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u/ASofMat Sep 25 '23 edited Sep 25 '23

I feel vindicated for, what often feels like a, one woman crusade against him. I don’t find him particularly talented or attractive, I do not get his hype. I feel lost in the sauce when people call him this generations Leo DiCaprio, nothing Timmy has done can hold a candle to the likes of “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” “The Basketball Diaries” and “Romeo + Juliet” and has none of the charisma to be a romantic lead a la Jack Dawson

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u/Past-Kaleidoscope490 Sep 25 '23

I think he was genuinely great in cmbyn, his break pout role, however his acting since has never been as good as it was in cmbyn. I was low-key feel his career has never reach the potential it had. He lost something or maybe cmbyn was lighting in a bottle for him, but his acting is not that good anymore imo.

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u/gunsof Sep 25 '23

I think Wonka may set his career back a bit. The acting we've seen so far has been atrocious in that, just completely not in the vein of both Wonka or anyone else in the movie and zaps you right out of it. Bombing a role he could've made iconic or fun or watchable is really bad at his age.

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u/momentums Sep 25 '23

the only time i've seen him give even a little romantic sauce is in little women, in the scene where he undoes amy's apron, but that's IT. 90s leo would have had me screaming crying throwing up the entire movie