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• Oh, I'm sure of it. - Analog Scott 15:40:06 02/07/07 (17)
  In Reply to: Ya think? posted by Jimmy NYC on February 7, 2007 at 14:05:33:

  Heck when the academy reads your post they will certainly turn their noses up on Letters from Iwo Jima.
  
  

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  • Look at a list of Academy Award winners-you'll see some real turkeys - Jimmy NYC 15:48:27 02/07/07 (16)
    In Reply to: Oh, I'm sure of it. posted by Analog Scott on February 7, 2007 at 15:40:06:

    anal
    
    

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    • Terms of Endearment was absoolute schlock, as is Fags of my Father. nt - Duilawyer 17:55:08 02/07/07 (0)
      In Reply to: Look at a list of Academy Award winners-you'll see some real turkeys posted by Jimmy NYC on February 7, 2007 at 15:48:27:

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    • Which movies that won best picture were "real turrkeys?" - Analog Scott 15:57:03 02/07/07 (14)
      In Reply to: Look at a list of Academy Award winners-you'll see some real turkeys posted by Jimmy NYC on February 7, 2007 at 15:48:27:

      I'm sure if you name them the academy will hold an emergency general meeting to discuss recanting anything on your list
      
      

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      • Too many to mention... LoTR, Gladiator, American Beauty, Titanic, English Patient, Rain Man, Terms of Endearment, ... - Victor Khomenko 17:31:14 02/07/07 (3)
        In Reply to: Which movies that won best picture were "real turrkeys?" posted by Analog Scott on February 7, 2007 at 15:57:03:

        Also, Marty...
        

        
        
        
        

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        • Re: Marty! LOL! D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y !! (n/t) - grinagog 03:25:55 02/08/07 (0)
          In Reply to: Too many to mention... LoTR, Gladiator, American Beauty, Titanic, English Patient, Rain Man, Terms of Endearment, ... posted by Victor Khomenko on February 7, 2007 at 17:31:14:

          Grins
          
          

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        • Well, I think you found one, Titanic - Analog Scott 18:33:27 02/07/07 (1)
          In Reply to: Too many to mention... LoTR, Gladiator, American Beauty, Titanic, English Patient, Rain Man, Terms of Endearment, ... posted by Victor Khomenko on February 7, 2007 at 17:31:14:

          You are simply wrong about all the others.
          
          

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          • It's a start - Victor Khomenko 19:46:42 02/07/07 (0)
            In Reply to: Well, I think you found one, Titanic posted by Analog Scott on February 7, 2007 at 18:33:27:

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      • Quit belaboring your point about Award "recanting" - this is a forum to exchange ideas & opinions(nt) - Jimmy NYC 17:11:46 02/07/07 (9)
        In Reply to: Which movies that won best picture were "real turrkeys?" posted by Analog Scott on February 7, 2007 at 15:57:03:

        Quit belaboring your point about Award "recanting" - this is a forum to exchange ideas & opinions(nt)
        
        

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        • I agree with that. Just don't think "Eastwood sucks" is worthy of discussion - Analog Scott 18:32:05 02/07/07 (8)
          In Reply to: Quit belaboring your point about Award "recanting" - this is a forum to exchange ideas & opinions(nt) posted by Jimmy NYC on February 7, 2007 at 17:11:46:

          Now if you have some arguments that Million dollar baby or Letters from Iwo Jima are signs of a mediocre director give it your best shot.
          
          

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          • I didn't say "Eastwood Sucks", I said he was mediocre and overrated ... - Jimmy NYC 02:58:23 02/08/07 (7)
            In Reply to: I agree with that. Just don't think "Eastwood sucks" is worthy of discussion posted by Analog Scott on February 7, 2007 at 18:32:05:

            Admittedly - I have not seen "Letters from Iwo Jima" but that specific film was not the centerpiece of my point.

            I did shell out $10.50 for "Flags Of Our Fathers" and like many Eastwood films, it was on the same level as bad television. If "Letters from Iwo Jima" is the greatest film ever made, for me it won't erase the mediocrity of his body of work.

            Listed below are films of Eastwood's that I have seen, that weren't completely without merit (as a Ron Howard film etc.) but still, pretty much stunk up the joint.

            I consider bad films taken from Eastwood's directorial resume prior to "Letters from Iwo Jima".

            ** Flags of Our Fathers ** Blood Work ** Space Cowboys ** True Crime ** Absolute Power ** The Rookie ** Bird ** Heartbreak Ridge ** Honkytonk Man ** Firefox ** Bronco Billy ** The Gauntlet**

            I mean...OUCH!

            Analog, I admit Million Dollar Baby wasn't bad . The directing was adequate but Eastwood's limited acting abilities undermined that film for me.
            Not for a minute, or even a second did I believe that Eastwood was Frankie Dunn. Once again he used the full gamut of his three facial expressions. One a blank look, the other two, sneers. It wasn't a great film because of his own performance.
            
            

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            • I have news for you. "mediocre" and "sucks" are synonymous in any artistic endevour. nt - Analog Scott 09:29:20 02/10/07 (5)
              In Reply to: I didn't say "Eastwood Sucks", I said he was mediocre and overrated ... posted by Jimmy NYC on February 8, 2007 at 02:58:23:

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              • Is that all you have to say after reading my little essay? I learn nothing from you! nt - Jimmy NYC 13:13:55 02/10/07 (3)
                In Reply to: I have news for you. "mediocre" and "sucks" are synonymous in any artistic endevour. nt posted by Analog Scott on February 10, 2007 at 09:29:20:

                Is that all you have to say after reading my little essay? I learn nothing from you! nt
                
                

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                • That was a little essay? - Analog Scott 18:42:38 02/10/07 (2)
                  In Reply to: Is that all you have to say after reading my little essay? I learn nothing from you! nt posted by Jimmy NYC on February 10, 2007 at 13:13:55:

                  I'd say a very little essay. What do you want? you pretty much just made a list of movies. You don't really say much about them other than you think they represent a body of mediocre work. I'm not impressed. Eastwood has IMO made at least four outstanding movies and at least a few other movies with merit that rises well above the level of mediocre. I would concede that it took Eastwood time to mature into an excellent director but IMO and in the opinion of many other people he did do just that.
                  
                  

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                  • Strange you don't list those four movies. Go ahead and start a thread on those four. - tinear 07:50:29 02/11/07 (1)
                    In Reply to: That was a little essay? posted by Analog Scott on February 10, 2007 at 18:42:38:

                    Should be fun.
                    
                    

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                    • I thought they were fairly obvious. - Analog Scott 08:57:16 02/11/07 (0)
                      In Reply to: Strange you don't list those four movies. Go ahead and start a thread on those four. posted by tinear on February 11, 2007 at 07:50:29:

                      Letters from Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River and The Unforgiven. The more interesting question would about the other movies of merit I was refering to. But here is some evidence as to what other film makers think of Eastwood.
                      http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/awards
                      Yeah, those are the accolades bestowed upon a "mediocre" artist by his peers. Like I said before, I'm sure he is crushed by the negative comments on this forum. To be praised here by certain regulars is the real goal of all film makers and the true mark of an excellent film maker. All those awards I cited on IMDb are meaningless drivel based on ill informed and simply unimportant peoples' opinions. Not like the people here.
                      
                      

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              • mediocre - ordinary, average, middling, middle-of-the-road, uninspired, undistinguished ..... - Jimmy NYC 13:11:36 02/10/07 (0)
                In Reply to: I have news for you. "mediocre" and "sucks" are synonymous in any artistic endevour. nt posted by Analog Scott on February 10, 2007 at 09:29:20:

                mediocre adjective a mediocre performance ordinary, average, middling, middle-of-the-road, uninspired, undistinguished, indifferent, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, pedestrian, prosaic, lackluster, forgettable, amateur, amateurish; informal OK, so-so, 'comme ci, comme ça', plain-vanilla, fair-to-middling, no great shakes, not up to much, bush-league.
                
                

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            • Nice shot. nt - clbeanz 12:51:50 02/08/07 (0)
              In Reply to: I didn't say "Eastwood Sucks", I said he was mediocre and overrated ... posted by Jimmy NYC on February 8, 2007 at 02:58:23:

              
              sincerely _beanz
              
              

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