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DiCaprio! Crowe! Strong! Scott! Capone unravels BODY OF LIES!!!

I love a lot... by codymr	Oct 10th, 2008 12:53:49 AM
of Scott's work, and I am sure this will have some well executed action scenes, beautiful set design and cinematography. But, this looks a lot like a Bourne rip off. But sometimes the rip off actually improves the genera, the way Se7en took the great Silence of-the-Lambs-serial-killer-fil m and made it creepier. Who knows, with Monahan penning this, it may be OK. Time will tell.
So what would you give the film? 3 or 4 stars? by GQtaste	Oct 10th, 2008 12:53:59 AM
How good was it?
Love that shade of grey by greyspecter	Oct 10th, 2008 01:10:18 AM
or is it gray? I never can remember. Di Caprio was a quasi-hero in the Departed, like Damon was a quasi antihero. Both do good things and bad things, though what ultimately motivates them is what defines their morality. Of course, for this i only expect di caprio and the arabs to be grey characters, while Crowe, representing American foreign policy, will be the personification of evil. Consistency is comforting, no?
Mark Strong getting lots of love these days by JackRabbitSlim	Oct 10th, 2008 02:02:03 AM
He'll be the 2009 version of 2008's Mickey Rourke!
the thing that bugs me... by stalfos	Oct 10th, 2008 02:57:25 AM
...is DiCaprio thinks he's an action star when he's clearly not. He cannot pull off tough in any movie ever.
Mark Strong is fantastic by Porco Drunko	Oct 10th, 2008 03:27:08 AM
For those that haven't seen the mini-series The Long Firm track it down. Was the first thing i saw Strong in and knew that he had a great career ahead of him (or deserved one at least). He's had one hell of a year or two movie wise and even when the movie sucks (eg Babylon A.D) Strong manages to come through with his dignity intact. Can't wait to see more of him on screen.
Best Ridley films by kwisatzhaderach	Oct 10th, 2008 03:53:12 AM
1. Blade Runner 2. Alien 3. 1492 Conquest of Paradise 4. Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut 5. Legend
Ditto on the "No Script Girl Tomorrow"! by JethroBodine	Oct 10th, 2008 04:44:04 AM
She is dum dumb dume!
Kwisatzhaderach does not exist in this dojo by Cobra--Kai	Oct 10th, 2008 05:52:31 AM
Kwisa - damn you've got a hard name to type - I like your top 5 list, but 1492 CONQUEST OF PARADISE - wtf?!! A decent enough movie perhaps, but not great in relation to Scott's other filmography (GLADIATOR, THELMA & LOUISE, BLACK HAWK DOWN, BLACK RAIN, take your pick...). Anyway, this new one sounds good, but maybe low key enough to make it more of a rental than a cinema trip...
when Strong plays the bad/dubious guy.. by Gabba-UK	Oct 10th, 2008 06:33:36 AM
as he has done for many years over here in British film and TV, you just KNOW that this guy will fuck you up in ways you didn't think was possible. Top quality actor.
won't mind Script Girl, as long as she fulfills by DarthBakpao	Oct 10th, 2008 06:41:29 AM
my request to put on the Wonder Woman costume
Just saw it by The Ringwraith	Oct 10th, 2008 08:26:10 AM
Thought it was a drag. Nothing criminally bad about the film - in fact there's a lot of good. But it doesn't ad up. All the material has been played before, and better. Crowe and DiCaprio and Scott and Monahan all do what they were hired to do but there isn't any passion in it, which is probably because there isn't any material here to be passionate about. This won't be the film to bring people to "Iraq War Films".
Strong is undeniably a high qualityactor by JackRabbitSlim	Oct 10th, 2008 10:18:46 AM
But hes getting the big push awfully hard and that has notoriously derailed a load o promising careers. Hopefully he'll be able to navigate the minefield of H'wood and come out ahead.
Ohhhhhh by Belasco_House	Oct 10th, 2008 12:53:09 PM
but Mori hated it.. now i dont know what to do. I gotta think for myself, dammit
Yo Mark Strong, Break Thru THIS!! by Six Demon Bag	Oct 10th, 2008 01:40:47 PM

I watched 2 Script Girl reports before... by two fathoms deep	Oct 10th, 2008 06:13:46 PM
and they were lame. You know what I did about that? I stopped watching them.
I agree with The Ringwraith's assessment by NoodlesHahn	Oct 11th, 2008 01:35:49 PM
though I liked it a little more. I think it works as a procedural so I wasn't as turned off by the shortage of passion. Crowe is very good and the entire supporting cast, led by Strong, is solid. Also, Monahan has cornered the market on cell phone movies. Next time he needs to cut out all face-to-face interaction entirely. That way there would be even more dramatic cell phone closing or hands-free earpiece yanking.

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