and the humour -life was cheap and lawless and i felt that. The trading of the body was a great touch, as was the bearsskin trapper.... you can "smell" them all. Bridges makes a very credible drunk has been . Hailee was great - a bit too unbelievable at times. The gunfights are well done - I found it sad, black and real . Beautifully shot. Shame about the horse Spaceship B : 01 Mar 2011 10:45:11am ((True Grit))[[8]] This was indeed a gritty, blood-soaked old-fashioned western of the kind which is unknown today. Against the trend, I enjoyed Mat Damon's and Hailee Steinfeld's performances more than the venerable Jeff, whose mumbling wasn't as bad as reported. This film had some very subtle humour. Damon's honourable Texas Ranger was quite hilarious, and Steinfeld's endless threats to put lawyers onto the bad guys is a brilliant touch. Had no problems with the ending. But, I haven't seem the original. I am sure the Duke would have loved it. KT : 26 Feb 2011 12:04:27pm ((True Grit))[[5]] I and my two companions hated it. I'm sure the dialogue would have been great but we couldn't understand it. The close ups weren't too bad because you could try to lip read but further away it was incomprehensible. The rescue scene in the cave was perfunctory and firing a gun multiple times in a small area I'm sure would cause some sort of ricochet that would be bound to kill someone. Corny movie. Clayton