>> ^shuac:

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that I do not think Clint Eastwood as a director is any great, special thing. The last good movie he directed was The Unforgiven and maybe Million Dollar Baby. And even those films, in my opinion, could have been as successful if helmed by just about anyone else.
What's my big complaint? Well, for one thing he's renown for his one-take-and-done thing. In other words, Eastwood shoots the first take and he usually doesn't ask for successive takes. This has the effect of making him popular in Hollywood for being ahead of schedule all the time (as well as for being fairly prolific) but unless you've got talented actors, such a method cannot work.
Case in point: Gran Torino. Terrible, terrible direction and it's all because his asian actors cannot act. They need a couple dozen takes to get it right and it's the director's job to get the shot. Further, it's the director's job to know when he didn't get the shot.
And even when you do have talented actors, it's still problematic. Any director who's okie-dokie with accepting the very first take can't have a very specific point of view, style, or solid narrative; all the things a good film has. It's like, "Yeah, that's good enough. Let's set the next shot up."
Ever wonder why Kubrick films are so goddamn watchable? Because he had a super-specific vision and he didn't let anyone go home until that vision was sated. Sure, that made him a pain in the ass to work with, no doubt, but just look at the results.


Very few people agree with you...have you considered the possibility that you could be wrong?

I hear people sometimes say things like "J. Edgar Hoover ran America for a long time"

I've never believed it because there's simply no way the owners of the society would've allowed one man to hold the keys. However he's no doubt interesting and Clint and Leo should do a great job as usual.

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

>> ^geo321:
I think DiCaprio has a talent for picking good movies to act in. This should be good.

Ever since Aviator, I have been a Caprio fan


I love that movie.

Airplanes, girls, money, moviemaking, insanity; it has everything.

>> ^geo321:

I think DiCaprio has a talent for picking good movies to act in. This should be good.


Ever since Aviator, I have been a Caprio fan

Interesting, I wasn't even aware of this movie's existence up to now. Possibly another gold statue nod for DiCaprio & Eastwood.

On a sidenote:- I've seen many internet polls & "top tens" where J. Edgar Hoover has been voted America's no.1 "Asshole Boss Of All Time", looks like we're finally gonna get to see why

^Upvoted^

>> ^antonye:

dead ?


resurrected

Warning! More rude trollish massively copy and pasting stuff from websites below:

9/11 Truth vs Denial vs Pseudo-truths and Other Lies

David Watts on the Backfire Effect:

“The Truth: When your deepest convictions are challenged by contradictory evidence, your beliefs get stronger.”

9/11 is a perfect example. Despite the mountain of contradictory evidence of the official story, most people’s belief that what they are being told by the authorities and media becomes even stronger. If people were able to assimilate the contradictory evidence, they would understand that 9/11 was a false flag operation.

“The great masses of the people… will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.” — Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf

“The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.” — J. Edgar Hoover, former FBI director

“Only the small secrets need to be protected. The big ones are kept secret by public incredulity.” — Marshall McLuhan, Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar–a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communication theorist.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

Is that Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) at the end?


Playing Edgar Allan Poe, no less!

Thank you for the kind words Lib.

In reply to this comment by Boise_Lib:
Well said, indeed.
Thank You, critical_d.

Although Edgar Mitchell has had some problems in his later years--both legal and cognitive--he remains an American Hero.

This statement is one of the most compelling calls to human unity--and for political integrity--I've ever heard.

Well said, indeed.
Thank You, critical_d.

Although Edgar Mitchell has had some problems in his later years--both legal and cognitive--he remains an American Hero.

This statement is one of the most compelling calls to human unity--and for political integrity--I've ever heard.

You should see the home-made sex tape I made.
>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

>> ^hpqp:
quality editing!
Also, let it be known that I liked "Scott Pilgrim" and am not ashamed! (Loved the other two too)

I loved Scott Pilgrim as well, one of my favorite movies. Pretty much anything ridiculously over the top is my thing.

>> ^hpqp:

quality editing!
Also, let it be known that I liked "Scott Pilgrim" and am not ashamed! (Loved the other two too)


I loved Scott Pilgrim as well, one of my favorite movies. Pretty much anything ridiculously over the top is my thing.

I had loved the comics, and the comicky feel was really well transposed on screen.

In reply to this comment by Sarzy:
No need to be ashamed about liking Pilgrim -- that was a great film.

Thanks for the quality. :

In reply to this comment by hpqp:
*quality editing!

Also, let it be known that I liked "Scott Pilgrim" and am not ashamed! (Loved the other two too)

No need to be ashamed about liking Pilgrim -- that was a great film.

Thanks for the quality.

In reply to this comment by hpqp:
*quality editing!

Also, let it be known that I liked "Scott Pilgrim" and am not ashamed! (Loved the other two too)

Oh, Bill, No.
We "know" that Eleanor Roosevelt was gay. Ummm--no that is pure supposition.
The case of J. Edgar Hoover is quite telling. I believe he was gay--but I would never state it as a known fact.