I’ve been surprised how successful Eastwood has been at directing. He’s entitled to a dud, if this film turns out to be one.
I don’t usually agree with the critics to I will not call it a dud until I see for myself.
I’m going to see it.
These very same critics were calling "American Sniper" a dud, too. Once you understand that patriotism and valor are to lefty critics as sunlight is to a vampyr everything makes sense.
The reason Eastwood makes movies fast is that he is meticulous about setting up-—actually doing the work of a director.
Word is he is called “one-shot Clint” because he rarely does reshoots. He has everythingperfect for “the” shot. He also stays on budget that way.
Personally, I liked “Sully” a lot, but thought “Jersey Boys” was bad-—musicals are NOT his forte. But he barely got “Sully” made, and he and Hanks had to beg from the studios to get the final financing after Steven Mnunchin’s group provided the key initial investment. They were at Sundance and told everyone that the movie barely got made.