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I think DiCaprio is one of the best actors over the last 20 years. I cant think of one movie in which I didnt think he did an excellent job in the role. On top of that, he rarely, if ever, chooses a bad film to be in.
Catch Me If You Can is another great movie he featured in during the last decade.
I agree 100% and I thought he was excellent in Titanitc
Domergurl I agree with you on a lot of stuff--but not that, not at all.
Blanchett was super but there was a lot more to that movie than Katherine Hepburn.
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i can't reconcile leo as a leading man because he has the face of a 10 year old boy ... he has the same face he did in Gilbert Grape. he was ok in the Departed, but i thought Wahlberg and Damen were better. Again, I don't get it with Scorcese and Leo ...
IMHO Leo has transcended his babyface.
I see it, yet I don't.
I think this is at least in part because the guy can act.
(Also, I am probably the only one in the world who didn't think The Departed was all that great a movie).
Giesela, I agree with you about the ending of the book (Shutter Island).
yea BWP, we're gonna have to agree to disagree on this one. Note who won the Oscar for the Aviator and then tell me that Blanchett didn't make that film.
I remember watching some show ... Dinner for Five maybe? There was some seasoned actor on there who made an excellent point of how with today's crop of young-ish actors, they're all so bland and fungible ... and by bland and fungible, he meant, there's nothing distinctive about their acting style ... DiCaprio fits that bill to a T. Yea, he's a good actor ... ok ... so is Matt Damen, so is Mark Wahlberg, but there's nothing there that is remotely remarkable. When you think of clint eastwood, you have an picture in your head, Brando, yep, Hackman, even Warren Beatty ... you can even imitate Tom Cruise and know it's Tom Cruise! DiCaprio is just a bland actor, fungible ... tries new voices, but it's not convincing ... and again ... he has the face of a 10 year old boy. I'm not saying I don't think he's a good actor ... he's good, not great. But I can see why Deniro and Scorcese had such great chemistry Scorcese and Pesci too ... but I just don't think this Scorcese/DiCaprio is so great.
yea BWP, we're gonna have to agree to disagree on this one. Note who won the Oscar for the Aviator and then tell me that Blanchett didn't make that film.
haha--yes, I do love Cate.
And yes, I know she won the Oscar--but it's not as if she stole the show.
Now, Christoph Waltz in Basterds--THAT guy stole the show.
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I remember watching some show ... Dinner for Five maybe? There was some seasoned actor on there who made an excellent point of how with today's crop of young-ish actors, they're all so bland and fungible ... and by bland and fungible, he meant, there's nothing distinctive about their acting style ... DiCaprio fits that bill to a T. Yea, he's a good actor ... ok ... so is Matt Damen, so is Mark Wahlberg, but there's nothing there that is remotely remarkable. When you think of clint eastwood, you have an picture in your head, Brando, yep, Hackman, even Warren Beatty ... you can even imitate Tom Cruise and know it's Tom Cruise! DiCaprio is just a bland actor, fungible ... tries new voices, but it's not convincing ... and again ... he has the face of a 10 year old boy. I'm not saying I don't think he's a good actor ... he's good, not great. But I can see why Deniro and Scorcese had such great chemistry Scorcese and Pesci too ... but I just don't think this Scorcese/DiCaprio is so great.
::makes dismissive wave::
The seasoned actor sounds a bit sour grapesish, but this attitude is not new.
Looks are superficial, but they do make a difference on camera.
There is a reason why, far earlier in his career, Robert Redford was told to darken his hair. I've read interviews where darkening Jude Law's hair is discussed. Peter O Toole lost the role in Hitchcock's Marnie because Hitchcock preferred darker men in his films.
The camera loves blond women, but men, not so much.
Who has more compelling looks, Cruise and Robert Downey Jr or Leo and Matt? I would have to go with Downey/Cruise.
Now, in terms of working with Scorsese and being his new muse, well, I am not *thrilled* about this relationship but I liked Gangs if not The Departed, and loved The Aviator. We shall see how Shutter Island turns out.
Just a word of warning about the plot of this movie. I have read the book and it isn't what you are originally led to think it is. It is not a detective story. I won't give it away but it is more like a drawn out twilight zone episode. I actually ended up not liking the story much but that was because I was expecting something different.
This is the crux of it, and we shall see if Scorsese rises to the occasion with his cinematic adaptation.
It's still unspecific, but we're *almost* getting into spoiler territory here.
yes she did. When you think of the aviator, you don't go ... wow, DiCaprio's performance was magnificent ... you say .... dang!!! Blanchett stole the movie!
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Now, Christoph Waltz in Basterds--THAT guy stole the show.
on this one ... I'm gonna have to give you the double high five. If he doesn't win the Oscar ... THAT will be highway robbery.
We saw it today. Am not sure I liked it as much as I had hoped. Dragged in spots, exciting in others.
Interesting movie, not really sure if the pay off was worth the slooow unfolding of the story. I didnt read the book so cant compare the story/screen play. Dark,moody sets. Terrifying atmoshpere. I thought the ending clever, as you wonder if you are sure you know what happened.
I wouldnt have missed it, the trailor had me. DH was a bit confused and said he could never sit thru it again. Dont want to say too much to spoil it.
We went to the early aft. show today, you could have heard a pin drop thru the whole movie. Gotta love Scorsesse fans. (referring to the thread of rude,noisey theater goers)
Nanannie, I so want to see this movie. But I'm one who likes conclusive endings, and I get the feeling from what I have heard that this one might be left as ambiguous. Is that the case?
From everything I have heard there is an amazing twist...I'm dying to know what that is....did you have any inclination what it was (the twist) during the movie? Don't tell what it is, just, did you suspect or were you totally surprised?
didee: the ending in the book is conclusive, but I was disappointed.
(I did read the book: I won't spoil the twist.)
The film will probably be here soon. The question is whether or not to drag my typically anti-theater husband out to see it.
Nanannie, I have a feeling my reaction will be similar to yours.
(I just had the spouse watch our rented dvd of A Serious Man and he was disappointed.)
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Shutter Island
