Finally! A Movie Meme I can join in with!! My lack of attendance has nothing to do with Metal Mummy’s choice of themes, I’m just really not much of a film buff. Not seen many really and generally have no idea about directors etc. This week, however, I have more to say than ‘um’ and feel like I can join in.
The theme is Leonardo DiCaprio and even I know who he is AND I’ve seen more than one of his films too 😀
What do I think of Mr DiCaprio? Honestly? I think he has matured well into his acting.
I was severely unconvinced by him in both Romeo & Juliet and Titanic. Especially Titanic.
How can I say such a thing about a landmark film like Titanic? Well mostly because I thought it was pretty rubbish. Mainly down to DiCaprio and Miss Winslet who weren’t the most inspiring cast choices. Everyone raved about them and the film in general and when I finally saw it I was bitterly disappointed.
I think my opinion of DiCaprio’s acting is summed up by how, when he finally pegged it, I was too busy sniggering at the fact that the first thing whatsherface does after promising to ‘never let go’ is to let go and watch him sink. I had to swallow my sniggers as all my friends were busy sobbing…
(The two saddest bits of that film are the shots of all the bodies when the lifeboats arrive back and when the string quartet finally finish playing – now that makes me well up every time)
In his more recent films though, I think he has been brilliant. Inception in particular was fantastic.
He seems to have grown into his acting career and turned into a fine actor. He can be forgiven his earlier uselessness (where he was just a pretty face and a script in my mind) because everyone has to start somewhere, right?
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Carole Finds Her Wings 
Hehe, that part of Titanic made me snigger too. And the fact Kate got the raft AND the lifejacket and poor Leo got sod all except Frostbite and icicles in his hair.
You’d think she would have moved her arse over and made room for him 😛
Thanks for taking part hun! 🙂 x
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I can honestly say I’ve never seen one of his films. Does this make me weird?
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How have you managed to miss them all?? *is impressed*
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Main problem for me in Titanic is now Kate’s character fell for him because she looks so much older!! A woman with a boy really!
But like you say, since he has matured so has his film choices and he is a fab actor and Inception is a great film
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Hahaha, that bit of Titanic makes me snigger too!
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I’ve never really got it about LDC. Perhaps he’s just too young for me! Agree with you that Inception is his best film so far. Perhaps he’s like a fine wine and will mature with age?
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