I have yet to see the remake of "True Grit," in fact, I still need to see the original. But seeing both has moved up towards the top of my must do list after reading Frank Rich's review in the New York Times, "The One-Eyed Man Is King."
This review reminds me of the of the story of "Sullivan's Travels," another must see movie, and the idea that movies don't always need to change the world through replaying our harsh reality in stark contrast. Most of us already experience that reality everyday. We go to the movies to escape into a different one.
"For a weary mainstream 1969 audience, and not just a reactionary one, the restoration of order in 'True Grit,' inevitably to be followed by Rooster’s ride off into the sunset, was a heartening two-hour escape from the near-civil-war raging beyond the theater’s walls," says Frank Rich of the original.
"No one should have been surprised that those looking for another America once again have been finding it in 'True Grit,'" he says of the remake.
