True Grit

I think this is awesome, so many good movies are actually coming out new now, and I'm loving it...so I saw this one in theatres the other day. Unfortunately I had not read the book before I saw the movie, I have read it now, so I can compare them both.
It's basically about this young girl (12...i think?) who needs to hunt down a man Tom Chaney who murdered her father. She seeks the help of U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn, played by Jeff Bridges and this Laboeuf guy who ...is also looking for Chaney.
So...this old man Cogburn and this young girl Mattie go on this hunt for this guy...accompanied by Laboeuf at times, because he leaves the group halfway through. That is one of the things that stuck out to me as a difference between the book and the movie. In the book, Laboeuf doesn't leave, and obviously, the events that occur when Laboeuf returns to the group doesn't occur in the novel either. Other than that, I didn't pick out much that was different between the two. A little bit more different in the ending, but nothing major...at least I didn't think so. I seem to have a really bad habit of not accurately comparing books and movies. I always seem to think they do a fairly good job until other people point out really obvious flaws lmao.
Anyway, the plot is simple...but simplicity can be a good thing, and it does work in this movie. The only complaint I have with the simplicity of the movie was the climax. No matter how simple and slow a plot may be, the climax needs to be big...and the climax kindaa flopped, I have to admit. It was still good though it was only a minor dissapointent.
I love Jeff Bridges! I think he is one cool dude...that guy is like, a 'man'. He is just...amazingly awesome, that is all I have to say.
Matt Damon, not a huge fan :/ I kinda can't stand him...he was okay in this movie. I don't think it helped that I didn't think his character was fantastic, and I do blame a bit on him, but, I think the character himself could have been better coming from the Coen brothers.
My biggest complaint, which really doesn't have to do with film quality, was how much of an ass Mattie turned out to be. I loved Cogburn and the way Mattie treats him in the end just pisses me off so much...she shoulda lost the other arm, she deserved em both gone!
Good movie, not for everyone, slow but definitely cool.

8.4/10