Movie meme (week 4) Leonardo Dicaprio

Well this weeks Movie meme is the hardest yet for me! Dear Metal Mummy has asked for blogs about the actor Leonardo Dicaprio and I have to say he is not one of my favourite actors at all and so here goes...

Leonardo Dicaprio

When I think of Leonardo Dicaprio the first vision that springs to my mind is him stood behind Kate Winslet, arms outstretched aboard the ill-fated Titanic.  This was a major film break for him I believe but for me his bad accent was too much and I would rate this as a film I would hate to have to watch again - boo hiss I hear from you all - sorry but it was so cheesy, even though Kate Winslet was, in my opinion great in it.  I have found it hard until recently to take Mr Dicaprio seriously as an actor and his 'never seems to look old enough to play that role' looks don't help either. I steered well clear of The Beach  and Romeo and Juliette left me cold.

However I have to say I did like him in Blood Diamond better and he had definitely been working on his accents for that one- thankfully! I then missed any of his films until Shutter Island which I tried to watch 3 times and fell asleep at various points on all occasions and so in the end managed to see the whole film in 3 different sections - however I think I would have liked to watch it start to finish should Blockbusters not charge such huge late fee fines!!

I am (and probably in the minority here) yet to see Inception, which I have been told by my son is an 'awesome' film - I shall set myself  the target of seeing it sooner rather than later, I am prepared to eat my words on his acting ability to date.

I apologise to all Leonardo Dicaprio fans - It's not personal just my own personal taste - give me Jason Statham any day.

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