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My husband and I just finished watching The Departed, our first DVD this year. We got it because nothing on TV to watch tonite and we think Leonardo DiCaprio has turned out to be, in our opinion, the best younger actor Hollywood has come up with in a very long time. We liked the picture, gory as it was and with about every other word starting with f. DiCaprio was so great in The Aviator, the Howard Hughes bio, that we will take a chance on anything he is in. I haven't heard him mouth off anything anti American or hate Bush and I don't know what sex he claims to be so I hope we can continue to enjoy his acting even if our pleasure is based on ignorance of either factoid.

Leo has done well.... I agree, great in The Aviator. Also,in Catch Me if You Can...

Wow.. ANOTHER Award for Sunshine! Could a Best Picture award be possible???

PS>>> WHY?? or WHY?? do movies have to show people who SMOKE and say F F F with every word??? I just don't get that...

Leonardo DiCaprio has turned out to be, in our opinion, the best younger actor Hollywood has come up with in a very long time.

DiCaprio and Johnny Depp are the best two actors of their generation, and they're far enough apart in age and appearance that I doubt they're often up for the same roles. Basically, they're like the modern-day Redford and Newman. If you haven't seen it, check out What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which stars both and got a 19-year-old Leo (deservedly) his first Oscar nomination.

I tried to hate DiCaprio, because of the whole teen-hearththrob, cover-of-Tiger-Beat thing, but there's a lot more to him than that.

We liked the picture, gory as it was and with about every other word starting with f.

"A Martin Scorcese Film" is about all the disclaimer you need for that.

DiCaprio was so great in The Aviator, the Howard Hughes bio, that we will take a chance on anything he is in.

DiCaprio carried that movie on his shoulders. It's hard enough to play something like OCD, but to show the internal struggle and the gradual worsening ... that's a performance with a lot of layers. But Leo still got a lot of scenes stolen by Cate Blanchett, who was absolutely perfect.