Stephen King Thinks This Clint Eastwood Movie Is One Of This Century’s Best

New York Times Recently vote Famous filmmakers, actors and writers are asked to name the best films of the century so far. Pedro Almodóvar “West Side Story” and “Snow White” star Rachel ZeglerThe Times asked dozens of famous people about their favorite films that were released after 2000 and compiled their answers to the top 100 lists (which categorized films received the most votes). The survey was very similar to the surveys that Sight & Sound holds once in a decade, limited to the last 25 years of publications and inviting a different team of filmmakers, writers and leaders to participate. (Sight & Sound also invites critics and essay.)

After this writing, many of the top ten lists of the participants can be seen, and the boy Howdy is some interesting. Alex Winter, “Bill & Ted” Star and “Freaked” Director and Director, “Zappa” and “YouTube Effect”, listed the recent Romanian comedy “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” One of the best of the century, while Almodóvar listed “Ida”, “Dogtooth” and Abbas Kiarostami “Ten”. If you want to choose a few more occasionally, Julianne Moore mentioned “Phantom Thread” and “40-year-old virgin”, while Karen’s Kusama was in love with “arrival”, “Mandy”, “under the skin” and “social network”.

Star Horror Luminary Stephen King was also naturally asked, and his choices were perhaps a bit more mainstream than most, and there were several box office revenue and Oscar Darlings. King enjoyed Ridley Scott’s “Black Hawk Down”, Ang Leen “Brokeback Mountain”, Martin Scorsesen “The Departed,” The Coen Bros. “One-two-Pusch” o Brother, where are you? “And” not land for old men “and Christopher Nolan’s” Oppenheimer “. In his list, the only horror films were” Train to Busan “and 2025 New Seleland Triller” Jenny Penn’s rule “(with one of John Lithgow’s biggest performances).

His list also included a movie with a director – and starring – Clint Eastwood. No, no “space cowboys”.

Eastwood’s 21st century director production has increased in both political strength and tone. His films are usually very relaxed and emotionally about weapons. Often, Eastwood makes movies that are compassionate for the right -wing perspective and have helped many features of honest, hard -working Americans that the “big government” system attacks and pushes. Eastwood has directed 19 qualities over the last 25 years, starting with “Space Cowboys” and last continuing “Juror #2”. Some have been Legs of great movies, while others have been straight stinkers. (Anyone really liked “J. Edgar” or “Jersey Boys”).

“Million Dollar Baby”, which made King’s top ten lists, was the prizes when it was released in 2004, winning the Oscars for Best Picture, the best director, the best actor (Hilary Swank) and the best -supporting actor (Morgan Freeman). It was also a massive hit and earned $ 231.9 million from $ 30 million in box office income. It tells the story of a striking boxer called Maggie (Swank) as he searches for a burnt boxing coach called Frankie (Eastwood). They acknowledge that a career-wise, he is on his way down while on his way down. As possible, he trains him so well that Maggie begins to hit his selective opponents in one shot. In this case, the plot will take a dramatic turn, leaving the Franki to take care of Maggie in a way that neither of them expected or planned. The “million dollar baby” is also a heavily tragic end that leaves the audience using a lot of tissues on the way.

This was a surprising choice for King, which, if he got to know Eastwood’s filmography, could easily have chosen a movie, such as “Mystic River”, “Iwo Jiman letters”, “hereinafter” or “Gran Torino” (some of the filmmaker’s best films). Instead, he chose a large Hollywood melodrama, which it seems that it could have appeared in the 1930s (despite the random F-bomb). King did not survive his choice, nor did his list included essays.

Of course maybe The man “behind the life of Chuck” “Stand by me” and “Shawshank Redemption” is just a sentimental side.