Nightmare Alley (2021) - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

Mr. Chaverria · 04-25-2019, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Poya

Del Toro has the power to cast whoever he wants, and yet they still won’t let him cast an actor from his country. There are plenty of Latinos out there that could do the job as good as Leo.

Well, if he had the power to cast but then is told no. Turns out he doesn't have the power. So... you're wrong there.

And maybe, he doesn't want to cast a Latino character for this? If he was forced for something at this point in his career, he'd let it go. He'd have no issue w/ this. It's GdT at this point in his career.

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Apparently this is based on a book. Was made into a film w/ Tyrone Power in 1947. Interesting project for GdT. Kind of fun to see him do something out of his norm, if you will. Not what I personally would want from him but I'm game either way, so sure.

*still waiting for a Frankenstein film by GdT*

Elgie · 06-14-2019, 06:32 PM

Leo’s out, Bradley Cooper might be in:

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/b...ey-1203243702/

Hoke Moseley · 06-14-2019, 07:00 PM

Oh wow, that's unexpected.

Wonder if DiCaprio has something better lined up for the Fall...

Elgie · 06-14-2019, 07:05 PM

Reportedly, he was mulling over new scripts from Alejandro González Iñárritu and Paul Thomas Anderson...

Gacivory · 06-14-2019, 07:10 PM

Oof, massive downgrade! My interest in this just plummeted!

Cremildo · 06-14-2019, 07:13 PM

Meh.

dallywhitty · 06-14-2019, 09:05 PM

DiCaprio is overrated anyway.

pikeman1 · 06-15-2019, 12:42 AM

doesn't matter, Del Toro = day 1 at theaters to me

Cremildo · 06-15-2019, 01:30 AM

Filming in Toronto in September.

X400 · 06-15-2019, 04:03 PM

wait... a movie titled Nightmare Alley, with Del Toro directing/writing... and it doesn't have any mystic or supernatural aspects?

I was on a high when I read DiCaprio and DelToro...then I stumbled when I read it doesn't involve a genre we expect, then I just fell to uninterested when I read Leo is out

Synchg · 06-16-2019, 02:42 AM

cooper is a better actor than over-acting leo. what's the problem?

Cremildo · 06-16-2019, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Synchg

cooper is a better actor than over-acting leo.

Yet he's never given a better performance than DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Departed, Blood Diamond, Revolutionary Road etc.

Synchg · 06-16-2019, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Cremildo

Yet he's never given a better performance than DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Departed, Blood Diamond, Revolutionary Road etc.

dicaprio manage to play a mentally challenged person very well? i am shook, son!
and he plays the same damn person in all those other movies. cooper is more engaging.
As others have pointed out, he's an overrated pretty boy.

Gacivory · 06-16-2019, 05:05 AM

Rocket is the only performance from Bradley Cooper that I’ve liked. I’m not even the biggest Leo fan. I just find Cooper so stale. He’s such an overrated not so pretty boy.

Star Lord · 06-16-2019, 05:07 AM

Cooper is decent but it feels like he's trying too hard sometimes. And obviously he's nowhere near Leo.

LordoftheRings · 06-16-2019, 05:56 AM

The story concept is great, it needs two solid actors to convince us, and a first-rate film crew.

"While Fox made a “Nightmare Alley” movie in 1947, this film will be based moreso on the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name. The 1947 movie starred Tyrone Power as an ambitious young con-man who teams up with a female psychiatrist who is even more corrupt than he is. At first, they enjoy success fleecing people with their mentalist act, but then she turns the tables on him, out-manipulating the manipulator."

Sounds like a delicious interlude from two city professionals teaming up together à la Theranos romance. We know that it won't end up "rosy".

Toronto by the way is not my favorite city, but for a corrupt story it would do just fine. And it's cheap, so the film will save some precious dough.

Bradley Cooper, to me, is more a comic than an actor, a comedian for comedies.
A con-man, he doesn't have the charisma. ...Leo is more con-man actor oriented than Brad, in my overall opinion. Anyway I like the storyline, it fits well with our times and history. ...A mental history.

SuperFlyHighGuy · 06-16-2019, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Synchg

cooper is a better actor than over-acting leo. what's the problem?

This must be a joke.

I probably would've watched this if DiCaprio was in it, but with Bradley Cooper probably not. I don't like most of the Del Toro films I've seen honestly, but Leo is usually solid.

VictoryAtNight · 06-16-2019, 08:11 PM

If Bradley Cooper will play the lead, I assume Lady Gaga will also be in it.
She can play his love interest.

mca213 · 06-16-2019, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Elgie

Reportedly, he was mulling over new scripts from Alejandro González Iñárritu and Paul Thomas Anderson...

He turned both those down already...

Hoke Moseley · 06-17-2019, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mca213

He turned both those down already...

He allegedly was mulling them over before accepting Nightmare Alley, so now that he dropped that I'd say PTA and AGI are still options for him.

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06-16-2019, 05:56 AM	#36
LordoftheRings Special Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Portishead ♫	The story concept is great, it needs two solid actors to convince us, and a first-rate film crew. "While Fox made a “Nightmare Alley” movie in 1947, this film will be based moreso on the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name. The 1947 movie starred Tyrone Power as an ambitious young con-man who teams up with a female psychiatrist who is even more corrupt than he is. At first, they enjoy success fleecing people with their mentalist act, but then she turns the tables on him, out-manipulating the manipulator." Sounds like a delicious interlude from two city professionals teaming up together à la Theranos romance. We know that it won't end up "rosy". Toronto by the way is not my favorite city, but for a corrupt story it would do just fine. And it's cheap, so the film will save some precious dough. Bradley Cooper, to me, is more a comic than an actor, a comedian for comedies. A con-man, he doesn't have the charisma. ...Leo is more con-man actor oriented than Brad, in my overall opinion. Anyway I like the storyline, it fits well with our times and history. ...A mental history. Last edited by LordoftheRings; 06-16-2019 at 06:16 AM.

06-14-2019, 06:32 PM	#22
Elgie Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2018	Leo’s out, Bradley Cooper might be in: https://variety.com/2019/film/news/b...ey-1203243702/

06-14-2019, 07:00 PM	#23
Hoke Moseley Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2014 4K collection:305 Blu-ray collection:1353 DVD collection:62 Digital collection:15 iTunes collection:7 Trading Score:156	Oh wow, that's unexpected. Wonder if DiCaprio has something better lined up for the Fall...

06-14-2019, 07:05 PM	#24
Elgie Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2018	Reportedly, he was mulling over new scripts from Alejandro González Iñárritu and Paul Thomas Anderson...

06-14-2019, 07:10 PM	#25
Gacivory Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2016 Location:Los Angeles, California 4K collection:1123 Blu-ray collection:5616 DVD collection:183 Digital collection:25 Trading Score:1	Oof, massive downgrade! My interest in this just plummeted!

06-14-2019, 07:13 PM	#26
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:166 Blu-ray collection:1052 Trading Score:51	Meh.

06-14-2019, 09:05 PM	#27
dallywhitty Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Temple of Isis 4K collection:324 Blu-ray collection:1690 DVD collection:178	DiCaprio is overrated anyway.

06-15-2019, 12:42 AM	#28
pikeman1 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Silent Hill Blu-ray collection:164	doesn't matter, Del Toro = day 1 at theaters to me

06-15-2019, 01:30 AM	#29
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:166 Blu-ray collection:1052 Trading Score:51	Filming in Toronto in September.

06-15-2019, 04:03 PM	#30
X400 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Kent Blu-ray collection:328 Blu-ray reviews:41 Trading Score:23	wait... a movie titled Nightmare Alley, with Del Toro directing/writing... and it doesn't have any mystic or supernatural aspects? I was on a high when I read DiCaprio and DelToro...then I stumbled when I read it doesn't involve a genre we expect, then I just fell to uninterested when I read Leo is out

06-16-2019, 02:42 AM	#31
Synchg Banned Member since:Jan 2011 Trading Score:8	cooper is a better actor than over-acting leo. what's the problem?

06-16-2019, 05:05 AM	#34
Gacivory Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2016 Location:Los Angeles, California 4K collection:1123 Blu-ray collection:5616 DVD collection:183 Digital collection:25 Trading Score:1	Rocket is the only performance from Bradley Cooper that I’ve liked. I’m not even the biggest Leo fan. I just find Cooper so stale. He’s such an overrated not so pretty boy.

06-16-2019, 05:07 AM	#35
Star Lord Blu-ray Champion Member since:Mar 2017 Location:Knowhere 4K collection:34 Blu-ray collection:177	Cooper is decent but it feels like he's trying too hard sometimes. And obviously he's nowhere near Leo.

06-16-2019, 08:11 PM	#38
VictoryAtNight Blu-ray Count Member since:Sep 2011 Location:Hotel Krat 4K collection:72 Blu-ray collection:1043 DVD collection:393 MA collection:14 Digital collection:105 iTunes collection:3	If Bradley Cooper will play the lead, I assume Lady Gaga will also be in it. She can play his love interest.

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