Comments for GIREWIRE Blog http://www.girewire.com Dann Gire's Thoughts on the World Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review (51-60) by 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review (51-60) « GIREWIRE Blog http://www.girewire.com/?page_id=1069&cpage=1#comment-70 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review (51-60) « GIREWIRE Blog Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:46:16 +0000 http://danngire.com/blog/?page_id=1069#comment-70 [...] here come the next 10 of the 100 lamest, most unimaginative ways filmmakers can dare critics to dis their works. As for [...]

]]> Comment on Dann pegs ‘Avatar,’ ‘Hurt Locker’ as best bets for the final Oscar cut by Scott http://www.girewire.com/?p=939&cpage=1#comment-57 Scott Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:50:15 +0000 http://danngire.com/blog/?p=939#comment-57 Now that the nominations have been announced lets see how Dann did.

Best Picture – Dann nailed 8 out of 10. Of the other 2, Dann mentioned “District 9″ as a possibility but got “Blindside”d on the tenth pick. So 8.5 out of 10.

Best Director – Dann got 5 for 5 in this category.

Best Supporting Actor – Another clean sweep with 5 out of 5.

Best Supporting Actress – Dann only matched 3 of the 5 nominees in this category.

Best Animated Feature – All 3 of Dann’s picks got nominated but he missed a chance at a better score by not including 5 choices.

Out of a possible 30 nominations for the categories that he listed, he matched 24.5 for 82% (B-). Not too bad.

]]> Comment on Meeting Walter Cronkite: Here’s the way it really was by JStachler http://www.girewire.com/?p=498&cpage=1#comment-46 JStachler Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:21:00 +0000 http://danngire.com/blog/?p=498#comment-46 Okay…but where’s the picture of the Duke?!?!?

]]> Comment on 100 Ways to Get a Bad Review (71-80) by 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review (71-80) « GIREWIRE Blog http://www.girewire.com/?page_id=447&cpage=1#comment-33 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review (71-80) « GIREWIRE Blog Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:25:51 +0000 http://danngire.com/blog/?page_id=447#comment-33 [...] here come the next 10 of the 100 lamest, most unimaginative ways filmmakers can dare critics to dis their works. As for [...]

]]> Comment on 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review by 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review (81-90) « GIREWIRE Blog http://www.girewire.com/?page_id=248&cpage=1#comment-32 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review (81-90) « GIREWIRE Blog Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:45:50 +0000 http://danngire.com/blog/?page_id=248#comment-32 [...] my 100 Ways To Get A Bad Review [...]

]]> Comment on 100 Ways to Get a Bad Review (81-90) by 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review (81-90) « GIREWIRE Blog http://www.girewire.com/?page_id=404&cpage=1#comment-31 100 Ways To Get a Bad Review (81-90) « GIREWIRE Blog Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:45:34 +0000 http://danngire.com/blog/?page_id=404#comment-31 [...] here come the next 10 of the 100 lamest, most unimaginative ways filmmakers can dare critics to dis their works. As for [...]

]]> Comment on Jan Troell’s ‘Everlasting Moments’ by PSC http://www.girewire.com/?p=369&cpage=1#comment-30 PSC Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:16:56 +0000 http://danngire.com/blog/?p=369#comment-30 “transparent clarity”? isn’t that a bit of “sandy sand”?

]]> Comment on Indiana Jones, Thanks! by PaulBaack http://www.girewire.com/?p=371&cpage=1#comment-29 PaulBaack Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:21:30 +0000 http://danngire.com/blog/?p=371#comment-29 I was shocked — shocked, I say — that Harrison Ford was still able pull off Indiana Jones at this late date. Not because of his age, mind you, but because Ford almost completely lost his charm about 15 years ago. After jettisoning the cocky grin and gruff romanticism of Indy and Han Solo, Ford settled into a rut of scowling brooders that were, at best, unpleasant company. Because of this, I absolutely hated the idea of a fourth Indiana Jones movie, but was thrilled to see him recapture some of that old swagger and sense of fun. Maybe it took Ford until the age of 65 to grow up sufficiently to realize that “dour” doesn’t necessarily mean “serious” 100% of the time.

For myself, knowing that a James Bond that would be younger than me was an inevitability (if I wanted the series to continue), I’d long-ago steeled myself to that reality. When I watched Daniel Craig light up the screen as 007, I realized that age doesn’t matter, because seeing him as James Bond played directly to the 12-year-old boy that has always been a major part of my psyche. When I’m watching CASINO ROYALE or QUANTUM OF SOLACE, it simply doesn’t occur to me that I’m older than James Bond!

]]> Comment on Happy Birthday to Roger Ebert! by Happy Birthday to Roger Ebert! « GIREWIRE Blog http://www.girewire.com/?page_id=265&cpage=1#comment-28 Happy Birthday to Roger Ebert! « GIREWIRE Blog Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:08:13 +0000 http://danngire.com/blog/?page_id=265#comment-28 [...] (Read more…) [...]

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