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Post by Manute Bol on Dec 26, 2012 2:11:19 GMT -5
Another thing Leo does is he always does these hooooooorrible accents. Like he is incapable of doing a convincing accent, which fits Tarantino's films perfectly as people often do bad accents in them(like Brad Pitt's bad over the top Southern accent in Basterds). Really? Never thought this at all. Thought his accent in Blood Diamond was spot on. Saw Django today. Great movie and DiCaprio and Waltz are both phenomenal. It felt like certain scenes were almost spoofing slavery, which was strange.
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Post by "I'm Batman..." on Dec 26, 2012 4:09:15 GMT -5
It was awesome.
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Post by King Ghidorah on Dec 26, 2012 4:22:22 GMT -5
You have to see this movie now while It's crowded, its hilarious.
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Post by ronin705 on Dec 26, 2012 5:03:45 GMT -5
Being 1 out of 10 in a full theatre of white people made the movie THAT much more hilarious to me, cuz all around us people didn't know if they had that "pass" to laugh at some of the scenes (especially when Sam Jack appears). It does tend to drag starting through the second act, but it still in essence is a very, very DOPE movie. Definitely would wanna see it again.
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Post by Rican on Dec 26, 2012 8:19:18 GMT -5
Another thing Leo does is he always does these hooooooorrible accents. Like he is incapable of doing a convincing accent, which fits Tarantino's films perfectly as people often do bad accents in them(like Brad Pitt's bad over the top Southern accent in Basterds). Really? Never thought this at all. Thought his accent in Blood Diamond was spot on. Saw Django today. Great movie and DiCaprio and Waltz are both phenomenal. It felt like certain scenes were almost spoofing slavery, which was strange. Can you elaborate on this without spoiling too much? I heard similar criticisms from people who have seen it.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 26, 2012 9:04:40 GMT -5
Probably could have trimmed about half an hour off the running time, but other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2012 17:12:20 GMT -5
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Post by Some Guy on Dec 26, 2012 17:18:12 GMT -5
I completely disagree, every role he's done since Gangs of New York has been impressive to me. Especially The Aviator and Revolutionary Road. Loved him in this too, just because of how ridiculously over the top he was at times, and how he fully embraced his character. What?! Gosling is AWESOME in basically everything he does, I am so lost right now. I think if you like DiCaprio, you'll like Gosling, but they both end up taking parts they can't really pull off and are lucky enough to have a strong director and cast to hold them up. They both emote the same way in every film I've seen them in (with rare exception). Maybe they're just type cast, but Gosling makes the same face in every film and usually plays the same kind of guy in every film. I liked him in Lars and the Real Girl though. But any times he tries to play the suave, cool guy it just comes off very false. He's okay, serviceable at best, but when I think of AWESOME actors I think of people who can play different parts convincingly. Gary Oldman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, (early) Dustin Hoffman, Daniel Day-Lewis...maybe a young gun like Ben Foster - these guys are AWESOME actors in that they inspire awe in their ability to make you forget who they are and only see the character. Guys like Gosling, DiCaprio, Bale (though the Fighter & Am Psycho are exceptions), Walken and Will Smith are all fine actors that are highly bankable for a wide audience appeal, but that's about it. They don't usually stray to far from a very specific type and when they do it feels very disingenuous. And I LOVE watching Walken, but I know that his acting ability begins and end with playing himself in different situations. Another example is Peter Stormare - that guy is always entertaining and charismatic in everything he does (TV or film), but as great as he is to watch, he's honestly not that great of an actor. Same type of dude, just a different situation. Gosling is the same way, except the type he repetitively portrays is just very douchey to me. Gosling doesn't play the same guy in every film at all, I don't understand the criticism, exactly. He's pretty much the opposite of every typical Hollywood big shot, because of roles like Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson, Drive and Blue Valentine. I think he's one of the best pure mainstream actors going today. He's not exactly Vince Vaughn here.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2012 17:44:48 GMT -5
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 26, 2012 17:50:07 GMT -5
Maybe he should have led a protest to replace Tarantino with himself, like he did with Norman Jewison and Malcom X
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 26, 2012 20:32:48 GMT -5
Dustin Hoffman's alright, but for me, the only times I felt he "vanished" into a character were in Midnight Cowboy and Lenny. Maybe it's personal taste, but I find DiCaprio is able to do that in most of his films, even with subpar scripts. I like Goslin too, but I don't think he's quite at either of their caliber.
Anyway, just got back from seeing it and loved it. The middle part drags a little as Tarantino gets a bit too lovey dovey with his extended conversations, but without spoiling anything, the intensity picks up well. Leo and Samuel L. Jackson's scenery eating contest is pretty funny.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2012 21:17:34 GMT -5
I don't know what people were expecting. It's a film set in a time where black people were sold as slaves, treated like animals and the N word was apart of the common vocabulary. It's to be expected. I loved this movie. I'll agree that it could've been shorter but the characters were great and the universe Tarantino creates is always entertaining. I don't understand why people believe he trivialized slavery, there were scenes meant to be funny but whenever there was violence towards slaves, he portrayed them in a serious light.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Dec 27, 2012 2:10:01 GMT -5
I know the Soundtrack has cues to classic Spaghetti Westerns, but does QT put some nods to the real Django?
Ear Cutting Scene? Dragging a Coffin ? Pulling out a Gattling gun?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2012 9:55:26 GMT -5
I know the Soundtrack has cues to classic Spaghetti Westerns, but does QT put some nods to the real Django? Ear Cutting Scene? Dragging a Coffin ? Pulling out a Gattling gun? Franco Nero has a role in this one. So yes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2012 10:51:55 GMT -5
I think if you like DiCaprio, you'll like Gosling, but they both end up taking parts they can't really pull off and are lucky enough to have a strong director and cast to hold them up. They both emote the same way in every film I've seen them in (with rare exception). Maybe they're just type cast, but Gosling makes the same face in every film and usually plays the same kind of guy in every film. I liked him in Lars and the Real Girl though. But any times he tries to play the suave, cool guy it just comes off very false. He's okay, serviceable at best, but when I think of AWESOME actors I think of people who can play different parts convincingly. Gary Oldman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, (early) Dustin Hoffman, Daniel Day-Lewis...maybe a young gun like Ben Foster - these guys are AWESOME actors in that they inspire awe in their ability to make you forget who they are and only see the character. Guys like Gosling, DiCaprio, Bale (though the Fighter & Am Psycho are exceptions), Walken and Will Smith are all fine actors that are highly bankable for a wide audience appeal, but that's about it. They don't usually stray to far from a very specific type and when they do it feels very disingenuous. And I LOVE watching Walken, but I know that his acting ability begins and end with playing himself in different situations. Another example is Peter Stormare - that guy is always entertaining and charismatic in everything he does (TV or film), but as great as he is to watch, he's honestly not that great of an actor. Same type of dude, just a different situation. Gosling is the same way, except the type he repetitively portrays is just very douchey to me. Gosling doesn't play the same guy in every film at all, I don't understand the criticism, exactly. He's pretty much the opposite of every typical Hollywood big shot, because of roles like Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson, Drive and Blue Valentine. I think he's one of the best pure mainstream actors going today. He's not exactly Vince Vaughn here. I'm not saying the guy can't act or that he's even the worst actor on the scene, but he's nothing special or extraordinary in the world of acting. But I agree - he's well above the "Vince Vaughn" tier of performers.
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Post by Banecat on Dec 27, 2012 18:55:22 GMT -5
Wow, I'm pretty surprised by all the DiCaprio hate here. We're all entitled to our own opinions and all, but what's the deal? Also, this movie looks amazing. I dunno either. I like mature Leo, he even has a great villain beard.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2012 1:41:05 GMT -5
Just got back. The Oakland crowd was crazy for this one.
QT killed it. Easily, far and away the best performance by DiCaprio of his career. His dynamic with Sam Jackson was hilarious. I'm not a Jamie Fox fan either, but he nailed the role. Great cameos all over the place as well. One of the funnier QT movies as well.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2012 3:40:28 GMT -5
I agree with everything user Numero has to say about Gosling except he's a lot more positive than what I would say. Anyways this is definantly one of QT's best, probably in my top 3 definite top 4. I don't get the criticism that it's too long, this is probably the only Tarantino film that didn't have a conversation that lasted more than five minutes or if it did it didn't have any filler and went straight to the plot. All of the actors in this film was great. DiCaprios best performance, Jamiee Foxx looked like a leading man star, Waltz is awesome of course, and Jackson was absolutely hateable one of his best performances in a long time since he wasn't phoning it in like most movies he has been in lately.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 28, 2012 8:51:34 GMT -5
My feeling on its length was similar to people who thought Return of the King and The Dark Knight were too long. It kept going for about 20 minutes after the natural climax of the film. {Spoiler}After the big climactic shoot-out where DiCaprio and Waltz are killed, it just keeps going and ends up right back at Candyland for another big shootout. Aside from wanting to blow up the house, why not just have Django kill everyone else the first time through?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2012 17:22:53 GMT -5
My feeling on its length was similar to people who thought Return of the King and The Dark Knight were too long. It kept going for about 20 minutes after the natural climax of the film. {Spoiler}After the big climactic shoot-out where DiCaprio and Waltz are killed, it just keeps going and ends up right back at Candyland for another big shootout. Aside from wanting to blow up the house, why not just have Django kill everyone else the first time through? That would be my only complaint as well.
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