Bio Pics, Bio Pics, Bio Pics..........Ughhhh.

[Slumbag]

There is a truckload of these things getting made.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/benicio.jpg
Benicio Del Toro in the Che Guevera movies.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/josh-brolin_bush2.jpg
Josh Brolin as George Bush in Oliver Stones W.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/big.jpghttp://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/nate.jpg
These kids as Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac.

I hate nearly EVERY Biography movie made. Actually, just the ones made nowadays. Walk the Line was horrendous, and I didn't make it through Ray. The last one I recall that I liked was the Hurricane with Denzel. Has the formula changed? I really like the way bio movies were skewered in Walk Hard. It seems all they do nowadays is get some current celebrity to play some old celebrity for kitsch. They're rarely ever good. I have a TERRIBLE feeling about the B.I.G. movie. I don't know. Anyone have any faith in an upcoming bio movie?

[Bob Impact]

There is a truckload of these things getting made.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/benicio.jpg
Benicio Del Toro in the Che Guevera movies.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/josh-brolin_bush2.jpg
Josh Brolin as George Bush in Oliver Stones W.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/big.jpghttp://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/nate.jpg
These kids as Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac.

I hate nearly EVERY Biography movie made. Actually, just the ones made nowadays. Walk the Line was horrendous, and I didn't make it through Ray. The last one I recall that I liked was the Hurricane with Denzel. Has the formula changed? I really like the way bio movies were skewered in Walk Hard. It seems all they do nowadays is get some current celebrity to play some old celebrity for kitsch. They're rarely ever good. I have a TERRIBLE feeling about the B.I.G. movie. I don't know. Anyone have any faith in an upcoming bio movie?
All I can say is that the guy playing BIG looks JUST like him.

http://images.villagevoice.com/gallery/34biggie/1bigb.jpghttp://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/big.jpg

[Doctor Manhattan]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/benicio.jpg
Benicio Del Toro in the Che Guevera movies.
Reminds me of Vinnie Chase in Medellín as Pablo Escobar


http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9233/walkhardfycad01ab5.jpg
This is my favorite bio-pic.
It did go on for a little too long but John C Reilly fucking rocks!

[badorties]

I hate nearly EVERY Biography movie made. Actually, just the ones made nowadays. Walk the Line was horrendous, and I didn't make it through Ray. The last one I recall that I liked was the Hurricane with Denzel. Has the formula changed? I really like the way bio movies were skewered in Walk Hard. It seems all they do nowadays is get some current celebrity to play some old celebrity for kitsch. They're rarely ever good. I have a TERRIBLE feeling about the B.I.G. movie. I don't know. Anyone have any faith in an upcoming bio movie?

i have no interest in any music bio pic ... i loved the motorcycle diaries, and i'm really excited in the two upcoming che movies by soderbergh:

The Argentine: On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an Argentine doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro - to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che proves indispensable as a fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. This film tracks Che’s rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero.

Guerrilla: After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. The story of the Bolivian campaign is a tale of tenacity, sacrifice, idealism, and of guerrilla warfare that ultimately fails, bringing Che to his death. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world.

[TheMojoPin]

The Che movies sound badass due to the involvement of Benicio and Soderbergh. The Bush movie I'm willing to give a shot to because it's Oliver Stone...it'll probably be complete BS historically/politically, but it could still be an amazing movie a la JFK and Nixon. Both of those are basically fiction, but they're two of the best films I've ever seen.

I'm not sure why you're comparing general biopics to music biopics. Music biopics tend to be boring because they all basically follow the same patterns and forumlas. Biopics about historical and political figures tend to be much more unique and varied and epic in the lives and events you're following. Music biopics are pretty much all "they came from nothing, had it all, almost lost everything to drugs and booze, found salvation in love."

[Furtherman]

American Splendor was a great bio picture. A good mix of acting and actual events. I'm not a comic book guy so I had no idea what to expect going in, but I ended up loving it.

http://www.impawards.com/2003/posters/american_splendor_ver2.jpg

[Slumbag]

American Splendor was a great bio picture. A good mix of acting and actual events. I'm not a comic book guy so I had no idea what to expect going in, but I ended up loving it.



Yeah, I totally forgot about American Splendor. Loved that.

[Bossanova]

Yeah, I totally forgot about American Splendor. Loved that.

Second

[jeffdwright2001]

Music biopics are pretty much all "they came from nothing, had it all, almost lost everything to drugs and booze, found salvation in love."

Guess it's hard to sell the ones where after they almost lose everything to drugs and booze, they OD or die in a car crash as a result of drugs and booze.

[TheMojoPin]

Some other good ones:

http://www.oldmovies.net.au/userimages/user1367_1173087474.jpg

http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/michael-collins-DVDcover.jpg

http://www.axelmusic.com/resources/covers/0/085393353124.jpg
(Like JFK and Nixon, really fucked up accuracy-wise, but a damn good movie)

http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/q/r/6/capoteposter.jpg
(Sort of)

[Melissa the Accountant]

Guess it's hard to sell the ones where after they almost lose everything to drugs and booze, they OD or die in a car crash as a result of drugs and booze.

But it seems like "The Doors" is always on cable somewhere! Surely someone is watching it!

[TheMojoPin]

But it seems like "The Doors" is always on cable somewhere! Surely someone is watching it!

Yeah, but that one has a happy ending, so it still fits the mold.

[dino_electropolis]

All I can say is that the guy playing BIG looks JUST like him.

http://images.villagevoice.com/gallery/34biggie/1bigb.jpghttp://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa61/slumbag/big.jpg

well....dont they ALL look alike?


I keed, i keed......

[Melissa the Accountant]

Yeah, but that one has a happy ending, so it still fits the mold.

Wait, wait, dying in the tub is a happy ending? Unless you just hate Jim Morrison and you were making a funny joke. In which case, I get it! I get your funny joke! But if you weren't kidding then I don't understand.

Unrelated note: I too liked Capote.

[TheMojoPin]

Wait, wait, dying in the tub is a happy ending? Unless you just hate Jim Morrison and you were making a funny joke. In which case, I get it! I get your funny joke!

Hoo-hoo! Just call me "MoJokePin."

[jeffdwright2001]

Wait, wait, dying in the tub is a happy ending? Unless you just hate Jim Morrison and you were making a funny joke. In which case, I get it! I get your funny joke! But if you weren't kidding then I don't understand.

Unrelated note: I too liked Capote.

Budget

$38,000,000 (estimated)



Gross

$35,183,792 (USA)
$4,881,275 (UK)
AUD 2,473,146 (Australia) ( 1991)
€3,548,130 (Germany)
SEK 2,580,788 (Sweden)

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This doesn't count video sales, but with those kinds of numbers, I doubt it would get a green light today.

[Melissa the Accountant]

Hoo-hoo! Just call me "MoJokePin."

It gives me the warm fuzzies when I get a joke!

This doesn't count video sales, but with those kinds of numbers, I doubt it would get a green light today.

Your facts and figures are appealing to my very nature, so I instinctively trust you now in all matters. Furthermore, I salute your effort to look stuff up on the internet!

[grlNIN]

But it seems like "The Doors" is always on cable somewhere! Surely someone is watching it!

That would be me.

I also own the DVD.

Suck it, Mr. MojoRisingPin!

[TheMojoPin]

Actually, I really like that movie and own it myself because Oliver Stone (usually) rocks the house.

[jeffdwright2001]

Actually, I really like that movie and own it myself because Oliver Stone (usually) rocks the house.


Quick sidebar: Have you read any of the David Baldacci books that feature a former CIA operative who left the agency and now uses the name Oliver Stone while protesting outside the White House and keeps a log on the activities of politicos?

[grlNIN]

Actually, I really like that movie and own it myself because Oliver Stone (usually) rocks the house.

I hate you.

[TheMojoPin]

Quick sidebar: Have you read any of the David Baldacci books that feature a former CIA operative who left the agency and now uses the name Oliver Stone while protesting outside the White House and keeps a log on the activities of politicos?

No sir. But that's because the book snob of me hates all things Baldacci.

[Slumbag]

I think I might go see that NOTORIOUS movie this weekend. It looks like shit, but I've been watching Notorious BIG stuff all week, and am kind of in the mood now.
It may be worth a couple laughs.

[fezident]

I have weird relationship with biopics.

Every time I leave the theater after a biopic, I say "that's it... never again... I'm done with these."

Then... I hear about another one that's in the works and I get all excited. "Oooh, The James Brown story?? I'm THERE!"




I'd love to see a movie about Jaco Pastorious.
and also Marvin Gaye.

[TheMojoPin]

I think I might go see that NOTORIOUS movie this weekend. It looks like shit, but I've been watching Notorious BIG stuff all week, and am kind of in the mood now.
It may be worth a couple laughs.

I have little doubt the movie will be horrible, but anything that gets Biggie played on TV is OK by me.

[fezident]

I hope the BIGGIE movie is a cut above.
I've been avoiding the commercials and stuff because I wanna go in cold but, I am HOPING that it's a "real" movie.
Sometimes.... biopics can feel a little made-for-tv but, with BIG there's a chance that it will deliver some grit.

I want the Motley Crue movie to be an NC17 rated festival of sex and drugs. None of this Marky Mark bullshit. I want it to be evil.

[Enabler]

I watched the last 15mins of the Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl because I was hoping to catch Sienna Miller naked (success). The movie actually didnt seem too awful though. Was that a good biopic?

[razorboy]

I'm not usually a big biopic fan but Control was pretty awesome.

[TheMojoPin]

I watched the last 15mins of the Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl because I was hoping to catch Sienna Miller naked (success). The movie actually didnt seem too awful though. Was that a good biopic?

God, no. That movie is impossibly wretched.

[grlNIN]

I'm not usually a big biopic fan but Control was pretty awesome.

As a diehard Joy Division fan i can say it most certainly was not.

[TheMojoPin]

As a diehard Joy Division fan i can say it most certainly was not.

Yeah, big time let down. It looks amazing, but like pretty much everything by Corbijn it seems really empty and soulless.