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What...all successful Hollywood actors are attractive?
Don't even know where to start with that...Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Steve Buscemi, Danny Trejo... to name but 4, but there must be thousands.
And you are delusional if you think Di Caprio still has a squeaky voice and looks baby faced...clearly you have not seen anyone his recent movies.
"I'm not interested in Leo, he's lost his looks to the point of affecting this film's box office as evidenced by people who refused to watch it due to his unattractiveness."
That has to be one of the dumbest things I have ever read.
Actors have to be attractive, otherwise people won't watch their movies?
He has aged naturally, he has lost that boyish look which was a hindrance to him for so many years. He now plays adult roles and is much more believable.
Give Crazy People a try. Another forgotten, half decent Dudley Moore movie.
Its more likely to do with rights and distribution issues.
It's a movie that did well in its brief initial run, but the humour and attitudes date it, so much so that it's not looked back on with much fondness.
It's largely forgotten by the public, and therefore the company who own the rights are not going to spend money re releasing it on different formats, or doing documentaries etc for a special edition. However it is now available on blu ray.
That said I love it. Very un PC and with a ton of action...and it is funny as long as you are broad minded.
My fave gag is Caan on the phone when his car crashes off the freeway into an old couples apartment. He is on the phone to his boss trying to explain what happened. He is asked a question on the phone which we don't hear, he opens the door of the apartment, looks out, and replies "7th floor..."
Not a great movie.
Though it has some good chase scenes, but most of Stallones dialogue, particularly his quips when offing bad guys, was cheesy and embarrassing even back then.
And the society of killers, banging hammers together and chanting...its never clear what their motivation is.
However I did like the Dirty Harry references, with Andrew Robinson and Reni Santoni in the cast.
Like most common British insults, it's not meant to be literal. It's just a phrase that makes people laugh...maybe.
If you took it literally, it should denote red faced.
Anyway, it's kind of outdated and not really used any more.
I continually come across people who don't even know what blu ray is. Many people still think DVD is the accepted physical media.
And don't even get me started on 4K...
It certainly was not a hit in Europe.
It was seen, quite rightly, as sub par Ken Russell. Which it clearly was...a director in the twilight of his career, and on his last legs.
Well...at least you're original...saying the book is not as good as the movie.
I don't see any issue...most books are adapted and changed in some way to make the movie.
I agree. It's a movie that unsettles you and makes you feel uneasy from the start.
Specifically, when Merrin is digging in the hole, the camera slowly zoons into the hole just before he pulls out the Pazuzu talisman, and you expect something bad to happen. The low drone on the soundtrack also adds to the atmosphere.
Thanks for the scoop there...
Incidentally, there were advance posters produced and sent to cinemas for Revenge Of The Jedi, but they were recalled when the title changed.
But a lot of people held on to them...and they are worth a few quid these days.
I can't agree that Henry Hill in Goodfellas is someone the audience root for. He behaves appalingly to his wife. He lies, cheats and steals. He has no remorse or guilt for anything he does...until he gets caught.
I did. Made sure I didn't eat or drink for a while, and I sat through the whole movie. And I am not a young person and sometimes have bladder issues. But it was still not a problem for me.
"Also, as a piece of entertainment, part of its issue is that it's a film that is largely devoid of any heroes. There are villains and there are victims, but not much in the way of heroes, and it can be difficult to get invested in a story like that."
Utter rubbish. It is not essential to have a hero in a story. It's not about good guys and bad guys.
Many, many movies don't have heroes, and can still be good movies.
Take Scorceses own Good fellas...some of the most despicable characters ever, no heroes. And yet its almost a masterpiece.
I see this type of criticism levelled at movies a lot, from people who seem to want their movies laid out simply, with heroes and villains. I find it such an old fashioned view.
And often such people decide the movie is bad, because there are no heroes or sympathetic characters.
Maybe they should stick to watching old westerns, with cowboys with black hats and white hats.
I liked it . Never really felt the length. It's quite tense for most of the runtime, and held my interest.
I should mention the score, which is very good, and at times has a very minimalist quality with just a pulsating, repeated bass line ( similar to the score for Carpenters The Thing) that propels the movie along, especially during the more tense scenes.
Di Caprio is excellent, and it's good to see De Niro with a substantial role to get his teeth into. And Lily Gladstone is a revelation. Jesse Plemons is great as the main FBI investigator, and there are smaller roles for John Lithgow and Brendan Fraser as defence and prosecutor respectively.
It's not going to be everyone's cuppa, some will balk at the length, and for the first 45 mins takes its time to set things up. But it gets much darker and convoluted as it progresses.
He also played a creepy inmate in Sling Blade, only two scenes but as always he was memorable.
He was also suitably creepy in Breakdown, with Kurt Russell.
John Wayne in The Shootist. He played an ageing gunman dying of cancer, which he was in real life.
It was never going to.
Live concert movies have notoriously and traditionally never been big box office.
People naively assume that the more popular the artist, the bigger the box office. It's rubbish. It could be the biggest artist on the planet, still it won't bring in the crowds.
Even before streaming, Sky, Netflix etc this was true.
And even more true now when people will wait to download it, and watch it at home on a 60 plus inch 4K TV.
Nope.
I'l Dulce Jubilo was a big hit.
And Moonlight Shadow, though that was more of a collaboration with his sister Sally.
Besides, he was more of an albums person than a single maker.
My only contention is that he continued to milk Tubular Bells too much, making sequels, remixes and variations of it.
Ommadawn remains my fave.
What a pile of nonsense.
Can't believe they are still peddling this creepy clown stuff, it's been going on for years.
And technically I can't see what he is doing wrong. It's not illegal to wear a Clown costume in public. He does not appear to be approaching anyone.
And the whole 'daring police to catch him' thing is dubious, its not mentioned in the story, only that the police have issued a statement saying they have recieved no reports about it. That tells you all you need to know.
Stuff like this us just sensationalist fodder for the media, and most people are aware of the character of Pennywise from the It movies.
Makes me wonder if there is a sequel in the works and this is just advance publicity...