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Film log 2010 #21 Invictus (dir. Clint Eastwood, 2009) Possibly the first, big, epic, FAIL from director Clint Eastwood. As I was saying elsewhere, this is as disappointing, predictable, and embarrassing as the most average of Italy’s performances at the Six Nations tournament. (Which at least offers better rugby anyway.) Zoom

Film log 2010 #21 Invictus (dir. Clint Eastwood, 2009)

Possibly the first, big, epic, FAIL from director Clint Eastwood. As I was saying elsewhere, this is as disappointing, predictable, and embarrassing as the most average of Italy’s performances at the Six Nations tournament. (Which at least offers better rugby anyway.)

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Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010. Tagged with: film log 2010InvictusClint Eastwoodrugbyoh dearFAIL

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Byronic
[bai'ra:-nik] 1. Characteristic of, or after the manner of Byron or his poetry. 2. quasi-n. pl. [after Philippics.] Declamatory utterances or invectives in the style of Byron. 3. Byronic hero: prominent literary character type of the Romantic period, whose characteristics include: extraordinary intelligence and perception; high level of education and intellectual prowess; arrogance; cunning and manipulation; emotional conflictedness; moodiness; self-criticism and introspection; self-destructive behaviour; aesthetic sophistication; dark mysterious beauty; powers of attraction; seductiveness and sexual perversion; world-weariness; distaste for social institutions and norms; disrespect of social ranks; being an outcast, an outlaw, or an exile.

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