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I feel the same way about J. Edgar as I do Good Night and Good Luck. The latter was a very good film as well (with six Oscar noms) but it's really hard for me to sit through period piece dramas. Now, L.A. Confidential on the other hand, I could watch every week. |
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Has any Baz Luhrmann film not been an overly elaborate spectacle meant for fans of musicals?
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L.A. Confidential is obviously a great film, one of the best from that decade. Entertaining every time I see it. |
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Baz Luhrmann says his movies aren'tfor fat people and that he seeks the "In" crowd to see Gatsby
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His movie Australia is the second leading grossing Australian movie behind Crocidile Dundee...so there's that.
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I'm expecting it to be similar in nature to Good Night and Good Luck and J. Edgar: Movies that I need to see, just to see them, but they won't likely be favorites or added to the DVD/Ultraviolet collection. |
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I can't really explain it but there's something about being in the audience, where the actors not only react to each other but to the audience as well, that can't be duplicated on film. At least IMHO. |
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With all due respect, I completely disregard websites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic because they're often initially wrong. Some of the greatest movies ever made were initially panned hard by critics, only to go on to be revered by later generations and regarded as classics of cinema. (The same can be said about music as well but that's a different subject entirely).
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