movies

[ghostrunner]

Granted, the only Baz Luhrmann film I've seen (Strictly Ballroom), I hated, but I'm not sure where the skepticism towards The Great Gatsby is coming from, because that story screams excess. Though, I do tend to love really flashy films.

Romeo + Juliet is playing at the Drafthouse this month, so I'm probably gonna catch it, and I've been meaning to see Moulin Rouge.

It comes, for me, almost completely from Moulin Rouge. One of my least favorite movies ever. I actually liked Romeo and Juliet. I think Shakespeare works with what Luhrman does. Gatsby doesn't strike me that way

[docellis]

I saw that on Netflix streaming but I haven't watched it in 10ish years? I was intrigued to give it another spin, but haven't yet. I think you just convinced me to watch it again this week.

doc's wrong, it's not top-ten good. It's top-five good.

I recant my previous numeration. I said it with glib. I agree, top 5.

[Jocephus]

some anchorman 2 set photos - spoilers maybe if you care - some other actors seen on set

[SHOW]

fey, poehler and neeson have been spotted

http://thefilmstage.com/news/more-ancho ... s-a-shark/

[JL21]

The first trailer for The World's End is out:

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-wor ... worlds-end

[thrill]

The first trailer for The World's End is out:

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-wor ... worlds-end

OH MAN

[JL21]

Yeah, nothing against the other movies out this year- and there are some good ones- but that's the only one I REALLY want to see.

And maybe The Wolf of Wall Street if it comes out this year.

[Jocephus]

21 year anni of waynes world, clips of a reunion

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[Vidor]

The first trailer for The World's End is out:

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-wor ... worlds-end

I AM SO STOKED FOR THIS

[thrill]

Gatsby was visually stunning but what was initially exciting turned into what your energy level feels like when all you eat is sugar because the storytelling was comp,etely flaccid. So basically, it's every Baz Luhrman movie. If that's your jam, enjoy.

Leo did a good job portraying Gatsby's maniacal desperate hope,and I like the actor who played Tom Buchanan, but other than that, Luhrman's interpretation totally missed the point of the book entirely, that the excess of the roaring 20's and the extremely wealthy is hollow and unfulfilling.

[JackofDiamonds]

Or is Baz so meta that he made his movie hollow and unfulfilling intentionally?