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skimom2

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The Great Gatsby (1974) - Robert Redford, Mia Farrow
The Great Gatsby (2013) - Leonardo DiCaprio

I read the novel (for the first time) and then watched both movies (the Redford version is available for streaming on netflix). I liked both movies and both were mostly faithful to the book but neither came anywhere close to capturing the greatness of the book and to be fair, I'm not sure that would even be possible.

In the 1974 version, Robert Redford looks like what I think the character should look like but he plays it much too wooden and doesn't give the Gatsby character as much complexity and depth as he should. I think Leo made a better Gatsby.

My main gripe with the 2013 version is the mixing of old and new. The movie is a period piece that takes place in the 20s and there is a loud modern soundtrack that is very distracting. This just isn't the kind of story that should have a loud aggressive soundtrack. This is the same director that did the Romeo and Juliet (with Leo) that was in a modern setting with a modern soundtrack but used dialog from the play. Either make it a period piece or make it a modern version. Also, I didn't like Tobey Maguire as Nick as much as Sam Waterson in the 1974 version.

But even with those complaints, I liked both versions. They were good, not great.

Gatsby has a subtle emotional impact that would be hard to capture for any filmmaker, IMHO.

As far as the Luhrman R&J, I liked it, given the parameters of his vision. As I understand it, R&J was an experiment as part of a trilogy (along with Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge), wherein he wanted to see if a story could be told with the intended emotional impact through different mediums. Strictly Ballroom focussed on dance, R&J on language: Could the audience better understand the emotional impact of Shakespeare's words if they were put into a modern setting? For young people and non-readers, it probably worked better than seeing it staged Elizabethan style. Moulin Rouge focussed on telling a story through music. Luhrman wanted the viewer to get the raw emotional impact, the sexuality, of the times, so he used modern music that we could understand. For me, the movies had varying degrees of success, but I found his vision and his attempts interesting (particularly Moulin Rouge--that's one of my top 5 movies ever).
 

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As far as the Luhrman R&J, I liked it, given the parameters of his vision.

Every time I hear of Romeo and Juliet on the screen, I have to think back to the 1968 movie. I was a teenager then, and I swear, the first time I saw Olivia Hussey on the screen, I felt my heart just melt inside my chest.

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"Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" indeed.

It was sorta like when I saw Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C., but a different place in the anatomy.
 

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Last night, on AMC Jaws 3 was on! I was 11 when it came out in '83. I watched it three times in 3-D in theatres, then watched it repeatedly when we got a satellite dish and could watch everything as long as you could point it towards the right satellite. Those were the days!

Watching it last night, I think I better understand why I like movies like Sharknado! I've been warped since Jaws 3! :rofl:
 

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Every time I hear of Romeo and Juliet on the screen, I have to think back to the 1968 movie. I was a teenager then, and I swear, the first time I saw Olivia Hussey on the screen, I felt my heart just melt inside my chest.

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"Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" indeed.

It was sorta like when I saw Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C., but a different place in the anatomy.
I liked her in Black Christmas as the main character
(Margot Kidder was in that one too - 1974)
 

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Every time I hear of Romeo and Juliet on the screen, I have to think back to the 1968 movie. I was a teenager then, and I swear, the first time I saw Olivia Hussey on the screen, I felt my heart just melt inside my chest.

Screen-Shot-2013-10-10-at-17.53.19.png


"Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" indeed.

It was sorta like when I saw Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C., but a different place in the anatomy.

MMMM....Raquel Welch.................:love: First movie I saw with her in it was Mother, Jugs and Speed with Bill Cosby and Harvey Keitel! This was way after it was originally released. Probably late 80's.
 

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Hercules - Dwayne Johnson in a film which teasesingly promises to be monsters and mythology but ends up a swords and sandals actioner.
The Purge: Anarchy - nightmarish sci-fi scenario (all laws suspended for one night) expands into entwined character threads on the streets.
The Inbetweeners 2 - very rude comedy with young Brits getting into trouble in Australia.
 

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50/50 - (2011) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Angelica Huston

I've stayed away from this one since it was released because of the depressing subject matter but I finally watched it last night. A young guy (JGL) is blindsided by a life threatening cancer diagnosis and the movie deals with him dealing with the situation as best he can. The title of the movie refers to the chances he thinks he has of making it. The story is loosely based on the screenwriter's own experience. Seth Rogen is the caring but vulgar best friend and he provides a good balance of humor to keep this movie from getting bleak. It's well done and very watchable despite the depressing subject. You have to overlook some (Hollywood inspired) inappropriate behavior by one of the hospital staff that is central to the movie but in this case, it helps keep the movie's tone of hope going.

It's well worth seeing and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is perfect for this role. Seth Rogen shows some depth here too.
 

Lily Sawyer

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Every time I hear of Romeo and Juliet on the screen, I have to think back to the 1968 movie. I was a teenager then, and I swear, the first time I saw Olivia Hussey on the screen, I felt my heart just melt inside my chest.
"Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" indeed.

Go sit next to Susan Norton. She had the same reaction to Leonard Whiting.

I had the same reaction to Mel Gibson when I saw The Year of Living Dangerously for the first time at age 17. I thought I'd just die, he was so handsome.

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blunthead

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Carrie (2013). Despite that it's been a while since I read the novel and so perhaps imagine that this version is fairly close to that story, closer I think than the 1976 one, I like it for this reason, as well as for its certain enjoyable visual effects, especially the prom sequence. I feel that overall there is a little too much "magic" - Carrie displays her powers with her hands too much. In this respect I prefer the original, which used her facial expressions alone. Still, I recommend this remake.
 

skimom2

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Every time I hear of Romeo and Juliet on the screen, I have to think back to the 1968 movie. I was a teenager then, and I swear, the first time I saw Olivia Hussey on the screen, I felt my heart just melt inside my chest.

Screen-Shot-2013-10-10-at-17.53.19.png


"Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" indeed.

It was sorta like when I saw Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C., but a different place in the anatomy.

I loved that version, but for Romeo :) All kidding aside, Zeffrelli did a marvelous job with that movie.
 
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skimom2

Just moseyin' through...
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50/50 - (2011) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Angelica Huston

I've stayed away from this one since it was released because of the depressing subject matter but I finally watched it last night. A young guy (JGL) is blindsided by a life threatening cancer diagnosis and the movie deals with him dealing with the situation as best he can. The title of the movie refers to the chances he thinks he has of making it. The story is loosely based on the screenwriter's own experience. Seth Rogen is the caring but vulgar best friend and he provides a good balance of humor to keep this movie from getting bleak. It's well done and very watchable despite the depressing subject. You have to overlook some (Hollywood inspired) inappropriate behavior by one of the hospital staff that is central to the movie but in this case, it helps keep the movie's tone of hope going.

It's well worth seeing and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is perfect for this role. Seth Rogen shows some depth here too.
I liked that one a lot~better than any of JGL's other movies released in the last couple of years.