• Leo DiCaprio really wants an Oscar as he is set to play 24 different personalities in 'The Crowded R
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nah, for me dicaprio is in the same ball park as tom cruise/brad pitt/ben affleck/matt damon. They're very good hollywood actors, but none of their characters are ever real/natural enough to give them actual glory. I'll still watch them but they'll never go the extra level for a character. Wolf of Wall Street didn't do anything surprising enough for me to think Leo was a better actor, neither did Django even though it's his first villain.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;47232324]He honestly deserved to win for Wolf of Wall Street. He was absolutely incredible in that movie. Maybe he'll join Kubrick and Hitchcock in the "remembered fondly, but never won an Oscar" club.[/QUOTE] To be honest, I don't think he deserved one for Wolf of Wall Street, he was amazing in it, but it wasn't an oscar role. The academy get very particular as to what kind of films and roles "deserve" oscars.
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;47233212]To be honest, I don't think he deserved one for Wolf of Wall Street, he was amazing in it, but it wasn't an oscar role. The academy get very particular as to what kind of films and roles "deserve" oscars.[/QUOTE] They are seemingly very influenced by political ideology and cultural biases/pressure which determines the winners more so than just their strict artistic merit/enjoyment and what nots. I'm not sure how to exactly feel about that, i'm not entirely sure it's true but it's seemingly an element to it from where I'm sitting currently. He was a great villain in the style of Tarantino which may not be something the oscars want so they don't recognize that due to what they feel ideologically towards such films, it was after all, a modern day/weak black-sploitation film. His role in the Wolf of Wall Street was excellently played and played to the strongest elements of that script.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;47230120]Probably because in Django he slams his hand on a glass, cutting his hand to shit, requiring stitches, but didn't break character and even used it to enhance the scene and his character [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72nK7APr6Xs[/media][/QUOTE] I totally forgot that scene, that was an amazing movie he played that character better than anyone could have
[QUOTE=AK'z;47233205]nah, for me dicaprio is in the same ball park as tom cruise/brad pitt/ben affleck/matt damon. They're very good hollywood actors, but none of their characters are ever real/natural enough to give them actual glory. I'll still watch them but they'll never go the extra level for a character. Wolf of Wall Street didn't do anything surprising enough for me to think Leo was a better actor, neither did Django even though it's his first villain.[/QUOTE] "Never go the extra level for a character" *Leo accidentally slices his hand open acting in Django and keeps on acting like it was all planned out and uses it to enhance the scene.* Ok, whatever you say.
the django scene was great and all, but when the biggest complaint about leo's acting is that he doesn't know subtlety and is only good when he's yelling, using a scene where all he does is yell as his greatest moment doesn't do much to change people's minds
Except that scene consisted mostly of him talking in a lowish voice soooooooooooo...
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;47234110]the django scene was great and all, but when the biggest complaint about leo's acting is that he doesn't know subtlety and is only good when he's yelling, using a scene where all he does is yell as his greatest moment doesn't do much to change people's minds[/QUOTE] I haven't watched many of DiCaprio's movies (that I remember), but I thought his work in Inception was absolutely brilliant. DiCaprio's acting for Cobb's character is done so well, it's part of what makes me love the movie, and he doesn't have any climactic shouting scenes in the movie either (that I remember, at least). And I guess the climactic yelling scenes are where you're going to show how well he can portray emotion in his character. You can't exactly use his regular dialogue lines, of which are filled with subtle emotion, as an example of his greatest moments... it's a bit hard to say "this is his greatest moment" when he's speaking regular lines.
[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;47234176]Except that scene consisted mostly of him talking in a lowish voice soooooooooooo...[/QUOTE] so what? the memorable part in that scene isn't the talking, it's leo yelling and cutting his hand- actually, the only thing that makes it notworthy is the fact that he cut himself, really. it's a great scene, sure, and i'm not denying that a guy who can suffer an injure on set and not break character is good, but i doubt anyone would be talking about it if that hadn't happened
Honestly, he shouldn't have gotten an Oscar for Django or The Wolf of Wall Street, he should have got it for The Aviator. [video=youtube;4_Pbx9mvWPY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Pbx9mvWPY[/video] This was the movie that made me recognize what talent he really had.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;47230120]Probably because in Django he slams his hand on a glass, cutting his hand to shit, requiring stitches, but didn't break character and even used it to enhance the scene and his character [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72nK7APr6Xs[/media][/QUOTE] how does this guy not have an Oscar yet
Watch as he gets booted from the cast and replaced with Eddie Murphy.
[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;47233427]"Never go the extra level for a character" *Leo accidentally slices his hand open acting in Django and keeps on acting like it was all planned out and uses it to enhance the scene.* Ok, whatever you say.[/QUOTE] ok he injures himself. That's not grounds for a "next-level" performance. That was an intense minute in the film though. But if you want to go by that logic then Jackie Chan should therefore deserves 60 oscars. Here's an injury on screen which inevitably helped the performance: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwlpKNLS3X8[/media] That's not commitment, that's just getting caught up in the moment. [editline]1st March 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=The_J_Hat;47234729]Honestly, he shouldn't have gotten an Oscar for Django or The Wolf of Wall Street, he should have got it for The Aviator. [video=youtube;4_Pbx9mvWPY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Pbx9mvWPY[/video] This was the movie that made me recognize what talent he really had.[/QUOTE] shit I forgot about this film. Yeah definitely one of the very best Leo performances.
[QUOTE=Deng;47229803]I don't get the meme for Leonardo DiCapro deserving an oscar comes from. He isn't that particularly great to be honest.[/QUOTE] The Wolf of Wall Street Django Unchained The Departed He deserved one from at least one of those films.
[QUOTE=Korova;47235677]1. The Wolf of Wall Street 2. Django Unchained 3. The Departed[/QUOTE] Except if you notice to whom he lost: 1. Matthew McConaughey won for Dallas Buyers Club 2. Leo wasn't even nominated, Christoph Waltz won for Django Unchained 3. Forest Whitaker won for Last King of Scotland His performance was never the best in said year. It was good, but not best, that's what matters.. The only snub that ever happened that I'd be willing to admit would be The Aviator, because he was much better than Jamie Foxx in Ray.
[QUOTE=Korova;47235677]The Wolf of Wall Street Django Unchained The Departed He deserved one from at least one of those films.[/QUOTE] If you're going to give oscars for every midway-decent to mediocre performance then the whole point of the award is lost.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;47230120]Probably because in Django he slams his hand on a glass, cutting his hand to shit, requiring stitches, but didn't break character and even used it to enhance the scene and his character [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72nK7APr6Xs[/media][/QUOTE] im really failing to see how this is as impressive as everyone is finding it
[QUOTE=Luxuria;47235933]im really failing to see how this is as impressive as everyone is finding it[/QUOTE] yeah man I cut my hand open on glass without losing my composure all the time, I'm doing it right now.
I thought the main reason Leonardo didn't get Oscars was because he parties too hard, and got on the Hollywood's bad side.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;47234391]so what? the memorable part in that scene isn't the talking, it's leo yelling and cutting his hand- actually, the only thing that makes it notworthy is the fact that he cut himself, really. it's a great scene, sure, and i'm not denying that a guy who can suffer an injure on set and not break character is good, but i doubt anyone would be talking about it if that hadn't happened[/QUOTE] the build up to the yelling where he is calm and explaining the "Negro brain" I think it what most people are talking about it isn't so much the yelling that is good, any one can yell it's the dramatic build up that makes you immersed in the character, making the yelling more intense. At the same time, the talking is also pretty good. if you just yell and that's it, that's fucking DULL. But the build up is what makes the yelling good. another thing is the tenseness of these and other things (spoilers in the video, obviously) [video=youtube;68jAfiXmsUA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68jAfiXmsUA[/video] he's a character that you can get around to hating.
[QUOTE=AK'z;47235597]That's not commitment, that's just getting caught up in the moment.[/QUOTE] Says someone who doesn't know what commitment means.
[QUOTE=Paramud;47239138]Says someone who doesn't know what commitment means.[/QUOTE] you want commitment, i'll show ye: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Left_Foot[/url] i'm talking fully encompassing the role with no deviation. leo in django was decent but not close to his best..
Yeah but no one is better than Daniel Day Lewis
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