True Grit [Review]

REVIEW


In Lisa Schwarzbaum's review she gave the movie a B+ she said,

"Much is fine in True Grit, including typically impeccable dusty-Western cinematography by Roger Deakins. Much is admirable, or diverting, especially when Bridges' and Damon's characters jostle for dominance and Mattie exerts her will. Too little, though, is wild like Portis can be wild, despite the shoot-outs, the horse gallops, and Rooster's inebriated sprees. Truer than the John Wayne showpiece and less gritty than the book, this True Grit is just tasty enough to leave movie lovers hungry for a missing spice" (Schwarzbaum 1).

In this review I agree with Schwarzbaum because she began with mentioning the appearance on the movie and I absolutely agree with her that the dusty-Western cinematography is impeccable. I actually enjoyed the setting the older days and how the movie had many film terms I learned. I did agree when Schwarzbaum says that "Too little, though, is wild like Portis can be wild" (Schwarzbaum 1). I did agree on that statement because it did have a little bit of action and not many much action occurred as did in the book. In the book I pictured many actions seen with guns going off and a ton of fighting in contrast the film barely had many shoot-outs. This review was very sincere and from my experience i could relate a lot. The fact that the film was not like i expected it to be, it was spectacular and a true hit. 


Works Cited 
Schwarzbaum, Lisa. "True Grit | Movies | EW.com." Entertainment Weekly's EW.com | Entertainment News | TV News | TV Shows | Movie, Music and DVD Reviews. 13 Jan. 2011. Web. 12 Feb. 2011. <http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20449291,00.html>.