>Be Martin Scorsese
>Make 'Gangs of New York'
>Become besties with Leonardo DiCaprio
>Tell him you're gonna get him the Oscar he deserves
>He spends the next decade+ starring in your Oscar bait, thinking you're the best/only chance he has
>Nominated but doesn't win
>"We'll get 'em next time Leo"
>Some beaner Alejandro casts Leo as a bear's rape victim
>Leo wins Oscar
>Turns down your next role, citing scheduling conflicts
>Find out the scheduling conflict is Alejandro's next project
>mfw
That's terrible considering the only reason he won the Oscar this year was to end the meme. At least Scorsese movies are worth watching.
>>66550480
If he wants to be relevant again, he should give up on 3D and stop retreading the same themes from Goodfellas. I love him, but it's true
>>66550517
/thread
>>66550480
it's over for him, it really is
which is a shame
>>66550517
>the only reason he won the Oscar this year was to end the meme
I'd say moreso to create a talking point that overshadowed the SJW bitching about race.
yall talkin bout that "white city" flick?
thats still happenin right
bump
best thread atm
>>66550548
Wolf of Wall Street is one of his very best movies though
and just because it is about men making money doesn't mean that it has the same ideas as Goodfellas
>>66552197
wolf of wall street was pretty average
at least it wasnt as terrible as casino
>>66550480
>old director without any new ideas
>can i haz oskar plz
>>66552266
nah it's one of his best
>>66550480
Scorsese is a better director than Leo is an actor
He should have chosen Christian Bale as his champion instead
>>66552479
lol no
de niro was perfect tho
Why is Inarritu such a big name now? 21 grams and babel were bad movies.
>>66552525
No to what part? Bale, or Scorsese being a better director?
>>66552568
no to bale
>>66552466
with you here
wolf was best and most insightful scorsese for a long time
>>66552532
did you also forget that The Revenant and Birdman were bad movies?
he's finally fine tuned his Oscar bait algorithm that he was trying to flesh out during his first couple of movies and for some reason he is successfully duping people into thinking his movies are good
this is perfection though
>>66552466
how so? it felt like it was trying too hard, especially that scene where he was fcked on quaaludes that was cringeworthy
>>66552663
what do you mean trying too hard?
I think it's Scorsese's funniest movie and one that has interesting ideas to express. The movie's condemnation of the audience was an intelligent way to address North America's obsession with money and greed. It's baffling to me that The Big Short's completely safe, non-confrontational approach to the economic situation was so acclaimed.
Will Scorsese and Deniro ever gonna work together again?
>>66552479
>Scorsese is a better director than Leo is an actor
Yep. And this is where the whole meme about Leo deserving an Oscar so bad is coming from.
Leo is like a 6/10 actor playing in 10/10 movies.
>>66552949
untrue
Leo's performance in Wolf of Wall Street is amazing and very necessary to the movie's success
>>66552197
I loved The Wolf of Wall Street, but it was quite literally Goodfellas part 3.
>>66553125
how?
>>66552796
how could the big short have been more controversial and not miss its point?
>>66550480
Fucking mexicans, man
>>66553165
Same direction and editing style, similiar use of the music, talks about men who believe themselves above the law and about their excesses, criticize the audience for idolizing them and their behaviour (this was much more unsubltle in WoWS).
>>66553310
The problem with The Big Short is that from a narrative standpoint it's pretty much worthless. Direction isn't good either.
It didn't even want to tell a story really, just educate the masses about the subject. Might as well read some Wikipedia pages instead.
>>66553347
I think Wolf is far more interested in being a comedy than Goodfellas was though. It's much more farcical and over-the-top than Goodfellas which is played pretty straight by comparison.
I also think its rather explicit commentary on the American fascination with money/greed is more pointed than in Goodfellas and to me it feels like a much more driven movie that expresses a deep concern about where things have gone in America. It feels like a more important movie to me in a lot of ways.
>>66553450
no I know all of that. I honestly thought the story went no where and ended on a wierd note for no reason at all. It might as well have been a documentary narrated by well known actors. I just don't think they could've done anything different except scrap it.
>>66552479
>He should have chosen Christian Bale as his champion instead
>who is Eddie Redmayne
>>66550517
>>66550837
Both, and because he was "due".
Which the fucking problems with the Oscars. For the lesser categories like Animation or Documentary, you're lucky they watch your film at all and usually just default to something close to home or safe like Pixar. And more than half of the time they're making up for a snubs they made the previous years, causing the deserving to be ignored in favor of someone or something that wasn't the best this year, but was clearly the best one or two years ago when they ignored them to make up for another snub. It's beyond retarded, and I wish there was a more credible award ceremony contender out there to take its place.
>>66553310
the issue with the Big Short is that it seems as though it mostly wants its audience to feel safe and secure in their seats, proud of themselves for demonstrating their concern about the economy by watching a movie about it. we get to align ourselves with a group of characters who are concerned about the situation and we get to pat ourselves on the back because we agree with them.
it just feels like a pretty worthless movie, not one that challenges its audience at all in the way that Wolf does
>>66550480
>Find out the scheduling conflict is Alejandro's next project
Oh wow, really? He must've found some appeal in the filmmaking process for The Revenant. Leo's not going to become some sort of stunt/endurance actor like Tom Cruise, is he?
>This Holiday... see Leonardo diCaprio... LIVING INSIDE A VOLCANO
>"I'm literally sweating my balls off!"
>>66553534
>who is Eddie Redmayne
a sexually ambiguous, oscar-bait actor
>>66552986
You shitting me?
Leo did good, but was continually outacted by everyone who shared a scene with him.
Same with him and Fox in Django Uncucked where screaming real loud and cutting himself was his entire range.
>>66553534
Fuck Eddie, Christian is way more talented. Dubs confirm.
>>66553677
Yeah. The material was there, the actors and characters were there. But the direction and cinematography felt off to the point of it feeling unpurposely insulting to the audience, not because it was going all "fuck you" or "fuck the people who got us there", but rather because the filmmakers came of as not having enough confidence in the audience or themselves in delivering the material.
>>66553734
Oh, fuck off, Leo was much better than Fox. Jackson, that's another story.
>>66553960
I agree Leo was better than Fox in it. But everybody else were better than Leo. Jackson in particular, he got snubbed that year and hard.
Hold the fuck up?
You telling me Leo is gonna be in the spics next film?
Damn. He really is hunting for them oscars now
>>66553734
I don't think that's the case at all. I think the role required him in the same way that Fight Club needed Brad Pitt to play Tyler Durden. Both actors exude a charm and confidence that is necessary in order to seduce the audience into liking them or at least interested in watching them. Leo's scenes when he gives speeches at his office are truly incredible in a way that convinced so many people that Scorsese may have been glamorizing this guy because his rhetoric is so insidious and Leo is able to sell it so well.
>>66552266
>Casino
>terrible
Kill yourself my man
>>66554069
both Inarritu and DiCaprio do not have projects slated currently. I doubt they will work together again anytime soon.
>>66554101
You know who would have sold that role better?
Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr, Sam Rockwell, Michael Fassbender, Christoph Waltz, etc, etc.
Leo was good in it, but don't you tell me another actor wouldn't have been able to do an as good to better job, because that's simply untrue.
>>66554280
>Robert Downey Jr
please....
I agree that most of the other actors are better than leo but not rdj
>>66552266
Casino is pretty nice imo but not as good as good fellas.
How do you goes think about the revenant? I didnt watched because it looked boring.
>>66554280
I disagree entirely
Pitt is the only one on there that I could see maybe being as good but I doubt it. And Christoph Waltz? are you kidding?
anyway, what's your point? I think Leo was great in the movie and helped sell the movie's ideas. You seem to think he was good too so why are you so obsessed with the possibility that another actor could have done better?
>>66554280
>Christoph Waltz
But the part didn't ask for an eccentric istrionic european guy, and that's the only character he's able to play.
>>66554369
The Revenant was one of my least favourite movies of last year. I think Inarritu is a hack but most people seem to love him and it so maybe you'd dig it
>>66554369
It's nicely directed. That's about it.
The script is shit and the performances are nothing special.
>>66553534
Bale, Fassbender, Hardy...
Imagine
>Bale in Wolf of Wall Street
>Fassbender in The Departed
>>66554397
Im rather critical i dont think i will like it.
Its just as i guessed, leo already deserved that oscar but not for that role, it feels like it has something to do with the "leo deserves and oscar".
But the other nominated actors? Do you think someone else had deserve it instead of leo this time?
>>66554370
My point is, Leo hasn't been in a role yet that made me think that his casting was essential and non separable from the character he was portraying. I don't mind him but usually I'm left wondering what a more capable actor would have done in the role. He's a good actor, but not one of the greats. Came close with The Aviator though.
Why do people care about the film industry giving itself awards ?
>>66554553
Why do you care about anything when you're just going to die one day and everything will be over for good?
>>66554523
Nah, Leo was perfect for WoWS because that's essentially what he is. A rich, sex and drug addicted man.
>>66554553
Well its choses by "experts" and we can discuss wether its right or not.
If i learned one thing here its that 4chan knows everything better.
>>66552439
>Statement fits both Scorsese and Narutto
>unaware jokester doesn't even realize it
Beautiful
>>66552266
>Casino
>bad
What the fuck nigger.
>>66554551
fair enough. I think The Aviator and Wolf are both great performances but I can see we don't see eye to eye on this issue. Maybe he'll impress you more in his next Scorsese movie, assuming there will be one.
>>66554549
I have not seen any of the other nominated performances. I saw some of Redmayne's before turning the movie off and I thought he was pretty terrible. I like Leo a lot but I don't think his performance in The Revenant is all that great. He has basically no character at all so he's not really given anything to work with.
>>66554611
I care about things that actually affect me. I like seeing movies but I don't see the obsession with who the film industry (hilariously dubbed The Academy) gives a gold statue to each year.
Do you guys believe that a movie getting an Oscar is actually indicative of its quality? The Revenant was good, but Tom Hardy was better than Leo in that. If Leo won it should have been for the Departed, but fucking MARKY MARK was better in that than him too.
Can anyone name a movie where Leo gave the best performance?
>>66554713
not that guy but I don't think Casino is all that great. It's okay but some of Scorsese's worst tendencies are on full display in that movie. The movie is so overstuffed that much of the narration is dedicated to explaining the plot. The first 30-45 minutes barely feature any lines of dialog that aren't contained in the narration. It feels messy and far too sprawling I think. I wouldn't call it bad though.
>>66554714
Damn. I forgot Tom Cruise. Just imagine him as Jordan Belfort... god, I want this so bad now...
>>66554738
Wolf of Wall Street, The Aviator, Catch Me if You Can
>>66552624
>Birdman
>Bad
ok this can stop now
