I thought it was shit and still do. Reservoir dogs is a far superior movie. Pulp fiction is just a load of overblown guff.
Also 'The royal tenenbaums'. I hate these movies with a narrator guiding you along the whole way. I'd rather read a book if that's what I was after. I mean, how about giving the viewers imagination even a tiny bit of room to maneuver?
Yeah.. I wanna! JD is a brilliant actor. He doesn't confine his roles to the 'safe' ones. He doesn't 'try to do' anything, he does what pleases him and does it beautifully! So many different roles/characters. Truly great actor.
He doesn't rely on his beauty for his roles (though he is the scrummiest!). Maybe it's the type of films you don't like/understand. I love his work with Burton, but have you seen films like 'What's eating Gilbert Grape?' or Benny and Joon. Look up his work - there is more than the fantasy/sci-fi (though in The Libertine - I guess you could call that 'period' - he is amazing!)
No I get the fact that he chooses what he likes and fair play to him... I just don't like the same kinda stuff! I respect the fact that he doesn't play on his looks either... but I really wish he did cos chocolat was made pretty bearable by him playing on his looks for once
I have seen and liked what's eating gilbert grape and benny and joon. I can see he has talent, it's just when he makes a new film I'm absolutely NOT excited about it at all... and IN my opinion I think he WASTES his talent on crap (although I still don't think he's half as good as people give him credit for). I just wish he'd make the kinda films that I like to watch ok?
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
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Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
I just don't see it... I mean don't get me wrong he's a gorgeous gorgeous man... but the films he picks are far from anything I like. I generally don't like stupid/fantasy/sci fi/period films and he's done a good bit of the former and the latter.
But do you think he's a good actor?
Have you seen Donnie Brasco, Blow, What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Leonardo DiCaprio is great in this one), Benny & Joon...
Have you seen Donnie Brasco, Blow, What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Leonardo DiCaprio is great in this one), Benny & Joon...
What's a period movie?
edit: I have just read that ^ post.
I think he's 'good'... I can enjoy watching him in Donnie Brasco, Blow, all the normal stuff he's done. I wouldn't call him 'great' though. I think the fact that he chooses more obscure roles and does what he want can often be confused with greatness. He doesn't do much (acting wise) for me. I'd put him in the same rank as Brad Pitt... nothing wrong with him as an actor and relatively easy on the eye... but hasn't blown me away in anything... but no more than that. But then, that's just my opinion.
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
I think he's 'good'... I can enjoy watching him in Donnie Brasco, Blow, all the normal stuff he's done. I wouldn't call him 'great' though. I think the fact that he chooses more obscure roles and does what he want can often be confused with greatness. He doesn't do much (acting wise) for me. I'd put him in the same rank as Brad Pitt... nothing wrong with him as an actor and relatively easy on the eye... but hasn't blown me away in anything... but no more than that. But then, that's just my opinion.
Edward Scissorhands was my favourite movie when I was a kid (well that one and a whole bunch of other movies as well hehe). Then when I was a bit older, when I was really really really into mafia movies, I saw him in Donnie Brasco and I thought he was great. Then I saw Scissorhands again and realized it was Depp as well, and ever since he's made a lot of movies that I really like, or even love.
But then, that's just my opinion
I think Brad Pitt is a good actor. I think he's brilliant in Twelve Monkeys.
I think he's 'good'... I can enjoy watching him in Donnie Brasco, Blow, all the normal stuff he's done. I wouldn't call him 'great' though. I think the fact that he chooses more obscure roles and does what he want can often be confused with greatness. He doesn't do much (acting wise) for me. I'd put him in the same rank as Brad Pitt... nothing wrong with him as an actor and relatively easy on the eye... but hasn't blown me away in anything... but no more than that. But then, that's just my opinion.
I agree with you. I don't have a big problem with Depp but I think he is respected more for doing a wide variety of roles than for any great acting he does. I don't really care about seeing his movies.
I honestly don't know what that film was trying to do or say. Was the guy disabled, or just plain 'stupid'? The film doesn't say. And when it suggests a disability, it's the part where he's running so fast and hard that his ankle splints miraculously fall off and he doesn't need them anymore! Run forrest, run!! :rolleyes: I know quite a few people who were angered by that scene.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
I went out and bought because everyone told me that I would love it - and usually I'm pretty easy on movies. But what a boring movie. The Blade Runner isn't even that good. He gets lucky almost every time. Maybe I need to watch it again...
I'd put him in the same rank as Brad Pitt... nothing wrong with him as an actor and relatively easy on the eye... but hasn't blown me away in anything... but no more than that. But then, that's just my opinion.
ohhhh have you seen Seven? Pitt was GREAT in that film. Especially the ending. He says more with his facial expressions in that final scene than he probably has in the rest of his career with dialogue.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
ohhhh have you seen Seven? Pitt was GREAT in that film. Especially the ending. He says more with his facial expressions in that final scene than he probably has in the rest of his career with dialogue.
Seven and Fight Club are Pitt's great films, no doubt about it.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Seven and Fight Club are Pitt's great films, no doubt about it.
Well I agree that he was amazing in those 2 great movies.....my favorite Brad Pitt role was when he played Floyd the bong smoking room mate in True Romance....classic!!!!
It pains me to see some of my favorite movies in this list: Lost In Translation, Blair Witch, Magnolia, Sideways, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Unbreakable, Borat etc etc....guess there is no accounting for taste
One movie I HATED that everyone seems to love is....Gladiator - what a pile of crap (definitely the worst movie ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture)
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Along with Twelve Monkeys these films show he is a very good actor. Underrated I think. Though he did do crap films too.
Brad Pitt burst onto the scene as the incredibly hot guy with a fantastic body in Thelma and Louise. I think he got pigeonholed and was considered nothing more than a pretty face. When people hear Brad Pitt, they think 'Sexiest Man Alive', not great actor. The fact he's actually a great actor tends to be overlooked. Sure, he's been involved in some really bad movies, but very few haven't.
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Well I agree that he was amazing in those 2 great movies.....my favorite Brad Pitt role was when he played Floyd the bong smoking room mate in True Romance....classic!!!!
It pains me to see some of my favorite movies in this list: Lost In Translation, Blair Witch, Magnolia, Sideways, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Unbreakable, Borat etc etc....guess there is no accounting for taste
One movie I HATED that everyone seems to love is....Gladiator - what a pile of crap (definitely the worst movie ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture)
I know...I LOVE Sideways. Made me laugh, made me cry. Made me laugh so hard I cried!
And Lost in Translation was phenomenal. I related quite a bit...
Gladiator?? :eek: Between that and 300, I can die a happy woman. le sigh
Oh wait...they had plots????
Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
REALLY????????????? Wow - 3 great movies IMO. It doesn't get much better than Pulp Fiction (probably my second favorite movie - behind American Beauty)
I know...I LOVE Sideways. Made me laugh, made me cry. Made me laugh so hard I cried!
And Lost in Translation was phenomenal. I related quite a bit...
I can understand how people might not love Lost In Translation - definitely not a movie made to appeal to the masses. Most people dont have the attention span for a rather slow character study....but I LOVED it. Bill Murray is brilliant in it - his eyes show more emotion than most actors can capture in an entire career.....very subtle
I'm not sure why Sideways gets the flack that it does....I enjoyed every second of it. The scene near the end where Paul Giamatti cracks into his vintage bottle of wine in that greasy spoon restaurant is amazing......why waste your life waiting for the important moments - create your own moments and savour them
In my world everyone is a pony,
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
REALLY????????????? Wow - 3 great movies IMO. It doesn't get much better than Pulp Fiction (probably my second favorite movie - behind American Beauty)
I can understand how people might not love Lost In Translation - definitely not a movie made to appeal to the masses. Most people dont have the attention span for a rather slow character study....but I LOVED it. Bill Murray is brilliant in it - his eyes show more emotion than most actors can capture in an entire career.....very subtle
I'm not sure why Sideways gets the flack that it does....I enjoyed every second of it. The scene near the end where Paul Giamatti cracks into his vintage bottle of wine in that greasy spoon restaurant is amazing......why waste your life waiting for the important moments - create your own moments and savour them
I agree with why people wouldn't like Lost in Translation too.
I prefer those movies...I WANT to think. I want to wonder. I want to be the one to fill in the blanks.
Paul Giamatti....so funny in Sideways.
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i've heard you can't really compare the two because the movie basically just has the same title but little else.
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I thought it was shit and still do. Reservoir dogs is a far superior movie. Pulp fiction is just a load of overblown guff.
Also 'The royal tenenbaums'. I hate these movies with a narrator guiding you along the whole way. I'd rather read a book if that's what I was after. I mean, how about giving the viewers imagination even a tiny bit of room to maneuver?
I have seen and liked what's eating gilbert grape and benny and joon. I can see he has talent, it's just when he makes a new film I'm absolutely NOT excited about it at all... and IN my opinion I think he WASTES his talent on crap (although I still don't think he's half as good as people give him credit for). I just wish he'd make the kinda films that I like to watch
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
But do you think he's a good actor?
Have you seen Donnie Brasco, Blow, What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Leonardo DiCaprio is great in this one), Benny & Joon...
What's a period movie?
edit: I have just read that ^ post.
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Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Edward Scissorhands was my favourite movie when I was a kid (well that one and a whole bunch of other movies as well hehe). Then when I was a bit older, when I was really really really into mafia movies, I saw him in Donnie Brasco and I thought he was great. Then I saw Scissorhands again and realized it was Depp as well, and ever since he's made a lot of movies that I really like, or even love.
But then, that's just my opinion
I think Brad Pitt is a good actor. I think he's brilliant in Twelve Monkeys.
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There was a lot different.
I agree with you. I don't have a big problem with Depp but I think he is respected more for doing a wide variety of roles than for any great acting he does. I don't really care about seeing his movies.
Forrest Gump.
I honestly don't know what that film was trying to do or say. Was the guy disabled, or just plain 'stupid'? The film doesn't say. And when it suggests a disability, it's the part where he's running so fast and hard that his ankle splints miraculously fall off and he doesn't need them anymore! Run forrest, run!! :rolleyes: I know quite a few people who were angered by that scene.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
I went out and bought because everyone told me that I would love it - and usually I'm pretty easy on movies. But what a boring movie. The Blade Runner isn't even that good. He gets lucky almost every time. Maybe I need to watch it again...
Seven and Fight Club are Pitt's great films, no doubt about it.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
What is the movie that really made Pitt a huge star? I have talked about this with my wife and we can't pinpoint it.
Well I agree that he was amazing in those 2 great movies.....my favorite Brad Pitt role was when he played Floyd the bong smoking room mate in True Romance....classic!!!!
It pains me to see some of my favorite movies in this list: Lost In Translation, Blair Witch, Magnolia, Sideways, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Unbreakable, Borat etc etc....guess there is no accounting for taste
One movie I HATED that everyone seems to love is....Gladiator - what a pile of crap (definitely the worst movie ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture)
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
Interview with a Vampire
"What a stupid lamb."
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
chicago
Kill Bill 1 & 2
All a load of utter shite.
Uma changed my life....:o
Brad was awesome in Babel too.
I agree with Chicago...I have never watched it all the way through.
AWFUL.
Love the stage show though.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
And Lost in Translation was phenomenal. I related quite a bit...
Gladiator?? :eek: Between that and 300, I can die a happy woman. le sigh
Oh wait...they had plots????
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
How?
Sometimes it is the simple things in life that make all of the difference.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
REALLY????????????? Wow - 3 great movies IMO. It doesn't get much better than Pulp Fiction (probably my second favorite movie - behind American Beauty)
I can understand how people might not love Lost In Translation - definitely not a movie made to appeal to the masses. Most people dont have the attention span for a rather slow character study....but I LOVED it. Bill Murray is brilliant in it - his eyes show more emotion than most actors can capture in an entire career.....very subtle
I'm not sure why Sideways gets the flack that it does....I enjoyed every second of it. The scene near the end where Paul Giamatti cracks into his vintage bottle of wine in that greasy spoon restaurant is amazing......why waste your life waiting for the important moments - create your own moments and savour them
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
I prefer those movies...I WANT to think. I want to wonder. I want to be the one to fill in the blanks.
Paul Giamatti....so funny in Sideways.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away