True Grit (1969) update feed

Favorite Movies of All Time (2014 Edition) (1000 movies items)

"2013: 815 2012: 784 2011: 753 2010: 727 2009: 688 2008: 656 2007: 624 2006: 576 "

Slant's 100 Best Westerns of All Time (100 movies items)

"The Duke casts a large shadow in any instance, but especially here. Rooster Cogburn is one of John Wayne’s most identifiable roles, not just because he won an Oscar for it, or because his True Grit is popular, or because he played the character twice (the second time in 1975’s Rooster Cogburn), but mostly because Rooster’s personality is so intertwined with Wayne’s iconic persona. Wayne’s detractors often note that Wayne lacked range, and that, given his consistent trademark drawl, abo"

Favorite Movies of All Time (2013 Edition) (1000 movies items)

"2012: 784 2011: 753 2010: 727 2009: 688 2008: 656 2007: 624 2006: 576 "

Favorite Movies of All Time (2012 Edition) (1000 movies items)

"2011: 753 2010: 727 2009: 688 2008: 656 2007: 624 2006: 576 "

The Expendables 70s fancast (10 movies items)

"John Wayne "

Favorite Movies of All Time (2011 Edition) (1000 movies items)

"2010: 727 2009: 688 2008: 656 2007: 624 2006: 576 "

Sheriffs & Marshals - Movies (50 movies items)

"Kim Darby and ... John Wayne as Marshal Rooster Cogburn "

Favorite Movies of All Time (2010 Edition) (1000 movies items)

"2009: 688 2008: 656 2007: 624 2006: 576 "

Watched in 2019 (87 movies items)

"January 27th, 2019"

Favorite Movies of All Time (2009 Edition) (950 movies items)

"2008: 656 2007: 624 2006: 576 "

Favorite Films of All Time (2008 Edition) (900 movies items)

"2007: 624 2006: 576 "

Best Films of 1969 (25 movies items)

" Wayne's last solid effort shows his age, which works for the Rooster character. The girl is annoying and the cinematography is sage bush league but this adaptation is still a classic, even if the Coens' remake easily improves upon the Portis story."

Films that absolutely needed that remake. (10 movies items)

"It is hard to believe that a Henry Hathaway/John Wayne collaboration could be bested. But, thanks to the presence in the original of Glen Campbell and Kim Darby (and despite the presence of Dennis Hopper and Robert Duvall), in 2010, the Coen brothers did just that. The second film is superior in every way to the original, though the original is very good too."