Comments by "Morgan King" (@MorganKing95) on "Top 10 Leonardo DiCaprio Performances" video.

  1. Not in "Gangs of New York"; Daniel Day-Lewis overshadowed him, and he did the same with Paul Dano in "There Will Be Blood" and pretty much everyone in "Lincoln" and "My Left Foot" DiCaprio is great, but he's certainly not in the same league as Daniel Day-Lewis
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  2. ***** Joaquin Phoenix, Edward Norton, and Christian Bale are all better than Leo
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  3. ***** Have you seen "Primal Fear" or "American History X"? He always has an intensity and dynamism in his line delivery, as well as having a huge energy, and his characters are very complex with a good and clear contrast between their good and bad sides. Not to mention that the situations are believable and relatable, and he gives me those images and moments that make him memorable. And then we have "Fight Club" and "The Score", and I haven't seen "Birdman" yet, but he has received critical acclaim for that role Based on your comments and informal language, I'm not sure if I can even take you seriously
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  4. Super Sarah Leo actually hates being called a hunk
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  5. Super Sarah If you want to be a true Leo fan, you should admire him for his talents, not his looks. I also think he wants to be taken seriously as an actor. 
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  6. Daniel Day-Lewis was clearly the best actor in that film, and I frequently forget about Leo
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  7. Kat Eyed Gurl And my point is that I wasn't much impressed by Leo in "Gangs of New York"; he was ok on his own, but he looked like an amateur alongside Daniel Day-Lewis
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  8. Kat Eyed Gurl Since when have the users at IMDB been considered ”professional critics”? Anyone can create a user profile, write reviews and call themselves “Critics” on that site. Also, the articles you posted from about.com, and empire.online do not look like reviews I would have called “argumentative and formally written”, so I do not find them completely reliable despite being written by supposed professional critics (I had a take-home final once where I was going to analyze arguments in articles from professors and scientists, so I do not believe that just because something is written by an authority, they are immediately to be trusted).  Roger Ebert, arguably one of the most acclaimed movie critics of all time, called the movie good, but not great, and not a masterpiece compared to previous movies by Scorsese. He gave Daniel Day-Lewis the most praise though, just like in the articles you posted. Ebert also claimed that Scorsese didn’t seem to like his characters in “Gangs of New York” that much.  You should also note that Roger Ebert mostly talks about relativism in his reviews, and I agree; something can look very good on its own, but if you have seen the type of performance several times before and this does not bring much new to it, then you are not as impressed (Marlon Brando also talked a lot about doing something nobody have thought about earlier to give it a new life, otherwise you will become very predictable). And if an actor is so great that he overshadows the other actor, you will most likely forget about the latter. Leo has also in general given a lot stronger performances than in “Gangs of New York”, and I have come across several people in the comments section of movie clips with him that he seemed surprisingly miscast.      
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  9. used to like this actor very much, but not anymore
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  10. ***** I am trying to have a serious discussion here, but you make it look like this is some kind of satire or causerie with your language
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  11.  @vvthetalentlessduo6976  What's so amazing about Leo actually?
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  12. He wasn't in Terminator 2, and the video was uploaded a year before Wolf of Wall Street was released
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  13. Edward Furlong
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  14. anthony elenga Daniel Day-Lewis clearly overshadowed him in that movie
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  15. No way, I would have put Spencer Tracy, Marlon Brando, Laurence Olivier, Al Pacino, Robert de Niro, and Dustin Hoffman above him
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