"True Grit" vs. "True Grit:" the debate continues

There's a debate?  Apparently.  I was driving home and I heard Terry Gross interviewing the Coen Brothers about True Grit (see below for the link) and she mentioned going back to watch the old film.  She did not like it very much either, and mentioned some of the things I had noticed about it.  The Coen Brothers were polite of course and would not critique it, but the comments after the article on NPR's website do discuss the old vs. new film and some of the comments surprised me.  Some people liked the old version better.  One guy says:

Ultimately, the 1969 film is a classic, while the new film is very good as a differing interpretation of the mood, but fails to capture the charm or the chemistry between the characters and truncates the story eliminating some of its power.  Don't get me wrong- I like the latest "True Grit," but comparing the two films, though inescapable, is like comparing Beethoven's 9th to Bob Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind."

Whoa!  Is this a generational thing?  I feel like he got it completely wrong.  Crap is crap, no matter when it was made.  Are you saying that there were no good movies made in the '60s by today's standards?  This is just goes to show how some people feel about The Duke I guess.  For us young'uns, the Coen Brothers have made some of the best films of our generation, so we're gonna stick by 'em.

The article and link to Terry's interview: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/12/132744499/coen-bros-on-wet-horses-kid-stars-its-a-wild-west.