Clint Eastwood's "Changeling"
08-13-08, 09:21 PM
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Clint Eastwood's "Changeling"
Like Che, this was discussed in the Cannes thread, but I figured with a Halloween release date, this probably deserved it's own thread.
Here is a brief clip from the film.
Here are a selection of reviews, taken from GreenVulture's extremely helpful Cannes thread:
CHANGELING (United States)
Dir: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Amy Ryan
Plot: A mother's prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn't take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers.
Reviews
Variety (Positive)
Cinematical (Positive)
Emmanuel Levy (Positive)
Screen Daily (Positive)
Glenn Kenny (Positive)
IGN (Positive)
The Telegraph (Negative)
IFC (Negative)
Time Out London (Neutral)
Here is a brief clip from the film.
Here are a selection of reviews, taken from GreenVulture's extremely helpful Cannes thread:
Originally Posted by GreenVulture
CHANGELING (United States)
Dir: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Amy Ryan
Plot: A mother's prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn't take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers.
Reviews
Variety (Positive)
Cinematical (Positive)
Emmanuel Levy (Positive)
Screen Daily (Positive)
Glenn Kenny (Positive)
IGN (Positive)
The Telegraph (Negative)
IFC (Negative)
Time Out London (Neutral)
08-14-08, 02:03 PM
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No George C. Scott = No sale
This one sounds interesting, hope it worked out okay.
08-14-08, 02:04 PM
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I can't think of a whole lot of movies that Clint Eastwood has directed that I didn't like not named Space Cowboys. So I'll check this out. I'll probably wait for the DVD though.
08-14-08, 02:08 PM
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Plot: A mother's prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn't take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers
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08-14-08, 05:07 PM
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Eastwood is a dependably solid craftsman, and the buzz is that Jolie actually turns in something resembling a performance. I'm always a sucker for political conspiracy films, particularly ones based on true stories, so I'm in.
08-15-08, 12:40 PM
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Anyway, Clint is my favorite actor of all time, and most of his directorial efforts have been pretty good. Angelina Jolie makes me yawn and fart simultaneously, but I'll still give this a try.
08-15-08, 10:01 PM
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Nice to see Jeffrey Donovan in a high-profile movie.
08-16-08, 08:27 PM
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The film overall got great Oscar Buzz at Cannes for Best Picture, Best Actress, and various supporting actors. In various Oscar Buzz websites, many are predicting Jolie to win the Oscar, because of her snub for last year's A Mighty Heart and the strong reviews from Cannes. Anyways, here are some pictures from the film:
08-17-08, 05:50 PM
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Have you not seen award winning/critically acclaimed performances in films such as A Mighty Heart, Gia, George Wallace, Playing By Heart, The Good Shepherd, Girl Interrupted, Hackers, or The Fever? She's great when given a great role and director. You can't judge her acting based on her one dimensional action characters.
08-17-08, 07:13 PM
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Have you not seen award winning/critically acclaimed performances in films such as A Mighty Heart, Gia, George Wallace, Playing By Heart, The Good Shepherd, Girl Interrupted, Hackers, or The Fever? She's great when given a great role and director. You can't judge her acting based on her one dimensional action characters.
I'm not, I'm judging her by all the shitty movies she's done. Movies like A Mighty Heart, Gia, George Wallace, Playing By Heart, The Good Shepherd, Girl Interrupted, Hackers, and well everything she's done.
I'm not saying she's a bad actress, I'm saying she's never been in a good movie.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/angelina_jolie/
although very few popular actresses are.
08-17-08, 07:19 PM
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I'm not, I'm judging her by all the shitty movies she's done. Movies like A Mighty Heart, Gia, George Wallace, Playing By Heart, The Good Shepherd, Girl Interrupted, Hackers, and well everything she's done.
I'm not saying she's a bad actress, I'm saying she's never been in a good movie.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/angelina_jolie/
although very few popular actresses are.
I'm not saying she's a bad actress, I'm saying she's never been in a good movie.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/angelina_jolie/
although very few popular actresses are.
08-17-08, 07:21 PM
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09-02-08, 08:09 PM
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I just finished up the screenplay. Wow. I think this will be Eastwood's best film. Such a great script.
I was reading an interview with J. Michael Straczynski. He said he asked Eastwood if he wanted any changes to the script and Eastwood told him that the director's job was not to screw it up.
Hope we get a trailer soon.
I was reading an interview with J. Michael Straczynski. He said he asked Eastwood if he wanted any changes to the script and Eastwood told him that the director's job was not to screw it up.
Hope we get a trailer soon.
