I fully disagree on Body of Lies. That was a great performance by him and Russell Crowe. The scenes where they're torturing him are ****ing intense.

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".

Eh, he was a freaking kid at the time but if you're going back that far into his career, he was phenomenal in Gilbert Grape and especially This Boy's Life.

It's theoretically impossible for you to hate that movie as much as me, and I've never even seen it.

The Beach and J Edgar come to mind, though I haven't seen J Edgar but it's such an odd casting.

Loved the re-creation of the time period and the effects/disaster sequences. Just a great job by James Cameron in that regard. Billy Zane as the villain was awesome too.

What didn't you like about Body of Lies? It's not an indictment, just a question. I thought it was really well made.

So J. Edgar is a bad film but you haven't seen it?

:spock:

I've only seen clips. It was so infuriating that I couldn't stomach more than 15 minutes at a time. So, your theory is flawed.

I'm not a love story type of person. The best part of the movie is when Leo freezes to death because the movie is almost over at that point.

Found Body of Lies mediocre (although that had nothing to do with Leo). And just didn't like Romeo + Juliet. They aren't terrible, though, I will admit.


I've heard good things about his performances in those, but never seen them.

I liked the Beach. It wasn't the greatest movie ever but was still a good movie IMO.

I'm fine with love stories as long as they're done well. I'm not really sure Titanic is one of those, but it has several other redeeming factors.

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.

Only two. The ship sinks and Leo's character dies.

Not even close.

: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.

I was just disappointed with it after seeing it. Expected more, but it just came off as generic action fare at times to me.