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In Reply to: After things like Titanic, Gangs Of New York and much of The Aviator I thought Leonardo Dicaprio had lost it posted by sjb on December 17, 2006 at 21:14:55:
I don't think he has anything on Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp or Don Cheadle. If I had to pick a best all around American actor I think I would have to go with Sam Rockwell. His problem is that he is too good. Chameleons have a harder time becoming celebraties. As for the Oscar this year I'd probably go with Forrest Whitaker. I would actually put Christian Bale up there as well for The Prestige but for some reason this movie is recieving no awards buzz.
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The Prestige is a discomfitting film, and a genre movie to boot, so I don't see it as Oscar fodder, depsite its merits.Bale is quite talented, although I assume you know he's a Brit, not American.
Forrest Whitaker has been brilliant for years - I hope he'll get a nom this year.
Depp...needs to get back into some better films.
The prodigiously talented Robbins had a good year but like Sean Penn, he can get over the top rather easily.
and think that TR did a great job as the South African anti terror guy and that FW did a great job as Idi Amin (although I felt LD played a more convining African in some ways) but for me, right now Dicaprio is at the top of his (and the) game.
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