On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 2:10:47 PM UTC-5, Gracchus wrote:
> I never saw "What's Eating Gilbert Grape."
He was good in it but he was very young at the time. 19 I think?
> He was fine in "This Boy's Life," but of course he was an actual teenager then instead of a 40+-year-old man still behaving like a teen.
Yes, he was good in that too.
> Previews of "The Aviator" were enough to keep me away from that one. It was total miscasting even if Leo could act.
He wasn't really miscast at all. Howard Hughes was tall and thin and so is DiCaprio (or at least he was thin back then.) Also Hughes became successful at a very young age so the fact that DiCaprio was young and looked young when he took on that role wasn't a problem. He did a pretty good job in that role. Trust me, I'm picky.
> And as with "Gangs of New York," "The Departed" emphatically proved that his attempts to play any kind of tough guy or badass are laughable. Add a goatee, leather jacket, blue-collar accent or whatever, it doesn't matter. Any real tough would know he's a weenie at first sight and knock him flat.
He didn't bother me in those roles. I'm neutral about it.
> > I was waiting for you to mention the director! :) I like that director's films so I am actually looking forward to watching The Revenant.
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> I'll go out on a limb here and make a prediction: pretentious and overrated.
We'll soon find out. I will try and go see it over the holidays. I liked the director's other work like Birdman and 21 Grams. Yes I know, you didn't like those films. We'll have to agree to disagree. ;)