Just a week after I wrote about probably the Coen brothers film with the most mystery and depth in A Serious Man, I watched the extremely straightforward Coen brothers version of True Grit.  Despite their deviation from their usual eccentricity, I loved the film.  The Coen brothers like Tarantino have a knack for propelling a film with a screenplay’s dialogue, rather than the film’s action.  The humorous and compelling discussion makes this film.  With fantastic performances from the main three actors, I was completely swept up in the journey.  This short, straightforward film seems to have found a wide appeal, and the huge box office revenue is the evidence.  By the way… was anyone else disappointed that ‘LaBoeuf’ was not spelled ‘LaBeef?’  Just me?

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