Which movie did you watch today and how would you rate it?

[Jimmy Higgins]

1. Django Unchained. If haven't seen this by now, see it.

Leonardo DiCaprio was fantastic in it. The scene at the dinner table where he cuts his hand on the broken glass was real. It was unintended and he was actually bleeding quite a lot. But he never missed a beat in the filming of the scene.

For some reason his acting is often given short shrift.

Is it? People have liked the guy forever. For me, Dicaprio was in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (which is celebrated) and was then wooden and awful in several following films. Then some time after Titanic, a switch was flipped. I saw him in Blood Diamond and was like, "Where the heck was this for the last 15 years?"

But overall, people like Dicaprio and his acting.

 

[Wiploc]

Until The Quick and the Dead, I didn't know why people hated him.

That's probably a tribute to his acting: He played an objectionable person so well that I thereafter objected to the actor.

Then came Catch Me If You Can, which made me reverse my opinion: If Leo wants to be in movies, that's okay with me.

 

[Playball40]

The Substance

I don't think I've ever seen anything like it and I really wouldn't know where to begin So I will just quote the review from Rotten Tomatoes.

Certified fresh score 89%

Critics Consensus:
Audaciously gross, wickedly clever, and possibly Demi Moore's finest hour, The Substance is a gasp-inducing feat from writer-director Coralie Fargeat.

You've really gotta see this for yourself. I think this will become a horror cult classic.

Could not get through it.

 

[pood]

Watched Godfather III, the 2020 recut version, which Coppola said was what he and Puzo intended. There were some powerful scenes but the plot strikes me as convoluted and there are two many characters. The real problem was that for some strange reason the movie had subtitles for the English bits but no subtitles for Italian conversations, which dominated the second part of the movie set in Sicily. Thus the movie became nearly impossible to follow toward the end.

 

[ZiprHead]

The Substance

I don't think I've ever seen anything like it and I really wouldn't know where to begin So I will just quote the review from Rotten Tomatoes.

Certified fresh score 89%

Critics Consensus:
Audaciously gross, wickedly clever, and possibly Demi Moore's finest hour, The Substance is a gasp-inducing feat from writer-director Coralie Fargeat.

You've really gotta see this for yourself. I think this will become a horror cult classic.

Could not get through it.

Due to the graphic gore or... ?

I've looked at other reviews and it generally gets glowing praise.

 

[pood]

Until The Quick and the Dead, I didn't know why people hated him.

That's probably a tribute to his acting: He played an objectionable person so well that I thereafter objected to the actor.

Then came Catch Me If You Can, which made me reverse my opinion: If Leo wants to be in movies, that's okay with me.

Well, he is in One Battle After Another, currently streaming and receiving glowing praise. I have not seen it yet. Has anyone else? If so please evaluate but no spoilers, please.