tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post7678649151388823980..comments2024-02-27T07:05:13.652-05:00Comments on Reel Fanatic: "Norbit" or "Letters from Iwo Jima"?Reel Fanatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-17581619133595880222007-02-11T13:29:00.000-05:002007-02-11T13:29:00.000-05:00I did stop by your site, Lola, and that "diatribe,...I did stop by your site, Lola, and that "diatribe," and I use that word in the nicest way possible, about Norbit was very entertaining readingReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-74872600203385229262007-02-11T13:04:00.000-05:002007-02-11T13:04:00.000-05:00Well, Im not planning on seeing "Letters..." cause...Well, Im not planning on seeing "Letters..." cause I dont do war films, but I am glad you choose NOT to see "Norbit." As a Black woman, I have a lot of problems with that film, and others. Check out my blog for a post on the subject!<BR/>LLola Getshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058543308191117858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-60880212941668100402007-02-11T03:30:00.000-05:002007-02-11T03:30:00.000-05:00They certainly do work well as a package deal, Dam...They certainly do work well as a package deal, Damian ... I was throughly impressed with how Eastwood, with a big assist from Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, was able to get inside the heads of his main protagonists and examine what it means to fight honor and country in what was at that point clearly already a lost causeReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1558095950996534922007-02-11T02:27:00.000-05:002007-02-11T02:27:00.000-05:00I just saw Letters myself yesterday and I liked it...I just saw <I>Letters</I> myself yesterday and I liked it quite a bit (I figured that I probably would as I'm a big of Clint Eastwood's direction). However, having seen each film only once so far, I am not prepared to say (at least not at this point) that I think it was necessarily a "better" movie than <I>Flags</I> (which seems to be the general consensus). It was certainly different from <I>Flags.</I> In a way, the two sort of complement one another. In fact, taken together, I think these movies really make one "great" film whereas indivuidually, I think they're both good in their own ways.Damian Arlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937513879456460221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-22864117553732743242007-02-11T00:22:00.000-05:002007-02-11T00:22:00.000-05:00So is Flags that much worse than Iwo Jima? Was the...So is Flags that much worse than Iwo Jima? Was there any overlap of characters from Flags in Iwo Jima?Sachinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227932224402555942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-22387022714181391922007-02-10T16:02:00.000-05:002007-02-10T16:02:00.000-05:00I'm not sure I can put in the top five, Vasta, but...I'm not sure I can put in the top five, Vasta, but it was indeed miles better than "Flags, as you said ... I saw it with a full house of people older than me, and I have to say, maybe I am getting old myself, but it is just so pleasant to sit in a movie theater not surrounded by people glued to their cell phones<BR/><BR/>And to the rather opinionated person who left the first anonymous opinion, I had to remove it, not because you put me down .. I can certainly take that, but please refrain from using that kind of languageReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-7896147931598580082007-02-10T15:44:00.000-05:002007-02-10T15:44:00.000-05:00I just got back from seeing Norbit. I thought, wha...I just got back from seeing Norbit. I thought, what a great way to follow up a golden globe Eddie Murphy.<BR/><BR/>And also, to that other "anonymous" up there, he is entitled to his opinion. And you wont get your point across with cussing so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-57605127831993380932007-02-10T11:29:00.000-05:002007-02-10T11:29:00.000-05:00Iwo Jima may suffer from another heavy-handed fini...<A HREF="http://www.eloquation.com/2007/02/07/review-letters-from-iwo-jima/" REL="nofollow">Iwo Jima</A> may suffer from another heavy-handed finish, but it is miles ahead of <I>Flags</I> when it comes to film-making. Definitely in the top five of 2006 for me.Sameer Vastahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00828445213905651175noreply@blogger.com