Is Leonardo DiCaprio the Best Actor of this Generation?

[Palooza]

Throw Woody in the mix. His choices the last couple of years for movies were solid with exception to The Grand. No Country For Old Men, Zombieland, and The Messenger were all fantastic movies.

I was thinking about taking the majority of the nominations in this thread and making a poll, but then I realized that it would only prove how overrated Johnny Depp is.

 

[Palooza]

I see W2B is in this thread.

I expect George Clooney bashing.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Am I the only one who thought Public Enemies was a horrible movie? I thought it was a consensus and then PB was saying how much he liked it in the chatbox and now I've seen it mentioned twice in this thread. It just came off as cheap and poorly put together to me.

It received way too much attention based on the hype it got prior to release, it really is a forgettable movie, maybe the most disappointed I've ever been in a theater.

 

[Buzzman]

Watch Choke. THat movie was fucking great.

one of the best scenes in films is when Rockwells character tells that guy the woman giving him a handjob loves him and he should walk away and pretend he didn't see anything.

 

[MvP]

I thought Public Enemies was very good but still a HUGE disappointment. I was expecting it to be the movie of the year easily and it wasn't anywhere near that.

Also, I love Marion Cotillard. Her accent is on point.

 

[bcransom]

depp was nominated for best actor for sweeny todd. i never saw it but how bad could it have been?

I thought it was absolutely awful. :ionno:

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Did you see Bringing Out The Dead in the theater? If you did you wouldn't say such things.

It was before my movie-going time, although I can't see myself getting too excited over a Nic Cage movie.

 

[Champ]

How about John Stamos?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Thoughts on some dudes being mentioned...

-Every George Clooney movie, ever, has sucked. Anyone who likes either O Brother Where Art Thou or Solaris can't be my friend. And should probably die.

-Denzel Washington plays the same alpha male role in every movie he's in. Incredibly overated, and disqualified. I like some of his movies, but that doesn't make him a great actor.

-Anyone who mentions Nicholas Cage, and is being serious, needs to exit thread. It's cool if you dig Gone in 60 Seconds or 8MM (I love 8MM), but you just don't get it. I like The Naked Gun, but that doesnt make Leslie Neilson a master thespian.

-Leo was FUCKING AWESOME is The Departed, which is in a dead heat for my favorite movie of all time (w/Goodfellas). Possibly the greatest piece of acting work i've ever seen. He was that good. HOWEVER, I have never been close to that impressed by him before or since. To be fair, he does shit that I would never even consider sitting through, like The Aviator, so what do I know, if i'm not watching?

-Bale went in the shitter when he started doing mainstream schlock like the awful Batman movies and the stupid Terminator garbo. He had a five year run of TREMENDOUS before he went all comic book/blockbuster. I'd like to see more stuff like American Psycho, The Machinist, and the incredibly underated and flat out awesome The Prestige.

-Edward Norton & Sean Penn always deserve mention, although Penn can go fuck himself with the political shit. No one cares, Spicoli. Go make a movie, dipshit.

-Brad Pitt is a terrible actor, and all the evidence you need is Seven. Watch the closing scene, where Pitt & Morgan Freeman are taking Kevin Spacey to the open field to find Paltrow's head. Pitt is FUCKING BRUTAL, on a high school play level, and is outclassed by two true pro's....AND FREEMAN DOESNT EVEN HAVE A LINE. Seriously, Freeman DOESNT SPEAK, and out acts Pitt. Pitt is abysmal, I cant understand how anyone thinks he's talented.

-Speaking of which, no KEVIN SPACEY love? Yeah, he's a "closet" fudge packer (worst kept secret ever), but who cares. He's great.

 

[inthecards21]

anyone else hate natural born killers with harrelson in it?

 

[Palooza]

anyone else hate natural born killers with harrelson in it?

My roommate and I smoked a shit ton of weed and proceeded to bug out while watching it. How can you not love one of Kirk Lazarus' first movies?

 

[MvP]

-Speaking of which, no KEVIN SPACEY love? Yeah, he's a "closet" fudge packer (worst kept secret ever), but who cares. He's great.

I was shocked to see I was the first one to mentioned him. I don't give a fuck what he does off the camera, his work in The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Se7en, LA Confidential was incredible. I even liked him in mediocre films such as 21, Pay It Forward and The Life of David Gale. Dude is definitely top 3 best of the past 20 years.

 

[inthecards21]

the psychedelic tone to it actually, how ironic. plus oliver stone totally trashed the original script QT sold to him

 

[Palooza]

Watching him smoke weed for 2 hours in Shrink was pretty awesome, too bad the movie was shite.

 

[Buzzman]

How the hell could I forget about Aaron Eckheart. The dude is so fucking money. In the Company of Men, Thank You For Smoking, The Dark Knight, Any Given Sunday. Whenever he makes a movie that's not a rom-com then hes sweet.

 

[inthecards21]

Thoughts on some dudes being mentioned...


-Bale went in the shitter when he started doing mainstream schlock like the awful Batman movies and the stupid Terminator garbo. He had a five year run of TREMENDOUS before he went all comic book/blockbuster. I'd like to see more stuff like American Psycho, The Machinist, and the incredibly underated and flat out awesome The Prestige.


-Brad Pitt is a terrible actor, and all the evidence you need is Seven. Watch the closing scene, where Pitt & Morgan Freeman are taking Kevin Spacey to the open field to find Paltrow's head. Pitt is FUCKING BRUTAL, on a high school play level, and is outclassed by two true pro's....AND FREEMAN DOESNT EVEN HAVE A LINE. Seriously, Freeman DOESNT SPEAK, and out acts Pitt. Pitt is abysmal, I cant understand how anyone thinks he's talented.

bama:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

bama:

Are you suggesting Pitt was good in Seven? If so, head to the Jersey Shore thread with the Nic Cage fans. Thanks.

 

[j.hen]

Bottom line:

Brad Pitt > Leonardo

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

How the hell could I forget about Aaron Eckheart. The dude is so fucking money. In the Company of Men, Thank You For Smoking, The Dark Knight, Any Given Sunday. Whenever he makes a movie that's not a rom-com then hes sweet.

He's so money and he doesn't even know it.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

You judge Brad Pitt on one scene? Wtf? Watch Kalifornia, Fight Club, or Snatch and quit talking.

Nope. I judge him on his entire shitty career. But Seven was particularly bad. I mean, just awful. He almost killed a great movie.

Fight Club is a decent movie, but Pitt was nothing special. Snatch was terrible.

Didn't see Kalifornia.