The Coen brothers are known for their genre-defying films. Their films can generally be described as both quirky and dark, surely an odd combination. As such, I was expecting more besides the traditional western fare in 2010's True Grit. But the Coens do not deliver any new twists on the western. What they do deliver is a terrific, yet classical western film. I have not seen the original 1969 adaptation of the Charles Portis novel starring John Wayne, but from what I have heard, and what I know about The Duke, this adaptation is truer to not only the original source material, but also the actual old west.
