Infamous

Daniel Craige is a great actor, but a foot too tall to play this part. The extreme shortness of the murderer is part of the story. Also, the house in which the murders happened is miscast. It is a simple common farmhouse. This family was wealthy and liked to enjoy their wealth. Again, that show of wealth is an importtant part of the story.

Hoffman put too much of himself into Capote whereas Jones _is_ Capote. This comes off as being very real. One small aspect of this was the change in costumes as, over the years depicted, Capote metamorphosizes from his flargant "look at me" days to his more normalized appearance at the end. The only con is that I had trouble with Daniel Craig as Perry Smith - the parts where he stares into the camera. This was supposed to create immediacy but it was a bad call on the part of the director. He didn't realize that the audience - at least the male audience - was never going to identify with Truman Capote. The guy was too weird. The director never brought the audience to that point so the eyes to the camera bit knocks the audience back - certainly the guys in the audience. But that was the only real negative. There were two other minor things: The score could be weird at times - not fitting the scene - and there was an obvious lack of preparation for the Manhattan brownstone exterior, which was far too run-down, but those were not anything major. I've seen the film In Cold Blood - which was shot in the actual house where it took place. I've seen Capote and now Infamous. If someone wants the complete picture they should see all three films. As for a depiction of Capote, Infamous is definitive. Hands-down.

Excellent portrayal of Truman Capote, Lee Harper and friends. I've read the book, seen the B&W movie, as well as Philip Seymour Hoffman starring as Truman Capote in a movie. This is, by far, the best.

I liked much better than Capote . Phillip Seymour Hoffman did wonderful job on Capote but Infamous is more personal .

The early Scenes with Capote were so off the wall I thought I was watching a parody. Yes Capote was gay and he had a high pitched voice but he wasn’t a Swish as they used to call them. The way the movie showed him trying to get interviews would have resulted in him getting run out of town on a rail, not invited to dinner. After about a third of the way through the movie became ok. But still not that good. The Movie Capote was much better. Don’t waste your money on this.

Talking heads pontificate about Capote like for a bad Ken Burns documentary. Short cuts unimaginatively shot. Nightclub scene at opening for example completely ruined by poor directing and jarring cuts (compare Spielberg's much smoother long cut in Temple of Doom for how a competent director would shoot it). Promising script and acting, and good art direction, but just utterly inept directing ruins film.

One powerful message about love, pain, and self. This movie came together like a perfect work of human art. Thank you to the writers, actors, and producers who put what only can be reviewed as their best into it.

I saw the other film with the academy award winner whose name escapes me, I'm so sorry for that. I liked the way he played the role a little better. I liked Sandra Bullocks performance, but it was basically the same thing as the other woman. Going on about how she wrote "To Kill a Mokingbird (spelling) and woman weren't given any big parties or pushes in the directions as to say " Congrats, look what you've accomplished" the men all seemned a bit worried. They didn't want to take the woman seriously. Anyway, the movie was pretty much the same. They followed the same plot. It was a horrible unthinkable murder at the time, as it should be in todays times. But who are we kidding, it's just another news story today and then onto the next. Its worth watching to get a good idea of what the times were like then and learn about how horrific the crime was. Learn about Truman Capote and what effect this story had on him and his life. He actually tried to help one of the two men, I'm unsure if one of them wanted his help. Daniel Craig was interesting. But no, either men are not-guilty. No excuse for what they did. It was a heneous crime. BOTH MOVIES ARE WORTH A WATCH!

The person claiming it is, has to be a flaming imbecile! They're two different perspectives of the same subject. I've watched both and enjoyed each. Seriously, monsta or whatever, can you dress yourself?! 😂

I loved it!