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Scorsese, DiCaprio and Monahan look to be gearing up for another remake!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. You can decry the state of Hollywood all day (and I'll join you), but you can't count out Martin Scorsese's ability to remake movies incredibly well. I love the original Cape Fear to death. I flipped out for Infernal Affairs when I saw it AFM... but that doesn't mean I didn't flip out for The Departed as well. His remake of Cape Fear was fantastic as well.
So, when I hear that William Monahan is writing a remake of one of James Caan's lesser-known '70s flicks, The Gambler, with Scorsese potentially helming and Leonardo DiCaprio being eye-balled for the lead I don't automatically get the heebie-jeebies.
Longtime AICN readers may remember that the James Caan original was covered in my run of A Movie A Day (read my review here) and I really dug the flick. It had that '70s grit you don't get in most film today, especially most studio films. James Caan's character was a fantastic flawed character, the kind I lamented in my review that we don't see anymore and that any actor would jump at the chance to play.
Well, our Mr. DiCaprio looks to be the one jumping according to Deadline, which I believe beat The Hollywood Reporter to the exclusive by a whopping 4 minutes. They differ in their reporting, though. Deadline says that DiCaprio is in, but Scorsese isn't committed and THR says Scorsese is in, but DiCaprio isn't a done deal. Either way, I'm sure both are wanting to work together again.
It's a great team who have a proven track record of turning out great material together and if Monahan is able to translate that gritty '70s tone and perfectly flawed character work into a new film then this would be one I'd be eager to see adapted for a new generation.
-Eric Vespe
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On a train bound for nowhere, I met up with the Gambler. We were both too tired to speak. So we took turns a staring, Out the window at the darkness. The boredom overtook us, And he began to speak.
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Pity Scorsese and company don't do something on those lines but original. Does it have to be the same story???
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It used to be an interesting read, now it's all "I'm right, you're all wrong! TOLDJA!" Someone needs to tell this lady that a) no one cares what she writes and b) the world is no better for her being in it. She's a leech.
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while drinking a glass of Justerini and Brooks.....
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This strikes me as something that would be more up Tarantino's alley, though as Quint pointed out - Scorsese has a good track record for remakes.
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the Scorsese/DiCaprio team ups. I like LD, he has made some fine films, even if I find him to be too baby faced in his earlier work. But I think the pairing of these two talents is awkward.
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I thought it was the made for tv western with Kenny Rogers based on his song. Now THAT would've been cool!
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I agree for the most part, but the big exception has got to be the Aviator. Brilliant film, and Dicaprio was perfect in it.
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THE FUCK
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Lauren Hutton was hot then, and she's still hot now : - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icRNaFQN6e4. You look like that in your 60s, you're doing pretty fucking well. First time I came across her was in seminal 80s rite-of-passage comedy Once Bitten - AKA Jim Carrey's debut role.
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Yup, shit.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 9:07 a.m. CST
I hope the 1970s setting is retained, and yes awardgiver,
by Sith Witch
I'd much rather a Kenny Rogers The Gambler remakes myself as well!
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Thief was James Caan's best. Great flick with a memorable score. Hell, Quint, let Caan remake this with Leo. I'd watch it.
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We get to see Leo get the shit kicked out of him??
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I have actually grown to like him lately. I thought he was absolutely the wrong choice for Gangs of New York (Colin Farrell would have been a much better choice), but he was not the only problem with that movie. The good things were some of the fight scenes an the incredible performance of Daniel Day-Lewis. Leo was great in The Aviator and very strong in The Departed. I love both of those. Although Shutter Island was disappointing overall, I thought he did his best acting work in it.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 9:45 a.m. CST
I've never seen the original, but now I have to check it out.
by Jackie Boy
That tagline is just so fucking awesome!
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In Vegas?
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Agreed, they both were in top form in that film... but if I have to criticize (and I will), from about the second half of that film onward DiCaprio is far too young to play a middle aged Howard Hughes. But, I am not sure how you get around that. Perhaps you cast different actors at different ages. Perhaps you cast an older actor and try and make him play younger (but then you have the same problem, but in reverse). DiCaprio has such a baby face that he looks even younger than he really is, which is in contrast to Hughes' weathered looks. However, DiCaprio did great work conveying Hughes' mental state and descent into illness.
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But, as has already been alluded to, he's just too darn pretty. His performance in Blood Diamond is the best example of his good looks being a negative thing. His performance was phenominal, but he looked too...well, pretty. Same thing with him being a grizzled detective in Shutter Island (which wasn't "shit". It wasn't the best work of the two, but it was by no means bad) and as a hardened street-kid in Gangs of New York. His acting is fine. His looks are too soft. I'm glad he pushes his considerable acting chops, and doesn't just do pretty-boy rolls. But he needs to yellow up his teeth and have makeup dept. scar him up a bit, before he makes a complete sale on the tough guy rolls. Anyway, my lowly opinion.
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That's the one I really want to see. But unless Marty stops taking 3-4 years in between movies (Shutter Island to Hugo exception), then he will be dead before he gets around to all the stuff on his plate. He's still supposedly doing Silence next too. I wouldn't count on this one anytime soon.
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Sorry.
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Almost forgot about that one. He's got too many potential projects for me to ever get excited when a new rumor pops up. I wish someone could de-age him 20 years.
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and call you Sheila.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 11:02 a.m. CST
For $52,000 They Make You Sing Jimmy Crack Corn While Doing The Moonwalk......
by Astronut
and they will put dollar bills in your G string.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 11:06 a.m. CST
A much better movie than 'Shutter Island', with a similar theme
by SmokingRobot
Rent 'The Lazarus Project' with Paul Walker. An excellent movie with the same 'what is real' theme as Shutter Island, only handled much more intelligently. Far better performance from Paul Walker than Leo and a smarter, more satisfying ending.
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Do it! Now!
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Paul Walker turning in a better performance than Leo. Shut the fuck up. Scorcese may not have great replay value and it may not be handled in an intelligent matter but it's still a phenomenal film. Classic filmmaking at its finest.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 11:57 a.m. CST
If he didn't owe so much money, maybe he could buy a looser shirt
by Dr Lizardo
That's "looser", not "loser"
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Absolute drivel. I still can't believe it has fans.
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particularly during October, the horror movie edition. That, along with Harry's DVD Picks, usually ends up costing me money. So maybe I shouldn't complain.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 12:14 p.m. CST
jethrobodine: shutter island is so far beyond your limited comprehension as to not
by UltraTron
even register a flicker on that empty pan you call a brain.
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Paul had more to work with - much better script. But you wouldn't know, you haven't seen it. So shut the fuck up yourself.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 12:19 p.m. CST
Screw The Gambler. How about a remake of Freebie and the Bean.
by ccRider66
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weak
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Perhaps that stupid excuse for a film was able to entertain a dullard such as yourself, but for anyone else who has ever seen a movie before, they were able to figure it out within the first 5 minutes. Sloppy film making. Shitty film. Not even a film, it was a movie. And a shitty one at that. Check fleshmachine's comments for further confirmation. Dumbass.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 12:34 p.m. CST
In order for this movie to work, DiCaprio has gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run.
by Jet Jaguar
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Aug. 27, 2011, 12:40 p.m. CST
for a dollar, they're draw you a picture of a dolphin
by Arcadian Del Sol
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Weird shit is, Scorsese knew Karel Reisz, the director of the original movie, and holded him in great respect and good esteme.
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Is that the original comes on TV, and everyone checks it out because of the remake, and then half of the impact of the remake is dissipated like a giant spoiler got out. Then it becomes a clinical experience of comparing one to the other instead of the experience of an original movie. Hollywood desperately wants to recapture the authenticity of these films from yesterday, like The Wild Bunch or now this, but you can't attain authenticity by copying or redoing something that was original.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 12:59 p.m. CST
I shouldn't say this but Dicaprio needs to do something light. Same with Bale.
by tamethecunt
Maybe try something funny or dare I say I romantic piece? I don't care if it's a piece of garbage they have to change it up at least once a decade. The worst mis-casting was Gangs... You never believed for one second Leo could have taken Bill the Butcher. Now that I think about it. Cammy D. was just as miscast. That film was a gigantic blunder.
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I knew it had Newman and a rising Cruise but didn't know the auteur was marty. I think that's the only movie Scorsese and Cruise had, and Scorsese has worked so many times with DiCaprio so it goes to show what respect he has for Dicaprio's talent to keep working with him.
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A shockingly inept movie, given the talent involved.
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Should have gotten Oscar noms for this and "Thief". The scene in "The Gambler, where he is sitting in the bathtub listening to the Laker game he bet on is one of the best wordless bits of acting from an actor I've ever seen.
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Blues Brothers as remade by Wes Anderson
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Aug. 27, 2011, 1:15 p.m. CST
Things are bad in Hollywood when even Scorsese has remake fever
by BenBraddock
Yeah, ok I know, he has better-than-average track record, but all the same... the man aint gettin any younger! Why bother remaking something, there must be so many tales worth telling out there for someone of his immense talents.
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He's really not that great an actor - he just picks good directors to work with. It's the remoteness that's a problem - you can always see him "acting." Plus, he's just so babyfaced - still hard to take him seriously as an adult.
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On the one hand he brings incredible intensity and can be fun to watch...on the other he doesn't seem to be able to relax into his roles and make it seem effortless like Deniro, Brando, Pacino and...Caan. I suppose he's the best Scorsese can do in terms of having an A-lister as his go to who's interested in his kinf of films.
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Leo is no Deniro...Deniro isn't even Deniro anymore.
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he knows when to hold 'em.
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It would look too much like child abuse.
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dislike the über saturated colour palette that Scorsese has started using since, I guess, around the time he made Bringing Out the Dead? I still look forward to a Scorsese film like no one else, but sometimes I long for the more muted Scorsese of olde... Oddly, give me nutty camera work and editing any day of the week, but sometimes I find the harsh lighting and colours too much and it pulls me out of a scene. OK. I'm off my soapbox now.
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....before some prick decides to remake it. My favorite Jimmy Caan (and Michael Mann) film of all time. If you've never seen it - watch it. Today.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 2:45 p.m. CST
"Hollywood" makes fewer remakes, sequels, and adaptations today...
by I87D
than they did during the "golden age" of cinema in the 40s and 50s. Fact.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 2:46 p.m. CST
For $71,000 they make you watch The Happening and Last Airbender
by Clockwork Taxi
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Bullshit Island!
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It was obvious from a half-hour into it what the twist would be. Then they had the twist. And explained the twist. And had a flashback SHOWING the twist, then another character explains it again. If you feel smug for figuring that movie out, you're a goddamn moron.
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I feel lucky to see his movies.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 4:49 p.m. CST
Knowing "the twist" in Shutter Island is NOT THE FUCKING POINT
by Nasty In The Pasty
Watch DiCaprio's WRENCHING performance in the climactic flashback and listen to his dialogue in the final sequence, and the film is a fucking TRAGEDY, not a Shyamalan "Oooooo, fooled you...!" pretzel-logic mindbender. I read the book beforehand, so I was deliberately "spoiling" The Big Twist, but it didn't matter a lick to me. As a depiction of a guilt-riddled mind, the film was magnificent, and one of last year's best.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 4:49 p.m. CST
Anyone who thinks shutter island is a twist movie is a fucking moron.
by UltraTron
I figured out at the beginning that he was crazy-actually in the first minute. I'm sure you did too. Ya know? Because he has a bandage on his head and acts fucking crazy from the beginning of the film. Is that the point of the film? Do you think that the film was trying to fool you with a twist at the end? If you did then you are a fucking moron. A moron who disregarded the point of the film which is stated in the final line spoken. Also there is no way any of you knew why he was there and what drove him crazy. You guys are just distracted by the fact that you think you are smarter than the film and can't wait to congratulate yourselves for outsmarting the film. I was absolutely certain he was there to be treated when the guards grabbed their weapons and when ruffalo couldn't handle his own sidearm. Not as 'subtle' as the bandage on his head from the start and the fact that he's clearly a troubled guy from frame 1. But I guess you insist Scorsese was to dumb too know how obvious he was being.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 4:55 p.m. CST
I thought it was solid as a rock. The crazy wife- the horror of what drove him to madness.
by UltraTron
Maybe these are all sub-points and the makers really thought you would be fooled by the twists. Upon second viewing everything seems as projected and obvious as can be just like I thought the first time. It's a movie about a man driven crazy who cannot face who he is any longer. It's better for him to live a fantasy. I don't understand why people have problems with that
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Noo! NOOOOOOOOO!!!! I'll pay up! Please! Not that!
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sorry but as much i like both Scorsese and Leo,this remake is already in a bad start. not that at the end of the day,it wont turn out to be a great movie and maybe bring them some oscars,but still when i hear Mafia,night life,gamblers,brutes who break your legs because you owe money,and generally all this dangerous underwold and its outcast inhabitants,the last actor who comes to my mind to play a washed out character in that world,is well Leo.
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The idea that any performance of his could be better than virtually any single Leo performance is ridiculous. Paul Walker is one "Whoa" shy of Keanu.
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...than in the 40's and fifties, though I don't know that it's a "FACT". But since more people watch a movie at home than in the theaters and today you can pick up almost any movie on some kind of home viewing system, why bother? Why make a potentially inferior film of something that was done well the first time. And I know that some films aren't available for at home viewing or are lost forever, not talking about those. I don't even mind some inferior films that are remade, but don't see the point in this one.
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Call the movie Giant Baby Head people:The Motion Picture
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Aug. 27, 2011, 5:25 p.m. CST
I'm always excited by re-make news when I have never seen the original
by MooseMalloy
Also, SHUTTER ISLAND is THE shit!
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Aug. 27, 2011, 5:32 p.m. CST
Bell bottoms, open necked shirts and platform shoes, or GTFO!
by Orbots Commander
No, seriously, lesser movies, i.e. non-iconic I'm actually fine for re-makes. In fact, it's the box office flops and or movies that didn't set the world on fire the first time around, that are perfect re-make candidates. For example, Swamp Thing. Sure, it has cult status, but it wasn't a huge blockbuster, and looking back, wasn't even that *good*. Why doesn't somebody try to re-do that one? Or hell, even The Rocketeer; fanboys love it, but it was a BO disappointment. Somebody should try to take that on, maybe from a different angle.
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remake Rollerball instead of that horrible bullshit with ll cool j and who ever the else was in that piece of crap.
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In the 1940's they re-made *everything*. Even The Maltese Falcon was remade twice prior to it, as was The Front Page/His Girl Friday, and so on and on. Cecile B. Demille remade *his own* movies. Westerns were remake upon remake. Robin Hood back then was remade: Douglas Fairbanks/Errol Flynn. Zorro was remade countless times.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 5:52 p.m. CST
For $78,000 They Make You Watch Episodes 1, 2, and 3 All In A Row
by Astronut
Truly a horrible price to pay.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 6:10 p.m. CST
Definitely can't wait. Caan should do a cameo where he slaps
by UltraTron
a bitch backhanded style. While wearing that shirt.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 6:16 p.m. CST
Ok I get it. There's a new anti drinking and driving campaign being paid for by someone.
by UltraTron
They'll see you before you see them I believe it is. It's now penetrated this movie site. Well this is a message for any pigs who happen to be reading this site. I am going to fuck your fine-ass daughter in the ass. Twice. Once while drunk and stoned driving a car. And once on your bed while you're out getting shot at.
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You're actually gonna wish that I'd give her more. Because your pension won't put her through college.
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Aug. 27, 2011, 6:20 p.m. CST
For $82,000 they make you watch GANGS OF NY, THE AVIATOR, THE DEPARTED and SHUTTER ISLAND
by CountryBoy
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I Hope Leo isn't a patient, 'cause that would be too obvious
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Aug. 27, 2011, 6:51 p.m. CST
Bellyache all you want. Shutter Island still = SHIT and Gangs of New York isn't far behind it.
by JethroBodine
I'm not going to argue about it either. I don't have to. They don't hold up. They aren't "classics", and if they weren't fairly recenty made/seen, nobody would even mention them when they mention Martin Scorsese's work other than to say, that those 2 were misfires. And that they dont' really fit into his overall body of work. Especially Shutter Island. No go suck your thumb.
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he seemed truly to relax into the role and let it overtake him in that...he didn't seem to be killing himself to perform like in his other movies (except maybe The Aviator)
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I know he likes to be blown by Leo but FUCK!
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is who I think Caan's original character was based on.
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When your trailer only talks about someone missing and how there's a twist, well then no shit Leo's the missing patient. Girlfriend was pissed I ruined the movie for her 5 minutes in.
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Shutter Islands shit? No sir, your statement is clearly erroneous. You don't have to like it, but throwing childish slander towards a work of art like that is just childish.
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Read my statements. I can't say for a second that the filmmaker isn't bashing you over the head with the fact that he's a patient the entire film. If they aren't savvy to that fact- then why is the entire film meticulously constructed so when you watch it a second time you get that they are bashing you over the head with the fact that he's a patient for the entire film? From his bandage and headaches and the guards on alert and Banner not knowing how to handle his sidearm and the crazy woman recognizing him and making a shush sign- you'd think that a savvy moviegoer would have gathered that he's the patient in the first few minutes. I certainly did. But I didn't know why he was being treated or anything about his situation. To me the big reveal was seeing how his wife drove him to madness and what she did to put him over the edge. Yes it's the only perfect Leo performance too
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that he's consumed by the character. It was the first time I totally accepted his leading man status
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glad you were entertained.
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but shutter island aint one of them. That film was garbage from start to finish. To call it a work of art means that you are not understanding the genius that went into such films like Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Casino and even The Departed. So yes, shutter island was shite!
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Aug. 28, 2011, 5:19 a.m. CST
So it's not a work of art. It's literally a pile of excrement.
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
Got it. Nice argument. I don't know what his past classics has to do with anything. You listed classic, GREAT films and called them "good." It was "garbage from start to finish"? First of all the score is fucking brilliant. That alone stands as a work of art. The cinematography is brilliant and masterful as well. High Art. Leo is one of the greatest working actors on the planet Earth and his performance is perfect. The story was well written by some guy that's good enough to write for a Scorsese film, so I'm gonna assume he's an artist at the top of his field, as well. So no, "shit" should not be a word chosen when discussing the merits of Shutter Island.
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He should remake it into a good movie.
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Go ahead and have it. I don't care. If you cant' see that Shutter Island was SHIT, then you have SHIT between your ears! No go ahead and have that last word...
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Leo will be playing the Kenny Rogers' role I assume?
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Don't worry... Kenny Roger's "The Gambler" will be on the soundtrack, as will the Stone's "Gimme Shelter" and something new by U2. Casino montages will be overwrought, Leo's brow will be furrowed throughout.
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http://bit.ly/ol3xyx
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You guys claiming that only idiots were disappointed by the "twist" say that since it was obvious from the get-go that Leo was a nutter, only people smart enough understood from the beginning that the important thing wasn't the fact that he was the missing patient, but WHY he became that person and why the charade was carried out. <p> What a load of horseshit. <p> If Shutter Island truly had the courage of its convictions it would have shown, say, an opening scene or a voiceover discussing Leo's status, thus sparing "stupid" viewers their disappointment at the end and really challenging itself to deliver a profound and gripping tale NOT leading up to a twist. The fact is, Shutter Island tried (and hamhandedly failed) to create some sort of suspense regarding supposed shenanigans on the island. All the other stuff you claim the film was "really" about is simply run-of-the-mill exposition to explain why Leo is a nutter, plain and simple. It's not original and it sure as hell isn't gripping. <p> Still, I don't let my dislike for the film get in the way of my appreciation of DiCaprio's performance, which i thought was great, or the last line in the film which I found to be the only pitch-perfect and half-way profound piece of dialogue in the whole movie.
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Damn good score, damn damn good score. and made of already existing music, which only makes it all the more awesome. Me, i liked the movie. I really liked it. It was as if i was watching a Brian De Palma movie but made by Scorsese.
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Aug. 28, 2011, 4:50 p.m. CST
GANGS OF NEW YORK is a good movie. It's not magnificent or a masterpiec,e for sure, but to call it bad is quite a stretch!
by AsimovLives
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Aug. 28, 2011, 4:51 p.m. CST
Still, i wish that Scorsese stoped fucking around and finally made SILENCE once and for all.
by AsimovLives
He's not getting any younger.
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has never done it for me. He remains one of the most self-conscious actors I've ever seen, and every time he delivers a line, it looks rehearsed.
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Aug. 28, 2011, 8:16 p.m. CST
For $5,000,000 they let you make an original film. For $20,000,000 they force you to make a movie about a board game or maybe a prequel.
by lv_426
Martin Scorsese just made a kid's movie for $51,000,000. They've got old Marty by the balls.
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Perhaps you've not heard of a little film called Rollerball? Next, we'll get a crappy remake of that one.... again.
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Maybe they should start giving Film Appreciation classes at school or something. Anyone thinking that Shutter Island is all about the twist is a fucking moron. For the love of God, please try to understand the subtext of the final scene of the film. If you don't know what subtext is, or if you're incapable of recognizing it, stop watching movies, stop reading books (as if you could) and go back to playing video games.
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UGH. They have ruined movies. Playing them have ruined people watching movies and made dummies who love them into drooling, ADD morons. I hate every last one of them. Glad I don't waste my time or money on them.
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As I said before in my last post that was DELETED! Video games have ruined movies and made morons out of its players.
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Don't give ammo to anyone wanting to remake "Taxi Driver!" The best non-superhero, superhero movie.
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you figured it out in a minute. I love people who say stuff like that months and years after a movie release. Yeah right...
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all you can eat buffet
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Scorsese and Di Caprio fucking suck. (So does Shakespeare, for that matter, but your cultural brainwashing is so deeply ingrained that it's too risky to inject that concept into your brittle, honeycombed minds just yet. Di Caprio's gonna be a cocky fucking gambler, and then he'll wince, and blow a big hand, and be on the run from a bunch of wiseguys and there'll be some femme fatale bitch like Jennifer Conolly to get involved with and fucking hell this is gonna be shit.
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