[My back yard]

I tried to imagine if the part had been played more straight, as a dicaprio or other might have played it - and the whole movie would have been effected, for the worse I think.

[Wneighbor]

I tried to imagine if the part had been played more straight, as a dicaprio or other might have played it - and the whole movie would have been effected, for the worse I think.

I agree. Someone who takes themselves too seriously would have really botched it up. Someone who takes their craft seriously did an excellent job. I'm glad to find out you two concur. I was thinking when I left the theater yesterday that my emotional state probably just made me think the movie was better than it was. (of course that didn't make me enjoy it any less)