Comments by "Morgan King" (@MorganKing95) on "Top 20 Actors of the Last Decade" video.

  1. Candie in "Django" was one of the finest supporting roles in history? It's one of the cringiest villain performances I have ever seen, especially compared to these: - Vincent Price in practically every movie he played a villain in - Marlon Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Apocalypse Now" - Lee J. Cobb in "On the Waterfront" and "12 Angry Men" - Anthony Perkins in "Psycho" - Malcolm McDowell in "A Clockwork Orange" - Louise Fletcher in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" - Laurence Olivier in "Marathon Man" - Michael Douglas in "Wall Street" - Joe Pesci in "Home Alone" and "GoodFellas" - Anthony Hopkins in "The Silence of the Lambs" - Ralph Fiennes in "Schindler's List" - Samuel L. Jackson in "Pulp Fiction" (if you consider Jules a villain) and even "Django Unchained" - Kevin Spacey in "Se7en" and "The Usual Suspects" - Brad Pitt in "Fight Club" - Daniel Day-Lewis in "Gangs of New York" and probably "There Will Be Blood" (if you consider Daniel Plainview a villain protagonist) - Meryl Streep in "Devil Wears Prada" - Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland" - Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" Simply put; wearing a suit, yell, constantly hold a cigerette holder, and make a constipated face does not a great actor make. You should also at least have that villainous aura rather than looking like you belong in a porn movie. As for leads, there are tons of performances that have blown me away a lot more than anything Leo has done (except in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and "The Revenant"): - Marlon Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Julius Caear", "On the Waterfront", "The Godfather", and "Last Tango in Paris" - Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire" - James Dean in "Rebel Without A Cause" - Anna Magnani in "The Fugitive Kind" - Al Pacino in "The Godfather" trilogy and "Scent of a Woman" - Robert de Niro in "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull", and "Awakenings" - Meryl Streep in "Sophie's Choice" - Ben Kingsley in "Gandhi" - Nicolas Cage in "Leaving Las Vegas" - Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot", "Gangs of New York", "There Will Be Blood", and "Lincoln" - Jim Carrey in "Man on the Moon" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" - Edward Norton in "American History X" and "25th Hour" - Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" - Jamie Foxx in "Ray" - Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" - Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland" - Adrien Brody in "The Pianist" - Tom Hanks in "Cast Away" There are several more I could mention, but I'm stopping there. And you believe Leo to be the next Brando? Yeah, right! Brando revolutionized modern film acting in an unprecedented way, and he never had his show stolen in addition to always mastering eye contact, gestures, posture, expressivity, and mannerism in addition to bringing a sense of naturalism. You always remembered him, even in minor roles such as in "Apocalypse Now" and "A Dry White Season". Leo hasn't even appeared in Empire and Premiere Magazine's lists for best characters and performances of all time, and they did include modern movies. The only reason people like Leo is because he looks good, but put him alongside actors like Samuel Jackson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Brad Pitt, and Christoph Waltz and you quickly forget about him
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  2. Kevin Costner starred in "The Untouchables", "Field of Dreams", "Dances With Wolves", and "JFK", but that certainly doesn't make him a great actor alone, so I don't get your logic
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  3.  @gennaroneefjes6248  1. It's an actual comedy performance rather than an unintentional comedy performance like Leo in "Django", and Pesci's comedic timing is perfect 2. Joe Pesci has a genuine development from looking calm and friendly (even if the latter is Harry pretending) to eventually becoming a violent psychopath like in "GoodFellas", and he manages to control his rants effortlessly. Leo tries way too hard to sound sophisticated, he becomes over-the-top in a way that feels less welcome, and his rant makes him sound like a soyboy since he has no villainous aura. 3. Pesci has amazing expressivity, both when he smiles, when he's calm, and when he's ranting. Leo either has a deadpan face or looks constipated. I also forgot to mention Thomas Ian Griffiths in "The Karate Kid part III", JK Simmons in "Whiplash", and Tim Curry in any villainous role
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  4. The only Batman movie in the 2010's with Bale in the role is "The Dark Knight Rises", which isn't really well-regarded among fans (at least not nearly as much as "The Dark Knight")
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  5.  @glass_of_whisky7746  Internet Explorer is iconic, but there's no reason to choose that over any other web browser
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  6.  @OfficialPortlandFilmCollection  I would maybe believe it if I actually got some arguments other than "He starred in a bunch of great movies" and "Because he's Leo". The reason I don't like him is because he's loud, whiny and feminine, looks feminine and baby-faced and/or like he's constipated, and because he never steps out of his comfort zone. Not to mention that the majority of times his only purpose seems to be to announce his existence.
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  7.  @glass_of_whisky7746  1. She said that Daniel Day-Lewis WAS one of the greatest despite not appearing in too many movies, because quality over quantity 2. You really don't have any arguments at all; your entire assessment amounts to "He's great because he's great". 3. More challenging roles? When did Leo play someone with PTSD, Pseudobulbar affect, schizophrenia, or anything similar unless it was as a gimmick? Leo can't even sing or play an instrument unlike Joaquin, and he can't play a believable villain either
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  8. There's no way Leo would be able to take on "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Julius Caesar", "On the Waterfront", "The Godfather", "Last Tango in Paris", or "Apocalypse Now", and his influence isn't nearly as big. Not even close!
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  9. Let me guess; you've only watched movies from the 21st century
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  10. Heath Ledger died in 2008
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  11. Only three of his movies ("Silver Lining Playbook", "Joker", and "The Irishman") from this decade have been widely acclaimed. And even then, he wasn't considered the big highlight of them
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  12. He died in 2008
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  13. Let me guess; you only like him because of his looks?
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  14. Heath Ledger died in 2008
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  15. No, that would be Lee Strasberg
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  16. Ledger died in 2008
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  17. Based on what principle?
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  18.  @nikeshsapkota8904  Quite a vague assessment you've got there; you're talking about the minimum requirement for any actor
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  19.  @nikeshsapkota8904  And since you didn't say anything more than that, then my conclusion is that you're just another Leo fanboy who doesn't really know anything about acting. The Dunning-Kruger effect is showing
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  20.  @nikeshsapkota8904  Qualitatively, Joaquin Phoenix has in this decade taken on roles that requires an advanced control of a complex set of emotions, gestures, and postures. Leonardo DiCaprio has been more prominent, but most of the roles he has taken on requires minimum efforts for Hollywood actors’ standards; it’s most of the time him just using his basic acting abilities, and the only distinctive thing about him is him yelling every single line. His emotive range is limited, and he never really challenges himself; he mostly just plays a businessman and/or upper-class man who relies on his charisma, and once again yelling as if that’s meant to equal intense acting. Can you really make a distinction between Leo’s performances in “Wolf of Wall Street”, “The Great Gatsby”, and “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” from his performances in “Titanic”, “Catch Me If You Can”, “Gangs of New York”, “The Departed”, and “The Aviator”? Even in “Blood Diamond” he’s only the package, so “unwrap” it and remove the accent and you see the same old Leo doing his usual things. Unlike actors like Jack Nicholson, Samuel Jackson, and Morgan Freeman, Leo’s personal branding doesn’t translate well to a wide range of characters, and a lot of this has to do with him lacking the necessary masculine aura; he looks too feminine and like he’s more fitting for a photoshoot rather than actually playing a real human being. He’s never grown from the archetype he played in “Titanic” since he’s always looked too young for his age. This problem carries over to “Django Unchained” where he looks more like a spoiled man-child rather than an intimidating authority. Actors like J.K. Simmons, The Rock, Clint Eastwood, Samuel Jackson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, and Michael Madsen would own him in a wrestling match or an argument, and some of them have already done that. Leonardo DiCaprio is hands down the most overrated actor of his generation, and I’m willing to bet that if nobody knew who he was and saw his performances for the first time, they wouldn’t be very impressed. Joaquin Phoenix’ performance in “Joker” alone is more impressive than anything Leo has ever done; playing a character with a mental illness is hard enough on its own, but doing a convincing laugh is one of the most difficult things to emote along with drunkenness and crying, and it’s made even more difficult when he has to force it in a non-comedic situation and has to make it look like pseudobulbar affect rather than “I’m laughing because I’m Joker”. Then there’s the aspect that a lot of the film is done through close-ups where the audience can see every potential shortcoming, so Phoenix managing to not ruin the illusion is very impressive. Just in one scene alone he displayed anger, insanity, despair, spitefulness, and vengeance in rapid succession through tableaus, gestures, and facial expressions alone, which is accomplished through a meticulous control of facial muscles, expressivity, and spontaneity. Finally, there’s a meta-aspect where Phoenix has to act like a man losing his sanity and taking on an alter-ego that’s on one hand clearly distinct from his original self, but still grounded enough to feel like an ordinary human rather than a comic book character. That’s way more impressive than Leo in “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” who practically repeated his own performance in “Gangs of New York” whenever his character was himself, and “Django Unchained” whenever his character played a villain, and none of those performances were very impressive either.
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  21.  @nikeshsapkota8904  Acting is a serious business, and I wouldn't have taken this discussion THIS seriously if it wasn't for the fact that so many people overhype him to death, and it's made worse by all the women who only praise him because of his looks. Ask yourself; would you really have praised the performances as much if they were done by actors like Nicolas Cage, Kevin Costner, John Travolta, or Ben Affleck for example? Also, you're just mentioning a bunch of movies just for the sake of mentioning them; are they really as distinctive and unique as you make them out to be? The only performance from Leo I think stands out is in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?", simply because it's flat-out not a Leo performance; it's an actor who's able to play an actual human being, and manages to incorporate complex aspects of autism into something fictional
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  22. Heath Ledger died in 2008
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  23. Heath Ledger died in 2008. Amir who?
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  24. He died in 2008
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  25. What's so great about him?
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  26. The former was dead before the last decade began, and the latter did two shitty movies in the last decade before his semi-retirement
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  27. When are people going to stop licking Leo's ass?
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  28. He only appeared in 2 movies, and while he did a great job, the 2010's wasn't really his decade compared to the 2000's
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  29. Heath Ledger died in 2008
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  30. Why would he be here when he died in 2008?
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  31. There had to be more colored actors He said while mentioning 4 white actors and only one actor of color
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  32. He died in 2008
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  33. I like that even though Ledger has been dead since 2008 you feel his presence in the 2010's
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  34. Because Indian actors are only beloved by their own country (which is a nationalist country btw)
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  35. Too bad it's from the 2000's, not the 2010's
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  36. How old do you want them to be? Actors like Phoenix, Ali, Gyllenhaal, Hardy, Downey Jr, Dicaprio, and Day-Lewis, are all between 40 and 62
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  37. That film is from the previous decade
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  38. Ok, but all of them died way before the 2010's (Brando died in 2004, but still)
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  39.  @tanmaykumar7375  Read my comment again; I wrote that starring in great movies doesn't make someone a great actor, not that Costner deserved to be here
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  40. "It's Christoph!"
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  41. Heath Ledger died in 2008
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  42. I actually agree
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  43. LOL, is that Michael Fassbender's unknown sister or something?
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  44. Precious was in 2009, and Sidibe hasn't really done anything notable in the 2010's
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  45. Who? Another nationalist from the nationalist country that is India?
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  46. He died in 2008
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  47. He died in 2008
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  48. The franchise started to go downhill in the 2010's
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  49. He actually isn't; Walt Disney was. If we're talking acting category, then he's beaten by Katherine Hepburn, and if we stick to males, then he's tied with Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan
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  50. He died in 2008
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  51. He died in 2008, smartass!
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  52. The only performance he has had in the 2010's that has received huge critical acclaim is in "Django Unchained". "Spectre" received mostly mixed reviews, and the other movies of the last decade wasn't that noteworthy
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  53. He has only appeared in two movie in the last decade, and they weren't big successes
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  54. Based on what principle exactly?
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  55. And why is that? I see a handful of people say that, but practically no-one is really elaborating
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  56. Are you saying that because it's true or because you're Asian yourself? Never trust a nationalist to talk about Asian actors
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  57. 1. Leo was here 2. Edward Norton didn't really have a strong decade in the 2010's apart from "Birdman" 3. Christoph Waltz was great in "Inglorious Basterds", but that's from the 2000's, and although he also was great in "Django Unchained", he was a saving grace at best in "Spectre" and he hasn't done much else of equal prominence in the 2010's 4. What prominence has Jamie Foxx had in the 2010's apart from "Django Unchained"?
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  58. Appearing in great films doesn't automatically mean that you're a great actor. Kevin Costner has starred in several great movies like "Field of Dreams", "The Untouchables", "Dances with Wolves", and "JFK", but he was certainly not the highlight
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  59. You're looking at a video about top actors of the 2010's and suggest an actor who died in 1960?
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  60.  @katlehorasebitse7720  He also received huge critical acclaim for "Brokeback Mountain". He was basically a modern James Dean in the sense that he had relatively few movies and died young, but gave iconic performances in those movies he did appear in
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  61.  @katlehorasebitse7720  I never said he was the best; I said he was a modern James Dean, and I also just added another acclaimed performance from him before he even played Joker
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  62. Because he died in 2008
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  63. "Actors" can mean a group of male actors or a group consisting of both males and females
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  64. He died in 2008
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  65. You could also potentially put me in all those movies, but that doesn't automatically make a great actor. By your logic, Kevin Costner was the best actor of the late 80's and early 90's
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  66.  @AndreFernandesMovies  Top rated Costner movies (though "Bull Durham" and "Field of Dreams" would be higher than them if we go by Rotten Tomatoes: 1. Dances With Wolves 2. JFK 3. The Untouchables I'm comparing them because Costner isn't often considered to be a great actor even though his movies have been hugely acclaimed, and your only criteria seems to be that appearing in highly rated movie equals amazing actor, so there's some double standards if you think Costner is bad and Leo is great
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  67.  @feitan2885  Johnny Depp hasn't really done well the past decade except in "Black Mass". Even before this I haven't been much of a fan
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  68.  @abhisheksharma-sb3er  Still better than any lead role I've seen from Leo, and it's difficult to act blind with your eyes open. Plus that Pacino actually feels like a man who knows how to take control, whereas Leo seems more fitting for modeling or doing underwear commercials
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  69.  @abhisheksharma-sb3er  Yes, not every blind person wears sunglasses, but they still can't react like a seeing person can, so Pacino had act like a person who can't react while still having to react so that the acting becomes believeable
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  70. Who?
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  71. He died in 2008
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  72. De Niro and Pacino really didn't have a good decade until "The Irishman" near the end. They defined the 70's a lot more. As for Hanks, he had his Golden Age in the 90's
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  73. Inglorious Basterds was in 2009, and Depp really hasn't done much acclaimed work in the 2010's compared to the 2000's
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  74. Heath Ledger died in 2008
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  75. Heath Ledger died in 2008, and it's Christoph, not Christopher
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  76. Died in 2008
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  77. He died in 2008
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  78. Agreed
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  79. He died in 2008
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  80. He was great in "The Irishman", but the decade wasn't really his. I think the 70's and 80's belong to him a lot more
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  81. Hate to break it to you, but the world doesn't care about your nationalism!
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  82. Kirk Douglas (RIP) retired in 2008, and Bruce Lee died in 1973 (RIP)
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  83. Heath Ledger? You know he died in 2008, right?
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  84.  @suryaj4928  I don't get it
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  85.  @OfficialTeixeiraPlays  Tarantino hasn't completely retired yet
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  86. He died in 2008
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  87. Tell me when Ledger stood up from the grave, because from my knowledge, he died in 2008
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  88. Psychic? I didn't know Joker could predict the future, hahahahaha. But in all seriousness, your argument of RDJ lacks both rigour and true substantiation; Michael Bay is a hugely successful director in terms of box-office, but he has never been praised for his directing skills, so success is definitely not a relevant factor, and charisma is part of making anyone successful, so it's not an unique trait, and you really don't elaborate on how RDJ takes the characters to the next level or how is this is different from any other actor with that ability. What even is the standard you're measuring his skills up against? What even is your empirical principle? Conclusion; your Dunning-Kruger effect is showing
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  89.  @axelblaze7492  And of course I get a vague response since writing vague comments is how you "argue" for your statements
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  90.  @axelblaze7492  So let me get this straight; you're trying to be controversial enough to state that RDJ is the greatest actor of all time, and when you're going to be asked about what empirical evidence you're basing it on, you're just gonna act like a troll? What kind of debater are you?
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  91.  @axelblaze7492  Don't try to change the subject here; you're still making controversial statements without any empirical evidence to back it up and act like a troll because you get asked for it
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  92.  @Abhishek-fs7yd  Because he died in 1982
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  93. His career in the 2010's wasn't as grand as the 2000's or before that again
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  94. Gee, here we go again!
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  95. He died in 2008, why would he be here?
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  96. Agreed
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  97. Jim Carrey is amazing, but the 2010's really wasn't the decade for him unlike the 90's and early 2000's. I can't remember anything notable from Malcolm McDowell in the 2010's
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  98. Ummm, dead since 2008?
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  99. He died in 2008
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  100. Well, I can't really imagine DDL do "A Streetcar Named Desire", "The Wild One", "On the Waterfront", "The Godfather", "Last Tango in Paris", or "Apocalypse Now"; he is too over-the-top and lets the character be in focus rather than subtly letting the situation be illuminated. Not to mention that Brando was more flexible. The closest I can see is DDL acting in "Julius Caesar"
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  101. He died in 2008
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  102. Jack Nicholson has only done two movies in the last decade, and they weren't big hits
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  103. He died in 2008
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  104. I agree; I've never understood the hype, and people's reasoning is usually just "Watch this and this" or "He's appeared in this and this movie" without any elaboration at all (yes, that includes you, Vinil Tej), so it makes me wonder if people actually believe what they say. My biggest issue with him is that I rarely feel that he's challenging himself and going out of his comfort zone (seriously? How distinguishable are his performances in "Titanic", "Gangs of New York", "Catch Me if You Can", "The Aviator", "The Departed", "The Great Gatsby", "The Wolf of Wall Street" apart from the superficial stuff?), he whines too much and looks too caricatured whenever he's supposed to be dramatic, his gestures and tableaus are virtually non-existent, his aura is too feminine, and he generally looks more like a blank slave and window dressing. His performance in "Django Unchained" in particular is laughably bad; he genuinely looks like a rebellious teen wearing a suit trying to act like an intimidating adult, his subtexts are the same, his death looks incredibly staged, and I'm just waiting for more masculine actors like J.K. Simmons, The Rock, Clint Eastwood, Michael Madsen, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Al Pacino, Brad Pitt, and Danny Trejo to give him a nuggie since I don't see how anyone can feel intimidated by him. If Daniel Day-Lewis or Jack Nicholson had acted alongside him again, then everybody would forget about him. I mean, Samuel Jackson stole the show as soon as Candie died
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  105.  @viniltej9675  Thanks my proving my point that you can't elaborate on anything
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  106.  @viniltej9675  The fact? Prove that it's absolutely positive and detached from human experience and perception, because so far it's only been your subjective opinion
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  107.  @viniltej9675  Weasel words don't make something substantiated
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