Advantages: Good use of sacrifice for art Disadvantages: Very dull story, with poor delivery
...to watch the 2007 movie Chapter 27; I figured on two failed attempts that maybe I was not giving the movie my full attention, and obviously what the film deserved. I put all distractions away and locked myself away in a darkened room to see the movie that had apparently done repairable damage to its star Jared Leto.
Chapter 27 to clear the title up first is a reference to J.D. Salinger's Book Catcher In The Rye, a novel that has 26 chapters, but ... ...first sight of him in Chapter 27, its quite a scary transformation, as the actor has ballooned in weight, and this s no fat suit, Leto literally put the pounds on for the love of what he believed may well be the role of his career, the ultimate sacrifice for his art. Leto since has reported that the increased weight gain and subsequent loss of weight has left him with potential internal damage, and a terrible problem with his feet.
The movie also ...
sghawken 18.04.2008
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