String Bell's Sheisty Thoughts

[Mastamimd]

Negged

Stick to militant dap fishing bruh

 

[mastermind]

He’s not a bad actor.

But here is the thing…

Every time you see him in a movie, you’re aware that you’re looking at Leonardo DiCaprio. You’re never thinking “that’s Jordan Belfort”. Right? He’s rarely that character.

Whereas when you watch Daniel Day Lewis, that guy IS Bill Cutting. He IS Daniel Plainview, etc…

I don’t mean to compare them. I just want to highlight how great actors blend into their characters. I don’t know why Leo doesn’t. Perhaps he’s too big of a movie star or his acting isn’t at that level. But that’s how it is.

This is like saying Denzel Washington isn’t a great actor.

Not everyone does method acting.

And Leonardo DiCaprio is a great actor. He may not be an all timer, but he is a great actor. Bugged out thread. I remember him on Growing Pains as a kid and then he transitioned to Basketball Diaries and it was bugged out how different he was.

The Titanic was the best and worst thing to happen to his career.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

If you're gonna use DDL as a standard to measure against Leo then it still ranks Leo pretty high

 

[Bless't]

Definitely disagree with this thread.

But everyone is entitled to their opinion.

 

[UpAndComing]

Basketball Diaries made me know he's one of the GOAT actors

1 star thread

 

[BulletProof]

If anything he’s been underrated and just recently got his due in recent years.

 

[CarltonJunior]

He’s not a bad actor.

But here is the thing…

Every time you see him in a movie, you’re aware that you’re looking at Leonardo DiCaprio. You’re never thinking “that’s Jordan Belfort”. Right? He’s rarely that character.

Whereas when you watch Daniel Day Lewis, that guy IS Bill Cutting. He IS Daniel Plainview, etc…

I don’t mean to compare them. I just want to highlight how great actors blend into their characters. I don’t know why Leo doesn’t. Perhaps he’s too big of a movie star or his acting isn’t at that level. But that’s how it is.

I feel this way about Denzel and Sam as well

 

[xCivicx]

For some reason my favorite Di Caprio movie (I haven't seen all of them) might be The Revenant. Might be because he's not in a "typical" Di Caprio role with lots of dialogue and looking good or whatever. Somewhat of an anomaly in his filmography maybe. Not saying it's his best or his best acting but it's the one movie that sticks out to me.

He waa acting more with his face and body than words

I think he did great in that movie

Especially the bear attack scene and the tom hardy showdown scene

 

[KidJSoul]

He’s not a bad actor.

But here is the thing…

Every time you see him in a movie, you’re aware that you’re looking at Leonardo DiCaprio. You’re never thinking “that’s Jordan Belfort”. Right? He’s rarely that character.

Whereas when you watch Daniel Day Lewis, that guy IS Bill Cutting. He IS Daniel Plainview, etc…

I don’t mean to compare them. I just want to highlight how great actors blend into their characters. I don’t know why Leo doesn’t. Perhaps he’s too big of a movie star or his acting isn’t at that level. But that’s how it is.

It's a different approach to acting

Dicaprio is like Tom Hanks and Denzel - you know it's them just pretending to be someone else, but you're fine with that

Johnny Depp is like the Daniel Day Lewis style.

Think of Key and Peele. Peele is the DDL, Johnny Depp style, while Key is the DiCaprio, Hanks style.

 

[Lord_nikon]

Yeah this boys life is classic

 

[reserved_one]

Catch Me If You Can>>>>>>>

I think what makes Leo a very good actor is his consistency of good performances. Plus he seems like a cool dude and don’t come off being a weirdo like the rest of them Hollywood actors.

 

[analog]

I think his prettiness and likability, qualities that contribute to his stardom, may keep some folks from recognizing his talent.

Most recently it was his scenes on set in the western tv show within Once upon... In Hollywood that really blew me away. From him fukking up his lines, to him losing his shyt in the trailer, to coming back and absolutely bodying his next scene. That's fantastic acting imo

With that said, where do folks rank Christian Bale? Better or worse actor than Leo?

 

[Remote]

This is like saying Denzel Washington isn’t a great actor.

Not everyone does method acting.

And Leonardo DiCaprio is a great actor. He may not be an all timer, but he is a great actor. Bugged out thread. I remember him on Growing Pains as a kid and then he transitioned to Basketball Diaries and it was bugged out how different he was.

The Titanic was the best and worst thing to happen to his career.

In my opinion, if I can still see you and not the character, you lacked something in that performance.

 

[TBdaGhost]

Him in once upon a time in Hollywood is one of my favorite performances ever.

Django
Departed
Shutter Island

 

[8WON6]

the problem with this premise is nearly everyone agrees Leo is a tier below the greats...so saying he's overrated is implying he's on some average Robert Pattinson level shyt. He's a very good consistent actor that has the fundamentals down to where he should never drag a movie down.