Why Leo will win in 2012...

2 months after the Academy awards and watching perhaps some of the best motion pictures in recent times left me with a

quandary. This quandary being that the former teen idol and acting Goliath, Leonardo DiCaprio is spending yet another year empty handed. Of course, in the esteemed Thespian's defence, he was not up for a nomination this year. However below is a list of nominations he has received from the Academy in the last 18 years (just after his stint as a "troubled teen" in Growing Pains... yes, that was him!):

• What's eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) - Academy award nomination for best supporting actor
• The Aviator (2004) - Academy award nomination for best actor
• Blood Diamond (2006) - Academy award nomination for best actor

At this point, I would also like to remind my readers as well as filming enthusiasts that he played significant roles in primarily periodical and sci-fi flicks over the years. For starters, his role in Titanic may not have been that much of an impact, but was conducive in the execution of the plot and gave mere substance to the movie in it's entirety. Kate Winslet was up for an Academy award nomination for best actress in 1997 (she eventually won an Academy award 11 years later in the periodical drama, the Reader).

DiCaprio's role as Billy Costigan Jnr. in the Bostonian Crime Drama, "The Departed" is perhaps his best performance to date. This was without a doubt my favourite film in which Leo has acted in (and this is coming from a dude which couldn't stand him in the 90's).

His performance as troubled longshoremen, now aspiring businessman, Frank Wheeler in Revolutionary Road was nothing short of fantastic. However, the storyline was designed to showcase April Wheeler's (Kate Winslet) descent into absolute depression. This also displayed elements of irony and indicated a satire in which there best friend couple, "the Campbell's" always revered them as the ultimate,

problem- free couple ready to explore liberalism in their proposed move to France.

So, the big question, why will Leo win at the Academy Awards 2012:

• He has knocked on the door 3 times now... 4th time has to be lucky!
• His last film, Inception, similar to the success of Titanic and the Aviator, was extremely profitable - meaning more high quality scripts are on its way to him
• His next film will receive a f#$k load of accolades and will be directed by Clint Eastwood!

About J.Edgar

You are probably thinking that the Islander has been smoking his own backyard produce and met Ganesha while producing this blog post. However there is a method to my madness... the synopsis behind the upcoming film J.Edgar is brilliant!

For the souls that haven't a clue who J. Edgar Hoover is... he was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Now, bear in mind that this not a mere biopic. J. Edgar Hoover was a symbol of national security and personalised the face of the now distant United States Top Secret Security Systems. He symbolised all elements of his era such as Democratical Bureaucracy, brill creamed hair style and pretty much a squeaky clean lifestyle... bordering on liberalism. Liberalism I say in the form of 1940's homosexuality (yip, you can't get more liberal than that). J. Edgar Hoover was also a devoted Freemason, Author and defender against Gangsterism... but more on this later!

Leo has to win this time as he is about to produce his best performance ever, playing a man dedicated to Federal Bureacacy, Politics, Freemasonery and "possibly" bordering on a liberal lifestyle. Certainly a must see movie!