I only read two books during military service: Pablo Neruda's memoirs and True Grit by Charles Portis because I had a great memory of the 1969 film version, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne (the only Oscar of his career). Little more had to choose in the library of the detachment. Now that I've seen the version of the Coen agree with them that not just a Western novel, but a literary classic style The black arrow (my favorite adventure book of all time ) which coincidentally is set in the American West . A further argument about certain universal constants that the typical story conflict between cattle rustlers. First, the Coens have a long history of fascination with the frontier stories that began with Fargo (1996), he exploded with No Country for Old (2007) and now - with Grit (2010) - full lands in the genre after beating the other two . Second, the scrupulous adaptation of the novel power Portis the aspect that the western often hidden by unnecessary and / or inconvenient: the historical context and human clumsiness. In the duels Western cinema, persecution, shootings and fights were the main thing, the atmosphere was a mere requirement of situation. In contrast, Grit accurately portrays a country still in the hands of thieves, profiteers and thugs that justice in its way by the defending types money as Rooster Cogburn (a Jeff Bridges, who is playing perfectly to the loser of Crazy Heart). A bounty hunter who suddenly is accompanied by the two great successes of history: a Texas Ranger too stretched and Linnet (Matt Damon) and a girl of fourteen stubborn and obsessed with avenging his father ( Hailee Steinfeld). These two vertices of a triangle add humor and perspective beyond the genus own testosterone bravado and make the novel and the film in a believable adventure, not just a bold mission twilight.
As good classic version of Hathaway boldly exploited the comic side of ranger while hiding the most obvious misery of a guy like Cogburn. The Coens have chosen to remove the shiny layer on the surface of all kinds and show the characters as they could be : selfish, ignorant, sanctimonious, naive and cruel, but also human and sometimes intact, without letting either trait are identified with a single character. But the greatest success in my opinion is the way chosen to narrate: removing all epic film because the story works perfectly without it. Just no frills chain bluntly each sequence so that the tension and intrigue the viewer hooked. And another detail that I knew not at first identify, without the end of each scene in detail any touch or smell of sentimentality, a vital balance, disclosure or concession to the cheap drama, the most common action when a film seeks to add to the narrative epic . This omitting a specific waiver includes dealing with violence and cruelty , an element which itself is often part of the Coen style, which is a measure of how far have learned to adapt to the needs of an argument that is more than one western . I think
Grit is among the favorites for Oscar because it is considered a good western , not the effort that has led to the Coen face a large literary original film version previous high level. No matter, from both biases can be enjoyed without problems.
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