That’s fine and good, but then they try to tie you into whatever brand of optics they get a deal on. If they would just simply do their fucking job, and leave the decision of the patient as to where they will fill their prescription there would not be a problem.

So let me get this straight, your main argument against DiCaprio winning an Oscar is: the lack of dialogue in this film? You being a critic should know it is not just dialogue that makes an actor worthy of an Oscar, but their ability to make you believe what you are seeing one screen e.g. emotional, psychological, and…

I actually agree with that. Will’s performance in “Ali” was better than Denzel’s performance in “Training Day” but they were both very, very good.

Exactly. Denzel won for Training Day because he should have won for the Hurricane.

That seems to be the Academies M.O.: snub an actor for a brilliant performance, wait a few years, try to rectify the mistake by giving them an Oscar for an ok performance that isn’t the best out of the current nominees, thereby snubbing someone else more deserving, wait a few years, rectify THAT mistake by giving them…

No, he deserved an Oscar for both “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” and “The Aviator”. If (*coughs*when*coughs*) he wins for the Revenant, I’ll treat this like I treated Denzel Washington’s win for “Training Day”... I’ll pretend he won for one of his better performances (in Denzel’s case, “Malcolm X”).