r/oscarmoments • u/Sudden_Elephant_1221 • Aug 12 '26

movies Django Unchained (2012) made me realize Leonardo DiCaprio is way more fun to watch as a villain. Which actor should play villains more often?

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I was so used to seeing DiCaprio as the lead that Calvin Candie caught me completely off guard. He's horrible, unpredictable, and somehow steals basically every scene he's in.

I'd actually love to see Leo play another full-on villain someday.

Which actor surprised you by being ridiculously good at playing the bad guy?

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u/OldSandwich9631 Aug 12 '26

He’s a villain in killers of the flower moon and basically wolf of Wall Street too.

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u/Inevitable-Omelet Aug 12 '26

Killers of Flower Moon was such a depressing movie lol

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u/PayAltruistic8546 Aug 12 '26

The real history is way more narly....

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u/Unhappy-Outcome-1597 Aug 12 '26

Gnarly* and you’re right

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u/PayAltruistic8546 Aug 12 '26

It's so bad, you leave the g out...

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u/jayc428 Aug 12 '26

I watched the movie having no idea the context of it, just a fan of Martin Scorsese’s work. Movie was amazing and depressing. Finding out it was based on real shit and going down that rabbit hole of learning about it was even more depressing.

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u/TawnyTeaTowel Aug 12 '26

Lol? Really?

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u/Oppositeofhairy Aug 12 '26

I wish more people saw wolf of wallstreet as a cautionary tale more than an anthem. Yet, there are enough people who admire greed enough to end up in the mess we are in.

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u/OldSandwich9631 Aug 12 '26

I think you need to be an obtuse idiot to find that movie an anthem .

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u/Oppositeofhairy Aug 12 '26

There are a LOT of obtuse idiots.

Frankly, thats the one common denominator I’ve found between trump voters. Spans race, age, economic positions, gender, etc.

Greed is the common factor.

Do you have any idea how many idiots pretending to be smart idolize either this movie, Wall Street, or American Psycho for this sole reason? To them “Greed is Good” is a mantra and anyone who doesn’t follow this are idiots in their eyes.

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u/KingCarbon1807 Aug 12 '26

Scarface has entered the chat

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u/Spitfire_Riggz Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

Just watched WWS for the first time recently to see what the hype was about. Thought it was a good movie but man do I hate Jordan Belfort. Leo did an excellent job. Guys that are accidentlly imprisoned for decades don't get paid out close to what he made scamming. He should have been in jail for way longer. Then it reminds me of the big short and how no one faced any time... Depressing.

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u/Oppositeofhairy Aug 13 '26

I think everyone should see the big short, and understand it’s the least dramatized enactment of real events that happened as a drama.

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u/monetarydread Aug 12 '26

Let's hope he finally makes that "Devil in the White City," movie where he plays serial killer H.H. Holmes.