^I think we can all agree social media is ... difficult and haters -or just highly dissatisfied people- using it to spread their irritating opinions.
At least I can say for myself I never ever witnessed hate against Leo in my real life expierience as a fan. Quite the contrary. I have always been very open with my fandom (I mean I'm not carrying Leos face on my shirt even though I did during the last Titanic re release π
) and the most common comment I got about him in my life is "oh yeah great actor, great movies, great dude".
I can only re tell my story when I went to the cinema with my parents for the 25th anniversary re-release of Titanic and the waiting line was so damn long my father wondered loudly "where the heck do all these people want to go?" and I pointed to the hall number of our tickets and said "I guess the same we are" and he was like "is it the freakin 90s again???" π
The packed cinema clapped after the movie ended. Young girls made selfies in front of the credits. I never witnessed this amount of passion and dedication ever before. It was pure joy and love for this movie. And maybe it's not Leos favorite choice of legacy (nor some of his fans claiming he had better movies, better perfomances bla bla bla) but this one will go down in movie history.
People I know for ages suddenly spoke about Leo in 2016, were literally rooting for him to win that damn oscar finally. Most of them even watched "The Revenant" back then in cinema to to be part of this heated conversation (again so much passion for a person none of us know in person lol). Normally people I know don't give a shit about such things π Young girls right behind me were giggling when dirty bearded Leo as Hugh Glass appeared on the screen. I mean
Directors like Scorsese, Tarantino, Luhrmann never have been more successful as with Leo in their movies. Even Nolan with his non Batman, non historical but original idea of Inception.
This is how Leo will be remembered. How he moved people of all ages and sexes with his movies beside the usual (people can claim how Leo isn't taking any risks all day I say he is the only actor left who's taking risks), brought them together, giving them a splendid time.
And not how he looked with almost 50 (hella fine btw) or which woman he accidentally stood next to.