At 01:29 PM 6/7/98 -0700, you wrote: >darren@ns.daknet.com wrote: > >> Actually, I think Leonardo DiCaprio would've done a fine job as Holden. I >> think he's too old now, but he is a great actor, arguably the finest actor >> of his generation. > >I disagree. Arguably he's not. Johnny Depp is. There's a real actor's actor. >Has anyone seen Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas yet? > >Malcs Arguably he's not? Okay, I'll argue that he's not NOT the finest actor of his generation. *grin* I do think Johnny Depp is a fine actor as well. I've seen all his movies, at any rate, and most of them have been very good films. _Arizona Dream_ (the long version, not the edited version that's generally available) and _Dead Man_ are two of my favorite Depp movies. Anyway, it's not like it's Highlander: "There can be only ONE." *grin* I think Depp and DiCaprio have had similiar careers, and have made similarly interesting choices in terms of the roles they've accepted, including the ones they accepted in _What's Eating Gilbert Grape?_. Depp has a larger body of work, of course, but that doesn't take away from the fact that DiCaprio has consistently turned in terrific performances in all the movies he's appeared in since _This Boy's Life_. I even got a kick out of him in _The Quick and the Dead_ and *gasp* _Titanic_. I did see _Fear and Loathing..._ the weekend it opened, and mostly loved it. Most of the reviews I've read have been pretty negative (including Roger Ebert's embarrassing review, where he criticized the movie for "changing" the names of Thompson and La Costa to "Raoul Duke" and "Dr. Gonzo." Duh. Read the book, Roger), but it was about as good as I was hoping it would be. I was not let down. And both Depp and Benicio Del Toro were great. Darren