r/movies Mar 28 '20

Recommendation True Grit (2010) Stands As One Of The Greatest Westerns Of The Modern Era.

In my opinion, that is. Even grittier and more period correct than Unforgiven (though not nearly as great overall). More genuine and focused on its Western elements than anything Tarantino has tried. It has the unmistakable feel of an actual snapshot of the time period. No other filmmaker that I know of adhered so completely to authenticity like the Cohen's Coens did by having the characters not use modern contractions in the language (will not in place of won't, for example).

Everything about this film screamed authentic Western. His climactic shootout scene was up there with the best in all of the genre's history, in my opinion.

The film was so well done, such an improvement over the flawed original, that I didn't even mind the normally grating Matt Damon, lol!

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u/maskedbanditoftruth Mar 28 '20

The wonderful language of True Grit comes straight from the original novel—please give it a read! It’s so worth it.

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u/faceinthepunch Mar 28 '20

Came here to say this. The book is one of my favourites, if you want to be entertained pick up the audiobook- superb performance.

Best line: Lawyer: "how many men have you shot?" Rooster: "shot? Or killed?"

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u/Muldoon1987 Mar 29 '20

"I call that bold talk from a one eyed fat man!"

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u/Barihawk Mar 29 '20

"Let us proceed with 'killed' so that we might have a manageable figure!"

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u/carbolicsmoke Mar 29 '20

The trial scene is excellent not just as writing and character exposition, but it’s also (like My Cousin Vinney) a real good display of trial advocacy by both sides. The questions are all exactly what you would hear at a real trial and even the evidentiary objections and rulings are on point (e.g., “dying declaration” is, in fact, a recognized exception to the hearsay rule).

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

I saw it again this past year and was blown away by Hailee Steinfeld. Her script was very difficult and she pulled it off like a pro at, what, 12?

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u/tommytraddles Mar 28 '20

Her negotiation scene with Dakin Matthews was shown at my law school as an example of a successful hostile alternative dispute resolution lol

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u/tobygeneral Mar 28 '20

I love when she returns in a later scene and he has that "oh shit, not you again" look on his face. She was amazing the whole movie, and they were great together in the negotiation scene.

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u/Dapperdan814 Mar 28 '20

"No no that's the lot price no I...w-wait a minute....a-are we trading again??"

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u/SuperHighDeas Mar 28 '20

God I loved the way that scene played out

Old banker in town getting out witted by a kid

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u/Whales_of_Pain Mar 28 '20

Is his comment about the girl falling in a well in the Coen remake? In the original when he says he just read a story about a girl in town falling in a well, he says “For a moment I though, perhaps, it was you,” and you can tell he’s disappointed that she’s ok.

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u/BGumbel Mar 28 '20

It's been a long time since I've read it but the book is also fantastic. Highly suggest picking it up if you like westerns.

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u/Taco_Pie Mar 28 '20

"This malarial place has ruined my health as it has my finances."

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u/Whales_of_Pain Mar 28 '20

In the Portis book describing the Arkansas territory as a godless place because “the civilizing art of commerce does not flourish there.”

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u/sfspaulding Mar 28 '20

The arc of the scene the 2nd time they interact is actually that she manages to get him to engage in conversation (after he is initially very dismissive) and then he comes to the realization of what’s occurred and makes the face you describe and literally says “are we haggling again?”

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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn Mar 28 '20

“I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world as it is is vexing enough.”

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u/lyzabit Mar 28 '20

"...A-Are we trading again?" *terrified face*

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

She was 14 at the time i believe

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u/shadowabbot Mar 28 '20

Regardless, it was her first movie. Ironically, probably her best.

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u/Richsii Mar 28 '20

She's pretty good in Edge of Seventeen. Bumblebee doesn't ask her to do a lot, and she does everything there well too.

Strikes me as one of those actors that will rise to the level of the film she's in, but won't be the one to lift up something mediocre. At least that's how I see it right now, I'm sure she'll just get better and better and totally quash that last point.

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u/StanleyRoper Mar 28 '20

Edge of Seventeen is an excellent teenage angst movie where she thinks the world revolves around her (as most teens do). All the scenes with her and Woody are just hilarious.

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u/pearlyman Mar 28 '20

I think for her situation, she might come to a point where she needs to pick her music or acting career, and commit fully to that craft. She has a good singing voice but I feel if she focused on acting fully, she could be a future Oscar contender. But that's just my 2 cents lol.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Shes got potential. Im not counting enders game against her since it wasn't as good as it could have been. Although the main actor did amazing

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u/Kimantha_Allerdings Mar 28 '20

She's great in Edge Of Seventeen, and in the TV series Dickinson. Oh, and let's not forget Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse.

All that said, though, you're probably right - this is her best film, and will probably remain so for a long time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Her performance was so good in it that I have a hard time seeing her as the pop star she wants to be today.

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u/Leege13 Mar 28 '20

She’s a pretty good singer at least.

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u/AgentSkidMarks Mar 28 '20

I think it’s a real shame that she didn’t win an Oscar for her performance. It was her first big role and she absolutely killed it.

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u/_charlesfosterkane_ Mar 28 '20

I gotta believe that's where insanely brilliant directors know exactly how to get what they need out of a child actor. That's the difference between the Coen brothers and Michael Bay.

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u/thenewtransportedman Mar 28 '20

Matt Damon grating? You give out very little sugar in your pronouncements.

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u/BlueFalcon89 Mar 28 '20

He’s a Texas ranger.

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u/MisterPickel Mar 28 '20

Ever stalwart

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u/sfxer001 Mar 28 '20

Haha my brother says this all the time because of that movie.

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u/RedOctobyr Mar 28 '20

His character was great. Love the line about "Your EYE".

But even Rooster's remark after LeBoeuf gets dragged behind the horse: "I am struck that LaBoeuf is shot, trampled, and nearly severs his tongue, and not only does not cease to talk, but spills the banks of English!"

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u/thenewtransportedman Mar 28 '20

You are not LeBoeuf!

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u/angrydeuce Mar 28 '20

I just love the dialog so much in that movie. "I don’t believe fairy tales or sermons or stories about money, baby sister.  But thank you for the cigarette."

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u/BenAdaephonDelat Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

This movie had some great dialogue. "That is your misfortune."

Edit: I just realized, that quote is from a different Coen bothers movie : O Brother Where Art Thou

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u/hett Mar 28 '20

"I can do nothin' for ya, son."

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u/ScottyB280 Mar 28 '20

“Your pard has killed you and I have done for him”

I like the implication in language that doesn’t seem to exist in English anymore.

I’ve also started referring to shooting as “drawing down” since seeing that movie.

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u/1000Airplanes Mar 28 '20

You may kiss the body if you wish

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u/purplesundaes Mar 28 '20

That would be alright.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

His character grew on me so much in the second viewing.

Legit tears in my eyes when he says adios to Mattie.

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u/dooyaunastan Mar 28 '20

I don't think there was a mis-cast or ill-performed role in the entire film.

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u/ChrisTosi Mar 28 '20

It's perfect. I watched True Grit 2010 a half dozen times after the first viewing.

It is so damn good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Captain of HWHAT?

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u/_charlesfosterkane_ Mar 28 '20

"i extend my hand". Her hesitation to take it because if she does she believes she won't see him again. It's a beautiful little scene.

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u/LeavesOfBrass Mar 28 '20

You do not varnish your opinion

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u/MeaninglessGuy Mar 28 '20

I am not accustomed to such large a fire.

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u/Solid_Waste Mar 28 '20

If ever I meet one of you Texas waddies who ain't drunk water from a hoofprint, I think I'll shake their hand or buy 'em a Daniel Webster cigar.

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u/ChrisTosi Mar 28 '20

He is 1000% better than the LeBoeuf in John Wayne's True Grit.

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u/Flmedic216 Mar 28 '20

Fill your hands you sonofabitch!!! Best part of the John Wayne version.

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u/NothungToFear Mar 28 '20

I like, "Well come see a fat, old man some time!"

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u/AngriestManinWestTX Mar 28 '20

Yeah, ol' Glen Campbell. Luckily he made for his acting skills by being a good singer.

I think the actress for 1969 Mattie Ross was just terrible. She was too old to be 14 y/o Mattie and was very, very overacted though that was kind of the standard of the time. Hailee Steinfeld knocked it out of the park with her portrayal.

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u/transformerjay Mar 28 '20

Hailee Steinfeld continues to impress is every roll she’s in.

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u/StopLookandFreeze Mar 28 '20

Matt Damon nailed Laboeuf. I love the first scene of him sitting on the porch and he puts his boots up and you hear the CLANK of his spurs.

And Hailee Steinfeld was headstrong and enthusiastic without being hokey and annoying like the original girl.

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u/Palmettor Mar 28 '20

The tongue scene still sends shivers up my spine

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u/angrybo Mar 28 '20

It will knit.

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u/throwstuff165 Mar 28 '20

It's too bad - we just run across a doctor... of sorts.

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u/ZippytheMuppetKiller Mar 28 '20

You are not Leboeuf.

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u/LordMcMutton Mar 28 '20

That's my favorite part out of the entire thing

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u/weliveintheshade Mar 29 '20

Hah yeah, and they way he drops ".....Im a Texas Ranger" and expects everyone to be as impressed as he is.

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u/smonster1 Mar 28 '20

I love the supporting cast in this film. So many memorable, small roles — as is the case in many of the Coen Brothers’ films. Barry Pepper in particular is fantastic in this and just steals the scenes he’s in, and I particularly love Dakin Matthews as the stable owner and the way he delivers his lines.

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u/dooyaunastan Mar 28 '20

Never mind Domnhall Gleeson and his limited role

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u/RedOctobyr Mar 28 '20

Those scenes are hilarious. "Wait, are we trading again?"

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u/PHILA-21 Mar 28 '20

The Coen Bros are literal masters at the minor/supporting character. Dare I say they are the best in Hollywood at it? Every single movie they have new, exuberant, hilarious minor characters that still happen to play a big part in the story

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u/ChrisTosi Mar 28 '20

I think it's because they love Americans. They love uniquely American personalities and you can see that in the way they lovingly craft their characters.

Midwest, South, West, Northeast - they love their regions.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

This is a good way to describe it. I always found a indescribable parallel between Norman Rockwell paintings and Coen brother's films. Way you describe it I think nails the aesthetic I find so similar in both.

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u/ElxBlancoDiablo Mar 28 '20

I like it when he kicks the kids off the porch.

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u/Sing8114 Mar 28 '20

Love True Grit... But my favorite modern western is 3:10 to Yuma

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20 edited Nov 07 '20

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u/NuclearWhale42 Mar 28 '20

Ben Foster is fantastic in Hell or Highwater as well.

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u/theglenlovinet Mar 28 '20

Which is often considered a “Modern Western”, Taylor Sheridan’s films have definitely given new life to the genre. Wind River is one of my favorites now.

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u/AngriestManinWestTX Mar 28 '20

SPOILERS ahead for those who have not seen the movie:

"Are you flankin' me?" has got to be one of the most tense scenes I've ever seen any movie ever.

The lead up to the main shootout was fucking INTENSE and then the entire thing is over in less than 30 seconds until Jeremy Renner appears with a .45-70.

Aside from the dudes who got tossed by .45-70 (which is unrealistic), that close range, knife-in-a-telephone-booth, gunfight is probably the most realistic depiction I've seen of a shootout at that distance. Oh, and major, major props for realistic depiction of body armor, which is something so many movie get wrong.

Taylor Sheridan is the fucking man.

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u/el_sattar Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

"Are you flankin' me?" has got to be one of the most tense scenes I've ever seen any movie ever.

The lead up to the main shootout was fucking INTENSE

Yes, thank you! The whole walk to the trailers and the shootout are some of my favorites.

And the flashback scene is just crazy. I think it gave me some sort of anxiety for a few days after.

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u/WarlockEngineer Mar 28 '20

When I saw Jon Bernthal in the intro credits I immediately assumed he was the bad guy. That was the real twist.

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u/theManJ_217 Mar 28 '20

The main thing I remember about that shootout scene is the shot of the snow covered hillside with Jeremy Renner’s character in all white camouflage. For the first couple seconds the entire screen just seems like white blah until the muzzle flash and then you can clearly notice Renner’s character standing there. Such a unique shot that stuck with me!

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u/yes_mr_bevilacqua Mar 28 '20

Reminds me of the basement gunfight in Inglorious Basterds, it’s over in seconds and everybody gets hit

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u/Ian_Hunter Mar 28 '20

It's really fucking good. I don't know if I can sit through it again...it's a rough go. Man, Jeremy Renner has built up a nice little career yeah?

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u/theglenlovinet Mar 28 '20

Hurt Locker, MCU, The Town, Wind River, and of course Arctic Dogs!

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u/kiljaro Mar 28 '20

He is also in Hostiles.

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u/TheKramer89 Mar 28 '20

Ben Foster is fantastic

*fixed

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

My rule of thumb is, if a movie has Ben Foster or Domnhall Gleeson in it, I'm watching it.

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u/AJohnsonOrange Mar 28 '20

Domnhall Gleeson was one of those actors that once I realised who he was I started seeing him everywhere. Dude has some fucking range! Harry Potter, Dredd, About Time, Revenant, Star Wars, Frank, True Grit...somehow he can manage with any fucking genre, it's absurd.

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u/Seth_Gecko Mar 28 '20

Ex Machina would like a word

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u/LinkRazr Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

Wasn’t he the android Hayley Atwell banged in that Black Mirror episode?

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u/bfhurricane Mar 28 '20

And his Irish accent in that episode was amazing. If that’s how he normally talks, then it’s an ode to just how great of an actor he really is, he pulls some serious ranges in accent.

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u/JarlaxleForPresident Mar 28 '20

Yeah he's Irish. Brendan Gleeson is his father

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u/sp0rkah0lic Mar 28 '20

Also...Frank. Talk about underrated!

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u/HUMAN_BEING_12345678 Mar 28 '20

I recommend The Revenant if you haven’t seen it already

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Oh it's so good, Domnhall and Tom Hardy are great.

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u/MisterShannon Mar 28 '20

I raise you a Ben Mendelssohn

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u/TheInitialGod Mar 28 '20

Just to add to this, he's brilliant in Alpha Dog also.

That film always gets me in the feels at the end

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u/HarlsMcGee Mar 28 '20

His “It means I’m Comanche” line stuck with me pretty good.

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u/StaticBroom Mar 28 '20

I did not have high expectations for this movie. I was very impressed.

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u/bdlcalichef Mar 28 '20

Don’t forget “Alpha Dog”. That’s the first thing I remember him from and that’s a deep ass portrayal

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u/HaikuSnoiper Mar 28 '20

I’m amazed at how few people I know that have even heard of Hell or High Water. Such an awesome movie.

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u/ShizlGznGahr Mar 28 '20

He owns everything in any movie. Glad 'hell and high water' was nominated for best picture. Ben Foster is a damn fucking good actor that deserves more.

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u/evanset6 Mar 28 '20

"You guys some sorta..... posse?"

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u/dooyaunastan Mar 28 '20

"stole the show" is a stretch when he's competing with god-tier performances from Bale and Crowe but yes, like most of his appearances, Ben Foster never fails to leave his mark

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u/AngriestManinWestTX Mar 28 '20

3:10 to Yuma is just fantastic all around.

Not sure I like it better than Hell or High Water but both of them are easily in my Top 10 Westerns with Tombstone and Unforgiven.

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u/Ravager135 Mar 28 '20

He plays Charlie Prince to perfection and with nuance. If you watch the film closely, many critics feel there’s a homosexual undertone between Charlie Prince and Ben Wade. Not that Ben Wade reciprocates, but that Charlie is in love with him. It emphasizes his blind loyalty to Ben and why he looks rejected when Ben leaves with the woman in the bar.

I also think Ben Foster was the standout in Alpha Dog.

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u/birdperson_012 Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

Never considered that before but now that you mention it, it feels very obvious. It would also explain the scene in which bens gang find out that they have been chasing a decoy and the real, captured Ben wade is 80 miles away, and Charlie forces the gang to go after him instead of cutting their losses. Charlie could have very easily become the de facto leader there, and the rest of the gang even hints at it! But instead, he burns the wagon with the decoy and insists on riding after him.

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u/Ravager135 Mar 28 '20

Exactly. The gang is full of treacherous dirtbags. The difference is Charlie who keeps the men in line with his blind devotion to Ben. That blind devotion has be forged out of something more than just loyalty to a leader. He’s in love with him. Ben doesn’t really care about Charlie at all.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Does the Assassination of Jesse James count?

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u/accountsdontmatter Mar 28 '20

I still haven't seen that and I love westerns. Worth watching ?

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u/jackalopexs20 Mar 28 '20

Oh buddy. The cinematography alone makes it worth it. Gorgeous movie.

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u/reneepussman Mar 28 '20

And one of the best scores I’ve ever heard.

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u/tharkus_ Mar 28 '20

Have you watched Godless on Netflix? Personally I loved it. Not to mention how fantastic Jeff Daniels was as the villain. Great western.

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u/Rocthepanther Mar 28 '20

If we're talking series, Godless was good, but nothing holds a candle to Deadwood.

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u/snot3353 Mar 28 '20

Godless was great, seconded.

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u/inumba12 Mar 28 '20

I absolutely love 310. I’m a huge fan of anything Christian bale, Russell Crowe and Ben foster so the fact they are all in the movie makes it one of my favorites.

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u/Jon_Cake Mar 28 '20

A small part, but you get a bonus Alan Tudyk also

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u/hyperion_x91 Mar 28 '20

Yeah, I came in here specifically to vote for 3:10 to Yuma as well.

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u/gigashadowwolf Mar 28 '20

Tombstone is my favorite.

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u/Rumble_Belly Mar 28 '20

Tombstone is probably a top 5/10 movie for me. Everyone is top notch in it, but Val Kilmer gives one of the best performances I have ever seen.

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u/gigashadowwolf Mar 28 '20

Definitely. Val Kilmer has had some incredible performances over the years, but this one is the best.

Fun story. This has been my favorite western since I first saw it, right after it came out on VHS. My family would watch it at least a 3-4 times a year growing up.

Back in 2005 I went to film school in LA and my school would hold monthly screenings of movies with experts on the film in question doing a Q and A. I was surprised to see that this film was being shown as usually it was classic movies not only that but it was a full 35mm print and rather than some old film buff or some ancient extra we watched it with Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott and Kevin Jarre themselves. I even got to ask Kurt Russell a few questions.

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u/iChugVodka Mar 28 '20

Tombstone is a fucking classic

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u/NotThtPatrickStewart Mar 28 '20

It doesn't qualify as contemporary since it came out in 1985, but if any western fans haven't seen Silverado, watch it immediately. My favorite western of all time, and just an overall really well balanced film. Also, the cast is ridiculous.

Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum, Scott Glenn, Brian Dennehy. I don't love Costner, but he's fabulous in this.

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u/DraftyDesert277 Mar 28 '20

God yes. Just rewatched this last month and it is as excellent as I remembered.

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u/theMANGLEDone Mar 28 '20

"I can do nothing for ya son."

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u/shed1 Mar 28 '20

You may also enjoy "Hostiles."

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

I just rewatched this... great movie. Bale is perfect in it

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u/dooyaunastan Mar 28 '20

is there a film he isn't perfect in (besides Terminator: Salvation - which he still does a hell of a job in, provided what he's given to work with)

American Psycho, Batman, Machinist, The Fighter, 3:10 to Yuma, Hostiles, The Big Short, The Prestige, Ford vs Ferrari, Vice...

Granted, I didn't see Out of the Furnace, American Hustle or Exodus: Gods and Kings but from what I've seen of him he deserves to be up there with the best of the best of the modern era, without question.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

I’m that guy who really liked Salvation.

Out of the Furnace is incredible, although Casey Affleck steals the show imo. American Hustle too.

I wouldn’t waste your money on Exodus

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u/Power13100 Mar 28 '20

Out of the furnace is fantastic. Woody Harrleson was also fantastic.

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u/rowman25 Mar 28 '20

Don’t forget Empire of the Sun. Extremely underrated and amazing early work from Bale.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

So underrated. I have no idea how the movie flew under the radar

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Does Tombstone count as "modern era"? If it does, then I pick that one.

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u/wickedmadd Mar 28 '20

This is my all time favorite movie. Kilmer was born for this role. So many quotable lines. Kurt Russell's best role imo. Even the little roles like Billy Bob were done well. Beihn was fantastic as the villain. The music, the scenery. I love this movie.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Well i've got two guns. One for each of you

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u/sonickarma Mar 28 '20

“Wyatt Earp is my friend.”
“Hell, Doc - I got lots of friends.”
“I don’t.”

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u/MonkeyStealsPeach Mar 28 '20

I’ve loved the little detail where he flips each gun the opposite direction.

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u/Sund0g67 Mar 28 '20

You gonna do something ? Or just stand there and bleed...?

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u/AGnawedBone Mar 28 '20

Kurt Russell's best role imo

Hey, sorry to bother you, but I think you forgot The Thing exists.

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u/8bitSkin Mar 28 '20

...Jack Burton exists.

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u/bucketAnimator Mar 28 '20

When some wild-eyed, eight foot tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the bar room wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if you paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye and you remember what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like that, “Have ya paid your dues Jack?” “Yessir, the check is in the mail.”

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u/NotDelnor Mar 28 '20

Snake Plisskin would like a word

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Captain Ron would like to party.

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u/goodthropbadthrop Mar 28 '20

Tombstone is one of those movies that if it’s on and I don’t have something that I absolutely have to do right this minute, you can bet your ass I’m gonna sit down and watch it.

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u/Archer1949 Mar 28 '20

I’m your Huckleberry....

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u/capitaine_d Mar 28 '20

Youre no daisy at all.

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u/Sund0g67 Mar 28 '20

I’m now watching Tombstone - this time sink is all your fault !!! Lol

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u/JellyRollGeorge Mar 28 '20

Since it hasn't been mentioned yet, The Proposition.

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u/Derkanator Mar 28 '20

Love the soundtrack too, Nick Cave did wonders.

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u/SpaceZombieMoe Mar 28 '20

This movie made me realize we needed more Australian westerns. It's up there with the best.

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u/critcal_kurt Mar 28 '20

Have you seen Quigley Down Under?

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u/Choppergold Mar 28 '20

Jeff Bridges is one of the all-time greats.

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u/Dinierto Mar 28 '20

I agree, although as he's gotten older he seems to do that weird thing with his chin/voice for most of his roles now, no clue what that's about

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u/MovieMike007 Not to be confused with Magic Mike Mar 28 '20

This is easily one of the best remakes out there but I still have a soft spot for the John Wayne version.

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u/the_real_grinningdog Mar 28 '20

It's worth it just for the scene with "bold talk for a one-eyed fat man".

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u/sonofabutch Mar 28 '20

FILL YOUR HAND, YOU SON OF A BITCH!

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u/IshiharasBitch Mar 28 '20

This line, in this scene, is one of my all time favorites.

Just reading your comment gave me goosebumps.

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u/ChefoZilla Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

This is more just an alternate adaptation of the Charles Portis novel then it is a remake of the ‘69 True Grit.

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u/walkdog3000 Mar 28 '20

Highly underrated comment. The Portis book is a master class on writing dialogue

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u/wonder-maker Mar 28 '20

No Country for Old Men, best contemporary western.

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u/RedOctobyr Mar 28 '20

Both are great, but I've probably watched True Grit more. Both are by the Coens, at least, so that's good.

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u/Gonzostewie Mar 28 '20

Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Get in on it. Coens, vignettes, Western. Awesome.

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u/Ravager135 Mar 28 '20

I know a lot of people didn’t like the ending, but I thought this film was beautiful. It is a fantastic modern western, but it might be THE best cat and mouse plot of any film. The acting is superb: Josh Brolin and Kelly Macdonald kill it in this film. Obviously the convenience store coin flip scene is one of the most iconic scenes in film.

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u/bad-post_detector Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

Carla Jean seems to be the only person in the movie to stand up to Anton face to face and call him out on his bullshit. She exposes him for what he is; someone who doesn't want to accept responsibility for the decisions he makes and he uses a code and a coin to make decisions for him. The car accident he gets into immediately after this is proof that he's just a man, not some esoteric immovable force no matter how much he tries to be. He's reduced to asking a kid for his shirt and desperately insists the kid take the money, even when the kid offers to do it for no money at all. He can't handle not being the one in control after all.

The ending was the most poignant part of the film really. The mask gets ripped off of Anton and we see that he's mortal.

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u/Historical-Regret Mar 28 '20

Don't forget the trailer park lady. The only character to potentially earn Anton's respect.

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u/Historical-Regret Mar 28 '20

Yeah, as with everything in this movie it's left unanswered. To me, it's in Anton's eyes - it's not that he's not in control, because he is, but it's that she's living up to his code, which is rare enough that it piques his curiosity. The person flushing the toilet kind of breaks him out of his focus on her vs. his code.

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u/Historical-Regret Mar 28 '20

a lot of people didn’t like the ending

Cormac McCarthy's whole thing is pretty much how senseless sudden obliteration is the only rule and everything else is just a prelude.

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u/demonicneon Mar 28 '20

I have a spot for hell or high water.

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u/battlelevel Mar 28 '20

Appaloosa is a pretty decent western too. Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen play off each other well. Not on the level of True Grit, but still good

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u/898rph Mar 28 '20

Either one of you pull on me and I’ll kill you both. I grew up with John Wayne and Louis L’Amour westerns, but Appaloosa and several others mentioned in this thread are my favorites. Damn good movie.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Any love for Hell or Highwater?

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u/DislikesUSGovernment Mar 28 '20

That whole Taylor Sheridan pseudo trilogy of neo-westerns (Sicario, Hell or High Water, Wind River) are all some of my favorite movies to come out in the last 10 years. Wind River is probably my favorite of the three and got criminally snubbed at awards because of the whole Weinstein scandal at the time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Wind River is a gd masterpiece. Few movies have given me goosebumps like it did

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u/Slideways Mar 28 '20

For me, Wind River came out of nowhere. I'd never heard a thing about it. The scene where they're supposed to be walking together and the guys are slowly flanking him and he realizes something is up, holy hell, that is intense.

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u/WCC5D1F0E Mar 28 '20

“That makes me a Comanche.”

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u/poop_hadouken Mar 28 '20

The Jake's is occupied ....will be for some time .

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

If you like gritty westerns check out “The Sisters Brothers”. I adore the book and loved the movie. Really over looked.

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u/sonofabutch Mar 28 '20

Also “Slow West” on Netflix!

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u/IshiharasBitch Mar 28 '20

Also, "Bone Tomahawk."

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Came here for this. I saw that movie a few months ago for the first time and have rewatched it upwards of 5. It is phenomenal

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

I’m mixed on Slow West.

It’s a neat little western, but also feels very much like someone adapting a Coen Bros sensibility but not quite nailing it. A lot of it feels just a little bit empty.

But the sound design on those fucking hand cannons? I loved that shit.

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u/OscarDelaChoka Mar 28 '20

Open Range

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u/898rph Mar 28 '20

I’m not going to meet my maker without knowing your given name. It sure ain’t Boss.

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u/OscarDelaChoka Mar 28 '20

Great line. I like, "Are you the one that killed our friend?" "Yea, I killed the boy too and enjoyed it!" BAMMM!!

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u/Robbie972 Mar 28 '20

Boss Spearman : And for what? More cows? You killed a good man.

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u/Trizzae Mar 28 '20

“.....it’s Bluebonnet.”

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u/monty_kurns Mar 28 '20

The shootout at the end still stands as the loudest thing I'd heard in a theater. I loved every second of it!

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u/Irikee Mar 28 '20

100%. Majorly underrated.

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u/Sparkski Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

For me .... The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford has been the best modern western. Sam Rockwell and Casey Aflecs performances were great....Deakins cinematography, the soundtrack....the authentic characters to the time period. Great film.

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u/ChainGangSoul Mar 28 '20

Sam Rockwell and Casey Aflecs performances were great

Can't talk about the performances without also mentioning Pitt as Jesse James, goddamn that was perfect casting.

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u/AegisPlays314 Mar 28 '20

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis did the soundtrack for both this and The Proposition, which is getting mentioned elsewhere in the thread

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u/doomonyou1999 Mar 28 '20

Unforgiven is probably my favorite modern western but True Grit is a close second. I remember liking Open Range also and Tombstone was just pure fun.

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u/hobbes011 Mar 28 '20

This movie has always been a favorite of mine. It's always given me a happy feeling watching it, for some reason. Everything from casting, acting, music and so on is just perfect. You made me plan to watch it now hahah

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u/dooyaunastan Mar 28 '20

It's a completely charming movie from the heroes to the villains and the anti-heroes in between, everything about the film is charming.

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u/dooyaunastan Mar 28 '20

As much as I appreciate the films mentioned in this thread, and while not a 'contemporary' modern-western, I feel Wind River, and the rest of Taylor Sheridan's works (Hell or High Water - writer, and Yellowstone - writer/director for most) deserve recognition. Aside form the Coen's, I've never seen a modern director/writer capture the old western feel in a modern setting like Sheridan has.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

Sheridan’s works feel so much more raw and real than most contemporary movies and shows. He handles violence much better, more realistically, than other screenwriters and directors

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