Comments on: Revolutionary Road Review

By: IntelliQ

IntelliQ — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:46:05 +0000

Ok, you sold me on it. I’ll watch it. (I avoided this thing because it just looked awfully dull)

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:40:50 +0000

@Kerstin

Thanks. And it’s ok to disagree.

Vic

By: Kerstin

Kerstin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:34:07 +0000

First of all I wanna say how much I like your reviews. They are quite charming and funny plus they are mostly dead-on. However this time I must disagree with you. I feel so strongly about it that I make this my first comment .
I thought the movie was intensly boring. I couldn´t even make it through the whole movie and that only happened once before with the Royal Tennenbaums. I love Leo and Kate and think that both are incredible performers. However, this movie is just plain boring. Please, excuse my ignorance but one can´t be always agreeing .

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By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:47:01 +0000

Hey Matt, thanks for your comment. Welcome to Screen Rant!

Vic

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:26:55 +0000

Just seen the movie and this was a great review. I must read the rest of your write-ups to get some new movie suggestions. I thought RR was an excellent production with outstanding performances from the whole cast. The very last scene with Kathy Bates’ husband left my jaw on the ground. Surely up for many Oscars with this movie.

Unfortunately, the only thing I can think of right now is just how rude people can be on the internet.

By: huntthejest

huntthejest — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:54:49 +0000

@Kateri,
How cool is that? They filmed a big Hollywood movie in your neighborhood? I’ve had dreams like that, that usually end up with the pricey star of the film quitting and them seeing me mowing the grass and saying, “Hey, you wanna be in a movie?” This in turn launches my career and soon I’m well on my way to playing Captain America.

@Vic
Gotta say, wasn’t too intrigued by the trailers, but, after your review, I think I’ll give this one a shot, especially because it shys away from the Hollywood formula of sequel, remake, reboot, or FX driven movie. Instead, it sounds like what movies are supposed to be-a great story driven by great acting. Can’t wait!

By: Kateri

Kateri — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:50:34 +0000

This movie was filmed in my neighborhood, 2 houses down. It was fascinating to see the dynamics of this pulled together. Amongst the great disruption to our quiet neighborhood life, Leo and Kate were great with the neighborhood kids, giving them autographs,photo opportunities and some quality time! We heard that Sam Mendes was pulling out all the stops so that his wife, Kate Winslet, would finally get her Oscar! He was doing everything possible for this. We are going to see this soon…have to say Dreamworks was not so accomodating to the neighborhood..still looking for our free passes!
More..later.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:20:19 +0000

Charles – I get your comment when you said DiCaprio is “always playing himself”, but don’t compare him to Eastwood… lol–the DiCaprio brand doesn’t contend with the Eastwood brand.

Brooke – Because I respect Vic’s rules about not attacking other readers, I won’t tell you your an idiot. Vic is one of the nicest bloggers I’ve ever had the pleasure of writing to and his work is certainly more influential than a 5 year old. That’s why he has the largest respect from many of the high profile writers on the net and the envy of the little bloggers like myself.

As for the movie, I agree that the character driven performances are fantastic, but overall… the film is just a little too much for my tastes. If I was going to rate it on your scale, it would probably be a 3 out of 5 at best because this type of story is just not my cup of tea. I still do recognize good performances however.

By: Jess H.

Jess H. — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:12:13 +0000

As much as I can not stand Leo’s acting at all since he has no acting personality, the other actors might distract me from him so I will most likely end up seeing this one.

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:19:23 +0000

@Charles

This movie really is all about the performances more than anything else. For that I’d say it’s worth it.

Vic

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:17:05 +0000

@Brooke

Tell you what, some time you try going to see a movie you know nothing about, paying attention to the plot, performances, character names and writing all that down on a pad in the dark while not missing anything that’s going on.

M’kay?

Oh, and you’re bitching after I give the freaking movie 4.5/5 stars? Talk about acting like a 5 year old.

Vic

By: Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:55:31 +0000

Leo always reminded me of a “dramatic” Clint Eastwood: the guy can perform, but is always just playing himself, to a major degree. Of course, now that Leo isn’t just tossed into movies because he’s the latest hot “boy” actor (because he, like, grew up), I might be able to sit through one of his performances if the movie is high enough quality. Might check this one out.
Normally, I probably wouldn’t bother, as this seems more like a Lifetime channel or some other chick flick made for only women in mind, but the current barren landscape of high quality movies to watch might make me think otherwise.

By: Oscar!

Oscar! — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:37:31 +0000

Ummm a simple “you got her name wrong Vic, thanks for taking your time to write a review for a movie. I love you” would have been ok, you didnt have to go and insult. Vic, what have you done? lol why is everyone after you these days? Leo seems to pick good movies, and if you gave it a 4.5 its actually worth watching. I just wanna know if Leo is Cap material.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:20:58 +0000

Who is Amy? Her name is April. You saw the movie, wrote a review and you can’t even get one of the main characters names right? Are flipping kidding me? How old are you, 5? I bet you just copied and pasted from another review. And if you read the book you’d know this film is nothing like Titanic. Go back to your coloring book.

By: Heath McKnight

Heath McKnight — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:14:34 +0000

I saw Sam Mendes’ first two films (American Beauty, Road to Perdition) and enjoyed them. Didn’t bother with Jarhead, but I may see this one. Only thing is, I still feel that Leo D is barely holding his own in these films. He always seems to play himself.

Heath Ledger was the only actor I can think of, in the mid-20s to mid-30s range, who could actually disappear into a role.

heath

ps-See The Spirit, Vic?!