Sardinia, 09/08/2019

 

Some pix from Ristorante La Fontelina where  Leo and group ate today in Capri.   It is the same exact restaurant from which we go pix /vid last year

 

Unfortunately  Leo's back was to the person  

 

 

Not going to post the whole Forbes  article as it does have some spoilers ,  but is a good article about Once box office & Leo  

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/08/12/box-office-quentin-tarantino-leonardo-dicaprio-brad-pitt-margot-robbie-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-charles-manson-sharon-tate-django-basterds/?fbclid=IwAR0e-8R

 

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Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is (sadly) only the second wholly original flick to pass the $100 million mark this year, after Jordan Peele's Us ($175 million). With weekend-to-weekend drops comparable, in a good way, to Django Unchained and Inglourious Basterds, there's a strong chance that the $90 million Sony release could end its domestic run with closer to $130 million than $120 million. Overseas is an open question, but it opened with $7.7 million in Russia last weekend, triple the $2.5 million debut (ten years ago) of Inglourious Basterds.

 

This is more evidence that Leonardo DiCaprio is the last old-school movie star we've got. This is more evidence that Quentin Tarantino is a "butts in the seats" marquee director, especially when he's got big movie stars and/or razzle-dazzle in his corner. However, unlike (arguably) every other Tarantino film and most of DiCaprio's biggest hits, it's not an action film or rooted in the promise of excessive criminal melodrama (gangsters, heists, etc.) or violence.

 

There are indeed are moments of fabricated "on the set of a TV" show action and violence during the film's 2.5-hour running time. No spoilers, but there is a brief sequence of extreme, if stylized, violence, that serves as the film's poetically ironic climax. But the vast majority of this R-rated, adult-skewing dramedy is just Leonardo DiCaprio (as a past-his-prime movie star-turned-TV character actor) and Brad Pitt (as his loyal stuntman/personal assistant) going about their lives.  n a skewed way, the (thus far) strong box office for Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood is even more impressive than Inglorious Basterds ($120.5 million in 2009) and Django Unchained ($162 million in 2012) and one of the more impressive movies of the summer. Inflation aside, this newest Tarantino/DiCaprio film is playing about as well as many of their bigger hits despite a comparative lack of action, violence and genre elements. That they (along with Pitt and Robbie) got audiences to show up (and keep showing up) for what is essentially an old-school drama is a huge validation of their commercial pull.

 

 

Kat

 

Tks for letting us know your thoughts on Once 

 

I've now seen it 2X, and first time I would say I liked it , 2nd time I would say I like it a lot

 

I thought all did a great job,  as always far too early to know who will or won't be in award contention, but I'm hoping both Leo and Brad get nods, as well as,  the film, Tarantino, costumes, sets , music, cinematographer 

 

Definitely agree with your take on Leo's Rick Dalton = he's endearing and hilarious 👍

 

Jade

 

So glad your long wait for Once will soon be over  

 

And , Barbie,  know you are counting down the days to next week !

 

THANKS TO ALL FOR THE LASTEST LEO  PIX/VIDS &  NEWS     : 

Some new DM pix of Leo & Cami jet skiing,  as well as,  Leo   ,at times,  making  some funny poses on the paddle board

 

 

Brad at the Once /Mexico premiere 

 

I miss see his pal Rick with him , but I'm glad for the Mexico fans that Brad made an appearance  

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had to post this vid , as if Leo had gone they both would have probably both  received large black sombreros 

 

If you saw Once ,  you can just picture Rick & Cliff  drinking  &  watching tv wearing those hats  

 

 

 

 

thanks leolover, ardilla and ox for all the updates.    

Thanks for your review katchitup! I just recently saw it again myself.

 

Thanks ox, Barbie, leolover, Jade and Ardilla for all the news, videos and pics ! 

Pix of Leo leaving Ristorante La Fontelina yesterday after lunch

 

 

Jesus, those comments on DM are bad Cami was right. People are mean. Wondering if any of them are forced to look at those pictures? lol

 

Thanks all for the updates Thanks for posting the spoiler free parts of the forbes article @oxford25

 

 

Funny bit where James Gordon and Josh Gad pretend to be different summer movie characters 

 

It begins with their casting as Rick and Cliff in Once

 

They even imitate the exploding hand gestures Leo and Brad did in recent interview  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seems I have to rewatch this movie because never noticed this:

 

1 hour ago, Jade Bahr said:

Jesus, those comments on DM are bad Cami was right. People are mean. Wondering if any of them are forced to look at those pictures? lol

 

 

I never read the comments. People are cold as hell, and quick to talk mad shit behind a computer screen. 

 

Thanks ox for the clip! That was too cute, and Jade for that tidbit. When I watched the first time, I noticed that scene, but I said, ah, it’s a red herring, lol. I was wrong. 

18 minutes ago, SexyLeo91 said:

I never read the comments. People are cold as hell, and quick to talk mad shit behind a computer screen.

Yeah, it's not worth the reading. But still it's a little heartbreaking how hateful people can be. I mean why? What has Leo ever done to deserve such horrible comments? I will never understand why people just can't move on when they're so disgusted by him. It's not like you have to watch those pictures or follow his life or watching his movies. It's like the anonymity is making them loose all humanity and (self-)respect That's what I called ugly.

32 minutes ago, Jade Bahr said:

Yeah, it's not worth the reading. But still it's a little heartbreaking how hateful people can be. I mean why? What has Leo ever done to deserve such horrible comments? I will never understand why people just can't move on when they're so disgusted by him. It's not like you have to watch those pictures or follow his life or watching his movies. It's like the anonymity is making them loose all humanity and (self-)respect That's what I called ugly.

 

That unfortunately comes with the territory of fame. So true, and it’s sad really. It’s like if a person doesn’t like him, then don’t pay attention to what he’s doing. He’s living his life   

Jade

 

Have you been to see Once yet ???

Another pix of Leo with lucky fan when he was in Rome

 

 

Leo boarding private jet today in Naples , Italy that was headed to  to Nice , France

 

 

Thanks ox. 

 

I'am certainly going to buy this magazine.     OMG, and a double poster, yeah!