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Massawyrm calls FROST/NIXON not only one of the best of the year, but possibly Ron Howard's best film to date!!!
Hola all. Massawyrm here.
Occasionally, at this very time of year, you see a trailer to a movie that just screams “FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.” While it may have been made out of passion for the material or the sheer joy of filmmaking, it looks like it was made and funded for the sake of bringing home Oscar gold. Most of the time these films never pan out – tending to be drown in their own swelling ponds of pretension and industry pandering. Oh sure, they’re nicely put together – they just seem to be trying TOO HARD for something that is just supposed to occur naturally. So when one of these films comes out of the gate swinging like Frost/Nixon does and delivers the goods, proving to be one of the best things you’ve seen all year – well, it is something to talk about.
Because at first glance, Frost/Nixon screams For Your Consideration. Directed by Ron Howard and starring Frank Langella as Richard Nixon, and sprinkled with just the sorts of actors who elevate the Oscar buzz factor like Toby Jones and Sam Rockwell, this thing is gonna get talked about over and over again. But the kicker is that this is the real deal. Easily Howard’s best film of the last decade (and arguably his best ever), this film is everything Howard does well brought together into one scintillating barn burner of a drama. The movie is simply incredible. Absolutely incredible.
And to be honest, it’s hard to believe they pulled it off. Not for lack of talent, but the content. This is the story about an interview, pure and simple. There are no backroom sessions screwing people over. There’s no physical danger as an embittered ex-president sicks CIA agents on the interview team. No romantic tension tearing at the characters. It is a battle of wills between one of the most intimidating and cunning Presidents in modern history and a television personality woefully out of his depth. And it is not the stuff of fiction – but historical fact.
What makes it work is that Howard sets this up and delivers it like you would a boxing match. He builds his menace (Nixon) and then spends the movie building up this plucky team of investigators who are getting the shot of a lifetime – a bout with the champ. A man no one has been able to defeat in the verbal arena. David Frost was not the man set up to take him down. It was supposed to be Mike Wallace – exactly the type of contender you would put in the ring with a man like Nixon. Instead, with some financial maneuvering and an overconfident opponent looking for an easy win, this interviewer scored a chance at history. And history is what he got. The resulting tale is positively riveting from beginning to end, and watching the verbal sparring between the showy Frost and the stonewalling Nixon is as jarring, tense and thrilling as any boxing match.
This is the Cinderella Man of political biopics. Only it’s better than Cinderella Man.
Everyone in this movie is at the top of their game, from veteran character actors Oliver Platt and the always frenetic Sam Rockwell as Frost’s research team - to the other side, where Toby Jones continues his climb as the go to character actor of the year, giving a great performance as Nixon’s sleazy entertainment agent ‘Swifty’ Lazar. Also in Nixon’s corner is Kevin Bacon, giving a wonderfully moving portrayal of one of the last of the Nixon loyalists, Jack Brennan. But the real story is Langella as Nixon, which truly is, without hyperbole, the single greatest performance of his career. Langella has never been given a role with this much depth, power and range before, and he meets it on all fronts with the tenacity of a man possessed. He is simply astonishing, and it is completely incomparable to his previous work. Michael Sheen, who plays Frost, also gives a powerful performance. But there is this moment in the film when Nixon says to Frost “the thing about being in the limelight is that it only shines on one person,” and I couldn’t help but think about how true that was, even at that very moment. Sheen is acting his ass off, taking a character that amounts to little more than a professional smile and a hairdo and confers upon him a level of depth that makes you really feel for this guy who has bitten off more than he can chew. But as good as he is, every time Langella is onscreen, you can’t take your eyes off of him.
Based upon the play of the same name, these two actors no doubt honed their chemistry performing it together on stage and every bit of that shows here. But this film never feels like a play. Quite the contrary, Howard manages to pace this in a way that keeps it thrilling, exciting and makes you feel more like you are watching a spirited sporting event rather than an interview. Never dull for a moment and positively gripping the whole way through, this movie is going to get itself a lot of Oscar buzz and earns every bit of it.
If ever there was a year for Langella, this is it. Now that Warner Brothers has chosen to pursue best supporting for Heath Ledger, the Best Actor category is wide open and Langella has just moved to the position of frontrunner. Handily one of the best films of the year, this NEEDS to be on your must see list. Check this out the very first chance you get.
Until next time friends, smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em.
Massawyrm
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No squid = bad movie
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And I won't see this movie. It has BORING written all over it.
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George Lucas midget fetish...mad mardigan...that sexy redhead (not warwick davis the girl)...morphing animals...it has it all....are there any midgets in Frost/Nixon....and any other punctuation we should know about besides the backslash.
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It wouldn't be hard to best his body of work so far. He is the epitome of mediocrity, as far as his films go. Having said that, if Apollo 13 -- a true story -- hadn't had sound effects in the vacuum of space -- it would have been a truly excellent movie. A better director would have used the silence as a dramatic device.
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Langella has always been quietly spectacular, even when he was captain handsome. Sheen is also a great actor. Can't wait for this!
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Looking forward to this.
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That guy has been great for a long time. Hard to believe he played the role of Skeletor and kicked ass while doing so.
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...since Dracula in '79. Although I find that movie borderline unwatchable now.
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Didnt he make that pile of crap boxing picture with Russel Crowe?
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I had little interest in seeing it, but your review has tipped me into the 'give it a shot category'.
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I saw the play in London and it was fantastic. Look forward to this.
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"Which finger holds the most power?""Let this be our final battle!"
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Just wonderin'
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Nov 19, 2008 12:32:25 PM CST
Ron Howard? Uhhhh yeah. Like I'm gonna pay to see this.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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looked like the gayest hair stylist this side of Romania, going for "blue steel" when capturing one's attention. But loved Williams' score and Sir Lawrence's accent.
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No Ron Howard movie will beat Willow. Curse on you Massawyrm.
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Since "Opie Cunningham" was responsible for "Ransom" - possible the worst film ever released in cinematic history.
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A production of the play just finished its run a few days ago here in Halifax, and while I didn't get a chance to go catch it myself my brother did and he liked it. Didn't know they were doing a movie. That bit of info might have tip me towards seeing it, if only to compare.
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I'm in.
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They'd be just like Ron Howard's films. Or, well, if Ron Howard made his films back in the days of classic Hollywood then he'd probably be more revered. That's what Ron Howard is to me; a director who makes good films of Hollywood past.
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This is right up there with "Apollo 13" for Howard's best. Not a flaw in this fantastic, gripping movie. My current choice for best film of 2008.
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A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code were fucking unbearable.
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I want it next with a computer generated John Candy.
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Lets start the alternate title contest gents
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Rob Reiner would've got ahold of it and ruined it. Yes, I know Spinal Tap, Princess Bride, Stand By Me, Misery...but since then?So Meathead's film output beats Opie's which barely beats LaVerne's?? I need a friggin scorecard...
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I should have seen those coming, fantastic lines and I about pissed myself.
However, nothing beats, "Nobody takes pot shots at Lubic!" -
WTF?!?!? HOLY SHIT!
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"David Frost was not the man set up to take him down."
Frost's power was in APPEARING to be lightweight when he has always had a sharp, incisive mind. Almost like a shaolin drunken fighter, lulling the interviewee into a false sense of security, then getting them to slip up. Did the same thing with Blair a couple of years ago. -
Liked: Apollo 13, Cinderella Man, Backdraft
Loathed: Beautiful Mind, Edtv, Da Vinci Code.
It appears that when he tones down the musical cues and heavy handed visuals he can be a solid director. But often he relies on too many old tricks to convey emotion. -
Otherwise, he's master of the mediocre, with a few trips into "bad movies we love" territory (Backdraft, Far & Away)
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Massawyrm is just trying to throw praise and AICN cineaste street cred at a huge hollywood prestige project. "You know what other movie is also great?...Will Smith's next movie!!! You know every once in awhile studio executives ply you with gifts to write a review of a movie and you were already going to write a great review of it because you wanted those gifts!?!?! THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS!" Yeah, let me know how that screenwriting project you're working on turns out, Massawyrm. Oh, turnaround already? Who woulda thought?
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its got a great fucking cast. Platt and Rockwell in the same movie. Why didn't someone think of it sooner.
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Nov 19, 2008 1:58:59 PM CST
NOT a film to take your gf to, but if Massa says it's good...
by ricarleite
I'll check it out. Somehow. I'll sneak in after taking my gf to see some chick flick.
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I've often thought of Massa as a Harry clone, review wise. But - this review was very good.
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With little hobbits running around in love with each other. Come on, you know it's true. Val Kilmer as Han Solo and the James Horner soundtrack can't be matched.
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"Tell me about the loneliness of good, He-Man. Is it equal to the loneliness of evil?"
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Damn You Michael Bay
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...Pisses me off. I Don't know why. Frost;Nixon Frost:Nixon Frost-Nixon Frost vs. Nixon Frost<Nixon Frost\Nixon Frost.Nixon Frost~Nixon
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Let's not and say we did.
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The man did give Tom Hanks and Michael Keaton their first major film roles, and John Candy's best or second best (Trains, Planes) supporting role as Hank's brother in Splash. He hired the SCTV folk frequently.
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It's time.
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Whoever directed Kung Fu Panda is directing it. It'd be sweet if Langella voiced Skeletor.
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I guess this is one of those cases were people say "I thought He-Man would be bigger in person."
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With Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd. It'll clean up come Oscar time!
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With his neck
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Saw the trailer last night at W. Howards very hit and miss. Apollo 13, Willow, Backdraft, The Paper, Parenthood. All damn good. Cinderella Man and Splash were ok (from what i remember of Splash). The Missing was an interesting failure. Ransom, EdTV and Grinch were ordinary. Beautiful Mind was overrated shite and DaVinci Code was fucking awful. He needs to dump the Dan Brown shitfests and make the Arrested Development movie.
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i just realised Return of the Jedi is the same as Starwars but with wickets!?
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I'll give credit where credit is due. That was damn funny.
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...I shall have to start a resistance to your Mod campaign. I will reach out to the new blood.
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Thank you.
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Eh? EH?!! Am I right? Any English people who might get that refrence...no? Bummer :(
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Langella was the saving grace of MOTU....his Skeletor was fantastic, so much so that I cant watch any other incarantion now...theyll have to bring him back fr the voice in the revamp...I mean COME ON!!A
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NOOOOOOOOOO
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Sorry but I've got to call a good slam when I see it. And Massa was quick on the draw with that one.
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whys he always sound drunker than my dad?
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Thought there might be SOME comparisons made between their two takes of Tricky Dick...Sounds like Langella really nailed it...Who was better???
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Didn't he used to fuck Woopi Goldberg?
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...it looks like a fucking comedy. Dan Hedaya looked better.
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I could not agree more with those terms to describe Ron Howard. The guy is so "Paint By Numbers".
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Nov 19, 2008 4:32:17 PM CST
I still can't believe Massawyrn doesn't have cable or satellite.
by leafar the lost
I really can't. It makes no sense to have someone who writes movie and Roleplaying Game reviews on AICN who has never seen Battlestar Galactica. Massawyrm seemed proud of it when he wrote it; I saw it as weirdly pathetic. Normally, the people who choose not to have cable/satellite do it for religious or other stupid reasons, and they believe that they are better than the rest of us. I do not believe for a second that Massawyrm cannot afford to buy cable, when he can afford to subscribe to a monthly Dungeons and Dragons service. I know he is paying at minimum $50.00 a month or more on roleplaying products. Finally, I will see the Frost/Nixon movie, but not because of Massawyrm's review. In fact, his review made me not want to see it, but I am a fan of Ron Howard, and I have learned to trust anything that Massawyrm writes. Thank you for your time.
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What's really going to bake your beanie-spinning little noodle is that I've managed to get this far in life without a cell phone either.
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the man makes terrible, horrible, pandering movies. However, AD gets him a lifetime pass in my book.
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Can't believe no-one here mentioned Langella as the voice of Archer !
Best use of puppets and animatronics ever seen in a Hollywood film, Stan Winston God bless and R.I.P man. Time to press them talking buttons again on those 12" Archer/Langella and Chip Hazard/T. Lee Jones action figures now. And Hasbro, please put those unreleased 7" Link and Butch Meathook figures on the market okay ?
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..is the best thing hes been associated with. But come on doesn't ANYONE like Parenthood?
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Parenthood has been noted.
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Yes and yes. Small Soldiers was Dante's last great effort.God bless Phil Hartman. And Parenthood had a great cast, gave Steve Martin a realistic Dad role (unlike the Father Of The Bride stuff), and perhaps gave us the first Keanu "Whoa!". Car accident during head? C'mon thats good...
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I don't know....Night Shift is pretty fucking awesome.
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Know Squid, Know Peace.
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Had to throw some Corman in there.
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That's such a good one, my brain forgets he was actually involved in that. And I guess Splash is OK.
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"A Beautiful Mind was the worst Best Picture I've ever seen"...but that's because I left halfway thru.I learned something new about myself that day. I will walk out on a movie if it's really really boring.
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There were several inaccuracies in both "A Beautiful Mind" and "Cinderella Man."
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and worst Best picture you've ever seen? You haven't seen many then. I could name worse. Oh my bad, the people on this forum think Willow is a fucking masterpiece. Bunch of clowns. And some tard calls it better than LOTR aswell. OMG, I'm going to faint from the stupidity of this Talkback.
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"A Beautiful Mind" was one long lie. Read the book - heck, just read the lengthy introduction - to see how much Goldsman and Howard chose not to put on the screen, or how they chose to water it down to make it more like the movies and less like messy reality.
Worst Best Picture? How about "Around the World In 80 Days," people? "Rain Man?" "Shakespeare in Love?" How about that stinker, "The Greatest Show on Earth?" Grow some perspective, Talkbackers. -
ever doing better than Apollo 13.
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That's so damn inspiring. I'm serious. I want to kill mine.
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. . . Beautiful Mind? Boring but not BAD. What's w/ the hate? I must be a sucker cause I tear up every time I catch Cinderella Man. I LOVE Cocoon, Splash, and Parenthood. You can do worse than Ransom & Far Away. Night Shift and Gung Ho are all right. DaVinci Code, Backdraft, The Missing and Willow sucked. Never saw any of the others.
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Peter Morgan...playwright and screenwriter.
How about using a few words to name the playwright who created the work Ron Howard adapted? All this praise for Howard and others and not a mention of the writer? Please help end the fantasy that directors are Gods. It all starts with words. -
the second time as farce....
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to convert your rabbit ears to digital. You Lame Ass!
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Maybe that will change when I see the final film. Still, why is that every actor who tries to portray Nixon seems to be an impersonation of a bulldog who just learned to talk? Sometimes, it's almost embarrassing. Hopefully, this will be better but I'm not optimistic...
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It is quite delightful. "I have a new play." "What's it called?" "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter". How can you not love that?
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Shakespeare in Love is awesome, but erm.... what's the relevance?
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Nov 19, 2008 10:43:23 PM CST
codereduk, I heard they're adding back in the squid footage...
by murdermostfowl
Right at then end when Nixon calls the press conference and says "I have never been a quitter... OH HOLY SHIT It's a GIANT Fucking SQUID ... NO!!! A Not-Unlike-Chthulhu-though-not-Chthulhu-because-everything-watchmen-had-in-it-is-the-coolest-thing-ever-and-totally-would-ruin-the-story-if-you-left-it-out-or-compared-it-to-Chthulhu TERRORIZING SQUID!!!!"
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I'd never been excited by a Ron Howard movie before but this one did it for me. Thanks for the review, Massa - I'm there.
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If Obama endorsements are the basis of your boycotts, you're going to have a movie famine for the next 8 years. I hope David Zucker gets productive for your sake.
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Hey, what do "Bucko" mean? Say WHAT?! I'm gonna kill 'im...
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That's actually a fun movie, although I'll never forget the time I told a friend that I had bought that movie on sale. "If I knew you wanted to see that movie," he said, "I'd have danced around you throwing rose petals and it would have been the same fucking thing." Touché, my friend. (His husband later complimented me on buying that movie and said my friend had no taste.)
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i vote that we start a "for your consideration" movement to award frank langella a retrospective best actor oscar for 'masters of the universe'. as has been stated ad nauseum his performance was, all jokes aside, brilliant. absolutely menacing, note perfect. ive got a massive soft spot for the film and most of that is to do with him. hes a villian who doesnt patronise the audience and who is genuinely evil. top, top marks mr. langella. ill leave with this: "everything comes to he who waits. and ive waited so very long for this moment" whoever wrote that film, kudos to you too...we'll motion for you to get a screenwriting gong also.
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Nov 20, 2008 1:47:57 AM CST
Worst Best Pictures, that spring to mind.
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Shakespeare in Love. What a fucking love letter to your own cleverness that piece of shit is. I fucking HATE that flick and it beat Saving Private Ryan, Elizabeth AND The Thing Red Line! WTF!? Fuck Paltrow. The other worst BP I can remember that no ones mentioned is Crash. But the Oscars are notorious. Gladiator? Sure, i liked the film but BP? I could go on. But i won't.
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Rage... subsiding... Can now... type...
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but this review has inspired me to see it, and for the first time ever Im looking forward to a Ron Howard film.
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Bit unfair, that....
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I get the 'through the keyhole' gag. Clearly Massa didn't bother researching who Frost actually is, and what his reputation is like 'outside the US' since Massa does not live 'outside the US', thus doesn't really care what happens 'outside the US'.
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the original confrontation between Frost and Nixon, and on Sheens performance (one measly line?)
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"My Dinner With Andre". Opie punchin' out another Oscar bait grumpy... wow, there's a shock. Watching a Ron Howard movie is like hitting the drive-thru at Taco Bell: You pretty much know what you're gonna get, it's always borderline mediocre, and(with that in mind)when it's done, you're left wondering why you gave it yet another shot.
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From what I've seen of That Was the Week That Was, you could think of David Frost as the Jon Stewart of his day, only more aggressive. But to be fair to Massawyrm, the movie is supposed to play down that side of Frost, I guess to make it more of a David and Goliath battle.
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He does assemble damn good casts. I liked early Howard, when he was trying to prove that he was not Opie Taylor or Richie Cunningham; that he had a dirty little mind and liked to be a little raunchy.
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The paper has been previously noted. But yes, a great ensemble cast.
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Oh man, you got owned by the Massa. Seriously though you don't like any of Ron Howard's stuff? Splash, Far and Away, Apollo 13, A Beatufiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Davinci Cod (didn't like tha one myself). There's others too, but I find it hard to believe you don't like a single one.
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Langella played Zorro. It was an early 70s version with Ricardo Montablan as the villain. It is a must see. Then years later Hopkins plays Zorro and Nixon, then Langella plays Nixon.
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Oh wait, massawym works here. My bad.
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Hopkins went on to play Van Helsing.
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Whoa...
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Dickblood = pwned
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Has she got some magic pussy or something?
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I like Far and Away a lot. That is probably his finest achievement. Willow, I credit to Lucas. I don't despise anything Howard has done. I just think he is a very bland filmmaker. Take The Grinch for example, amazing set design and make-up and everything but he was somehow able to make it feel dull and ordinary even in that magic world.
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Grow the fuck up.Yeah my feelings are still aching. Remember Doc, this isn't 3rd Grade. Get that through your fucking skull.
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"He-Man The Movie: starring MY COCK"
Your indignation carries such WEIGHT, Dickblood.
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I'll agree. I had high hopes for The Grinch. It didn't work as live action unfortunately. After that there was no way Cat in the Hat was going to get my money. You and Doc G need to play nice now.
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We need an edit button. They have one in the zone.
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I'd rather have the "Doc G" than an edit button. Non-edited TB is what AICN is all about.
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Yeah....I have a sense of humor.
You like to pretend you're some grown up authority around here and proceed to throw it in my face "Ooooooh....he made fun of your small wiener!! You got owned!" Fuck off you unoriginal piece of shit. Get hit by a car. -
I suppose, then you can't have someone change their opinion. I just hate fast and fat fingered typos. It makes me look like a moron.
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...anyone who judges you based off grammar and typos is a cunt, and not worth speaking to in the first place.
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With Norm MacDonald and Bobby Lee.I don't know, I got nothing.
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...you have a ghost poster, right? I mean, there's no way you can type that quickly or that correctly with all those girly tears welling up in your eyes, is there?
Seriously, "grown up authority"? How big of a bitch are you, anyway? Likewise when you get called on your bizarre movie tastes, you respond by callinig people "elitist". I haven't seen this much sobbing since Spider-Man 3 -- including my own tears after having seen it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5joHbAlHek&feature=related
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Nov 20, 2008 10:05:45 AM CST
PAINS ME TO SAY IT BUT HOWARD WOULDA DONE A BETTER SPIDEY 3
by bringingsexyback
Shit. Uwe Boll woulda done it better.
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With Kal Penn as Martin Bashir and Zac Efron as Michael Jackson. Special appearance by Shia LeBeouf as the molested kid.
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everyone even if I disagree with their opinions. I've had conversations with both of you guys, Doc and Danny, but enuffznuff. C'mon guys, bury the hatchet, not in someone's head, and let's get back to the movies.
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Promising never to have an edit button in talkback land.Because MNG understands the common poster, and does not condone "zoners" in any way, shape, or form.Voting yes for MNG = freedom of talkback.
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UNLESS you vote for MNG for mod, '08!Donation of internets is always welcomed.
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How u doin? Long time no see.
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one forum. We had a talkback going thousands of posts strong when it got cut, so we just restarted it in the zone. I guess I can live without an edit button here as long as everyone realizes I do know how to spell, and am not a complete idiot, only a partial one.
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I'd like to be appointed Secretary of Talkback Defense, if you don't mind.
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Do you have faith in 2for2true?If the answers are (1) 3 or more and (2) Yes, and it is unshakable...Then you have been properly vetted, and may now be interviewed by MNG.
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I have never thrown the word "ELITIST" around with anyone but you. It has nothing to do with people disagreeing with my bizarre tastes. The TB'ers I speak with regularly, disagree with almost all of my preferences. It doesn't make them elitist, because they are not arrogant pricks that think they are above everyone else here. Keep pretending you're just a nice normal TB'er. Good day to you MoM #2. And don't worry, your opinion is the only one that counts. Continue....
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ass too. It looks like I'm goofing off at work, but really I just started a new job working second shift, so I'm chilling out this morning enjoying my coffee, watching Doc and Danny fight, etc.
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for Christmas shopping, and I believe Obama's Presidency was pre-ordained by 2for2true Himself.
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Nov 20, 2008 10:21:42 AM CST
Still, the biggest question about this movie hasn't been answere
by mrfan
What role is Clint Howard playing?
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I don't recall where he was in A Beautiful Mind or Cinderella Man. I always try to keep my eye out for Clint almost to the point of being distracted from the movie.
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Nov 20, 2008 10:26:47 AM CST
SARAH PALIN CAN FIT CLINT HOWARD'S HEAD IN HER COOCH
by bringingsexyback
Talk to God about this woman!!
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...on the head of Mitt Romney's dick after he followed the verse "8 on 9" and plowed through 9 virgins in 30 minutes.
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I was speaking of the CHARACTER as presented in the film, not of Frost himself. I've seen enough of these Biopics to know that characters are far too often sexed up or dressed down to make the story more interesting, and take this as a character rooted in fact rather than a portrayal of an actual person.
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rain man as one of the worst best picture winners? its a damn good movie... and shakespeare in love obviously didn't deserve it over spr, just a case of miramax at its most influential, but its still not a bad movie. and what about crash?? that takes the title of worst bp ever for me
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character rooted in fact rather than a portrayal of an actual person?? thats just meaningless fluff... sounds like a cover for a stereotypical characateur
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Starring Warwick Davis as the couch.
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that right there kinda contradicts your claims of this being historically accurate when they turn one of the main characters, actually mentioned in the title no less, into something more palatable or interesting or whatever
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Nov 20, 2008 10:58:20 AM CST
I KNOW THE ELECTION'S OVER BUT THIS IS A FUNNY WINKLER MOMENT
by bringingsexyback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH3jgEEDGbo
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Starring Willow and Mad Martigan painting the down red and popping corks on virgin ass, Mitt Romney style. BIG UPS TA' UTAH, PLAYA!
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I thought you posted Warwick Davis as the COOCH.
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Been there, done that!
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To me its nothing more than a leash for a trained puppy. Nothing quite as entertaining as watching cellphone wearers Pavlovian response when their 3g master calls. Reach, Rover, reach. Speak. Good dog.
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Nov 20, 2008 11:42:55 AM CST
I can't believe that Massawyrm doesn't own a cell phone...
by leafar the lost
...but he does own a computer with internet access. I would have to assume that he doesn't own a car either, and he has to be driven everywhere, because he cannot function in the real world with assistance. With every review that he writes Massawyrm gives us a few more details about his life, and what we see is truly disturbing.
By the way, "A Beautiful Mind" was a great movie, and one of the reasons for it's success was that Clint Howard was not in it. I wish Ron would stop supporting his idiot brother's career. I have a brother, and I wouldn't hire to do anything. Do you still have to wipe Clint's ass, Ron? -
Always like to see Papa Rance Howard still getting roles. He was the preacher in Walk Hard.."Thats the devil's music"...sock in jaw...
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Nov 20, 2008 12:14:21 PM CST
I USE MY CELL TO TALKBACK AND BROWSE PICS OF CAMILLA BELLE
by bringingsexyback
Not to make calls and shit.
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Glad to see him still getting roles also.
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It's the only one he ever made that doesn't overreach or drown you in triteness. Other than that, he is the consummate go-to Director for Oscar bait films that critics always end up recognizing just don't go the mile but the run of the mill public ends up swooning over. Other examples of these psuedo-contenders, Howard directed and otherwise, are: The Last Samurai, Crash, Apollo 13, Glory, Charlie Wilson's War, Cinderellla Man, Changeling, the works of Rob Reiner, Edward Zwick, even Spielberg's had a few not-quite there yet lightweights: The Terminal, Catch Me if you Can, Amistad.
There seems to be one in contention every year before the nominations are announced. Usually, they are mercifully snubbed, but sometimes they break through, and every once in a while they win the whole damn thing, like Crash. I suspect this year's idiot's contender for Best Picture will be this year's Far and Away, Baz Luhrmann's Australia. -
Perhaps you are forgetting about Nixon's debate with Kennedy.
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People who listened to the debate on the radio stated Nixon won. Kennedy appeared to have won for TV audiences due to his relaxed posture and good looks, opposed to a nervous, odd looking Nixon who had not shaved and was recovering from a flu.
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Nov 20, 2008 1:00:43 PM CST
I think I'll watch the actual Frost/Nixon interviews first.
by royston lodge
From the clips online at www.frostnixon.com, I think I want to see the actual interview before I see the movie. The real Nixon doesn't look nearly as confident and in-control as Langella's version.
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Something's gotta revive George Wendt and Michale Keaton's acting careers.
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Good thing for that "One of the" part of that statement, or else Dark Knight would have been pissed.
I'm sorry, but my "The Very Best of 2008 list" is too full as is. Dark Knight, Iron Man, Quantum of Solace, Tropic Thunder, Wall*E... Odds are that anything that comes in these next few weeks probably won't make it onto the list. Except perhaps Bolt... -
Just like Pacino won for Scent Of A Woman, Beautiful Mind was given for his long, and most important successful body of work. Since Splash broke out in what?, 1984-85, Howard's had how many flicks?? And of all genres and types. And he's widely regarded as one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. (Nice guys can finish first) So add all that up, they give you an Oscar...
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Iron Man and Quantum of Solace don't deserve to be on that list. QOS wasn't as good as Casino Royale, and it was ultimately forgettable. And Iron Man was so cookie-cutter standard by the numbers fare. Tropic Thunder however was great, as was TDK and Wall=E
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"I have never thrown the word "ELITIST" around with anyone but you."
Oh, you don't say?
Here's you calling critics of the Moby-Dick reimaginging "Close minded fucks" who support "film elitism":
http://tinyurl.com/54tbfb
Here's you calling Coen brothers fans "elitist pricks":
http://tinyurl.com/65whgv
Here's you calling people who don't like Broken Arrow "elitist cunts":
http://tinyurl.com/5lbzjy
And guess what? In those talkbacks I'm either not present or not talking to you at all.
You're nothing but a quasi-sentient troll who, with great difficulty one would imagine, has barely learned how to sit at a table and eat with a knife and fork in civilized company. Considering that you should stick out so much in what passes for "civilized company" in AICN talkback, is saying a great deal about you. -
Who you calling scruffy? I mean civilized?!That's low. Like Warwick Davis low to the ground low.
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just say'in.
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I am reading comments from people saying on Howard's body of work is mediocre. AHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Oh man, the level of stupidity is too much for my sense of humor to take at times.
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Most of you are too young to remember Parenthood, one of the best comedy/dramas of all time. Also Beautiful Mind is nothing to shake a stick at. Backdraft may have been a nice fluffy action movie, but it was top notch.
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I'm sure that Frank Langella is outstanding and he also probably will turn in the true best performance of the year with this, but dammit, I'll really be disappointed if he takes the award away from Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler. The Wrestler is a good film, but it gets bumped up to GREAT status based on Rourke's performance. With this match up the Oscars will at least be worth watching this year.
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I'm sure that Frank Langella is outstanding and he also probably will turn in the true best performance of the year with this, but dammit, I'll really be disappointed if he takes the award away from Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler.
The Wrestler is a good film, but it gets bumped up to GREAT status based on Rourke's performance.
With this match up the Oscars will at least be worth watching this year. -
So bad I began to stab my brain. Through my ear.
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probably just a typo, right?
I believe the boxing metaphor you were looking for is "coming out of the CORNER swinging" - the coming out of the gate... that's a HORSE RACING metaphor, isn't it?
yes, I am a pedantic cunt
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