User blog comment:BrianBerta/Leonardo DiCaprio has finally won an Oscar for Best Actor. My Reaction:/@comment-25941663-20160229225602/@comment-24466828-20160301203530

Hatred and rage are almost the same thing. There really isn't much of a difference between the 2 so they can just be classified as 1. If you are raging against someone, you also have hatred for them. If you have hatred for someone, you are also showing rage. Let's just say that the other emotions he showed are determination, hatred, fear, and hopelessness. Anyways, while other emotions existed, I was distracted and most of them were overshadowed by his anguish to the point where it seems like they weren't even in the movie.

Throughout the movie, I was focused on how he was in anguish. If it showed him thinking of John Fitzgerald several times throughout the movie, I would've noticed the hatred and rage in his performance. However, since he was crawling on the ground for most of the movie, I kept on being reminded of his encounter with the bear and his injuries and how he was in pain while trying to crawl back. The hatred he had came in at the end of the movie when he fought John Fitzgerald, but that was the end of the film. Most of the movie showed him out in the wilderness trying to survive while living in anguish.

Also, you stated that he showed emotions such as fear and hopelessness in the liver eating scene, the scene when he finds his son dead, the scene when he is hiding from natives, the scene when he sees the native man hanged, and the ending. However, you also said that these scenes were subtle and that's the issue I have with his performance. The emotion of anguish stuck out so much that it almost seemed as if it was blocking my view so I couldn't see any other minor emotions he showed. Since most of those scenes were rather brief compared to the massive amounts of anguish shown, I wasn't able to notice a change in his emotions. Besides, I wouldn't say that he showed fear and hopelessness as amazing as you thought he did. His performance was good in those scenes, but it was nothing to get me super engaged with the movie like the anguish he showed did. Maybe it worked for you, but not for me.

Also, I think that many talented actors could show all of the emotions Leo showed. Many actors can show them very good, if not better. Leo isn't the only one who can do it. He also definitely isn't the one who can do it the best.