Oh, I think The Piano is so superior to Schindler's List that it's as if they don't even exist in the same universe.Akash wrote:Oh Damien, at least tell me you liked The Piano more than Schindler's List so I can forget all the bad/wrong things you say about Scorsese
Scorsese and DiCaprio return to Boston
"Y'know, that's one of the things I like about Mitt Romney. He's been consistent since he changed his mind." -- Christine O'Donnell
1. The Departed (beautifully-acted, highly entertaining but undisciplined genre piece)
2. The Aviator (well-crafted but empty and ulimately pointless)
3. Gangs of New York (an incoherent mess)
2. The Aviator (well-crafted but empty and ulimately pointless)
3. Gangs of New York (an incoherent mess)
"Y'know, that's one of the things I like about Mitt Romney. He's been consistent since he changed his mind." -- Christine O'Donnell
But then I'd be stuck with a win for The Color Purple which - as much as I don't love Schindler's List - is even WORSE.
God with the Academy, it's really pick your poison isn't it? Can't we just, oh I dunno, NOT give Speilberg an Oscar at all? Or at least make him wait until something interesting like "A.I" and shut out Ron Howard instead?
God with the Academy, it's really pick your poison isn't it? Can't we just, oh I dunno, NOT give Speilberg an Oscar at all? Or at least make him wait until something interesting like "A.I" and shut out Ron Howard instead?
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Well, Akash, though I whole-heartedly disagree with you about Schindler's List, I did think Piano was a great film. And had they not stiffed Spielberg for The Color Purple and recognized the film over the decidedly boring Out of Africa, you might have gotten your wish.
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Totally agree with you on Unforgiven. Not so much on the horribly overrated Schindler's List. Jane Campion should have been the first woman to win Best Director that year and seen her film take Best Picture too.Sabin wrote:They've given us one great film ('The Departed' - best film to win the Oscar since 'Schindler's List' or 'Unforgiven')
Go back to The Shire, ya friggin' Hobbit!
They've given us one great film ('The Departed' - best film to win the Oscar since 'Schindler's List' or 'Unforgiven') and two imperfect but fascinating ones (like I need to cite them?). That's more than good enough. The love affair needs to stop right now, especially considering that Leonardo DiCaprio may never top his performance as Billy Costigan.
A Dennis Lehane novel? BLEH! Does Marty have a blood oath with DiCaprio to win him the Oscar? Will he ever make 'The Silence'? Goodness...
They've given us one great film ('The Departed' - best film to win the Oscar since 'Schindler's List' or 'Unforgiven') and two imperfect but fascinating ones (like I need to cite them?). That's more than good enough. The love affair needs to stop right now, especially considering that Leonardo DiCaprio may never top his performance as Billy Costigan.
A Dennis Lehane novel? BLEH! Does Marty have a blood oath with DiCaprio to win him the Oscar? Will he ever make 'The Silence'? Goodness...
"How's the despair?"
In the past few years, the Scorsese/DiCaprio pairing gave us two great films (The Departed and Gangs of New York) and one good film (The Aviator). In fact it was when they weren't paired up that DiCaprio found time for crap like The Blood Diamond, and Scorsese found time for crap like Shark Tale. So I'm looking forward to the new film and I say, keep pairing up boys!
Oh fuck, I forgot about Catch Me If You Can - one of the few Speilberg films I like.
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Oh fuck, I forgot about Catch Me If You Can - one of the few Speilberg films I like.
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Scorsese and DiCaprio Reteam on Island
Source: Variety
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will reteam early next year on Shutter Island, a Laeta Kalogridis-scripted adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel.
The film, a co-production between Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures, will start production in March. Paramount will supervise production and distribute domestically while Columbia is looking to distribute internationally.
The project will be a co-production between Phoenix Pictures, Scorsese's Sikelia and DiCaprio's Appian Way. Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brad Fischer and Scorsese will produce. Lehane, Kalogridis and Louis Phillips will be executive producers.
The drama is set in 1954, with DiCaprio in final talks to play U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
The movie will most likely shoot in Massachusetts, Connecticut or Nova Scotia.
Lehane's novel "Mystic River" was turned into a film by Clint Eastwood, and his "Gone Baby Gone" is the basis for the Ben Affleck-directed drama that opened this past weekend.
Source: Variety
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will reteam early next year on Shutter Island, a Laeta Kalogridis-scripted adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel.
The film, a co-production between Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures, will start production in March. Paramount will supervise production and distribute domestically while Columbia is looking to distribute internationally.
The project will be a co-production between Phoenix Pictures, Scorsese's Sikelia and DiCaprio's Appian Way. Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brad Fischer and Scorsese will produce. Lehane, Kalogridis and Louis Phillips will be executive producers.
The drama is set in 1954, with DiCaprio in final talks to play U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
The movie will most likely shoot in Massachusetts, Connecticut or Nova Scotia.
Lehane's novel "Mystic River" was turned into a film by Clint Eastwood, and his "Gone Baby Gone" is the basis for the Ben Affleck-directed drama that opened this past weekend.
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