Actors that are overrated

[Shell Beau]

(and actors means man and woman)

Kevin Costner for sure. He is terrible.
Jessica Alba (beautiful though)

Name some more!!!

[IndianaJones]

1. Clooney. nt.

[Shell Beau]

3. He's seems to have done better here recently.

[IndianaJones]

4. I liked him on Facts of Life. nt.

[Shell Beau]

9. What about Golden Girls?

[IndianaJones]

10. it was ok. wasn't he on Rosanne too? nt.

[Shell Beau]

12. Yep! Jackie's boyfriend!

[IndianaJones]

14. was he that one that was abusive? nt.

[Shell Beau]

15. I can't remember. I don't think so though!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

58. George Clooney

He should give up acting, move to my city and become a pool guy.

Note to self: put in pool.

[Orsino]

78. Huh. I've though he's pretty good.

But I base that largely on his good (IMO) performance in Solaris, and haven't seen him in much else.

[NewJeffCT]

96. he's good in the right role, I think

Something that requires him to be very intense, as he always seems to have a very intense screen presence.

[ruiner4u]

2. woody allen

:hide:

[Phillycat]

5. Tom Hanks.

He plays the same sensitive man-child in almost every movie.

[Shell Beau]

7. Aw man! I love him. When he does venture out, he is good.

[bigwillq]

49. I agree.

I don't like him. I don't get his appeal.

[ohiosmith]

6. Angelina Jolie

:hide:

[Shell Beau]

8. Hehehehe!!

;)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. John Wayne

Pretty crappy actor.

And worse off, conservatives always like to evoke his name for some weird reason or another.

[Shell Beau]

13. I am not a big western fan so I haven't seen a lot of his work.

[alarimer]

56. The Shootist is probably one of the better ones

As I recall, he was already ill when he made that one (I think it was his last).

[Faygo Kid]

62. He should have won the Oscar for "The Shootist," not for "True Grit."

He could have won for The Searchers and Red River, too.

[mitchum]

44. Better actor than his detractors think, but worse actor than his admirers think

and certainly a crappy human being.

[wicket]

16. Ronald Reagan

:evilgrin:

[Shell Beau]

17. Well, yes! And while we are at it, Arnold!

[wicket]

18. "Yakety Yak, I'll be back!"

:rofl: :rofl:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

33. He was certainly overrated and he was an actor

However, the overrated part really applies mostly to his presidency. Although he stunk at being an actor, too.

[wicket]

35. True

Was just reading about how he laid a wreath at the graves of some Nazi soldiers. Can you imagine the OUTRAGE if a Dem had done that??

[supernova]

19. Ben Affleck

He simply can't act; he's like a telephone pole with eyes.

However he is quite intelligent. He might be better suited to politics or perhaps writing/directing/producing.

[wicket]

21. Can't stand him as an actor

But his directorial debut that just came out, Gone Baby Gone, is getting rave reviews. Haven't seen it yet though.

[dropkickpa]

27. Ben whofleck?

He's a talented behind the scenes guy - directing and screenwriting (Good Will Hunting), and I like him in comedies (the Kevin Smith movies), but in action and drama he stinks.

[RubyDuby in GA]

30. Sorry. He was great in Hollywoodland.

[IntravenousDemilo]

50. I agree. n/m

[RubyDuby in GA]

94. thanks!

I'm anxiously awaiting this evening to see you on the tele! Congrats to an awesome showing thus far!

And I was thoroughly disappointed that he didn't pick up an Oscar nod for this last year. I thought it was good work that was overlooked by the Academy. But then again...they did pick Crash as Best Picture one year - so their opinion means nothing to me now :)

[terrya]

20. Keanu Reeves

I really, truly don't understand the appeal of Keanu Reeves.

[Shell Beau]

22. For sure!

[wicket]

23. He was Ted!

LOL :rofl:

[CreekDog]

66. Keanu wasn't *acting* when he was Ted n/t

[wicket]

76. TOO true

:rofl:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

36. Wouldn't most people agree that Keanu Reeves sucks as an actor though?

So is he really that overrated?

[scarpa43]

98. Are you ready for your head to explode?

Check out what Keanu has coming up....

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970416/

[MissMillie]

24. Almost all of them

I like DeNiro, Hopkins and Spacey.

Beyond that, no matter how good they are, they're overrated.

[Shell Beau]

26. Spacey is one of my faves!!! As is Edward Norton!!

[wicket]

53. Edward Norton in American History X

Wow, just wow.

[idgiehkt]

25. every last stinking one of them

over-rated, overpaid, overblown egos.

The creepy thing is that since we have no royalty we have actors to worship, but they probably collectively take in far more dough than a royal family would. Maybe we should just crown Paris and make them all get real jobs. :evilgrin:

[LSK]

28. I have no clue if an actor is good or not

I never developed this skill.

:shrug:

[wicket]

31. I've never been President but I sure know Bush sucks

;)

[LSK]

32. well take Kevin Costner for example

I never knew he was a bad actor. What makes him a bad actor? I have no idea.

[SteppingRazor]

84. Watch him act angry in any movie, and you'll realize why he blows. n/t

[madinmaryland]

29. Tom Cruise. And he's nuts too!

[Mad_Dem_X]

38. Oh HELL yes

Craziness aside, he really isn't that good an actor.

[Dulcinea]

45. I can't stand Tom Cruise. Never could.

He hasn't been in anything good since "Risky Business."

(OK, OK, "Rain Man," but that was Dustin Hoffman's picture.)

[sasquatch]

72. I loved last weeks family guy when the power went out and Katie escaped

[SteppingRazor]

82. Seconded. He's only ever played one character:

Jerry Maguire -- Cocky sports agent
Mission: Impossisble -- Cocky secret agent
The Firm -- Cocky Lawyer
Risky Business -- Cocky pimp
Top Gun -- Cocky fighter pilot
Days of Thunder -- Cocky racecar driver


It pretty much works with any of his roles.

[Sequoia]

87. I thought Risky Buisness was so distasteful

I couldn't watch the rest of it. Him dancing in his underwear....please...tacky, tacky, tacky. And that girl who was playing the hooker had to force herself to walk with a twitch, it was so fake looking. He really ruined the vampire movie too.

[SteppingRazor]

89. You mean the one where he played the cocky vampire?

:)

[Sequoia]

90. Lestat.

And then he had to go and bite that little girl who never got to grow up. Child molester!!!

[Orrex]

93. She grew up into Mary Jane Watson, IIRC

But I didn't like him in the vampire movie, either.

[NewJeffCT]

95. From the books, I thought Lestat was a cocky asshole

and Cruise played the part well - I thought Brad Pitt probably was more like Lestat physically in that he is taller & was slimmer.

I loved the book back in the day, and I was more upset by Brad Pitt at Louis than Cruise as Lestat because the character of Louis really needed somebody with the acting chops to pull off a good "tortured soul" type - like an Ed Norton or Sean Penn.

[CreekDog]

100. Actually the vampire movie ruined the vampire movie

yick.

[azmouse]

34. Ben Stiller

He's the same in every movie.

[AspenRose]

37. David Caruso

eom

[mitchum]

39. Jack Nicholson (for the past 25 or so years), Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Depp

[terrya]

40. I was almost going to say Nicholson

I think that for a number of years Jack Nicholson has been playing Jack Nicholson. I truly shook my head when he won Best Actor for "As Good As It Gets"

[mitchum]

42. You are right; he has just been playing Jack Nicholson for a long time

[Dulcinea]

46. I hated that movie!

Long, boring, and I despised his character. I kept waiting for Helen Hunt to brain him with a cooking pan or something.

[Love Bug]

99. Thank you! I hate that movie, too

Dysfunctional man saved by the love of a good woman. Gag me.

[idgiehkt]

47. he's the kind of actor

that appeals to that "I ain't changin' " demographic of men that feel they are put upon by feminism. Which is to say, a huge amount.

[mitchum]

48. Exactly...he embodies the role of "Bad Uncle Jack"...

the naughty avuncular figure who provides the booze and blow and foots the bill at the strip club. At first glance, that may seem pretty cool, but ultimately proves to be pretty pathetic and stunted.

[bigwillq]

59. AGAIG was a horrible movie.

Neither he nor Hunt should've won the Oscar.

[XemaSab]

64. Jack Nicholson

is the raison d'etre for this thread.

I have NEVER seen him in anything where he wasn't playing himself, and the only thing I thought he was any good in was the Shining.

What does that say? :P

[wicket]

52. Loved him in the Departed

But not much else recently.

[mitchum]

60. Ray Winstone, who was also in the cast ,would have done a much...

better job in that role

[wicket]

75. I thought Winstone ruled in the role he was in

[CBHagman]

79. Winstone is brilliant.

He still doesn't get the attention he deserves, but at least he works steadily and has attracted some critical acclaim.

As for Jack Nicholson, the last performance of his I liked was his take on Eugene O'Neill in Reds. I still haven't quite forgiven a dear friend of mine for forcing me to watch the end of The Witches of Eastwick.

[yoyossarian]

41. Cheney!

He's stolen the gold for the last 7 years running, but I think he simply SUCKS!
And what an EGO!



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[TrogL]

43. Dick Van Dyke

[CreekDog]

101. He was perfect in the Dick Van Dyke Show

All his expressions, physical comedy, etc. He was a great compliment to the material and his fellow actors on that show.

And the man can dance.

[edbermac]

51. Pauly Shore.

How'd he win all those Oscars?

[MrScorpio]

54. Chad Everett

[mitchum]

61. Certainly, but Chad was a great poet...

okay, maybe not great, and maybe not really a poet, but he did publish a collection of verse.
Jesus, I wish that I still had a copy..

[Fox Mulder]

55. Most of them.

[SteppingRazor]

85. Except for David Duchovny, right?

;)

[philosophie_en_rose]

57. Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise

They play themselves and they aren't very interesting.

[MnFats]

63. Keanu Reeves...Patrick Swayze....worst. pair. ever.

"I....am gonna....take you....DOOOOWN!"
worthless....

[MnFats]

65. I was gonna mention Kurt Russell but he did a nice job being the GOD of HOCKEY...

...Herb Brooks....."DO You Believe in Miracles? YES!"

[SteppingRazor]

83. After Big Trouble in Little China, he can do no wrong. n/t

[Orrex]

91. I agree

One Big Trouble is worth a million forgivenesses for Tango and Cash, etc...

[SteppingRazor]

92. .

"When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."


Or, my favorite:
"You know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this?"

"Who?"

"Jack Burton ... ME!"

[CreekDog]

67. He's a great entertainer, comedian, writer, etc. but Seinfeld cannot act

Watch his shows and you see him struggle to be convincing.

[cordelia]

68. Julia Roberts. Period. n/t

[hisownpetard]

69. Burt Reynolds.

[Robeson]

70. George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the whole damn cabal.

[skyblue]

71. John Travolta

I don't know why they don't replace with less irritating Matt Dillon in roles.

[Orsino]

73. Streep.

Maybe she's learned some chops in recent decades, but I was done with her back when I realized that her much-touted accents were all identical.

[Amaya]

74. You have to be kidding?

Streep is brilliant- In my opinion she is one of the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Oc5ny3hjg

[Orsino]

77. Not the greatest example, maybe.

I know a little German, but can't follow everything that's said--which would help. It's a neat scene, though (you can follow what happens even without the language; I first saw it before I learned any German), and Streep does fine as far as I can tell.

I don't hate her, as perhaps my OP hinted. I've just found her highly overrated, and haven't understood why she's considered one of the best.

[wicket]

80. I'm with you

:thumbsup:

[SoxFan]

81. James Spader

How he keeps winning Emmy's with a total of two facial expressions is beyond me...

[Sequoia]

86. Angie Jolie of course.

Ha, ha....guess what? The family of one of the kids she adopted in Africa wants the child back because they claim the mother is alive. Poor, poor Angie...sigh.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

88. Just about all of 'em

With a few obvious exceptions, of course, such as Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp, and... Hmmm. That seems to be the extent of my short list...

[NewJeffCT]

97. Mel Gibson

He was decent back in the 80s in light-hearted roles like the Lethal Weapon movies.

[Xipe Totec]

102. Nicolas Cage

The only feeling he can emote is constipation.