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Saw True Grit at Rich Mix yesterday.
HERE BE SPOILERS
Slow. To be honest. My seat was also really uncomfortable which was very distracting (it had the cushion removed for some reason so it was just like sitting on hard, warped wood for 2 hours with very little space for my abnormally long legs).
But it was good. I was just expecting it to be more an out and out actioner for some reason - more like the kind of pulp fiction of the book.
Great performance from the Steinfeld, the other parts also good. Good score, lovely dialogue, nicely shot by Deakin.
Bridges - good, Damon - good (though slightly weird relationship between him and Mattie that never really gets expanded upon) Brolin - odd.. it seemed very much a cameo. I.e. only at the very end of the film do we see him and then he has to share a screen with a far more charismatic bad-guy. We're led to believe he's kind of a loser - below even the crazy guy who keeps impersonating animals.
Great moments of tension done in fine Coen form - particularly the stabbing/shooting in the cabin.
Lots of very funny moments - bear suit doctor/kicking the kids.
But not 'great' I don't think. Unless I missed something which given my fidgeting for most of the film is quite possible.
I will stress again just how fantastic I thought Hailee Steinfeld was. It seems crazy that performing the opening monologue and the closing one, as well as being in just about every scene - the film was told from her perspective - it seems absurd that the nomination she received was for Best 'Supporting' Actress. Who the fuck was she supporting?