The Great Gatsby sucks
LMAO.
The trailers for this made it seem like the greatest thing EVER. Now topping out at 42% http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_great_gatsby_2012/ Quote:
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I could tell that based on the first trailer alone.
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Apparently there's a shit ton of rap in the soundtrack, too. Which makes me retch.
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Hated reading that shitty book in high school.
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Knew it.
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I knew when they bumped it last Christmas something was up.
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I hope not. The last movie Leonardo was in that was terrible was Titanic. I don't see him starring in a movie that's bad. If the rap is all that's making it bad then those people didn't like it from the beginning. If they have no comment on dialogue, story flow, and plot then they aren't giving the movie a fair shake.
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So Leo isn't capable of being in a bad movie? You are a funny guy. |
Pretty bummed if this sucks. The original previews looked promising but also hinted at the possibility of a spectacularly shitty movie. It looks like it's likely the latter.
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hate the book...the earlier movie...and this movie....
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The book is freaking awesome.
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Baz Lurhman is ridiculously overrated as a director. Plus, who cares? Why did the world need yet a fifth "Great Gatsby" film?
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Departed was meh as well.
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The Departed, Gangs of New York, Body of Lies, Shutter Island, Inception, Aviator and Titanic can hardly be called "bad movies". |
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There was also that Western with Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone. Can't remember its name...it was kind of shitty. |
I never saw J. Edgar, but that didn't get good reviews from what I recall. Can't make a judgement on that until I see it (if I ever do).
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Ugh I ****ing hated Titanic.
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Romeo and Juliet was interesting. I'd hardly call it a "bad" movie, just different. If it's not your thing (and it's not mine), I get it but it's not "bad". Quote:
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What classic literature has been put on screen with great success in the last say 20 years? I'm having a hard time thinking of many.
Hitchhiker's Guide, which I haven't read but I know many love only got 60% on RT. LOTR There Will Be Blood which wasn't even Sinclair's most famous novel. |
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:D I worked in Paramount's music division at the time of the release. In case you weren't aware, the film's budget was so enormous that Paramount and Sony co-financed the film and shared royalty participation. We had the music publishing and suffice to say, I got extremely tired of people constantly asking for the numbers on "My Heart Will Go On" and the soundtrack. HQ would ask (in what seemed like a daily basis) for more than three years after the release of that film. It was annoying beyond comprehension. Not only did I vow to never watch it, I hated it with a passion. |
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Really, some of the greatest movies of all time involve love stories. You're missing out there. |
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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. |
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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I'd prefer to actually watch a film for myself and come to my own conclusion before dismissing it outright. |
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I can't watch Langella without thinking of his old tuna can flopping around whilst dodging Jeremy Irons' inaccurate gunfire in Lolita.
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I'll be sure to relay if I hear anything further. |
There hadn't been a word about it for a while, but Casey Hudson did make a couple of comments about it in March at PAX east. http://www.vg247.com/2013/03/25/mass...l-says-hudson/
That's the last thing I heard. I don't think it's in development hell or anything though. |
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I still think it'd be the quintessential Cable Boutique TV series, but I'd settle for a film adaptation. I remember when they tossed around Matthew Fox's name as Shepard, but I'd think his star has faded a touch since then. 2002 Matt Damon would have been a great fit. Can't think of a good fit now. Edit: More conventional choices may be Sam Worthington or Tom Hardy. |
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Additionally, Mark Strong was awesome (as usual) so, there's that as well. |
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Don't sleep on Blood Diamond... The Aviator wasn't bad either.
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Taste this bad demands a lynching... |
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