Comments on: Top 10 Movie Journalists https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/ Movie Reviews That Rock Fri, 01 May 2009 21:48:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Eric Melin https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8490 Fri, 01 May 2009 21:48:19 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8490 Martin Z.-
Wow, that’s a great compliment, thanks! And some really good additions– I haven’t seen “Year” or “Absence” in a while, I need to rent them again…

]]> By: Martin Z. https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8489 Fri, 01 May 2009 21:37:21 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8489 Good list — and that comes from a guy who’s worked as a newspaper reporter and/or editor for 30 years.
A couple more that no one has mentioned: Mel Gibson’s character in “The Year of Living Dangerously” and Sally Field in “Absence of Malice” (the most REALISTIC movie ever made about newspaper journalism — trust me on that).
Also, in Citizen Kane, I’ve always liked the guy who played the actual reporter researching Kane’s life. It’s a small role (I don’t even know the actor’s name), but it’s the key to moving the narrative along.

]]> By: Clark https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8488 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:53:37 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8488 Rocky beat Network too. What a shame!

]]> By: Katie https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8487 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:29:25 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8487 I like Cate Blanchett as Veronica Guerin or Peter Finch in Network…

]]> By: Elliot https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8486 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:47:03 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8486 Where’s William Miller? Can’t the geeks get some love?

]]> By: Reed https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8485 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:07:27 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8485 Forgot one:
Jean Dominique (self): The Agronomist

]]> By: Reed https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8484 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:06:39 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8484 Great list, Eric. Happy to see Fletch! Of course, I’m the guy who liked Fletch Lives!

Some others I really liked (in order, top to rest):
Howard Beale (Peter Finch): Network*
Babe Bennett (Jean Arthur): Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (original)
Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston): The Killing Fields
Macualay Connor (Jimmy Stewart): The Philadelphia Story
Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck): Roman Holiday
Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh): The Hudsucker Proxy**
Jean-Dominique Bauby (Jean-Pierre Cassel): The Diving Bell & The Butterfly***
The dudes in Airplane! who (a) take some pictures and (b) go barreling into the group of phone booths. Those guys are great.

Truth be told, I can’t stand Will Farrell, but I still really enjoyed Anchorman. Credit Apatow?

*Technically not really a journalist? I dunno. Prophetic as hell anyway.
**Clearly riffing on Jean Archer’s Babe Bennett, but that made me appreciate it all the more.
***Technically an editor, but did document his life-story within the movie and there was a real book from it. Anyway, I loved this movie. So there.

]]> By: Alan Rapp https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8483 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:42:07 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8483 Nice list and I give you credit for throwing Fletch up there. Hildy is a no-brainer, but not even a mention of Kathleen Turner’s turn as an updated version the character in Switching Channels?

Have to say I’m a little disappointed some of honorable mentions didn’t make it into the list. Lois & Clark, Murrow, and William Miller all seem deserving (and how about Lester Bangs from Almost Famous, too?).

]]> By: Billy Jack https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8482 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:26:27 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8482 Rocky beat Taxi Driver too. The Academy has always been a sham!!! Nice list. Also check out the last season of the Wire.

]]> By: Kenny https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8481 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:22:14 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8481 I agree. Very good list. I’ve just Netflixed Shattered Glass because I’ve wanted to see it for a while now. Despite my indifference to the movie of Fear and Loathing, Thompson’s character must be included in the list.

]]> By: Shane https://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10s/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8480 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:41:24 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-journalists/#comment-8480 Great list, Eric. So glad you included Fletch.

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