tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post1684087763131999373..comments2023-04-28T00:36:54.798-07:00Comments on Twohundredfifty: An IMDb Movie Blog: Day Nineteen: ChangelingBrad Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187660922956962905noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post-91986505764744989542010-07-28T07:15:04.614-07:002010-07-28T07:15:04.614-07:00Its funny that you don't even mention the atro...Its funny that you don't even mention the atrociously boring side-plot about the policeman, since it was those segments that ruined the movie for every discriminating viewer. Just like anything John Michael Straczynski has ever put his hands on, it tries to show way too much and thus fails at doing anything well. But it looks like your eyes are too covered with Eastwood's spunk to give any real critical thought to his films.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06550770209250948857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post-78418985117282362662010-07-24T13:29:45.978-07:002010-07-24T13:29:45.978-07:00Man, maybe it's because I was really relaxed w...Man, maybe it's because I was really relaxed while I was watching, but too damn long is the last phrase I would use to describe it. I wanted to keep watching when it ended. The ambiguity of the ending was frustrating but, since this was based on a true story, perhaps the only way to do it? I really dug the script by J. Michael Straczynski too, but I'm a comic book nerd as well as a movie nerd, so that might mean nothing to you. Jolie's performance was stellar too; the more I think about it the more I like it.<br /><br />And I kind of think Clint would have supported the hanging. He's an 80 year old man with some very traditional views and a very black and white idea of right and wrong. I won't fault him for it, but he probably directed the hanging scene in a very specific way to evoke exactly what you felt, only he supported it. Just an idea.<br /><br />By the way, thanks for your very intelligent comments. I really appreciate the luxury of having somebody come on here and actually carry on a dialogue with me.Brad Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187660922956962905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-412112983823984878.post-89907984585335813132010-07-23T20:07:58.109-07:002010-07-23T20:07:58.109-07:00This is one that I don't think should be on th...This is one that I don't think should be on the list.<br />While Jolie and Malkovich were great I felt this movie was (and I'm not trying to sound ADD but...) too damn long.<br />And all of that length only to give me an ambiguous ending... but not just ANY ambiguous ending and ambiguous ending that is immune to theories, suggestions, or hope.<br />The film is just too grim and I think it loses life because of it. The hanging scene was unnecessary. There are more classy ways to show such a terrible thing. <br />It was almost like Eastwood WANTED me, as an audience member, to support the punishment at large. I personally thought that it only showed that our government is just as terrible in it's punishment as that man was to the children.<br />Although I do agree with the fact that it's better than Million Dollar Baby.Andrew_Slaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04165794902360747065noreply@blogger.com