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Post by smang12345 on Sept 1, 2011 21:00:22 GMT -5
I was so glad to hear you guys mention some of the more lesser-known movies in his film history. Tightrope and Paint Your Wagon never seem to get brought up when people do a retrospective on his career. Good job gentlemen.
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Post by Derrick on Sept 2, 2011 9:40:34 GMT -5
I was so glad to hear you guys mention some of the more lesser-known movies in his film history. Tightrope and Paint Your Wagon never seem to get brought up when people do a retrospective on his career. Good job gentlemen. Glad you appreciated it. That's exactly what Tom and I wanted to accomplish with that episode. Whenever there's a discussion of Clint Eastwood, it always seems to focus on just his westerns and his Dirty Harry movies, overlooking the truly amazing variety of films he's done. |
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Post by Eddie Love on Sept 2, 2011 14:44:07 GMT -5
Hear, hear. I also like that you shout out to PALE RIDER, which, even before UNFORGIVEN was overshadowed by the critical darling JOSEY WALES.
I love EIGER SANCTION even if it does include the most seen-to-be-believed gay caricature ever, and love the source novel which really holds up.
As a filmmaker, I think Clint's best film is the shattering CHANGELING, which I think was the best film of 2008 and one of the best so far this young century. Insanely underrated. My least favorite of his is the awful MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD & EVIL.
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Post by Derrick on Sept 15, 2011 23:57:30 GMT -5
Hear, hear. I also like that you shout out to PALE RIDER, which, even before UNFORGIVEN was overshadowed by the critical darling JOSEY WALES. I love EIGER SANCTION even if it does include the most seen-to-be-believed gay caricature ever, and love the source novel which really holds up. As a filmmaker, I think Clint's best film is the shattering CHANGELING, which I think was the best film of 2008 and one of the best so far this young century. Insanely underrated. My least favorite of his is the awful MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD & EVIL. I dunno about CHANGELING. All throughout the movie I kept wondering why the Angelina Jolie character just didn't produce a picture of her son to prove that the boy the police returned to her was not hers. I can't believe that a mother would not have pictures of her only child and plenty of 'em at that. The best thing about the movie was Angelina Jolie's performance. I like it that every so often she'll do a movie like this to remind the public that her winning that Academy Award wasn't just a fluke. The action movies she does for fun but when she has to step up to the plate and show that she actually can act, she does so. |
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Post by Eddie Love on Sept 17, 2011 9:36:00 GMT -5
Well, it was based on a true story, but I can definitely see your point. That movie haunted me, still does. Great work from the whole cast, great script. I think it's Eastwood's finest film.
I always love Angie, and also think she was great in another insanely under appreciated picture THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
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Post by Derrick on Sept 17, 2011 16:51:19 GMT -5
Well, it was based on a true story, but I can definitely see your point. That movie haunted me, still does. Great work from the whole cast, great script. I think it's Eastwood's finest film. I always love Angie, and also think she was great in another insanely under appreciated picture THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Oh, Good Googlymoogly, THE GOOD SHEPHERD! I've seen that thing three or four times and every time I see it it's like watching it for the first time. It's one of the few movies that has the resonance, depth and genuine feel I usually associate with a novel. |
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Post by Eddie Love on Sept 17, 2011 18:29:47 GMT -5
Perfectly said. That's a movie people will be talking about in 100 years. Maybe if it had been made by someone else -- Scorsese, Eastwood -- it would have been better received. People just didn't expect DeNiro would make an austere, cerebral morally and politically murky epic. Damon is great in that. as well. It was supposed to kick off a trilogy, too. Rats.
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Post by Derrick on Sept 17, 2011 19:08:16 GMT -5
Perfectly said. That's a movie people will be talking about in 100 years. Maybe if it had been made by someone else -- Scorsese, Eastwood -- it would have been better received. People just didn't expect DeNiro would make an austere, cerebral morally and politically murky epic. Damon is great in that. as well. It was supposed to kick off a trilogy, too. Rats. I don't think it would have been well received no matter who made it, Eddie. THE GOOD SHEPHERD isn't the kind of movie where you can sit back and passively watch it. It demands that you pay attention to what's going on and what people are saying and there's a lot of folks out there who aren't willing to do that. I get people all the time telling me; "I work hard at my job...I shouldn't have to work when I watch a movie." Don't get me wrong...I understand that sentiment and I respect it. But that's how a large segment of the American movie goer feels. That's no good for a movie like THE GOOD SHEPHERD. But on the opposing appendage, INCEPTION was the biggest hit of last year and that's hardly a movie made for the braindead so there's hope ;D |
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Post by Eddie Love on Sept 17, 2011 19:54:42 GMT -5
Oh, I wouldn't expect that it would be a popular hit, I'm talking more about the critical reception and unceasing movie award industry that dropped the ball here. I'm sure smart people will catch up with it eventually.
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Post by smang12345 on Nov 6, 2011 15:23:16 GMT -5
I was relistening to this episode and I heard a mention of A Perfect World that I missed the first time around. I urge everyone on this board to go see that movie now. Every performance is perfect, every note is hit dead on and you come away changed after watching it. I'd like to hear what others think about it.
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Post by svenson on Nov 7, 2011 16:54:11 GMT -5
I found it bland and meandering.
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Post by smang12345 on Nov 7, 2011 20:25:23 GMT -5
I found it bland and meandering. Wow, just wow................. |
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