I'd say that in R&GAD, he's not particularly morally conflicted nor suspect, but rather kind of an innocent fool.
Very, very true, and my bad on forgetting that one. Roth and Oldman really need to do another movie. Or a sketch show for BBC. Or something, cause they were such a great team in that. But still so far away from the concept of Jim Gordon, which is probably why I didn't think of it.
I loved it, Anne. i've seen it twice now.
Really? I don't even know what it's about, and I'm irrationally annoyed at every new Clint Eastwood movie since EVERY SINGLE ONE is hailed as, like, THE NEXT GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF CINEMA. I didn't like
Million Dollar Baby
very much, and that's the only movie of his I've seen. And
Mystic River
is the only other one I'm really interested in, although I am moderately interested in
Unforgiven
since I know Clint knows his Westerns.
I think Clint suuuuuuucks as a director. I've hated just about everything he directed other than Unforgiven and (for some strange reason) High Plains Drifter. But I mainly only like them in the context of his Leone movies.
If you like westerns,
Unforgiven
is definitely a must-see.
Speaking of westerns, we were testing out our new TV and
Once Upon a Time in the West
with the 52" LCD and the surround sound was incredible.
We followed that up with Blu-Ray
Kill Bill.
I had never realized what a Morricone rip-off homage the music in that was.
P-C, i'm not normally an Eastwood fan either. still haven't seen Million Dollar Baby. however, this one just had a great story for me. plus, he's funny. i was not expecting it to be as funny as it was. if you're very sensitive about bigots, this may be a tough movie to swallow. at first.
I can't get past the fact that, quite literally, the trailer shows Clint as an old dude telling kids to get off his lawn.
Does he yell at clouds, too?
plus, he's funny.
I can't believe there is not more Internet hilarity hoopla over the fact that in the trailer, he
literally tells a bunch of kids,
"Get off of my lawn!"
Ha ha ha, x-post!
Ha, ha! No way!
`I am not sure how to distinguish good direction, exactly, but I *thought* it was more than manufactured crip outrage that made MDB feel like it took a year and a half.
I'm not sure what my compatriots expected...HS going right from the canvas to the local ILC to begin a satisfying but ill-paying life of disability advocacy?
I don't even want to see that movie and I made it up.
OK, thanks to a total aside on NPR, I finally realized that
Wall-E
is a Charlie Chaplin movie.