As I mentioned, Tarantino has just a little too much fun depicting racism (and just using the N-word at every possible opportunity -- and I invite anyone who says "That's just historical accuracy" to give Pulp Fiction a view).
I wouldn't say my screening was divisive, but I saw a late-night showing on Christmas -- these were people who wanted to be there at this movie.
I can certainly see people's objections, and I'm not going to tell anyone who's offended that they're wrong for being offended. I enjoyed it but there's certainly some uncomfortable and insensitive stuff in there.
also mad props to Dicaprio seriously
Yeah, everyone in the picture was fan-fucking-tastic. When I said Jackson was my favorite I certainly didn't mean a slight to anybody else.
Dicaprio has come a long, long way from teen heartthrob / irritating main character of Titanic.
I'll agree, but on the other hand he was doing damn fine work before Titanic. His role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? was pretty damn great. Hell, he wasn't half-bad in Romeo and Juliet, as goofy as the movie got in places. I think it's probably fair to chalk Titanic up to the script and direction.
That said, yeah, even though I think he's been a good actor all along, he's certainly gotten better -- he's certainly had a hell of a lot of practice.
Apparently, the scene at dinner where he slams his hand on the table and breaks the glass was accidental, he actually shattered the glass and cut the shit out of his hand, but instead of ending the shot to get patched up he adlibbed with it and made the scene so much more intense.
Oh yeah, I think I did read that somewhere. Shades of the opening scene of Apocalypse Now (where Sheen breaking the mirror was also purportedly an accident).