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More overrated, Tarantino or DiCaprio?

posted 5 years ago by Gd5150 (11747)
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DiCaprio is simply not a good actor. It’s always there’s babyface Leo trying to act like someone else.

And Tarantino is just a cliche. Let’s do a period movie and we’ll show a bunch of junk from that period and it’ll be cool. Look pull tab cans and ashtrays, cool! The retro style camera in the car was already done in the new Oceans 11 yawn.

Surprised he didn’t throw in the overzoom retro style like Blow did. Look a slow motion shot of some chics hair and flashbulb. Haven’t seen that 1000x.

Ratface should’ve hung it up after PF.

[–] dmac8 (5050) 5 years ago

Tarantino

[–] Cognoscente (2642) 4 years ago

I agree since Tarantino isn't all that original.

[–] sslssg (34211) 5 years ago

Neither.

[–] gluserty (626) 4 years ago

I don't know Once Upon a Time in the World Tarantino was considered fresh and cool; he's been around for a long time now, and there's only so many acceptable ideas, so I suppose those who don't like his retro/period piece/grainy look to be passe.

[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

I don't think either one is over rated at all but if I was drunk and HAD to pick one I'd say Tarantino.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21452) 4 years ago

Neither

[–] ReelReviews14 (1220) 3 years ago

DiCaprio is more overrated. His classic films are never due to his performance IN them, but rather that he lucked into having the right script and/or director and co-stars. He first rose to fame in Hollywood by being an 90s teen heartthrob, and got into A-list movies by doing overhyped drek like Titanic.

Tarantino is overrated as well, but his first major film as director was the wonderfully entertaining cult classic Reservoir Dogs. He's fun and entertaining to listen to OFF screen as well, though he's better off when he has Robert Rodriguez to collaborate with, rather than flying solo.

[–] Druff (1796) 3 years ago

Dicaprio first rose to fame when he went FULL RETARD in Gilbert Grape He played a literal retard with a face covered in filth, there were very few tween girls fawning over him for that. But he was the toast of the town from that role onwards.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Neither.

[–] bobbydallas (8511) 3 years ago

neither.
ppl just love to hate those two..

[–] ecarle (14979) 2 years ago

DiCaprio has had one of those "lucky careers" that seemed to propel him forward from one major collaboration to another: Titanic first and above all, then a run as "Scorsese's in-house star after DeNiro," which in turn kept Leo marketable to keep getting offered the best scripts at the highest pay...including two (so far) from the very successful QT.

But it seems like the movies outdistanced Leo's own "star quality." The cute and slender "boy star" of Titanic aged out of his child star days into an only sort of good looking man with a very big , odd looking head and a weird face. This happens to many child stars -- they don't grow into handsome adults -- but Leo somehow succeeded anyway. mainly from his luck in getting major roles offered to him. Success begat success.

Meanwhile, I don't think QT is overrated at all. He may be an obnoxious motor mouth with weird looks "off stage" --but he fought his way up from video store clerk obscurity with a series of brilliantly written ORIGINAL screenplays(only one is from an Elmore Leonard novel, Jackie Brown) and then -- outta nowhere -- proved himself to be a fine action director with the fights in Kill Bill, the car chases in Death Proof, and the shootouts in Django Unchained. QT has won Best Screenplay a couple of times, been nominated on others, and wrote roles that won Oscars and Oscar nominations for a whole bunch of actors -- everybody wants to work with him.

So...DiCaprio. Not so much overrated and just one of the luckiest SOBS in Hollywood. Let's face it: we hate him cuz he gets all those babes. (But QT got babes too, and married one of them.)