Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[raman]

I dunno.

Leo was awesome in Catch Me If You Can, and yes there were some neat breezy scenes, but the important scenes, the ones that probably got him interested in the role, where when everything was falling apart. The warped double think at the printing press in France was the best Leo of the movie IMO, though some other bits were fun.

Fair assessment of that performance, which may indeed be his best. But I reckon I'm onto something, broadly speaking.

 

[_VXV]

Don't agree if a muppet like Eddie Vedder can still draw a crowd Kurt would've been fine, if you live there are peaks and troughs that's all... I can't believe people still like Metallica myself.

You heard the Rainbow medley they did for a Dio tribute? Best thing they've done for 20+ years.

 

[Portia]

Fair assessment of that performance, which may indeed be his best. But I reckon I'm onto something, broadly speaking.

I think what you might be saying is that Leo has a strong ability to go from breezy to dark and back, and make it work, whereas there are plenty of actors that are good at one or the other and not both, and so why not give him an Oscar for using his full range.

 

[crafty_bernardo]

I saw The Revenant last night and it's a really good movie, bloody and entertaining exactly how you would hope and expect. But it would be sad if Leo won his Oscar for it.

His best roles are when he gets to be spring-heeled and breezy: Catch Me if You Can, The Aviator, The Wolf of Wall Street... dare I say it, even Titanic. His other Oscar-bait performances are brought down by their teddible sewiousness: Gangs of New York, The Departed, The Revenant, that stupid one on the island. Let Leo have fun and he's close to peerless in his generation of movie stars, make him a grump and he's just all meh.

His performance in Revolutionary Road is flawless and a clear favourite for me.

 

[raman]

I think what you might be saying is that Leo has a strong ability to go from breezy to dark and back, and make it work, whereas there are plenty of actors that are good at one or the other and not both, and so why not give him an Oscar for using his full range.

I wasn't really, but let's go with that. To me, he shines while breezy. The other is a bonus.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

I saw The Revenant last night and it's a really good movie, bloody and entertaining exactly how you would hope and expect. But it would be sad if Leo won his Oscar for it.

His best roles are when he gets to be spring-heeled and breezy: Catch Me if You Can, The Aviator, The Wolf of Wall Street... dare I say it, even Titanic. His other Oscar-bait performances are brought down by their teddible sewiousness: Gangs of New York, The Departed, The Revenant, that stupid one on the island. Let Leo have fun and he's close to peerless in his generation of movie stars, make him a grump and he's just all meh.

No love for Gilbert Grape? he was only a kid then but he nailed it..... or was he a kid, might of been when he was 25 and barely shaving lol

 

[raman]

No love for Gilbert Grape? he was only a kid then but he nailed it..... or was he a kid, might of been when he was 25 and barely shaving lol

I generally write off mentally disabled/clinically insane performances, even when they're good. It's like cheating.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

I generally write off mentally disabled/clinically insane performances, even when they're good. It's like cheating.

You are a hard man raman (insert Tony Grieg accent)

 

[manureid]

Right..rather than me scouring whatever thread all the burger joint talk was, what were the best city burger joint recommendations?

 

[Portia]

I generally write off mentally disabled/clinically insane performances, even when they're good. It's like cheating.

Well yes.

We don't talk about mental health issues, so going and seeing a film about them without the requirement that you deal with people affected by them long term is strongly impacting, but not so much that its a personal imposition.

 

[Portia]

Right..rather than me scouring whatever thread all the burger joint talk was, what were the best city burger joint recommendations?

Burger Theory, Bread & Bone Wood Grill, **** all the rest I'm right everyone else is wrong.

 

[raman]

Right..rather than me scouring whatever thread all the burger joint talk was, what were the best city burger joint recommendations?

Jack Ruby, if you don't mind over-paying.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

So I'm looking for a performance in a run of the mill cliche bio-pic with money, women, drugs & Leo shouting Yahoo!! or Woohoo!! at some point & or running around with gun as opposed to playing a character with a mental illness or some deeply flawed insane genius... check

 

[manureid]

Burger Theory, Bread & Bone Wood Grill, **** all the rest I'm right everyone else is wrong.

Have done Jack Ruby so might try Bread and Bone..sounds interesting.

 

[edgie]

Nah I like Nirvana & Kurt, the guy mentally would of been better off in an underground band that just payed the bills though.. he could fart better songs than Grohl and that would have kept the campaigner on the drum stool. life's a bitch

I also find the music of Nirvana sounds like a fart... At least Grohl can properly craft songs, some of them even good.

Most bland radio rock that make Nickelback look like the underground and edgy out of the 2.

 

[raman]

Have done Jack Ruby so might try Bread and Bone..sounds interesting.

Always makes me think of blood and bone fertiliser, something I associate with my mum's garden. It's only a matter of time before hipsters are sprinkling that on burgers.

 

[I Dont Care]

Flagons

The original goon

 

[Portia]

Blood & Bone is the new Sriracha sauce

 

[Magus]

/grunge

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

I also find the music of Nirvana sounds like a fart... At least Grohl can properly craft songs, some of them even good.

Most bland radio rock that make Nickelback look like the underground and edgy out of the 2.

Ahh musical opinions they could start wars man

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Rage pays tribute to David Bowie tonight

As I type they have Molly interviewing Bowie, talking about his 1983 tour of Oz, his video Let's Dance, the outback, indigenous Australians, acting in NY etc and all the time he is smoking away. Times have changed. Molly looked uncomfortable at times as he gave some deep answers. I remember that tour, I had just started at Uni and Bowie was double my age and I thought at the time he is old and mature, and regularly wore designer suits to the press conferences around Oz. I remember the one he did with John Bannon in Adelaide at the time and the premier was only 3 years older and I had never seen a presser like that with a muso.

 

[edgie]

Are we actually supposed to root for Jamie Foxx over Gerard Butler in Law Abiding Citizen?

I should hope not, what an atrociously ended movie. It was looking so good til the end.

 

[I Dont Care]

I saw The Revenant last night and it's a really good movie, bloody and entertaining exactly how you would hope and expect. But it would be sad if Leo won his Oscar for it.

His best roles are when he gets to be spring-heeled and breezy: Catch Me if You Can, The Aviator, The Wolf of Wall Street... dare I say it, even Titanic. His other Oscar-bait performances are brought down by their teddible sewiousness: Gangs of New York, The Departed, The Revenant, that stupid one on the island. Let Leo have fun and he's close to peerless in his generation of movie stars, make him a grump and he's just all meh.

I first started taking notice of him in Blood Diamond, before that i wrote him off as a prissy actor, but he pulled it off the tough guy pretty well, plus thought he did the South African accent quite good

 

[Papa G]

Don't give **** what the rest think, 10 and Vs were great albums (lost total interest after that), Badmotorfinger better than Superunknown times a million, and Purple by STP was one of the great albums of the 90s.

 

[edgie]

Ahh musical opinions they could start wars man

Well at least it would be something worth fighting for.