The Great Gatsby sucks

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Fairplay

So Leo isn't capable of being in a bad movie?

You are a funny guy.

DiCaprio has been in several bad movies, though Titantic wasn't one of them. Appears Gatsby will be another to add to the bad list.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

DiCaprio has been in several bad movies, though Titantic wasn't one of them. Appears Gatsby will be another to add to the bad list.

"Bad" movies? Like what?

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud

"Bad" movies? Like what?

The Beach, Body of Lies, Romeo + Juliet (another one of those overrated Luhrman bores) off the top of my head.

There was also that Western with Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone. Can't remember its name...it was kind of shitty.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

The Beach, Body of Lies, Romeo + Juliet (another one of those overrated Luhrman bores) off the top of my head.

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".

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

There was also that Western with Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone. Can't remember its name...it was kind of shitty.

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.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud

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".

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.

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.

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

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

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

They're both very good films although neither are the kind of films I gravitate towards. I like dramas but I definitely have to be in the right mood, or forget it.

[Nzoner]

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud

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.

Absolutely great movies

[Nzoner]

My 19 year old niece really liked Gatsby,that alone makes me think I won't be seeing it.

Also,add another for liking The Beach,not by far a favorite but I still liked it.

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

DiCaprio has been in several bad movies, though Titantic wasn't one of them. Appears Gatsby will be another to add to the bad list.

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

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KChiefer

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

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

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud

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

It's rocking a 44% on RT. Ebert liked it though. The casting was just weird to me. Take a guy in his 30s and slap a bunch of make-up on him so he's 20-30 years older is just fail.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KChiefer

It's rocking a 44% on RT. Ebert liked it though. The casting was just weird to me. Take a guy in his 30s and slap a bunch of make-up on him so he's 20-30 years older is just fail.

It's a well done film, albeit, slow. Eastwood's an amazing director and composer and DiCaprio is totally convincing. In the end, I just don't think the subject matter is all that interesting to today's audience.

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.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud

It's a well done film, albeit, slow. Eastwood's an amazing director and composer and DiCaprio is totally convincing. In the end, I just don't think the subject matter is all that interesting to today's audience.

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.

I liked Good Night and Good Luck. Very well done. Probably Clooney's best effort as a director and Strathairn was great as Murrow.

L.A. Confidential is obviously a great film, one of the best from that decade. Entertaining every time I see it.

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by DoucheMcCloud

It's a well done film, albeit, slow. Eastwood's an amazing director and composer and DiCaprio is totally convincing. In the end, I just don't think the subject matter is all that interesting to today's audience.

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.

I didn't know Eastwood directed it. That does bode well for it. I never saw GNaGL either, but I did see Frost/Nixon eventually, and it too was slow, but it was good, though I'd never need to watch it again.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KChiefer

I didn't know Eastwood directed it. That does bode well for it. I never saw GNaGL either, but I did see Frost/Nixon eventually, and it too was slow, but it was good, though I'd never need to watch it again.

I haven't seen Frost/Nixon but it's on the list. It was on one of the premium channels recently and I forgot to record it.

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.