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There's one thing he has in common with Leonardo DiCaprio

posted 5 years ago by MikeHunt12345 (933)
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He's a great actor for the most part.

He was nominated for about 5 Oscars over a period of about 20 years for great performances, but he kept losing to actors who gave better performances but weren't as famous.

All his fanboys and fangirls kept bitching about how the academy needs to just give him an Oscar simply for being a great and famous actor, regardless of whether or not he truly gives the best performance of the year.

It got so annoying the academy decided they'd better give him an Oscar for his next film just to shut them up, regardless of how good his performance was.

So they gave him an Oscar for a terrible and extremely over-the-top performance, when every other actor that year was clearly much better.

But everyone thinks it was the right decision simply because he's a great and famous actor for the most part and was nominated many times before.

Deep down, we all know The Revenent and Scent Of A Woman wouldn't have even been nominated for Best Actor if Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Pacino already had Oscars.

This is why I don't take the Oscars seriously.

[–] rudeboymurray (3279) 5 years ago

I do think Scent of a Woman would have been nominated whether he had won previously or not. It was that kind of BIG performance, Academy catnip, and as I recall it was a pretty big hit and warmly reviewed for the most part. Its (absolutely correct) reputation as a lame win developed in the years following, and I think he was a popular winner at the time.

The Revenant, I’ll give you. The film was enjoyable for what it was but there was no character to play, really - no backstory, not much dialogue, just a lot of huffing and puffing through snow. During the campaigning leading up to the Oscars I remember DiCaprio and team stating (again, and again) that it was a difficult shoot because of the conditions in which they filmed... like they didn’t have heaters on set! And the $50 million he snapped up much have provided some warmth, too. A terrible win, really, and one which happened solely because the ‘Leo is overdue’ narrative cries became deafening prior to its release.

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

Pacino was great in Scent of a Women.

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

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[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

I like how you write. Easy to read.

[–] Pete314 (3040) 4 years ago

Maybe. But it is NOT talent.