I thought we just had a lengthy discussion about tissue grabbing movies when NSW brought up-its hard to find real 'tissue grabbing' movies these days.
I thought we just had a lengthy discussion about tissue grabbing movies when NSW brought up-
Oh, wait a minute.
Shutter Island
the editing in this film is top rate, as is the score.
suspension of disbelief did not last long when i saw it. sure, it's one of those earth being implausibly fucked by nature films and it's hard enough to suspend disbelief, but i don't really know what else to say.2012
I have seen some ridiculous shit in my life, but this takes the cake.
Not that I was expecting genius, but I enjoy watching nature/the universe kick some ass back at us humans - I mean, I really dug The Day After Tomorrow and Deep Impact as guilty pleasures.
It's not a good sign when you fast forward through the action scenes, like I did through the mega-earthquake in LA and the supervolcano in Yellowstone.
Also? Danny Glover is no Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact.
DiCaprio wasn't nearly as bad in that film as people remember, I just don't think they were ready to accept him as "tough" yet. While his subsequent Scorsese film perfs were all better, he does what is required of him here: vengeance on a long simmer. It's just that next to a very intense and entertaining DDL it's hard not to look unimpressive.
Diaz is awful in Gangs....and in pretty much everything else.
Forgetting Sara Marshall - Funnier than I was expecting, fairly entertaining.
It's certainly his first truly adult role, and it kind of shows. I don't have any problems with his performance as I do with Cameron Diaz, who's not only tremendously miscast but has little to no actual chemistry with DiCap whatsoever.
Recently watched McCabe and Mrs. Miller and Leo McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow and loved the shit out of both. New York, New York is next up.
Yeah, I don't think Diaz was bad per se, but they could have probably found someone a little more interesting. Hard to say who.
I do think there was some serious chemistry in the scene where he puts the knife to her throat and demands his necklace back. Very intense and well-played by both.
And after D-Cap gets the shit beat out of him, I thought Diaz did a good job in their scenes in the cave or wherever he was hiding out to recuperate.
And after D-Cap gets the shit beat out of him, I thought Diaz did a good job in their scenes in the cave or wherever he was hiding out to recuperate.