Apex Mountain
Leonardo DiCaprio, disputed; James Cameron; Billy Zane; expensive bad-buzz movies; heroes from Wisconsin; icebergs; disaster movies
In the discussion (6)
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- DiCaprio is a yes because he became the biggest star in the world; 2006, with Blood Diamond and The Departed, is the alternative.
- The counterargument is that people do not associate DiCaprio primarily with Titanic, and The Departed era is offered as his better Apex.
- Winslet is probably not, because of her mid-2000s run culminating in the 2008 Oscar for The Reader.
- Cameron is a yes even though he later beat it, because the film was a critical and financial peak comparable to Gone with the Wind.
- Billy Zane is a yes; for the name Fabrizio, the Godfather character who blew up Apollonia's car is preferred.
- Expensive bad-buzz movies peak here, beating The Godfather; heroes from Wisconsin (Jack), icebergs, and disaster movies are yes, Picasso probably not.