[sphinx]

I don’t watch many movies and wouldn’t recognize LDC if he shined my shoes, but I will give him credit for his willingness to take on some pretty dark roles. For a guy who came up as a pretty boy, it suggests that he’s at least serious about his craft. Whether he succeeds, I’ll let others judge, as I don’t think I’ve seen ever one of his flicks other than Titanic, on DVD.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Watch the current remake of “The Great Gatsby”. De Caprio was really pretty good in it and it was a really good version of the movie, better than Redford’s 40 years ago.

[OneWingedShark]

For a guy who came up as a pretty boy, it suggests that he’s at least serious about his craft.

Catch Me If You Can — excellent film, based on an interesting story.

[Albion Wilde]

I have loved several of DiCaprio's roles, and am disappointed and disgusted to see him associate himself with a scoundrel who is not through being a scoundrel yet, and still hurting people.

His lead role in Catch Me If You Can was about another con man, but at least that exceptionally attractive scoundrel turned his life around. Gangs of New York was also a tale in which Leo's character had to make tough moral choices. He played Howard Hughes in The Aviator against Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn, which was rather stunning, and I've watched his terrific portrayal, amid a terrific cast, of an heroic undercover FBI agent in The Departed at least four times.