Originally posted on 02/21/2014:

Quote Originally Posted by Boscoe View Post
dicaprio making a surge?
Wonderful performance and there is ALWAYS buzz about DiCaprio finally getting his due. I think his odds have shortened every year he has been nominated. If this was the stock market I would long the shit out of him right after the nominations came out and dumped every share I had a few days before the awards. McCounaghey is a lock at this point. 1. Really transformative performance, by that I mean he made a drastic change in his overall appearance and pulled it off amazingly (academy favors those types of roles and its one of many reasons why Leto was also always a lock IMO). 2. Not only was Matt's role transformative, he fuckkin NAILED it. So many powerful scenes to show off his chops. 3. The SAG is overwhelmingly on his side. They represent the largest number in the academy by far.