11-20-2011, 03:28 AM
(11-19-2011, 04:27 AM)FireIceTalon Wrote: Inception was good. Always thought Leonardo DiCaprio was underrated as an actor, and it was quite creative in the same way In Time is.
The first movie I ever saw Leonardo Dicaprio in was What's Eating Gilbert Grape? back in 1993. This was way before he ever became well-known. He plays the autistic little brother to Johnny Depp's character, and at the time I honestly thought they cast an actual autistic person in that role (this was right around the time a person with Down's Syndrome was acting in a TV series, so it wasn't totally off-base). What a fantastic movie, and what a great actor. Watching Gangs of New York and The Aviator sealed the deal for me.
(11-19-2011, 04:27 AM)FireIceTalon Wrote: Children of Men - I saw it once and vowed never to watch it again. What a depressing movie.
The cinematography in Children of Men was brilliant. This scene (Youtube video) in particular was amazing. It's CGI-aided, but it gives the illusion of a continuous 6 minute scene shot solely by a cameraman following Clive Owen's character in the middle of an urban warzone.
Children of Men was certainly depressing, but great movies don't need to have happy endings. In fact, I oftentimes feel cheated when an otherwise decent movie has a happy ending when it should have had a tragic one.