Search planetdan:

 


Tuesday, January 25, 2005 :::

I woke up mad at Clint Eastwood this morning.

I'm crabby today, and for some reason Clint Eastwood is the object of my anger. The Oscar Nominations were released today and he was nominated not only for Best Director and Best Picture, but Best Actor for Million Dollar Baby. Now I understand Best Director even if I don't agree with it, because he seems to be able to get good performances out of his actors, and I haven't seen Million Dollar Baby yet, so I'll reserve judgment on the Best Picture nomination. But Best Actor?

His greatest accomplishment as an actor seems to be that he's the kind of guy that macho men can idolize without feeling too gay. Besides that, all he does is grunt in a low voice through his clenched teeth without ever inflecting, turning his head, or revealing any undercurrent of emotion. Then he raises an eyebrow. Performance complete. So he took off his shirt in Bridges of Madison County. Big deal. He's a wooden board on screen. A granite sculpture. He's not an actor.

Mystic River sucked. It was a second-rate mystery thriller unfairly disguised as a loftier morality play. It betrayed itself unforgivably in the end. If it wasn't for Sean Penn, nobody would've given that crap a second glance.

Then a few weeks ago, Clint Eastwood threatened to kill Michael Moore. Sure, he was half-kidding, but that "go ahead, make my day" macho mentality crap was past its prime decades ago. I'm not the hugest Michael Moore fan on the planet, either, but that idiotic stunt put Clint Eastwood in the dangerous position of usurping Charlton Heston's current post as America's biggest insufferable old curmudgeon.

Now Clint gets nominated at the expense of Paul Giamatti from Sideways and Jim Carrey from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or even Topher Grace from In Good Company. I guess it's not his fault for being nominated. There's nothing he can do about the fact that he's earned more respect than he deserves in Hollywood. But like I said, I woke up crabby today, and he's really bugging me.


::: posted by dan at 10:13 AM :: [ link ] :: (7) comments Social Bookmark Button

Comments are Closed On this Post

7 previous comments:



Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.

Don't be crabby Dan!

S

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:46 AM  




I'm SO very sad about both the Giamatti & Carey snub. Sideways and Eternal Sunshie were hands down the best movies to come out last year.

Eh... all I can say is:
"Right Turn Clide"

By Blogger KarenE, at 12:43 PM  




Hasn't he already won the Cecil B Demile (sp?) award for life time achievement.

Does hollywood still need to continue to suck his dick with these perpetual nominations.

By Blogger BigDubb, at 2:24 PM  




I'm with you on the best actor thing - I can't be-lieve they snubbed Paul Giamatti. Especially given the fact that Thomas Haden-Church got a nomination on what I would call an okay but much weaker performance. Okay, I feel a little bad for Jim Carrey too.

I didn't see Mystic River or Million Dollar Baby, and I was kind of charmed for a while with Clint Eastwood getting better with age, but if someone's got to go to make room for Paul, kick the guy out - I'm sure he's prouder of his directing anyway, right? Geez.

By Blogger Christine, at 4:54 PM  




Dude, are you surprised? This is "The Academy" a/k/a "the establishment, the man, the conservatives, the right, etc, etc, etc. It's not worth the emotion.

By Blogger pierre, at 12:21 AM  




Mystic River, I saw, and I thought it was a pretty good movie up until the last five minutes, when the movie suddenly becomes what appears to be another movie starring the same actors. That OTHER movie was a piece of crap.

-pc

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:30 PM  




Well, I had to go see what all the hype was about with Mr. Eastwoods nomination for Million$Baby. From soley an acting perspective

Pros: It was a good performance. More emotional than he has ever been in a movie. I also think that the fact that C.E. is machismo personified lends a certain subtext to the performance that most other actors can't bring with them.

Cons: I think you could have substituted Harrison Ford, Bill Macy, Tommy Lee Jones (apparently he has been busy making Man of the House) or any of the other masculine, accomplished actors. His chemistry with Mr Freeman was totally fake and did not carry well to the screen.

Overall the movie was pretty good. I am still waiting for Hilary Swank to play a role where she is pretty. But she is very good in this film, nonetheless.

BD

By Blogger BigDubb, at 12:46 PM  




< Back to Blog




sections
planetdan home
planetdan blog
dan's pics

recently
Demon BBQ
Big Big Big Big Big Big Big Big Big Mac
Where's George?
Scissor Sisters
Loathsome People
Save Me Jebus
Planetdan: A Year in Review
The Five People You Meet in Hell
The new Tinky Winky.
Steverino

friends
erik
jason mulgrew
beware of the blog
nyc babylon
nofo
sista c
b stacy b
trek geek scott
second toughest
sarah
furry
pierre
and far away
chez lynne
peacebang
the big lug
little voice
desimon
monkey

others
the superficial
stereogum
boing boing
golden fiddle
girls are pretty
mcsweeneys
grow-a-brain
more cow bell
presurfer
world of wonder
worth1000
elbows

email
dan@planetdan.net

archive
11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009
10/01/2009 - 11/01/2009
09/01/2009 - 10/01/2009
08/01/2009 - 09/01/2009
07/01/2009 - 08/01/2009
06/01/2009 - 07/01/2009
05/01/2009 - 06/01/2009
04/01/2009 - 05/01/2009
03/01/2009 - 04/01/2009
02/01/2009 - 03/01/2009
01/01/2009 - 02/01/2009
12/01/2008 - 01/01/2009
11/01/2008 - 12/01/2008
10/01/2008 - 11/01/2008
09/01/2008 - 10/01/2008
08/01/2008 - 09/01/2008
07/01/2008 - 08/01/2008
06/01/2008 - 07/01/2008
05/01/2008 - 06/01/2008
04/01/2008 - 05/01/2008
03/01/2008 - 04/01/2008
02/01/2008 - 03/01/2008
01/01/2008 - 02/01/2008
12/01/2007 - 01/01/2008
11/01/2007 - 12/01/2007
10/01/2007 - 11/01/2007
09/01/2007 - 10/01/2007
08/01/2007 - 09/01/2007
07/01/2007 - 08/01/2007
06/01/2007 - 07/01/2007
05/01/2007 - 06/01/2007
04/01/2007 - 05/01/2007
03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007
02/01/2007 - 03/01/2007
01/01/2007 - 02/01/2007
12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007
11/01/2006 - 12/01/2006
10/01/2006 - 11/01/2006
09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006
08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006
07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006
06/01/2006 - 07/01/2006
05/01/2006 - 06/01/2006
04/01/2006 - 05/01/2006
03/01/2006 - 04/01/2006
02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006
01/01/2006 - 02/01/2006
12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006
11/01/2005 - 12/01/2005
10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005
09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005
08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005
07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005
06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005
05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005
04/01/2005 - 05/01/2005
03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005
02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005
01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005
12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005
11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004
10/01/2004 - 11/01/2004
09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004
08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004
07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004
06/01/2004 - 07/01/2004
05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004
04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004
03/01/2004 - 04/01/2004
02/01/2004 - 03/01/2004
01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004
12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004
11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003
10/01/2003 - 11/01/2003
09/01/2003 - 10/01/2003
08/01/2003 - 09/01/2003
07/01/2003 - 08/01/2003
06/01/2003 - 07/01/2003
05/01/2003 - 06/01/2003
04/01/2003 - 05/01/2003
03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003
02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003
01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003
12/01/2002 - 01/01/2003
11/01/2002 - 12/01/2002
10/01/2002 - 11/01/2002
09/01/2002 - 10/01/2002


some ads