[jrcorwin3]

Originally Posted by Johnzilla2179

I didn't think you meant it antagonistically, I was just curious how old I seemed. I'm in my late 20s but I'm something of an old soul. My grandfather, whom I was very close with, loved westerns above all other movies. I garnered a love of golden age classics from him. John Wayne is one of my favorite actors, and I find almost anything with him in it watchable, so obviously I'm inclined to like him more as Rooster Cogburn than Jeff Bridges. But that doesn't mean that I think every single thing about the original True Grit is better than the remake, as I've said. And if we're being honest, it was never a favorite Wayne film of mine to begin with, it just won him an Oscar, which places it in rarified company. I would have preferred him win for Red River, The Searchers, The Quiet Man, or The Shootist, to name a few, or even Sands of Iwo Jima for which he was also nominated but did not win.

But as far as True Grit specifically, as I've said there are elements of both that I prefer to the other. The original is just a film of an older style that is sometimes hard for the modern viewer to swallow, just as many older, less edgy films are. I certainly understand why you think it's terrible, I just disagree. Just like I disagree that Clint Eastwood is terrible, but I can understand why someone would think so. Please forgive this stream of consciousness, my thoughts are meandering a bit.

I have been a lifelong fan of Wayne as well, but unfortunately my adult realization of what a horrific human being he was has made his films less enjoyable for me.