We talk about don't ask don't tell, the immigrant struggle, Puerto Ricans confused with illegals, a Mosque at ground zero, ninjas in Australia, and a Sea Shepherd on trail. We review Sherlock Holmes, Tom thinks it was put together well but had not heart so he gives it a 2.5, Cecil likes it a bit better and gives it a 3.5. New Moon unsurprisingly gets a 0.0 from both Tom and Cecil. Next time we will be reviewing the Informant. We will be doing a tribute to Dennis Hopper, pick one of two films: Easy Rider or True Romance. We also would like submission for Karlo's suggestion:
While I can understand your reticence regarding ties and double-feature reviews, have you ever considered running a review (or two, or three. . .) that touches upon two movies that revisit a type of iconic character? To clarify what I mean, let me list a couple of examples:
1.) “Yojimbo” to “For a Fistful of Dollars” to “Unforgiven” — “The Man With No Name” as a protagonist
2.) “Dirty Harry” to “Gran Torino” — the tough-as-nails, ugly American
It might be interesting do something like this, in my opinion (and, yes: I *am* aware both of my examples include Clint Eastwood as an actor).
If there’s anyone else among the commenters who can offer another type of “arc” like this, feel free to chime in! I don’t know whether it’s feasible as a review structure, but we *could* draw connections between different movies via archetypes and icons of cinema.
So please submit to us an iconic character type that is in several films. We will post a list of five of these and then have you choose from the list.
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