>Mortal Engines

Yes, I believe they added a scar, and rather than a beautiful woman with a scar, we're supposed to see her as hideous.

What's interesting is that iirc, she's supposed to actually be hideous in the book. Much like how Tyrion is supposed to be really ugly in GoT.

Basketball Diaries, This Boys Life, Catch Me If You Can, The Departed, Django, The Great Gatsby, The Beach, Gangs of New York. Actually, the only movie where I thought he wasn't THAT great was the one he won an award for in The Revenant. It was a good movie, but he was mainly grunting and screaming throughout it.

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Shit even Marky mark outshined Matty in just a few scenes. Love the mushroom scene. Maybe maybe not...maybe go F yourself lmao

Easy a contender for the best actor of the past 25 years

Atp, his expressions feel very rehearsed (for the lack of a better word). Something I definitely don't enjoy while watching someone act. Just doesn't feel natural. Idk if it's cuz of my watching too many LDC movies or he's actually not that great, lmao.

Leo doesn’t do “tough” well at all.

I liked his acting in a lot of movies, from Romeo and Juliet over The Beach to Django Unchained.

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His method are getting repetitive. He’s good, don’t get me wrong. But I’d like to see him working more subtly once in a while.

In the 90s he wasn’t very good. In the 2000s he was hit or miss. In the 2010s he’s been consistently great

There are two movies where he's really fantastic and that's Wolf of Wall Street and Gilbert Grape. Other than that he is usually quite good but there are other actors who I consider to be more natural than him.

Not my cup of tea.

He’s good but I feel like he’s lacking when it come to the more subtle acting. He knows how to do the big emotions but that’s about it. And a lot of the time that’s when you can FEEL the acting instead of being pulled in as a viewer, believing you’re watching something real.

I like his acting and his movies but his range is limited. I wouldn't go as far as to say he's like Ryan Reynolds who just keeps on playing a smarmy van wilder. But Leo's angry intense look is the same in every movie. He goes to 11 but sounds the same. Whereas I submit that Daniel day Lewis has true range. He really disappears into the role. My left foot is not Mohican is not gangs of NY and there shall be blood. Meryl streep has range.

He’s done some good work but I almost always see him acting, which takes me out of it a bit. Wouldn’t describe him as effortless.

What's with people asking for "honest" opinions?

Do you think people are normally lying about this stuff?

He is a very good actor, at the same time he is also the worlds most overrated actor

Hard disagree on The Inception thing. Tho I dont particularly think Leo's acting was at his best there, Damon kinda was lost in the mix as well. Nicholson outshone both.

Reagrdless of that, I dont personally think he is overrated. Perfomance-wise he is more often than not the standout in the films he features.

And he always gets grade A tang. Not to mention hes a hell of a guy.

Saw it again a few weeks ago. The CGI took me out of a few scenes. He was great before he lost his marbles though. The version of Hughes after he loses it felt like a caricature. It was ballsy to do but I think he was probably too young to pull it off. Today’s Leo could make it work better.

hes such a good actor

unrelated but shit beard

You mentioned movies where he wasn’t specifically lauded or nominated. Now do it again with that criteria in place…

Just about the only thing about him that isn’t believable is “toughness” if that makes sense. Revenant was an outlier and more about surviving but in Departed I didn’t think he was tough (perhaps his character wasn’t meant to be) the way Damon was or even Sheen. And in Gangs of New York he didn’t sell me on it either. And in Great Gatsby when he loses it on Tom Buchanan it came across as bratty instead of aggressive or tough.

Leo just doesn’t come across as a guy who’s ever thrown a punch. Which doesn’t mean he isn’t a great actor, just that it makes a few roles feel less genuine.

His performance in What's Eating Gilbert Grape is one of the best ever, and he was heart wrenchingly good in Basketball Diaries. I haven't seen any of his never films but the ones he did when he was young were exceptional.

He definitely puts in the work and choose excellent projects. I know I'm getting at least quality and effort when Leo's attached.

I also think he has fantastic focus and commitment as an actor. He "acts without ego", if that makes sense. Hes happy to play characters who are flawed, naked, vulnerable, slovenly, creepy, or gross. And hes very good at using his own handsomeness to enhance all of that.

His main defect is his voice, I think. Hes very good at accents but he can't always shake that essential boyish quality to his voice. I liked him in Revenent but I couldn't shake how it was Leo's unchanging Romeo voice invoking all these mountain oaths at me.

I like him. I like the work he does. I think he'll always be somewhat on the "movie star" side of things rather than the pure "actor" category, but hes one of the best at it. Like Cary Grant or Robert Redford, perhaps not a chameleon but a fantastic and magnetic lead.