Line #11 YMMV/TrueGrit


1	* AdaptationDisplacement: Both films are better known than the book. In fact, when Creator/TheCoenBrothers offered Creator/JeffBridges the role of Rooster Cogburn, he asked, "Didn't they already make that with Creator/JohnWayne?" To which they replied that it wasn't a remake, but rather an adaptation of the book, to which Bridges replied, "There's a book?"
2	* AwardSnub:
3	** The 2010 movie had ''ten'' UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, but no wins -- making it tied with ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/TheIrishman'', and ''Film/AmericanHustle'' for second place among the biggest losers in Academy history.
4	** And one of those nominations was Creator/HaileeSteinfeld for Best ''Supporting'' Actress, despite her clearly playing the main protagonist. Considering that she would've been going up against Creator/NataliePortman for ''Film/BlackSwan'' (a guaranteed win) it was probably assumed that she would have had a better chance at winning in the Supporting category. Doesn’t make her losing to Creator/MelissaLeo for ''Film/TheFighter'' any less annoying though.
5	** The film's SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic wasn't even eligible, due to it being heavily based on existing Christian hymns.
6	** Roger Deakins lost out on his ninth nomination for Cinematography with this film, though it was admittedly to a deserving Wally Pfifster for ''Inception''.
7	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/ElmerBernstein....being Elmer Bernstein.
8	** Music/CarterBurwell's score is also quite awesome in the film itself, using the hymn "Leaning On the Everlasting Arms" to ''great'' effect.
9	** Music/JohnnyCash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down" in the remake's trailer.
10	** "River Crossing," also from the remake.
11	* CatharsisFactor: [[spoiler:Chaney's demise in both versions, considering how much of a pathetic loser and unsympathetic killer he was--especially with Mattie getting to take him out herself in the 2010 version.]]
12	* ConsolationAward: Creator/JohnWayne's Best Actor win is seen as a consolation for him not winning the award for his work in films like ''Film/RedRiver'', ''Film/TheQuietMan'', ''Film/TheSearchers'', and ''Film/SandsOfIwoJima'' (though Wayne was at least nominated for the latter). To this day, majority of people strongly feel that Creator/DustinHoffman should have won his much deserved Best Actor Oscar for his gritty, heartbreaking performance in ''Film/MidnightCowboy''.
13	* CrossesTheLineTwice:
14	** The hanging of the three men at the beginning of the 2010 movie where the first two made their last pleas. The first man is sobbing and begging for people not to follow his example. The second just says a few words about that he wouldn't be hanged if he killed the right man. The last man, a Native American, attempts to say his last words but is bagged mid-sentence.
15	** The scene where Reuben throws and kicks two Native American children off a porch. The fact that they were just tormenting a horse with sharp sticks probably helps lessen the blow and makes the scene come off as hilarious.
16	* GeniusBonus: The conversation between Rooster and [=LeBeouf=] regarding the former's association with Quantrill's Raiders can come off as a moralistic overreaction (fully characteristic by this point) on [=LeBeouf=]'s part to a former confederate soldier to those unfamiliar with the details of the American Civil War. Those familiar with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_massacre Quantrill's methods and actions]] are more likely to see it as the sudden tipping point in sympathies between the two characters.
17	* HollywoodHomely: {{Averted}} in the 2010 version. Mattie's not ''ugly'' by any stretch but she does look plain and normal - a long way from the teenagers we're accustomed to seeing on Nickelodeon and Disney.
18	* MagnificentBastard (1969 original): [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure "Lucky" Ned Pepper]] is a feared {{outlaw}} hunted by Texas Ranger La Boeuf. Hiding out in Native American territory, Pepper detects and evades a trap by La Boeuf's gang to regroup with his full forces. Confronted by the young Mattie Ross, Pepper proves himself [[AffablyEvil surprisingly respectful]] as he orders his thuggish subordinate [[MoreDespicableMinion Tom Chaney]] to not harm the girl before gathering his forces to personally face down gunslinger Rooster Cogburn, even trying to gun Rooster down [[TakingYouWithMe while mortally wounded]].
19	* {{Narm}}: In both films, Mattie's delivery when she talks about Rooster having "true grit." It's like she knows she's in a movie and she's saying the title.
20	* OneSceneWonder: Colonel G. Stonehill in both adaptations. Strother Martin was particularly brilliant in the 1969 version - he isn't afraid to play Mattie's haggling game, and throws out a number of memorable quotes during their arguments.
21	** For that matter, Creator/DennisHopper as Moon.
22	** The old man with the bear headdress that stops briefly to talk to Rooster and Mattie in the 2010 version.
23	* RetroactiveRecognition:
24	** At the end of the 1969 film, Cogburn is congratulated for his heroics by [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Piglet]].
25	** Creator/WilfordBrimley makes his uncredited film debut.
26	* {{Squick}}:
27	** For the 2010 version, at least, people appear to be having a variety of reactions to [[spoiler:the tension between [=LaBoeuf=] and Mattie, like when he says he was considering "stealing a kiss" while she slept and the scene in which he spanks her for her obstinate behavior]]. Nothing ''actually'' happens, but a BodyguardCrush could be implied...
28	** The Bear Man says that he has no place to sleep, except for his blankets and furs (which he hints he would share with the two travelers). When they refuse his "hospitality" he clearly looks disappointed.
29	* ViewerGenderConfusion: If it weren't for the dress, one could hardly tell Mattie is a girl in the 1969 film. Her appearance in that movie has been compared to a young Music/JustinBieber.
30	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids:
31	** The 1969 version was rated G despite a clear shot of someone's fingers getting chopped off, as well as some other comparatively mild scenes of violence, as well as some harsh profanity, some of which had to be edited to secure that G rating (yes, even in 1969, the MPAA was harsher on language than violence).
32	** The 2010 movie received only a PG-13 rating despite quite a lot of gore and violence, which viewers and critics at the time compared to ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' getting an R rating solely for harsh language.

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