Overlooked performances

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  1. loadedgloves

    loadedgloves "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Pitt has drastically improved as an actor since his career began in the 90s, so has Leo DiCaprio.
     
  2. Nobleart

    Nobleart Narwhal King

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    DiCaprio has been a strong actor since he was a kid. He got a lot of backlash because of "Titanic" and a couple roles he was miscast in shortly after that............but for the most part he's been solid.

    Pitt, you're definitely right about.
     
  3. loadedgloves

    loadedgloves "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    DiCaprio was terrible in Gangs of New York as well, imo. Though I guess he was good in What's Eating Gilbert Grape
     
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    Nobleart Narwhal King

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    That was the one I was thinking of as far as being "miscast" in.

    Before that he was very good in a lot of roles.
     
  5. Anthony

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    Dicaprio was also great in this boy's life. But in GONY he was terrible. I dont blame him tho. the part itself was terrible.
     
  6. cdogg187

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    like all historical pictures, GONY failed on epic scale

    the casting of an Italian (DiCaprio) and a Spaniard (Diaz) in their respective roles was absurd on top of the fact that the picture was a massive, long-winded fabrication
     
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    Pitt did a good job in "A River Runs Through It"
     
  8. Anthony

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    Also in Legends of the Fall
     
  9. cdogg187

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    I couldn't get into that movie, wound up turning it off after 30 minutes, but the acting seemed fine
     
  10. Anthony

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    Man give it a chance. It gets so good. Anthony Hopkins is amazing.
     
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    I will try
     
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    please
     
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    Agreed completely. DiCaprio has suffered from a couple of miscasts but the talent and skill has always been there
     
  14. Slice N Dice

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    I'm a DiCaprio fan, he's a very good actor. His Saffer accent is fucking shite though.
     
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    Pitt is actually a very good actor. Never understood why he gets a bad rep.

    He's better than Cruise by about 10 miles.
     
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    mexican wedding shirt The Greatest of Are Times

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    DiCaprio is awful. I had to switch Inception off after 10/15 minutes, it was like a joke.
     
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    Yeah, I didnt like Dicaprio much in Inception.

    He did a very good job in J.Edgar though...... too bad the movie fuckin sucked.
     
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    mexican wedding shirt The Greatest of Are Times

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    To be fair, DiCaprio has seemed kind of OK to me at times, when he was younger.

    Inception was unbelievably bad, I thought he was truly awful, like a joke performance. He looks kind of ridiculous too now, in that man boy way. Like a cross between a kid and a 40 year old.
     
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    :lol::lol: sucks for you. You missed one of the best movies of the year.
     
  20. Hut*Hut

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    Pitt's just Pitt in every film. And not even the kinda one-trick that's believable in a wide range like nicholson
     
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    Inception is a good movie. However, its not rewatchable IMO.

    I tried to watch it a second time a few weeks ago, and felt tempted to slit my wrists.
     
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    Inception is an absurd movie with terrific special effects
     
  23. mexican wedding shirt

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    It's a retarded film. A "clever" film for stupid people.

    I almost always give films a chance, but it was just too fucking bad. Corny, cheesy, up it's own arse, with bad acting.
     
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    And I can't say I'm surprised that someone who thinks Pitt is better than the main girl in Basterds likes Inception :lol:
     
  25. Anthony

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    MWS you havent seen inception so you really cant call it retarded.
     
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    Inception was very good and DiCaprio is a very good actor.
     
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    Destruction and Mayhem PHASE ----3

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    For the most part, sure.

    Still his characters in "Burn after Reading" and "Troy" for example were VERY different.
     
  29. loadedgloves

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    Agreed. One of the best new American movies I've seen in a long time.
     
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    I could understand if MWS saw inception and thought it sucked. but he admittedly turned it off after a few minutes. And then has the gull to say the movie was retarded.
     

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