Your 5 Greatest Film Biopics ?

[GOAT]

Originally Posted by CZAR

What Notorious are u talking about? Got Em!!

The one about Notorious B.I.G.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by GOAT

The one about Notorious B.I.G.

Oh ok cool! I havnt heard to many people talk about it! I liked it a lot. I thought everyone was casted very well with the exception of 2Pac! I think Anthony Mackie is a pretty good actor but he didnt fit Pac at all! But everyone else was on point! The only other problem I had was I knew they would act like BIG didnt have nuthin to do with the Pac shooting but I still feel like him and Puff did! Oh well other than that it was a good movie! Got Em!!

[jdc115]

Originally Posted by repete66211

I wouldn't count Zodiac as a biopic, mainly because it's about an event or series of events. Although it follows one person through a period in his life, it's not really about his life. It's about the events of the Zodiac killings. The focus isn't on a person and how he got from some point in his life to some other point in his life.

It seemed to me that this was exactly what it was about. I thought it was more about following Jake's character and what his obsession did to him then actual events of the Zodiac killings.

I could be worng, it is one of those that I only saw once and need to go back a revisit.

[GOAT]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Oh ok cool! I havnt heard to many people talk about it! I liked it a lot. I thought everyone was casted very well with the exception of 2Pac! I think Anthony Mackie is a pretty good actor but he didnt fit Pac at all! But everyone else was on point! The only other problem I had was I knew they would act like BIG didnt have nuthin to do with the Pac shooting but I still feel like him and Puff did! Oh well other than that it was a good movie! Got Em!!

yes a very good film from last year... it was my first choice for movie of the year last year I think (came out in January). The casting was excellent and the score was terrific. For some reason it is still not a film I would buy (with the anticipation of watching again), but one I recomend for people to see.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by GOAT

yes a very good film from last year... it was my first choice for movie of the year last year I think (came out in January). The casting was excellent and the score was terrific. For some reason it is still not a film I would buy (with the anticipation of watching again), but one I recomend for people to see.

Yea it dropped on January 16th! I bought it on blu and it has real good replay value for me. I love rap and hip hop so that helps! Got Em!!

[GOAT]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Yea it dropped on January 16th! I bought it on blu and it has real good replay value for me. I love rap and hip hop so that helps! Got Em!!

yeah man same here... might have to pick it up now.... lol

[Atreyu]

Here is my list:Sorry but I couldn't come up with just five.
1) Ed Wood
2) Chaplin-for Downey Jr.'s performance
3) W. C. Fields and Me-for Steiger's performance(not too accurate by all accounts.)
4) Patton
5) The Great Ziegfield
6) Al Capone
7) The Buddy Holly Story
8) Beyond The Sea

[moonstruck]

Coal Miner's Daughter

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by CZAR

I love rap and hip hop so that helps! Got Em!!

I would have never guessed.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Elvis

I would have never guessed.

Dude here u go again and u dont want to be labeled predjudice or racist! With comments like that, plus our debate on the whole elvis/Berry topic thats why I think the way I do about u! What does your comment suppose to mean? Do I act black or sumthin to u?? U are a cool dude to chop it up with but Im sorry to say u have some predjudice in u whether u want to believe it or not! Its all good though man. We are who we are, sometime we dont see it! Continue on! Got Em!!

[repete66211]

Originally Posted by jdc115

It seemed to me that this was exactly what it was about. I thought it was more about following Jake's character and what his obsession did to him then actual events of the Zodiac killings.

I could be worng, it is one of those that I only saw once and need to go back a revisit.

Yes, it shows bits of his life, but it follows his life in context of the Zodiac killings. It's not about him so much as how he deals with the Zodiac. We pick up his life at the time the killings begin and the movie doesn't end in his death, so I wouldn't call it a biopic. But, as I said before, it's up for interpretation.