Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Leonardo DiCaprio IS Travis McGee

From: Steve Novak (Cinefrog@comcast.net)
Date: 04 Oct 2009

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    >
    > Titanic: abysmal film, abysmal acting...
    > Gangs of NY: grotesque, overblown,phony, the end is ridiculous, bombastic and
    > probably written by Fox News writers... (a previously great director has
    > nothing else to say and goes through the motions)..abysmal acting
    >
    > why are we talking about this on rara...why are we carrying on this blabla
    > about a few baby faced pseudo actors and linking those pups to potential
    > characters...let the directors do their jobs and wešll see...???
    >
    > Montois
    >
    >> > I don't think his actual age is the issue. It's how old he LOOKS.
    >> Nicholson looked like he was in his mid-30's when he first played Jake
    >> Gittes. DiCaprio still looks like he's in his early 20's.
    >> >
    >> >
    >
    > just for the record - if this link works for you, you'll see a pic of Leo from
    > the recent film Revolutionary Road -
    >
    > http://kellylowenstein.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/revolutionary-road-leo-dica
    > prio.jpg
    >
    > he can easily pass for mid-30s - his actual age
    >
    > I think many of us have our strongest image of him from Titanic, which was 12
    > years ago now, or Gangs of NY, which was 7 years ago
    >
    > the lad is maturing and filling out... and don't forget what miracles
    > Hollywood can produce with makeup and lighting
    >
    > it will not be a problem for him to not look like an innocent, fresh faced kid
    > - those days are rapidly dissappearing for him, as they are for all of us...
    > everybody grows up
    >
    > as someone else pointed out - if there is a problem with this film, it will
    > not be because Leo doesn't look the part, or because he cannot "act" the McGee
    > role... it'll be if it's poorly written or directed
    >

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