.
The movie starts off with the young girl, Mattie Ross, played by Steinfield, is looking to hire somebody to take out the murderer of her father, Tom Cheney. She meets Rooster Cogmire played by Jeff Bridges, a mean, but extremely talented U.S marshall. They are later joined by a Texas Ranger played Matt Damon who is also looking for Tom Cheney. The movie follows the three characters as they track Tom Cheney through indian territory in the early United States. The movie is a true western in every sense of the word and the Coen Brothers really nail every element of that. The only non-coen brothers style to the film was the ending, which was very cut and dry, not typical fashion of the talented Coen Brothers, which is not too surprising, considering the film is a remake of an earlier film.

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