Yes!!!!! True Grit snagged ten Oscar nominations - not the most this year, but at least this movie is getting some of what it's due - in my Humble Opinion, of course.
Best Picture
Best Actor (Jeff Bridges)
Best Supporting Actress (Hailee Steinfeld)
Best Director (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Best Screenplay (adapted) - (Joel and Ethan Coen)
And, of course five more nominations. It's extremely rare for me to get wound up about a movie. Watch the Oscars? Not so much. But, this year.......
I loved the fact that it was a straight-forward Western -- not Post Modern or Revisionist or any other twist. Just a straight-ahead Western. Which is as timeless as a Greek Tragedy. Why mess with perfection?
ReplyDeleteYou know, I bet the Duke would have loved it.