tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3999472265136569403..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: True GritRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-36381417841043976002011-02-27T16:46:09.176-05:002011-02-27T16:46:09.176-05:00My dad is American Indian and of a tribe from the ...My dad is American Indian and of a tribe from the Northwest so, yes, the part where the white executioners don't let the Indian man even say anything before they kill him really jumped out at me. I think it's one of those small but important details that help to indicate the often satirical nature of the story.<br /><br />One of the other small moments that sticks with me is Cogburn's dryly hilarious line "Well, don't be looking for Quincy."Wenatchee the Hatchethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208892745502555715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-48207481513778427262011-02-27T12:22:22.293-05:002011-02-27T12:22:22.293-05:00Of course, of a Native American, California Indian...Of course, of a Native American, California Indian background ethnically, the bells were ringing more loudly at two parts, the very beginning and the promptness of cutting off speech to the unfortunate soul, the third in line and then how Cogburn scolds the two children abusing the mule, I believe it was a mule?<br /><br />Besides that, I also liked the over and under tone of Biblical Christianity in the quotes and background songs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-89036872829262542092011-02-27T07:48:29.208-05:002011-02-27T07:48:29.208-05:00Thanks, guys! Several interesting comments too. :-...Thanks, guys! Several interesting comments too. :-)Patrick Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095377877712197984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-4523563995295195732011-02-26T20:30:42.247-05:002011-02-26T20:30:42.247-05:00Chaney is given two distinct characterizations, on...Chaney is given two distinct characterizations, one as being stupid and the other as being much shrewder than he appears. One of the playful parts of the story is the contrast between reputation and reality, both in terms of self-perception and public notoriety. Cogburn is considered the meanest martial but he obviously has a weird sentimental streak, as though Mattie were in some sense a way for him to be some kind of father to someone before he dies. <br /><br />Mattie is "the little bookkeeper" and though formally recognizable as an orphaned girl is actually arguably the shrewdest and most conniving character in the entire story. She is the most shrewd and serpent-like character in the story and I think one of the narrative ironies in the story is that even when her act of vengeance causes her to fall in with literal snakes she has not seen what her quest has revealed about her character. As the marshall and Texas ranger both tell her, if she were content to get justice then either law officer catching Chaney and bringing him to justice in Texas would suffice. Mattie won't accept this and despite her piety she has forgotten that "vengeance is mine saith the Lord". I'm not sure I agree with the Coens that Mattie gets her lust for revenge from her Christian faith, rather I would say she justifies her thirst for retribution WITH her Christian faith. <br /><br />Having not read the Portis novel I'm not sure that the intent in depicting Mattie's religion was intended to satirize her piety as the motive for her bloodlust, but it may well have intended to send up her capacity to see herself as in the right despite being as willing to kill as the men she pursues. I take this as at least possible when we finally meet Lucky Ned Pepper. After declaring to Cogburn "I will kill this girl. You know I'll do it, Cogburn!" he then insists to Chaney that if any harm comes to Mattie Ross he won't get paid! Pepper is ironically and very humorously revealed to be a weirdly honorable criminal!Wenatchee the Hatchethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208892745502555715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-14472207578564460322011-02-26T16:44:40.930-05:002011-02-26T16:44:40.930-05:00More spoiler, but well worth the read:
http://opin...More spoiler, but well worth the read:<br />http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/narrative-and-the-grace-of-god-the-new-true-grit/?src=me&ref=generalBrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05750404686325950389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-82227417345807008592011-02-26T09:02:18.340-05:002011-02-26T09:02:18.340-05:00I kind of like the ending. Sure, maybe it was a bi...I kind of like the ending. Sure, maybe it was a bit on the bland side, but it was bittersweet. The bad guys had been defeated, but at the end of it all, Cogburn died alone with little fanfare and Mattie was well-off enough, but didn't seem to live a very fulfilling life. It's a rather un-Hollywood kind of ending, which I like.Semper Reformandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654695501552603164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-52417427840850206392011-02-26T05:49:21.191-05:002011-02-26T05:49:21.191-05:00Great movie apart from the terrible ending which k...Great movie apart from the terrible ending which kind of left me thinking they couldn't be bothered to write a proper ending.failedatheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16176322877697068624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-91209223999521981362011-02-26T00:19:13.794-05:002011-02-26T00:19:13.794-05:00I'm no longer a Christian, but I think this mo...I'm no longer a Christian, but I think this movie review was excellent (though of course I disagree with the Christian interpretations), and did a very good job of interacting with the basic elements and plot of the movie, which I personally enjoyed.Byroniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946794635613455210noreply@blogger.com