Actors who are always in good films
My favorite actor
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There was a time when I thought leonardo dicaprio had a contract clause that stated "Mr dicaprio can not participate in a movie that sucks"
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I know that I could always count on John Geilgud, John Houseman, Anthony Hopkins, and a few others. But sometimes watching big names like Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, etc. it seems like they just phone it in.
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That contradicts almost his entire career
You need to adjust your definition of suck.
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Really? The Aviator sucks? Gangs of New York sucks? Inception too? Shutter Island also sucks? What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a POS too I guess.
You need to adjust your definition of suck.
You need to adjust your definition of suck.
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I thought The Aviator, Inception, and What's Eating Gilbert Grape were pretty much nothing worth seeing.
Now that I've got that out of the way...
ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?
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I didn't say sucks, the other guy did. But, since you're being specific, out of what you said I thought The Aviator, Inception, and Whats Eating Gilbert Grape were pretty much nothing worth seeing. I liked Gangs of New York well enough though. I need not adjust anything, you need to pick someone with a better career to defend.
From Metacritic:
Inception: 74 %
Shutter Island: 63 %
Revolutionary Road: 69 %
Blood Diamond: 64 %
The Departed: 86 %
The Aviator: 77 %
Catch Me If You Can: 76 %
Gangs of New York: 72 %
Yeah, I definitely need to pick someone with a better career over the past 10 years.
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It just goes to show that critics would disagree with your assessment that the films in which DiCaprio stars, suck. But you're right, critics don't know anything. Wintertriangles knows best, as always.
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It just goes to show that critics would disagree with your assessment that the films in which DiCaprio stars, suck. But you're right, critics don't know anything. Wintertriangles knows best, as always.
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Apparently there are only ultimatums in existence. You're being silly.
Besides, critics are trained to watch films with a critical eye. Their opinion is somehow invalid, despite this?
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Not invalid, but certainly not the best reliability. They're trained, exactly, to look at things from the perspective of a computer checklist; if you read most critic reviews they have no personality at all.
Consensus is worse, you never know who participates in them.
Consensus is worse, you never know who participates in them.
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I don't look for personality in a critic. I look for objectivity. I started a thread about objectivity in the general forum, I don't remember how you felt, but I like to look at films as objectively as I can. I can look at Jason X and say "It's terrible, but I like it". That's what I want from a critic, not personality.
Consensus on the other hand makes me re-evaluate things. For example, most film geeks that i know like the film Jackie Brown. I don't care for it at all, I think it's Tarantino's worst film and I don't even think it feels like a Tarantino film. Mostly this is because it's adapted from E. Leonard's book, but that's not the point. However, I look at it as either it's something that I'm just not getting or it's something that is not of my personal taste. Obviously there's something there worth observing, but it's just not my thing. I can't say it's a bad film, on the contrary it's as well crafted as most of Taratino's films, but something about it bothers me.
Is it possible that DiCaprio is your "Jackie Brown"?
EDIT: Ah, I found it!
Is DiCaprio really horrible art? So harsh...
Consensus on the other hand makes me re-evaluate things. For example, most film geeks that i know like the film Jackie Brown. I don't care for it at all, I think it's Tarantino's worst film and I don't even think it feels like a Tarantino film. Mostly this is because it's adapted from E. Leonard's book, but that's not the point. However, I look at it as either it's something that I'm just not getting or it's something that is not of my personal taste. Obviously there's something there worth observing, but it's just not my thing. I can't say it's a bad film, on the contrary it's as well crafted as most of Taratino's films, but something about it bothers me.
Is it possible that DiCaprio is your "Jackie Brown"?
EDIT: Ah, I found it!
Of course films can be bad. I would hope as a critically thinking group progresses, opinions become less of a fallback. Opinions exist naturally but they're no excuse for horrible art.
I don't look for personality in a critic. I look for objectivity. I started a thread about objectivity in the general forum, I don't remember how you felt, but I like to look at films as objectively as I can. I can look at Jason X and say "It's terrible, but I like it". That's what I want from a critic, not personality.
Consensus on the other hand makes me re-evaluate things. For example, most film geeks that i know like the film Jackie Brown. I don't care for it at all, I think it's Tarantino's worst film and I don't even think it feels like a Tarantino film. Mostly this is because it's adapted from E. Leonard's book, but that's not the point. However, I look at it as either it's something that I'm just not getting or it's something that is not of my personal taste. Obviously there's something there worth observing, but it's just not my thing. I can't say it's a bad film, on the contrary it's as well crafted as most of Taratino's films, but something about it bothers me.
Is it possible that DiCaprio is your "Jackie Brown"?
Is it possible that DiCaprio is your "Jackie Brown"?
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I only brought up the quote because I couldn't remember if you were on the side of objectivity or not.
I kind of wondered if you thought any of DiCaprio's films were well made, good films, but you just didn't care for them.
I kind of wondered if you thought any of DiCaprio's films were well made, good films, but you just didn't care for them.
I kind of wondered if you thought any of DiCaprio's films were well made, good films, but you just didn't care for them.
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