Hollyweird

Quote from may2

He may not have sworn on screen but I recall reading more than once how Wayne, Bond and Ford were way ahead of their time in swearing profusely in real life.

Duke according to Michael Munn: "Maureen is not like most other women. She didn't mind you using four-letter words around her, which I tend to do - often - and she didn't get all girly and dainty, and yet she is still totally feminine."

Munn also writes that he was having a lunch with Duke, all his grandchildren around. They were talking about Clint Eastwood and Duke disaproved the violence and profanity in his movies. Munn objected that there's actually very little bad language in Clint's films. Said Duke: "Bullshit! His films are full of f-ing obscenities!" None of his grandchildren paid any attention. They were used to his colourful language.

Hi etsija

Munn was referring to Don Siegel and not himself. As was previously discussed on this board its difficult to take much seriously in that book as there is much doubt regarding the soviet assassination attempt as well as whether or not Munn actually met the Duke.

Well, it's a funny story anyway, and could be true

Yes, Mr Munn shares that gift with the late David Niven of telling a great story!!

Mike

Quote from Robbie

Hi etsija

Munn was referring to Don Siegel and not himself. As was previously discussed on this board its difficult to take much seriously in that book as there is much doubt regarding the soviet assassination attempt as well as whether or not Munn actually met the Duke.

Does anybody believe Munn really met the Duke? It seems strange that a 21-year-old would have been given such extensive access to the veteran star. Also most of the people Munn quoted were long dead, and they sounded practically the same on paper. He did mention owning an autographed photo of Wayne, but he could have just bought that on the Internet.

As for "The Departed", it is a masterpiece and both DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson should have received Oscar nominations. I was glad Martin Scorsese finally won the Oscar he should have won for "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull".

i also thought THE DEPARTED was a great film. when you rent or buy a movie now days it's rating on the box will let you know what your geting into. even 310 TO YUMA has a few f bombs. i'am 60 and i never use profanity around ladys or childern but being a ex-marine and a 21 handycap golfer i've use a few words not fit for mix company

There are a lot of extremely good points in this topic. Good arguements on both sides. I (almost 40) was personally raised in a household that you wouldn't even dare think of a cuss word or you'd get dad's belt. But, now I can let a string of em go in a skinny minute.

The profanity really doesn't bother me either, as long as it fits the situation as another poster stated. But, when people are just walking down the sidewalk and it is f this and f that .... that is just hidious.

I love ALL kinds of movies, the profanity riddled violent gangster movies, the heart wrenching emotional drama, the gut splitter and the cartoon movies and everything inbetween. BUT, I absolutely agree with those of you speaking to the quality of the movies themselves. In my opinion, actors today simply do not know how to stand there and act a scene without having to use profanity, violence or pyrotechnic(sp) to convey the thought or feeling.

My passion is the old movies. People acted. They simply used their God given talents alone and moved you in some way. There are several generations of extrodinary actors, actresses and directors that I don't think the movie industry will ever see again. And if we, the lovers of these movies, don't share these precious gifts with the young people of today so that they will even know that IT IS POSSIBLE to actually act without those things then who knows what they will come up with next.

Oh yeah, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang came on the other day and yes, I watched it again for the uptenth hundred time....! LOL

The point is that the swearing in "The Departed" was necessary since these were gangsters. I was surprised somebody as liberal as Martin Scorsese would allow so much homophobia into the dialogue, but that is only one flaw in a great movie. It's Scorsese's best film since "Goodfellas" (I always thought "Casino" was a little overrated) and Nicholson gives his best performance since "The Pledge". I used to think DiCaprio wasn't much of an actor, but he has certainly moved on a lot since "Titanic". The great thing is that he can play younger as well as older.

IMO, DiCaprio was always an excellent actor. Some of the movie rolls he chose may not have been good choices, but he can act! If you ever saw him in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, you'll know you saw a great acting job he did as a mentally handycapped younger brother to Johnny Depp's character. Catch Me If You Can, The Aviator, The Departed and Blood Diamond were all great parts brought to life by him. A very tallented actor, IMO.

Mark