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This was Leo's peak

posted 4 years ago by pepetoony (1538)
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I never before understood why so many people find Leonardo DiCaprio sexy (same goes for that creep Johnny Depp), but after seeing this film for the first time I get it now! He was at his absolute peak in this movie. His perfectly tan skin, those turquoise eyes...swoon! Even you straight guys have to admit he was gorgeous in this!

I also have to say I found his acting to be excellent. I generally can't stand watching Leo in any more recent films because he always seems to be doing imitations of characters rather than BEING the characters. Plus he always seems to have an air of pompousness about him that's palpable even through his acting. But that was nowhere to be seen in this film which I found both surprising and refreshing.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Um, no.

He looks like he's 12 in this. Nothing masculine or sexy about him.

Which is all irrelevant since he is such a fine actor. Not necessarily in Titanic, but check out What's Eating Gilbert Grape and see if you think he is anything less than amazing.

[–] GordianNott (137) 4 years ago

I thought he was great in "Titanic," but even more impressive in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" Playing someone who's mentally challenged is much harder than playing a cute, cocky young man when you're already a cute, cocky man, and he really pulled it off, IMO.