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In my MBS room now.. watching Cast Away again.. very sad.. tom hanks and the woman he loved.. cannot be together..







I was wondering.. Tom Hanks vs Leonardo Dicaprio.. who is the better actor to you..?

“Catch me if you can,” where they were great together.  Who’s better?  They both have impressive range from comedy to drama, but Hanks has demonstrated much wider range throughout his career.  He is an icon.

As a matter of fact watched it recently and enjoyed it again, that being said Leo in wolf of wall street really killed it, Inception or The departed ain't bad either!

Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, Sully, Saving Private Ryan, Green Mile...  

With a caveat - Leo has managed to bring a burning intensity to his roles which has been unearthed by Martin Scorsese as his director in a long list of movies that they did together - starting with Gangs of New York , through The Aviator, The Departed ( itself a remake of an excellent Hong Kong Film called Infernal Affairs , do watch the original ) , onto Shutter Island , Wolf of Wall Street and while I haven’t seen it yet , am hearing one of their best yet in Killers of the Flower Moon  . So as much credit to the always amazing Scorsese as Leo ! 

I would not want to miss the chance to endorse Infernal Affairs, parts 1 and 2. Departed is merely an okay remake.
Cheers
Marc

Can we not just enjoy them for what they do?

it isn't a comparison at all. DiCaprio has always been a thoroughly mediocre actor in my eyes, he's been in a few good films (i.e. The Departed, Catch Me If You Can), but those films would have been equally good if not even better with someone else in his place.... The one really good film where he did perform particularly well in my opinion is Blood Diamond. An 'oddity' of sorts in his filmography replete with collaborations with Scorsese whom I also think of as a long overblown director. He hasn't done anything truly impressive since Taxi Driver as far as I'm concerned. Hanks , despite having some 'duds' in his long career has also had some of the most iconic roles/films ever put to screen. Hanks, to his credit, recently stated this was very much the case in his own opinion as well - that there were a few movies he was fortunate to have done which truly stood the test of time and became globally iconic works of art. Now, I also have to mention here that my bias is further intensified due to learning for a fact (from a direct eyewitness) that DiCaprio is a despicable human being who has raped women on multiple occasions, but that's a far more substantial topic for some other time and venue.... I can still manage to separate his filmmaking contributions from his unforgivable individual depravities.... Cheers, Filip

But that’s not to say DiCaprio isn’t talented. In my view they are very different. It’s like trying to compare Ferrari versus Porsche. Or Lange versus Patek. We appreciate them for different reasons.

Gatsby

Thank you everyone for your responses both Leo vs Tom and also their movies.. Everyone responses and perspectives are interesting to me.. So sad.. The lady still rushed out to tell Tom Hanks that he is the true love of her life.. But they didn't stay together.. Sometimes life really have no choice..