They got me True Grit on DVD for my birthday, and I watched it a couple more times. It\u2019s fast becoming one of my favorite films. \u00a0It\u2019s very hard in fiction or film to portray a good character. This is because truly good and saintly people are so rare and the good people we meet are so often deeply flawed. Furthermore, we usually equate goodness with perfection, piety and \u2018purity\u2019 and being all prim and proper. But what we mean by \u2018piety and purity\u2019 is more often associated with a false kind of piety and purity which has little to do with real goodness.<\/p>\n
In True Grit you see a man who is not perfect, but he is real. He\u2019s a killer and a drunkard and a serial husband, but he believes in justice, truth and he\u2019s humble. When he saves Mattie from the rattlesnake bite\u2013carrying her the final steps to safety\u2013it all comes clear. This time through I noticed again the old gospel tune \u2018Everlasting Arms\u2019 running through the film score. Then at the end the gospel son is sung, \u201cOh what peace of mind, oh, what joy is mine. Leaning on the everlasting arms.\u201d Nice touch.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
They got me True Grit on DVD for my birthday, and I watched it a couple more times. It\u2019s fast becoming one of my favorite films. \u00a0It\u2019s very hard in fiction or film to portray a good character. This is because truly good and saintly people are so rare and the good people we meet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n