list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Uncharacteristically, I saw True Grit before it left theaters. It was overall an excellent movie, and even if most or all of the dialogue was from the novel, it still had the Coens' stamp, and Jeff Bridges>John Wayne. However, I would like to talk about the ending: The coda was good, but did anybody else feel like killing the horse and taking Mattie's arm was completely incongruous with the rest of the movie? Up until that point it's a fun romp through the old west. There's some dramatic tension, and it is very callous towards human death and injury, but suddenly dropping into a POOR HORSE section left a sour taste in my mouth. When I saw it I thought that the Coens felt like they had to remind the audience that Coens movies do not have cheerful endings, and killing an animal slowly is a good way to pull on most people's heartstrings. But then I went on Wikipedia and discovered that is actually part of the original movie, and they save Mattie's arm, but La Beouf dies, which is even more pointless! So I guess I should be happy they saved La Beouf because that would have made me even more annoyed, and I guess removing the segment entirely would have eliminated the idea that actions have consequences, even for our heroes. But I feel like the Coens could have found a better way to handle it than the cliche of riding a horse until it dies and mortal danger out of fricking nowhere. I also agree that Jeff Bridges would have had a good chance at an Oscar if it hadn't been for The King's Speech. But the Oscars are w**k anyway so who cares.