Seemed interesting, but Leonardo DiCaprio ruined it for me!!

Rating: 2/10 (13 November 2014)

I like films about ending slavery & equality amongst human beings, black or white, but their are MUCH better flick than this overrated schlock! (ie. Places In the Heart, Lincoln, Ruby Bridges, etc)
He's just about ruined every movie I've seen him in it. In my view, DiCaprio isn't very original - he is at most an amateur & overrated actor. Same tone. Same face. Same expression, NOTHING! - No matter what people or Hollywood say. I can't take him seriously in basically ANY role he's in, not even when he uses a ridiculous accent or wears hilariously bad makeup (even though he looks like a 15 year-old girl).
(And I'm GLAD he's not playing Steve Jobs; I mean, does he have to play *every single person* throughout history???)
In hindsight, DiCaprio's talent really is just limited to screaming & shouting - I'm not joking!
There're some exceptions to the rule of course, but most child actors grow up to be talentless hacks (ie. Macaulay Culkin, Haley Joel Osmit, Edward Furlong, Gary Coleman, Corey Feldman, etc). And I'm certain that also includes DiCaprio.
I'm not surprised he hasn't won an Oscar - if he did, I'd be really disappointed. Actually, *I* would give him an Award for 'Most Overrated Actor' of all time.
(I believe he should've retired after "Titanic".) He doesn't deserve a majority of the praise he gets for playing the same spoilt, whiny, degenerate, antisocial, insecure, repressive, foul-mouthed, sinful, condescending character in so many damn movies... Couldn't he try playing a more unflappable character soon?? (One who doesn't LOSE THEIR S*** at the drop of a hat!?)
Long story short, just watch this YouTube video to understand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31UUGLbkDLg
But in the end, all of this is just opinion-based.
PS: Though to be fair, Tarintino's got some interesting soundtrack taste, and Christopher Waltz was the best performance in this flick as the best character, hands down, no contest.