True Grit Screening Report

The Scene I picked from the movie True Grit, is a scene where Maddie, the main character, is bargaining with a stable owner for a horse and a saddle.  This scene takes place just ten minutes into the movie. The reason this scene is so significant to the rest of the plot is because in order to track down Cheney, the man who shot and killed her father, Maddie will need a horse and a saddle. From this scene forward the rest of the movie is able to take place. Every single main point throughout the directors’ plot would not be able to happen if Maddie was unable to buy a horse. Maddie has very little money being a young girl and it showed what type of personality her character had when she was willing to bargain for a horse and a saddle with the little money she had to track down the man who killed her father. The whole movie can be traced back to this very scene. Even the very last scene of the movie I was able to think about how the movie got to the point it was at and I went all the way back to this scene. I thought about Maddie’s determination and her determination is portrayed throughout the rest of the movie. Those are some of the reasons why this particular scene struck me as the most vital scene to the movie True Grit.

Picture from Google Images (Maddie)