old yellow photo

Roberta 2022-04-19 09:01:25

After watching all the films of the Coen brothers, from "Blood Labyrinth" to "Thunderbolt", I have a feeling of Eastwood unconsciously. One by one, it gradually becomes more gentle and calmly narrates this exciting story after another, becoming more sophisticated and calm!

In my opinion, "Thunderbolt" is a typical Coen Brothers film. The gloomy weather, the sparse crowd, the story is surrounded by two or three people, and you have experienced ups and downs in the slow narrative. This film fully reflects the wild and backward feeling of the West. Bridges' sloppy image is matched with the yellowish western color, and a live and real western bailiff is in front of you.

The whole film never described Cogburn as a hero. From the beginning of his appearance in the toilet to his death in the circus, he was always just a very ordinary person, it was all just his life, his Life is to arrest people, kill people, and save people for the sake of life in the wild age! But not everyone has the courage to do everything he does. This may be the meaning of thunder in the earth, which makes you interesting and admirable!

The little girl Ross is like a brave little child who is slow and curious about the unknown. Her courage leads her to embark on an unknown journey, and paying her father seems to be just an incidental task.

The atmosphere of the whole film gives people a feeling that matches the content. It is old and dusty, like looking at an old photo that has been treasured for many years. When you see it, you will not be excited, but you will have some emotions. , so that you can't help but recall the past!

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Extended Reading

True Grit quotes

  • Rooster Cogburn: [after singing for a long time] That was "Johnny in the Low Ground." There are very few fiddle tunes I have not heard. Once heard they are locked in my mind forever. It is a sadness to me that I have sausage fingers that cannot crowd onto a fretboard... Little fat girls at a cotillion. "Soldier's Joy"!

    [sings more]

    LaBoeuf: [to Mattie] I don't believe he slept.

  • First Lawyer: Mr. Cogburn, did you find a bottle with a hundred and twenty-five dollars in it?

    Cross-examining Lawyer: Objection your Honor, Leading

    Judge Parker: Sustained. Rephrase the question.

    First Lawyer: What happened then?

    Rooster Cogburn: [slightly annoyed] I found a bottle with a hundred and twenty-five dollars in it.