Salty O'Rourke
Practically Family
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Some consider it sacrilege, others believe this is one of the greatest westerns of our times (and there are very few I might add). I fall with the later crowd. I saw True Grit two nights ago, and I was immersed by every minute of it. Jeff "The Dude" Bridges sure did a good job portraying the role of Rooster Cogburn, although I'm not sure just how well John Wayne himself pulled it off. You see, I've yet to see the 1969 version of True Grit. I guess I'll have to rent it through Netflix soon. Then I can decide for myself which version I liked better.
I definitely recommend you see the original. Take note of how Wayne uses his "good eye" - from the way he cocks his head and rolls his eye around, you feel as if he's truly been absent the eye for years. Actually, his patch was made so he could see through it (so as not to mess up his depth perception). Stuff like that (along with his hand movements while talking and the way his body language changed depending on which characters were in the scene) is what won him the Oscar. Jeff Bridges seems like a guy who just put on a patch to go to work that day.