A: The history of J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) forming the FBI.
Q: Who’s in the movie?
A: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judy Dench, Josh Lucas, Ed Westwick, Josh Hamilton, Jessica Hecht, Denis O'hare, Stephen Root, Damon Herriman
Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?
A:
Stop! Technically this movie is stunning, but it has no hook, no stakes, and nothing that pulls you through it besides your deep-seeded love of J. Edgar Hoover-- a man who pretty much nobody loved.Q: Will this movie make me laugh?
A: The guy behind me laughed awkwardly when Leonardo said, "I love you." You never want that. He was right. It was funny.
Q: Will this movie make me cry?
A: It's sad that my favorite part of the movie was when they said J. Edgar was dead, because I figured the movie would be over soon. It's sadder that the movie still went on for another 10 minutes after that.
Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?
A: I usually don't like for awful movies to get any awards, but in this case it really deserves several, in particular for Cinematography, Make-up, and Leo's performance.
Q: How is the Acting?
A: From the first off-screen line, Leo blows your mind with his talent. And because I like to say it first, I'm predicting him for the win, despite the terribleness of the movie and that false and hoaky moment when he says, "I love you." Armie Hammer will probably get nominated, too-- because he deserves it-- but he's not a sure thing for the win.
Q: How is the Directing?
A: The visuals are superb across the board, but why this boring piece of... history had to be 2 hours and 17 minutes, I'll never know. Then again, in history's defense, I'm sure this story was much more interesting than this movie makes it seem.
Q: How is the story/script?
A: If you haven't figured it out by now, I thought the script gave me a lot of time to think about all things I need to get done for the shoot I have tomorrow. So that was good.
Q: Where can I see the trailer?
A: J. Edgar Trailer
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1 comment:
Fair, if harsh assessment. I was kinda bored and I thought Clint sugar-coated (or at least softened) the presentation of just how truly destructive and hateful this man really was to so many people.
To think -- he wanted the entire population's fingerprints on file!!
He argued for a Police State!
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