I just enjoyed the original True Grit with my family.

When my father came home from the hospital after his mini-stroke which left him blind in his right eye, he was already joking that his new nickname would have to be "Rooster Cogburn," because of the line in the film where a character yells, "That's bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!"

Anyway, that was my first John Wayne film.  Next, I will read the book