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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 15, 2010, 10:42:15 pm ---I usually like Leo diC, but I go up and down. He was sooo amazing in What's Eating Gilberg Grape, the first thing I ever saw him in, that I became fascinated. Then, after Titanic, I got kind of sick of him. And he was not that great in Gangs of New York -- way upstaged by Daniel Day Lewis, but then who wouldn't be? -- and only just OK in Catch Me if you Can and The Aviator. But Leo was back to his old good form in Blood Diamond and The Departed, so I liked him again. In The Departed, especially -- I found him more riveting than Jack Nicholson or even Matt Damon. But then came Revolutionary Road -- meh; it's Mad Men without the wit.
I once told a friend all this, prefacing with, "I go up and down on Leonardo DiCaprio." She goes, "Yeah, you wish." :laugh:
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Tell you what, I thought Blood Diamond looked like it might be an interesting movie, despite the fact that it had LdiC in it.
Kerry:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 15, 2010, 02:29:16 pm ---Of course, if Leonardo DiCaprio had been in Brokeback Mountain, I probably wouldn't have seen it, either! :laugh:
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If LDCaprio had been cast as either Jack or Ennis in BBM, I would have definitely never seen it and would not be here right now, writing this post. I have never been a fan of LDC. Have only seen Titanic once and that was on television, years after it was first released. And I only coped with it on that occasion by making a deliberately conscious effort to ignore LDC whenever he was on screen, which was difficult, seeing as he is in practically every single frame.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 16, 2010, 12:08:48 am ---Tell you what, I thought Blood Diamond looked like it might be an interesting movie, despite the fact that it had LdiC in it.
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It is! I'd recommend renting it.
Kerry:
I went to see Avatar in 3-D again yesterday - my second time this week. I took a friend along with me and we sat down the front, near the screen. My friend loved it and I was just as blown away as before. I'm already making plans for a third viewing, maybe IMAX next time; though, I can't imagine IMAX being all that much better than conventional 3-D as viewed from row A. The screen is HUGE from there. My two previous viewings were at the Hoyts Multiplex in the Broadway Shopping Centre, not far from where I live, and where I first saw Brokeback Mountain, back in Jan 2006. I sat in the front row on both occasions for Avatar, but it's not exactly a "row" as such. Rather, there are three pairs of high-back armchairs, where you can put your head back and stretch your legs. I sat in the middle pair both times. Perfect for Avatar.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Avatar is now in the Mother Tree of the Zeitgeist--even political/satirical cartoonists have caught the meme. Eywa be praised!
http://www.salon.com/ent/comics/tom_the_dancing_bug/2010/01/13/tom_the_dancing_bug
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