All Respect is Earned

Cogburn in a standoff with Lucky Ned and his boys.
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   The scene I chose to evaluate from the movie True Grit starts at 1:29.24.  This scene is right after LaBeouf saves Maddie from being killed and now Cogburn is in a standoff with Lucky Ned and his crew.  In this scene the viewer finds out that Cogburn had made up a plan with LaBeouf.  After Maddie is safe Cogburn goes after Lucky Ned.  Lucky Ned’s crew consists of a doctor, and two brothers.  Cogburn says that he has not interest in [them] today,” Which says that the only thing that Cogburn wants to do is kill Lucky Ned.  All the while LaBeouf and Maddie are sitting up on the ridge waiting for Cogburn’s signal.  When Cogburn takes off after Lucky Ned and his crew LaBeouf is taking aim, but they are moving too fast, so at this point the scene is building suspense.  Cogburn’s horse is shot and falls on top of him and this allows Lucky Ned to get a free shot at the well-known Marshall Cogburn.  As Lucky Ned is about to shoot Cogburn, Labeouf shoots Lucky Ned from the ridge to save Cogburn’s life.  After Lucky Ned gets shot LaBeouf gets hit over the head with a huge rock.  Cheney and Maddie pull for the gun, but Maddie overcomes and says “stand up Tom Cheney.”  Maddie finally avenged her father’s death because she shot Tom Cheney off the ridge.  I think this whole scene is important because it shows that LaBeouf finally respects Maddie to come after her and save her life.  I also think this scene is important because LaBeouf and Cogburn never got along during the movie and then in this scene LaBeouf saves Cogburn’s life by shooting Lucky Ned.  This shows that Cogburn and LaBeouf finally got along.