True Grit 1969 vs True Grit 2010
Which movie is better - True Grit 1969? Or 2010? Which movie has more Grit? Who is the better Rooster Cogburn - The Duke or The Dude? Two movies enter; one movie leaves. There can be only one True Grit.
BRAD'S GOLDEN IDOLS
Location: 1969 Mount Morrison
Best Town: 1969
Best Cogburn: 1969 John Wayne
Best Chaney: 1969 Jeff Corey
Best Gunfight: 1969 Final Gunfight
Best Kill: 1969 Chaney kills Ross
WTF: 2010 Cogburn kicks kid down stairs
Best Score: 1969
Best Quote: 1969 "Fill your hands you son of a bitch."
Best Screenplay: 1969
Best Cinematography: 2010
Best La Boeuf: 1969 Glen Campbell
Best Maddie: 2010 Hailee Steinfeld
Best Scene: 2010 Horse Bartering
Best Ending: 2010
Best Director: 1969 Henry Hathaway
Best Picture: 1969
Totals:
True Grit 1969: 12
True Grit 2010: 4
JOSH'S GOLDEN IDOLS
Location: 2010 Dugout
Best Town: 1969
Best Cogburn: 1969 John Wayne
Best Chaney: 2010 Josh Brolin
Best Gunfight: 2010 Dugout
Best Kill: 2010 Tree Hanging
WTF: 2010 Whipping Maddie
Best Score: 1969
Best Quote: 2010 "If he wanted buried he shouldn't have got killed in winter."
Best Screenplay: 2010
Best Cinematography: 2010
Best La Boeuf: 2010 Matt Damon
Best Maddie: 2010 Hailee Steinfeld
Best Scene: 2010 Dugout
Best Ending: 2010
Best Director: 2010 Coens
Best Picture: 1969
Totals:
True Grit 1969: 4
True Grit 2010: 12
NATHAN'S GOLDEN IDOLS
Location: 2010 Indian Territory
Best Town: 1969
Best Cogburn: 2010 Jeff Bridges
Best Chaney: 1969 Jeff Corey
Best Gunfight: 2010 Final Gunfight
Best Kill: 1969 Chaney kills Ross
WTF: 2010 Whipping Maddie
Best Score: 2010
Best Quote: 2010 "Immediate?"
Best Screenplay: 1969
Best Cinematography: 2010
Best La Boeuf: 1969 Glen Campbell
Best Maddie: 2010 Hailee Steinfeld
Best Scene: 2010 Courtroom
Best Ending: 2010
Best Director: 2010 Coens
Best Picture: 2010
Totals:
True Grit 1969: 5
True Grit 2010: 11
RACHAEL'S GOLDEN IDOLS
Location: 1969 River
Best Town: 1969
Best Cogburn: 1969 John Wayne
Best Chaney: 2010 Josh Brolin
Best Gunfight: 1969 Final Gunfight
Best Kill: 1969 La Boeuf kills Pepper
WTF: 1969 Whipping Maddie
Best Score: 1969
Best Quote: 1969 "You can't serves papers on a rat, baby sister, you gotta kill him where he stands."
Best Screenplay: 1969
Best Cinematography: 2010
Best La Boeuf: 2010 Matt Damon
Best Maddie: 1969 Kim Darby
Best Scene: 2010 Courtroom
Best Ending: 1969
Best Director: 1969 Henry Hathaway (changed before leaving the studio)
Best Picture: 1969
Totals:
True Grit 1969: 12
True Grit 2010: 4