True Grit movie review

                                      True Grit

I personally did not enjoy the film True Grit. I have never watched many westerns, but I know for a fact that they all have a similar plot line.

   The reason that I am so against westerns is, because I feel as though the whole movie is about rebellious, and drunk cowboys who travel by horse, and kill a mass number of people. 

   The movie true grit was followed these lines. Although one thing is, I do think by adding Mattie (one of the main characters) was a nice touch because she definitely adds a different outlook on your average cowboy. In my opinion she was the highlight, and or best feature that the director could have added.

   Personally, I truly admired Mattie. The way that she could negotiate a deal, and not back down at any cost is something that I could never do. She is very sure of herself, and is extremely driven, and motivated to complete any task given. If Mattie wasn’t in this film, I don’t think I would be able to hold my focus throughout the whole thing. She made situations just that much more interesting. 

  Going back to what I said about not liking westerns, I noticed that throughout this movie, there was a substantial amount of violence. One particular scene stood out to me that had a great deal of violence. It was when Rooster Cogburn, and Mattie went to the small cabin, there were the two men who had already occupied it. One of the men got disappointed with the other for telling Cogburn too much information, so he cut his fingers off and he slowly began to die, because he also was severely bleeding from the chest. Cogburn had shot the attacker in the head, and I found that part also very disturbing.

  There was another big problem with this movie. Usually in movies these days, the dialogue is very clear, understandable and a key point to a story line. However, this movie was quite the opposite. Cogburn mumbled and grumbled the entire movie. I understand that cowboys at this time lived in a different lifestyle, but I think the director should have made the accent half as intense of what it was, so that people can understand every word, and understand the movie better.

   Something really stood out to me in this movie and that was the music that they used. I found that with each scene they were able to capture it to the full extent. They could create suspense, sadness, bravery or pretty much and emotion with their soundtrack. The music took credit for making you sit on the edge of your seat during the intense scenes. 

    In the end, I think what I took most from this movie was how brave a 14 year old girl could really be. In the end, she lost her arm but still lives and eventful life, and still has the dream to never give up. I wouldn’t re-watch this movie but I would recommend it to people just for the sake of the character Mattie who I greatly admired.