Word: heartthrob
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...after witnessing the many other clichéd moments throughout—is Will’s sudden proclamation of love which occurs very soon after he first meets Ronnie. Obviously over-the-top, this scene makes it clear that this film is meant to be more of a heartthrob fantasy for young girls everywhere rather than a realistic portrayal of love...
...because Teddy feels estranged from the island's less ethereal inhabitants. DiCaprio makes Teddy sometimes cagey-witty, sometimes stupid (he keeps mispronouncing escape as excape). Gruff and heavier than usual, with a few days' beard, he could be channeling Orson Welles' wily lawman in Touch of Evil. The onetime heartthrob from Titanic has always been a shifty character actor in a movie star's body. A star performance here would give the audience someone to root for; DiCaprio instead provides them with the spectacle of a creature fighting to creep toward a freedom that might kill...