Note from The Aviator trailer: Howard Hughes was a handsome man in a stereotypically masculine (lots of bone-structure-y) way. Leonardo diCaprio is completely unconvincing in the role.
But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.
Cordelia ,'Potential'
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Betsy HP - Aug 30, 2004 7:18:39 pm PDT #3366 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
evil jimi - Aug 30, 2004 7:49:22 pm PDT #3367 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Note from The Aviator trailer: Howard Hughes was a handsome man in a stereotypically masculine (lots of bone-structure-y) way. Leonardo diCaprio is completely unconvincing in the role.
not that I'm disputing this in the least but did Tommy Lee Jones make the grade?
Fred Pete - Aug 31, 2004 3:48:20 am PDT #3368 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
The whole movie looks like a nightmare of miscasting. Except possibly Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow.
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2004 3:56:33 am PDT #3369 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm in love with the stills I've seen of Jude as Flynn.
Vonnie K - Aug 31, 2004 4:59:15 am PDT #3370 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I like Jude Law as Errol Flynn and Cate Blanchett is not a bad fit as Kate Hepburn.
I do have significant reservation about DiCaprio in the title role, but the kid (still can't think of him as a grown-up actor--is he thirty yet?) has charisma and may pull it off. All I know is I'll be there on the opening day.
tommyrot - Aug 31, 2004 5:05:17 am PDT #3371 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'll probably watch the stupid thing just to find out all the aviation details they'll get wrong.
Shortly after WW-II, he was almost killed in the crash of the XF-11, a high-performance photo-reconnaissance plane. If he had followed proper test-flight procedures, he might not have crashed it. From the previews it looks like the movie will feature this crash.
eidt for date and link
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2004 5:20:03 am PDT #3372 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Leo turns 30 later this year.
Lilty Cash - Aug 31, 2004 6:12:09 am PDT #3373 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Garden State broke me.
Also, I want to take my newly discovered Jude Law love for a walk to I Heart Huckabees.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 31, 2004 6:58:02 am PDT #3374 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I guess I like Jude but don't love him, as his part in the trailer definitely looked like watch-from-the-hall material to me.
Fred Pete - Aug 31, 2004 7:07:19 am PDT #3375 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I just can't wrap my mind around Jude Law playing Errol Flynn.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., fine. Cary Grant, maybe. Possibly Gary Cooper. But I don't see Law pulling off that masculine/macho style.