Stagecoach-Unforgiven-True Grit Comparison

I think that Stagecoach and True Grit are both similar and different. Women are very different in the two movies, in True Grit the little girl is the only girl that you see most of the time throughout the film compared to Mrs. Dallas and Mrs. Mallory in Stagecoach. I think that True Grit is a revisionist western because women play a bigger role such as the little girl that went on the journey with rooster and actually shot her gun at a man, the hero (rooster) changes throughout the film because at first he didn't take the little girl seriously but at the end of the film they became friends and trusted each other. I believe Stagecoach is more of a classic western because overall there is more violence and gore than there is in True Grit. Also because women have more of a supporting role rather than a lead role and the hero (Ringo) doesn't change too much throughout the film for the fact that he was mainly a good person. I think that the Coen brothers were trying to say that you should give people a second chance because in revisionist westerns the hero changes and at the beginning of the film Rooster was just someone that was trying to steal the little girls money but at the end of the film he and Maddie became good friends. I think that Maddie trusting Rooster twice was the main point of their thematical idea.

I think that True Grit and Unforgiven are both revisionist westerns. They both show less violent/gore than classic westerns and the hero changes in both of the films. At the beginning of True Grit Rooster seemed to be a conman that doesn't take Maddie seriously and just wants to take her money and take off on his own but throughout the film he changes and begins to like her and they both become good friends. In the beginning of Unforgiven Will Munny was just an old outlaw that killed a lot of people back in the day but he changes into a good man at the end of the film and seems to kill for the right reason (Bill killed his friend Ned Logan). Some classic elements in True Grit and Unforgiven could be that there was only one women in the leading role in True Grit and there wasn't a women in a lead role in Unforgiven. I thought it was a close call to call Unforgiven a revisionist but I think that overall it really is.

As stated previously I think that the theme of True Grit is pure revisionist. This is because the hero changes dramatically throughout the film. Rooster starts off as this old man that can't take Maddie seriously and just wants her money, but as the film goes on he really changes and starts to like Maddie. I was surprised that Maddie gave Rooster another chance after he almost got away with the money. Another reason I think the theme of True Grit is revisionist is because one of the leading roles is a woman unlike classic westerns when women have a small role in the film. I think that the theme of True Grit was to give people a second chance as Maddie gave Rooster a second chance he followed through with it. This is what the Coen brothers wanted to show as the theme of the film