Wednesday, March 16, 2011

True Grit, Stagecoach, and Unforgiven Comparisons

I believe Stagecoach and True Grit are similar in many ways which include them both being classic western films that accurately display the realistic events of the time period rather than a revised untrue portrait of the western time period. Both also have similar character roles that include related problems in the time period, which creates a suspenseful and exciting movie. Both films included similar settings throughout the films. The camera movement seemed to be similar except way more upgraded in True Grit. The costume and make up in both films fit the classic western cowboy and the weirdly dressed woman. Both films portrayed a lot of similar traits but differed in the story being told.

True Grit and Unforgiven have many comparisons that include one of the main characters is a drunken killer and is asked to kill a certain people. Another comparison of the films are the consistently similar settings, which along with the characters and Mise-en-scene, they all hint the time period. The costumes seemed to going for a similar look along with lighting in certain scenes like when its at a suspenseful scene and the villain is about to die with the gun pointed at them. The camera angles were consistently similar in the use of the tracking method. Also i noticed the sounds and music were similar in the sense that it hinted the mood and tone of the scene.

I believe that True Grit display more of a classic western instead of a revisionist western in traits that include the overall plot and message in the movie which in similar to the old west. The costume and make up along with the setting all hinted the time period and how life was along with the conflicts that can arise and how different it is to the present. All the characters traits were similar to the western time period which consisted of anything from how they spoke to the decisions they made. I thought it was very clear and well told classic western film that consisted of a very accurate description of the western time period.

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