His range is great too, though it doesn't add more semun to the stir, cause most good white actors have great range anyway. He has a one up on other actors with great range though, cause he took on Shakespeare, which Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks have yet to do.
Damn though. This guy really went all the way from the bottom to the top. From doing commericals and sitcoms, to being Robert De Niro's successor as Scorsese's regular. Of course, Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese is still the best actor, director duo ever.
If Shutter Island is good, it'd be safe to compare this decade of DiCaprio/Scorsese to the 70's decade of De Niro/Scorsese, with Gangs of New York, The Aviator, and The Departed all being critically acclaimed and Academy Award nominiated features. I still give the edge to De Niro though in comparison, because he pretty much delivered the butter for your biscuit on his own in his features, while all of DiCaprios had the support of an all-star cast. He pretty much had the '94 49ers behind him, and all De Niro had was Phil Jackson and Scottie Pippen (Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci if you count Raging Bull). And plus De Niro had Paul Schrader on board as a screenwriter for his features, and Paul Schrader screenplays are always well written. And Scorsese always executes Schrader narratives perfectly. It's like the ultimate chemical reaction when these two combine.
I think I'm sounding a little biased, but I don't give a shit because Travis Bickle is my fucking bodyguard and he'll shoot a fucking long haired pimp in the stomach on my command, and all I have to give him is some fucking Jujyfruits.
Word to Leonardo DiCaprio though, you're still a talented mothafucka.
Peace to Jim Carroll, I feel like my house has too many windows, too.
