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Post by Derrick on Feb 25, 2011 15:24:11 GMT -5
You ever had a movie you saw the trailer for or heard that an actor/actress you couldn't stand was going to star in it or heard/read the plot/premise and vowed you'd never see it? Then you saw the movie for one reason or another and found to your surprise that the movie wasn't as bad as you thought it would be?
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Post by Eddie Love on Feb 26, 2011 0:11:37 GMT -5
Years ago there was a certain young actor I absolutely hated for some reason, I can't remember why exactly, but it was intense. He'd not even done that much, as I recall, just one disatrous season on SNL and a few turns as the third teen from the left in lesser John Hughes movies. Still, I couldn't stand him -- and would tell as much to whoever would listen. I went to see his big dramatic breakthrough movie when it came out just dying for it and him to suck. The actor was...(insert Paul Harvey impression here)...Robert Downey, Jr. The movie was LESS THAN ZERO and I left the theater chastened and convinced he was on par with the best actors of his generation.
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Post by smang12345 on Feb 26, 2011 0:37:45 GMT -5
I cannot stand Leonardo DeCaprio and refuse to see any of his movies but the cast of The Departed overwhelmed my dislike of him and he wasn't bad in the movie but I still don't want to see him in any more movies.
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Post by tombitd on Feb 26, 2011 6:43:46 GMT -5
I cannot stand Leonardo DeCaprio and refuse to see any of his movies but the cast of The Departed overwhelmed my dislike of him and he wasn't bad in the movie but I still don't want to see him in any more movies. I think you're missing out a bit--I'm not exactly fond of DeDaprio's guts (being dragged near-weekly to see Titanic by an ex-girlfriend will do that to you), but he was in two of my favorite films last year, including one that was my absolute favorite. He's grown so far beyond his pretty-boy-glamor-idol early career. |
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Post by Derrick on Feb 26, 2011 8:55:50 GMT -5
Years ago there was a certain young actor I absolutely hated for some reason, I can't remember why exactly, but it was intense. He'd not even done that much, as I recall, just one disatrous season on SNL and a few turns as the third teen from the left in lesser John Hughes movies. Still, I couldn't stand him -- and would tell as much to whoever would listen. I went to see his big dramatic breakthrough movie when it came out just dying for it and him to suck. The actor was...(insert Paul Harvey impression here)...Robert Downey, Jr. The movie was LESS THAN ZERO and I left the theater chastened and convinced he was on par with the best actors of his generation. It was either LESS THAN ZERO or BACK TO SCHOOL where I first saw Robert Downey, Jr. He played the sidekick of Rodney Dangerfield's son in that one which is the second funniest movie I've ever seen in my life. But either way, whenever Downey showed up on screen I sat up straighter and paid attention as I knew something good was gonna happen. |
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Post by Eddie Love on Feb 26, 2011 9:21:08 GMT -5
Another example of mine: I used to be such a die-hard partisan freak that my sphincter tightened audibly whenever I felt the President's assassination was being exploited for entertainment purposes. (And when I said "the President" it went without saying that I meant John Kennedy.) I went to see IN THE LINE OF FIRE late in its initial release loaded for bear to be offended and I loved every second of that modern classic.
Additionally, I thought BOOGIE NIGHTS and MAGNOLIA were bloated, obvious pretentious (if fitfully entertaining) messes and I ranked Paul Thomas Anderson very low. But all that fell away seeing THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
What are your's Derrick? Tom's?
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Post by james on Feb 27, 2011 12:44:57 GMT -5
I didn't have any opinion on the film, pro or con, but I didn't plan on watching Whip It (the roller derby film starring Ellen Page). Then I happened to catch it on cable one afternoon when I was channel surfing, started watching, and I really enjoyed it. The basic plot is a well-worn formula, but the movie has other strengths in a smart script, good character, and the actors bring their best to it.
James
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Post by Derrick on Feb 27, 2011 13:44:53 GMT -5
I cannot stand Leonardo DeCaprio and refuse to see any of his movies but the cast of The Departed overwhelmed my dislike of him and he wasn't bad in the movie but I still don't want to see him in any more movies. I think you're missing out a bit--I'm not exactly fond of DeDaprio's guts (being dragged near-weekly to see Titanic by an ex-girlfriend will do that to you), but he was in two of my favorite films last year, including one that was my absolute favorite. He's grown so far beyond his pretty-boy-glamor-idol early career. Agreed. I give Leonardo DiCaprio major props for not just taking the easy way out and falling back on his pretty looks to make a career. He's consistently gone out of his way to take roles in movies that stretch his talent. My favorite DiCaprio movies: THE AVIATOR THE DEPARTED SHUTTER ISLAND GANGS OF NEW YORK INCEPTION |
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Post by Eddie Love on Feb 27, 2011 17:29:07 GMT -5
Agreed. I give Leonardo DiCaprio major props for not just taking the easy way out and falling back on his pretty looks to make a career. He's consistently gone out of his way to take roles in movies that stretch his talent. My favorite DiCaprio movies: THE AVIATOR THE DEPARTED SHUTTER ISLAND GANGS OF NEW YORK INCEPTION I think Leo's been extraordinarily unerring in his choices since he arrived on the scene. (Though I'm not a big GANGS fan myself, I can't fault his doing it...) I also think he deserves props for the biopic TOTAL ECLIPSE where he played the poet Rimbaud and gets pretty intensely banged in the ass, and I don't recall any coy press at the time where he championed the "risks he was taking and oh yeah, by the way I'm totally not gay." |
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Post by Dino on Feb 27, 2011 20:21:22 GMT -5
I cannot stand Leonardo DeCaprio and refuse to see any of his movies but the cast of The Departed overwhelmed my dislike of him and he wasn't bad in the movie but I still don't want to see him in any more movies. You're really missing out. I used to have the same impression of DiCaprio. It was mostly fueled by adolescent jealousy since Romeo+Juliet came out when I was in junior high and all the girls swooned over him. Then he followed that with Titanic, which earned similar resentment. But my opinion of DiCaprio took a complete 180 once I saw Gangs of New York. He's done a really good job of shedding his pretty boy image and relies a lot more on his pretty considerable talent. Back on topic, for the most part if I'm told a movie is godawful and I end up watching it, there's a good chance I'll come out saying, "hey, that actually wasn't half-bad." Examples of this include Aeon Flux, Alien3, and Jersey Girl. And movies that are praised relentlessly usually get a yawn out of me. I've been waiting for years for someone to explain why Star Wars and The Matrix are so amazing. |
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Post by tombitd on Feb 27, 2011 21:01:12 GMT -5
Jersey Girl's so-called suckiness has been so blown out of proportions. Its only sin is being a rather gentle, adult film about dealing with being a single parent and coping with the death of a loved one as opposed to be a film with poop and fart jokes and pop culture references.
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Post by Dino on Mar 4, 2011 13:12:19 GMT -5
Well said, Tom. Jersey Girl wasn't perfect and it was pretty by-the-numbers. But it wasn't bad by any stretch of the imagination. I definitely enjoyed it from beginning to end. Not every film has to offer something new.
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Post by smang12345 on Mar 4, 2011 13:58:35 GMT -5
Jersey Girl's biggest sin was having J-Lo and Affleck in it and it coming out after the breakup. I do think it was George Carlin's best acting role ever and Affleck showed that he can actually act when he wants to. When he rips into his little girl it was so raw you wanted to just smack the bastard.
Too bad it's failure scared Kevin Smith so bad he went back to the dick and fart jokes.
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