few days. Anything by the Coen Bros is great and this is no exception, watching No Country/Burn after Reading/Fargo recently reminded me of that. If you couldnt understand Jeff B then you probably needed to concentrate more Maggie : 11 Feb 2011 4:34:19pm ((True Grit))[[9]] Lose 1/2 star for the choice of the actress who played Hattie at the end of the film. A better match for Hattie could have been found. She didn't portray any connection with the child at all. Otherwise a great effort and thoroughly enjoyable. I could almost smell Rooster in the beginning of the film. Helen : 11 Feb 2011 3:52:53pm ((True Grit))[[5]] I agree with Margaret, why bothering doing a re-make when it is very close to the original. I also preferred the original ending as well, like Margaret. Although there are some things to like about this version, save yourself the bother and see the original. BeeDee : 11 Feb 2011 11:46:06am ((True Grit))[[6]] Like most Coen Bros films this is overhyped. The original film is actually truer to the wonderful Charles Portis novel , and I agree with Margaret about the ending being weaker in the Bros version. They also removed two crucial scenes and replaced tham with their own inventions which actually detract from the humor and tension of the original story. Bri8dges is unintelligible and even more "hammy" than the John Wayne original. Raven : 11 Feb 2011 11:32:44am ((True Grit))[[7]] I hope I don't sit next to any of