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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:13 PM
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Not only is he a bad director, Ron Howard is one ugly motherfucker.
I need to go find a bottle of bleach with which to wash my eyes.
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:14 PM
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1. At least he survived his childhood.
He made Opie an archetype.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:14 PM
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2. You should see his brother
;-)
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:18 PM
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6. You big meanie...
Edited on Wed May-17-06 04:21 PM by Misunderestimator
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:15 PM
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3. Let's see a picture of yourself so we can compare. And I think Apollo 13
was fucking great.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:20 PM
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10. Haha, I knew this thread would piss people off.
My work here is done.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:17 PM
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4. I like his movies
:shrug:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:19 PM
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8. I find them boring and uninspired.
I was being facetious though, mostly. Rabrrrrr and I were discussing our dislike for his films, which is presumably why someone posted the stickies.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:25 PM
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12. Someone posted a Ron Howard stickie?
Edited on Wed May-17-06 04:29 PM by JohnKleeb
I have to admit I haven't seen all of them but I did like Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind but he's far from my favorite director, that would be Scrocese. Aha now I see it.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:33 PM
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20. Three of them, actually.
Two are still up on the top of the page.

His films are nothing more than your average Hollywood blockbuster type, I can never find anything special about them, despite the usual hype.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:34 PM
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21. Yeah I see them now
Hah he's dorky looking even more than me.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 05:01 PM
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36. very cool, John
you like Scorsese and Mel Brooks! :thumbsup:
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 05:04 PM
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38. Two of the best directors in their fields honestly
Scorcese's new movie with Damon and DiCaptrio should be excellent.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 05:00 PM
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35. I'm still mad about the Cat in the Hat and The Grinch
I blame his Hollywood whiz-kid partner more than him, I forget his name. They should have been embarrassed to make those films.

I did like Apollo 13, though. Didn't he make that?

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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 05:03 PM
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37. Yeah Apollo 13 is a Howard film I liked
Yeah the Grinch and especially the Cat in the Hat sucked monkey balls.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 05:04 PM
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aha, now I know what to put on my stickies n/t
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 06:23 PM
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42. Apollo 13 was boring?
Were we watcing the same movie?
:shrug:
Duckie
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 07:14 PM
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45. Apollo 13 wasn't very boring, admittedly...
But even so, it didn't leave much of an impression on me from an artistic point of view.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 07:18 PM
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46. Do non fiction movies usually leave artistic impressions on you?
It wasn't an artsy story. It was gritty life or death.
Duckie
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 07:18 PM
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47. No...
But that doesn't mean the filmmaking process can't be artistic.
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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:18 PM
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5. I don't see the ugliness
Looks like a regular guy to me. He's made some pretty good movie, in addition to some clunkers.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:26 PM
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13. Neither do I.
I don't quite understand the intense feelings towards Ron Howard. I've liked Ron Howard's films, for the most part.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:37 PM
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24. Haha, I purposely made the thread intensely anti-Ron Howard...
Just to elicit a response. I still think he's a lame director, but I was mostly being facetious.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:40 PM
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26. say south park is the best show ever in GD
and let the flame gods do the rest.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:40 PM
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27. That'd certainly do the trick.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:43 PM
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29. Certainly
It's like fishing, south park is the bait and you are the fisherman.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:43 PM
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28. You scamp!
I fell right into that. :-)

He's no Scorcese or Polanski, but he's no Michael Bay, either. I think he makes decent entertainment..."Cinderella Man" is a perfect example.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:53 PM
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32. No one rivals Michael Bay as a recipient of my hatred relating to film.
Edited on Wed May-17-06 04:54 PM by primate1
As for Ron Howard: Decent entertainment, sure, but not my cup o' tea. When I see his name attatched to direct a film, I can be almost certain that it's not going to appeal to me. Like I said before, his direction just seems uninspired to me, and usually results in your average Hollywood blockbuster type of movie. But this is a guy who has won a best director Oscar. I won't even complain about who he beat out for the award, just so I don't sound like the disgrunteled fanboy that I am. :P

Just irritates me that he's viewed as some kind of great director, when he's mediocre at best. Why oh why was I cursed with this snobbishness?
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:54 PM
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33. Bay directed the only WWII movie I've seen that I hated
Drum roll y'all, Pearl Fucking Harbor what a travesty of a movie that was.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 06:02 PM
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40. You sure are a naughty boy!
I'll bet you put little girls pigtails in inkwells and tacks on the teacher's chair in grade school Bart.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 06:03 PM
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41. ...
:evilgrin:
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:18 PM
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7. I think he's adorable!
And Apollo 13 totally rocked.

To each their own, I guess.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:19 PM
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9. I wish he would just embrace his baldness, and shave his head.
The earmuff look just isn't good; and it looks even worse when he wears that goddamn baseball cap to cover his baldspot.

Hey - Ron - it's not interesting, and it's not a "statement" or "your style" to wear that damn ball cap!
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:23 PM
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11. what about the mustache and beard
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:27 PM
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15. He looks better with the stache and beard, IMO.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:26 PM
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14. He's a fucking great director.
anyone who thinks otherwise is an ugly motherfucker. :-)
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:28 PM
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17. No he isn't. He's a mediocre director.
He's totally a 50-percenter director.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:34 PM
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22. see above
:smoke:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:27 PM
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16. I love his movies.
And how he looks is irrelevant. :P
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:38 PM
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25. Haha, I agree that his looks are irrelevant...
I was just being a dick for the sake of being a dick. At least this thread isn't sinking like my threads usually do. :P
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:51 PM
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31. Well, whatever amuses you!
:rofl:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:30 PM
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18. He directed 'The Paper'
and that film had a more accurate "feel" of a newsroom than any I've ever seen.
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:31 PM
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19. He's an excellent narrator
Arrested Development was proof of that.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:34 PM
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23. I did enjoy his narration on Arrested Development.
That was good stuff.
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:45 PM
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30. Troll-like behavior not appreciated.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 04:54 PM
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34. Duly noted.
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 05:04 PM
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39. Useless nanny-like behavior not appreciated.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 06:24 PM
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43. Opie!
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 06:35 PM
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44. Ron Howard is the King - You must die!
:mad:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 07:19 PM
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48. Yeah, he's got a face for radio nt
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Iniquitous Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 07:24 PM
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49. He looked better back when he was in porn.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 07:27 PM
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50. Dammit...
Trumped in my own thread!
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Iniquitous Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 07:31 PM
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51. Oh, if only I could be paid for cheesy one-liners
with pics no less.






I'd be a thousandaire. :wow: :woohoo:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-17-06 07:32 PM
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52. I salute you.
:patriot:
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