Movie Pipe -- Django Unchained

[briarbuck]

DiCaprio, I would bet, had 99.44 % say in what pipe to use, or whether to use one at all. The director may have insisted on the slightly faded appearance, making up the other .56 %. A bright, shiny stem would have looked contrived or even fake, and have drawn the viewer's attention unnecessarily. It wasn't a movie about a pipe. I'm not a DiCaprio fan (thought him playing Howard Hughes in The Aviator was ludicrous), but his judgment in choosing a pipe over the more obvious and clichéd cigar shows he does have some mastery of details in his craft. Did he smoke it exclusively, or was it just a momentary gimmick? His Catch Me If You Can was very good.

99 44/100 Ivory Soap?

He not my favorite either, but he did a good job carrying a South African accent on Blood Diamond. Very good movie.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I think the best thing I’ve seen DiCaprio in was The Departed.

 

[Ahi Ka]

I think the best thing I’ve seen DiCaprio in was The Departed.

Have you seen the Hong Kong trilogy infernal affairs that was based on?

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Have you seen the Hong Kong trilogy infernal affairs that was based on?

Never even heard of it. Good?

 

[Ahi Ka]

Never even heard of it. Good?

Excellent- subtitled however in case that’s an issue.

 

[brian64]

He not my favorite either, but he did a good job carrying a South African accent on Blood Diamond. Very good movie.

+1

I don't have any strong opinion about his acting abilities...he usually does a decent job...but like Tom Cruise, he's just been in a lot of really good movies. It's the movie that interests me, not the cast...unless someone's performance is so bad that it ruins it. I thought DiCaprio did a good job in one of my all time favs, Inception. I'm not sure why Scorsese has chosen him for so many roles.

Regarding Tarantino, after Kill Bill his films seem to me almost like satirical versions of a Tarantino movie. Too many elements that are ridiculous or too over the top even for him. And a couple instances of stuff that was rather offensive...and it's rare for me to say that about anything I'm normally interested in seeing.