What Good Acting Looks Like
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Published 2024-08-21
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All Comments (21)
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When the girl gives Leo that complement and his eyes tear up like he got a complement from his biggest idol is some class A acting.
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I love the niche movie video essay genre on Youtube.
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Always felt like it was Tarantino leaning down and telling Leonardo that becoming a character on top of a character and pulling it off the way he directed it, was the best acting he had seen. That's some inception acting.
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I love the observation on his "mediocre" acting because while watching the movie for the first time I was amazed how well DiCaprio acted and even more so how well he "acted" poorly as Rick. It was one of the lowkey most brilliant recent performances for me.
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‘We’re all just people an we’re all just trying’ is such a profound, underrated comment. This sums up life, perfectly and succinctly.
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And the algorithm delivers the best content
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My perspective for Rick Dalton's 'triumphant' scene was that there weren't a lot of high energy dramatic scenes like that in that in Westerns at the time. Heavy dialogue and monologue scenes were usually pretty mellow still using two shots and dramatic stingers to give them impact. I saw it more like 'the first person to dunk' or something - where it's not that impressive today but for the era it was incredible.
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I watched this in the cinema and it was definitely worth seeing it there. The acting in Rick's little scene was pretty good and the girl was honest about it. Suggesting she would've said something more specific if it was sincere is maybe a thought of an adult, not a 8-10 yr old. Not to mention the cinematography represented really well what it's like to witness real good acting first hand and up close. The rest of the essay was nice, well put together.
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Disagree. The acting scene with the girl was EXTREMELY well acted. Came of as unhinged, angry, possibly drunk, and psychotic. Not over the top. When the girl said that was some of the best acting she'd seen, I completely agreed with her.
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Leo was really a dude playing a dude who thought he was another dude.
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Hate to argue but I believe trudy was telling the truth when she said "thats the best acting ive ever seen"
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"This is the best video I've ever seen in my whole life."
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I'm glad they mentioned his character's stutter. I really liked how Rick displayed a slight stutter in real life, but it would disappear entirely whenever he was acting. No one else seems to notice. but it's a great touch.
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Dang I thought Rick gave a great performance there 😂
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I love to come back to this movie so much! And it tastes better every time!
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Leonardo DiCaprio is great at acting like he can't act. This shows how good he is at acting.
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Man, you really put to video essay everything I loved about this film. You have a new sub and can't wait to go back and watch your other videos.
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Leonardo dicaprio It's one of the greatest actors ever exists.
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4:50 Totally disagree. I thought DiCaprio's acting in this scene was incredible and the standout moment in the film. And the little girl's compliment was sincere and was a bit of a joke since she's so young and hasn't seen much acting.
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I knew how good Dicaprio was way back in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. He is one of the best around today and this role is one of my favorites of his.
