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this movie just doesn't work

posted 11 years ago by crakatoot
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seems like a cool idea, and Dicaprio has been good In a lot of movies, but this is just a mess.
His character is just annoying, which could have worked in a way but I think the movie was trying to make him likable. The story doesn't really go anywhere, the philopshy is phoned In. The end is lackluster. And the weird visuals( which worked in Trainspotting) here they just seem, well silly. Lot of potential, anyone who has ever traveled to real for away places, you know the desire to just disappear. It could have been a good movie, but it was ....stupid. i told you not to stop the boat. Now lets go. Apocaylpse Now

[–] RoboReCop (3379) 6 months ago

Gives me a head ache every time I've watched it. Watched it in theaters too.

[–] Tam87 (1598) 6 months ago

His character is just annoying, which could have worked in a way but I think the movie was trying to make him likable

Newsflash. Leonardo Di Caprio plays the same unlikable douche in every movie. That's who he is. That's all he plays. An actor who has a career thanks to teenage fangirls.

This film is ugly and mean spirited with an unlikable lead. That's why it doesn't work.