A Japanese Pink (aka soft-core porn) musical shot by Christopher Doyle: Underwater Love
A Japanese Pink (aka soft-core porn) musical shot by Christopher Doyle: Underwater Love
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I thought MC was above pompous statements like this. Oh wait, it's MC.Quoting Qrazy (view post)
Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Statements like this are far more obnoxious.
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This is a bad opinion.Quoting Spinal (view post)
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(In Artie Lange voice)Quoting Raiders (view post)
I was kidding....
Actually Spinal stated a fact. Perhaps MC will be more tolerable once you can differentiate facts from opinions.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
0wn3d.Quoting Derek (view post)
I wouldn't have said anything if his statement was backed up by supporting reasonings why he thought Clint Eastwood was a bad director. (maybe I missed it ... as usual)
I don't know why, but all of a sudden statements with not supporting reasons bothers me, or at least makes me challenge it. It's like a slap in the face to anyone who thinks he could possible be a decent director, but it's such a well known fact that he's a bad director, he doesn't even need to put in any effort to explain himself.
Is it acceptable to say that Clint Eastwood is nothing special as a director, but has turned out a few wonderful films?
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I guess its the extremes that bother me.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
I was just posing it as a general question to everyone.
It's how I feel about Eastwood, I guess. He's an idealist, and his films often try to evoke a lyrical poetry, but it doesn't always work.
I think he's a pretty middle-of-the-road director, with very little distinctive style (but rather some consistent themes throughout his work, showing how deeply political a man he is).
That being said, I do think (as I said earlier) that Unforgiven is masterful, Gran Torino is great, and he has a few other strong works. But looking at his body of work as a whole, he's hardly "one of the greats".
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
See, as much as I love Unforgiven, The Outlaw Josey Wales and A Perfect World, I can't for the life of me figure out how Gran Torino gets mentioned as a great film, or even a good one. It is crushingly cliched and poorly acted.
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Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
Do you like High Plains Drifter?
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I kinda like Gran Torino but it's so shockingly poorly paced and edited; I remember taking my dad and even he pointed out those technical shortcomings. Stupid Clint rushing his post-prod to get in the awards race.
I haven't see it yet. It'll probably be the next one I seek out.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
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Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
I think it's better than Josey Wales.
Just my two cents. Hope you like it.
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"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Well, if it's better than Josey Wales, I'll be a happy camper.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
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People should see White Hunter, Black Heart. Probably Clint's best performance.
Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
It's decidedly darker, and even "trippier".
I mean, the hero begins the movie by raping a girl then taking over a town as his.
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"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
One of his best for sure. I like it a lot more than The African Queen.Quoting Winston* (view post)
Another one I haven't seen.Quoting Winston* (view post)
High Plains Drifter sounds interesting.
One of the things I love about old films is often I have no idea even the premise of the film I'm about to watch, let alone the rough storyline. It's cool to go in completely unsullied by info.
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Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
I've had some great experiences like this, as well.
Though I have found that many old movie trailers gave way too much away, as well as often going on far too long.
I've seen trailers from the '50s and '60s that went over the entire plot, including the climax, and last more than 4 minutes.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
My favorite Eastwood is A Perfect World, though I admittedly say that as someone only really familiar with his work from the early '90s on.
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/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
Another vote for A Perfect Word from me.
-Do you love her?
-Kissed her butt, didn’t I?
Yet another vote for Mystic River.
*shifty eyes*