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Favorite Ron Howard (directed) movie?
05-28-12, 11:41 PM
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Apollo 13. It's melodramatic but it actually works.
I think the cast especially Ed Harris bring a sense of urgency (ie seriousness) to the movie. It's also written incredibly well, like Aaron Sorkin's writing in The Social Network and Moneyball. It throws a lot of industry jargon but makes it easy for the audience to understand without insulting our intelligence.
I think the cast especially Ed Harris bring a sense of urgency (ie seriousness) to the movie. It's also written incredibly well, like Aaron Sorkin's writing in The Social Network and Moneyball. It throws a lot of industry jargon but makes it easy for the audience to understand without insulting our intelligence.
05-28-12, 11:53 PM
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I know it isn't cool on the forum, but I am a fan of Ron Howard as a director. I like that he gets out of the way and tells a story neatly and cleanly. Nightshift and Splash is a lot of fun, and I'm a fan of Parenthood, Backdraft, and The Paper. The Grinch is one of the worst movies I've ever seen and my most depressing experience in a theater. Since then he hasn't made a movie I've enjoyed (though I never saw the Angels and Demons hoo-hannery)
05-29-12, 12:15 AM
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Frost/Nixon by a light year.
He's made so much crap. I don't care for anything else he's ever done, but that is indeed his finest hour.
By a long shot.
He's made so much crap. I don't care for anything else he's ever done, but that is indeed his finest hour.
By a long shot.
05-29-12, 01:05 AM
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Though I haven't seen it in ages, I have fond memories of watching Night Shift over and over again on HBO in the '80s. I enjoyed Splash, Cocoon and Apollo 13, but most of his movies end up being so much pablum.
05-29-12, 01:29 AM
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I'll vote for Apollo 13. I like Willow as well. I think his movies are generally pretty decent, just not particularly great.
05-29-12, 03:42 AM
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My favorite is Willow though Apollo 13 is probably his best. He's very good at staging historical works.
05-29-12, 03:43 AM
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Cinderella Man. But I don't really like Ron Howard as a director.
05-29-12, 05:48 AM
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I'm not a big fan of Howard, but I did like CINDERELLA MAN a great deal because of its stark and honest depiction of poverty during the Great Depression. Few movies made since the Depression itself have captured this well.
I also like APOLLO 13 and A BEAUTIFUL MIND.
I also like APOLLO 13 and A BEAUTIFUL MIND.
05-29-12, 06:58 AM
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Frost/Nixon
05-29-12, 07:37 AM
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There are a few of those listed that I haven't seen, of those listed that I have seen, I liked Willow and The DaVinci Code. Willow was entertaining fantasy/escapism, The DaVinci Code was just a fun ride. Liked them both. -kd5-
05-29-12, 07:56 AM
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Apollo 13 gets the nod for me. It's a movie where you know everyone makes it, but you still think they might not. That's some pretty good stuff there.
Willow is another one of my favorites, but I like most of Howard's work.
Willow is another one of my favorites, but I like most of Howard's work.
05-29-12, 08:41 AM
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Apollo 13 is by far is best movie as it should have won Best Movie and Howard should have won Best Director. Although Braveheart is a great movie, so that was a tough choice that year.
I like most of Howards movies as many will call them 'manipulative', I just say that they have 'heart' which so many movies lack these days. Even a simple comedy like Night Shift or EDTV really makes you care about the characters and I wonder why more movie today aren't like that?
After Apollo 13, my other favorite by Howard are: Cocoon, Splash, NightShift, EDTV, Cinderella Man, and Ransom.
I like most of Howards movies as many will call them 'manipulative', I just say that they have 'heart' which so many movies lack these days. Even a simple comedy like Night Shift or EDTV really makes you care about the characters and I wonder why more movie today aren't like that?
After Apollo 13, my other favorite by Howard are: Cocoon, Splash, NightShift, EDTV, Cinderella Man, and Ransom.
05-29-12, 10:57 AM
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I have 'Night Shift' on DVD.
I picked 'Cinderella Man'. I liked that film.
His most amazing film is 'The Missing'. It's amazing anyone could be such a fumbling, inept idiot of a director to completely screw up that film with such a good antagonist, protagonist, story and themes. That effort is a high achievement in failure. Not just any fool can fail like that, that's up in the rarefied air of failure.
Ritchie Cunningham being involved is a bad sign for a movie.
I picked 'Cinderella Man'. I liked that film.
His most amazing film is 'The Missing'. It's amazing anyone could be such a fumbling, inept idiot of a director to completely screw up that film with such a good antagonist, protagonist, story and themes. That effort is a high achievement in failure. Not just any fool can fail like that, that's up in the rarefied air of failure.
Ritchie Cunningham being involved is a bad sign for a movie.
