True Grit

The most important scene in True Grit is when Mattie gets captured by Tom Chaney and Ned Pepper. Throughout the movie Mattie is looking for revenge on Chaney after he had killed her father. When she is captured she is left with Chaney and she was waiting to die. However Chaney was given specific instructions by Pepper, if he killed Mattie he wouldn't get paid. This put Mattie at more ease. Chaney couldn't keep to his word and started to strangle Mattie. Texas Ranger LaBoeuf came to Mattie's rescue. He knocked out Chaney with the butt of his gun. Feeling safe again, Mattie and LaBoeuf went to watch U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn fight off Ned Pepper and his gang of cowboys. During this fight you watch Rooster take out all of them, being the sharp shooter that he is. Rooster ends up getting shot and is on the ground waiting for Pepper to end his life. This is when, once again, LaBoeuf comes to rescue. He shoots Pepper dead and Rooster survives. Right after Mattie and LaBoeuf celebrate and Peppers death, Chaney whom we all thought was dead rises and hits LaBoeuf on the head with a rock. It is then Mattie's job to shoot Chaney and end this vicious cycle after all. Mattie gets her revenge.

Although this is a very long scene it is definitely the most important. It shows significant growth in all of the characters. Mattie who is just a young girl finally gets her revenge on Chaney but ending his life the way he ended her father's. It shows how much Rooster and Mattie care for each other. Rooster fights the four cowboys alone, just to save Mattie's life. It shows how Rooster takes Mattie under his wing and has a need to put her survival over his own. Another significant growth is Texas Ranger LaBoeuf. He does not like Mattie at all during the film. He thinks she is a nuisance and is slowing down their path to Pepper and Chaney. He ends up saving her life. As much as he didn't like her, he risked everything for her in the end. This scene shows the growth of the characters and makes the movie worth watching.