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Further to avalanchequeen's thread, which actor do you think is vastly overated?
For me it's Sean Bean, Clive Owen and RIcky Gervais; all of which are "the emperors new clothes" - just because someone says they're good ...doesn't actually make them good!
Arnie. Like I said in the other thread perfect for playing a robot. Can't Stand Tom cruise either.
nicholas cage = cardboard cutout
Ricky Gervais is fantastic, Cruise has played extremely well in loads of roles and have enjoyed all his films ( vanilla sky very weird tho )
Nick Cage OTH, i agree with.
Like Tom Hanks, de niro and morgan freeman. Travolta is quite good as well, and Tim robbins in Shawshank redemption was ace.
johnny depp is my fave of the present bunch.
Ah well Ricky is shit, BUT, he entertains so is exempt from being a 'good' actor.
IMHO
kiera knightley- dreadful in everything
harrison ford, as indiana jones/han solo hes a god anything else hes
pants
Sean Bean? He's just a standard B movie leading man isn't he? Can't see what's objectionable there.
Leonardo Dicaprio is a good actor I guess, but way too short to be a leading man. You wouldn't find pygmies like Dicaprio headlining films in the good old days of Holywood.
Tom Cruise is also a gnome, of course, but I don't know anyone who rates him as an actor.
I do have delusions of being able to 'act', i haven't been in anything for 25yrs (school play)..
How hard can it be??
I reckon i could be great though 😉
Cage, Cruise are the worst, Craig maybe as well. Cruise is dreadful though, I mean really. Only done 1 film where I didn't want to kill him.
Bean and Owen may not be great actors but have great presence.
Gervais is a rubbish actor but plays himself very well.
Ricky Gervais is about as entertaining as sniffy dog shit.
Ashton Kutcher
Nuff said.
Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash of the Titans, Terminator: Salvation): To steal a line from Dennis Pennis, when referring to Hugh Grant, "I thought someone had thrown a wooden chair onto the stage".
How this guy became a professional actor I really don't know.
David Caruso is is pretty horrible to watch.
Tom Hanks.
John Travolta, absolutely pitiful!
So many actresses annoy me I couldn't list them all.
No votes for Keanu? 😕 his late brother was awful too even before his unfortunate horse riding accident 😉
David Caruso is is pretty horrible to watch.
+1. He ruins CSI: Miami for me. And that blonde bint is no better.
Mark wahlberg
Steven Seagull , Matt Damon, Jason Statham to name a few.
And that blonde bint is no better.
Do you mean the one with the sexy southern drawl? Who cares about acting, I could listen to that all day long.
cage and cruise are awful. Nobody does perplexed mongo quite like walberg. Pretty much any "big" hollywood star these days is an awful actor with very few exceptions
Leonardo Dicaprio is a good actor I guess, but way too short to be a leading man. You wouldn't find pygmies like Dicaprio headlining films in the good old days of Holywood.
He is 6ft, hardly a pygmie
David Caruso is is pretty horrible to watch.+1. He ruins CSI: Miami for me.
Yes, he does................................. Doesn't..........he?
Shouldn't this be titled the who could be considered a worse actor than Nicholas Cage thread?
harrison ford, as indiana jones/han solo hes a god anything else hes
pants
Even in Blade Runner?
Cruise isn't an actor, he's a film star. Most of his films are just vehicles to make him look good.
Nic Cage just makes loads of rubbish films.
Keanu Reeves.
The entire cast of holby city.
Jean Claude van dam, arnie, Steven seagull, Jason statham etc etc. Basically, anyone who appears in the Sunday night action packed thrillers where they're out to avenge the death of brother/mother/partner/daughter/wife senario.
I agree with Emma. Speshly Statham. He is truly terrible.
See, we have so much in common, love....
Is this paper bag wet or dry ? .........I think it's important to know before deciding
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Tom Hanks.
Definitely! For me he ruins every film he's in. Soo overrated.
Worst for me are the [u]over[/u]actors:
Think Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate, Nicolas Cage, John Malcovic, Alan Rickman etc. Stick to the stage Luvvies!
David Caruso is is pretty horrible to watch.
+1. He ruins CSI: Miami for me. And that blonde bint is no better.
You may think you're smart elfin......
But I will hunt you [i]dowwwn![/i]
He couldn't hunt me down. He'd be too busy taking his glasses on and off.
Keanu Reaves in Dracula - Comedy gold.
Sorry, all those mentioned pale into insignificance in the shadow of the most wooden actor alive...
Jeff Goldblum.
The contrast between him and the fabulous Vincent D'Onofrio in 'Criminal Intent' is just mindblowing. How the producers let the Goldblum stump anywhere near the show is mindboggling.
I have just thrown out some undefined rotting mass from the back of my fridge that had a more endearing character and captivating personality than poor old Jeff. He kinda suited 'The Fly' as his facial expression (or lack thereof) and delivery is close to that of a diptera.
Nicolas Cage (ruins pretty much every film he's in apart from Kick Ass), Clive Owen, Sean Connery.
David Caruso's ace, he's like a modern day Shatner. I guess you could say he's...
*puts on sunglasses*
...out of this world
YEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
other than those mentioned,
Gerard Butler
Christopher Walken
Clint Eastwood
Quentin Tarantino
Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
there's loads, too many to mention
oh and that bunch of US comedy actors, who to be fair suffer because of the films they're in...
Vince Vaughn
Owen Wilson
Paul Rudd
Jack Black
Ben Stiller
Luke Wilson
Steve Carell
Clint!!!??
Owen Wilson, just a pouting prancing pony, hopeless!
Christopher Walken!?
Clint?!
Come on!!!!
oh piss off, you can't say Al Pachino can't act his way out of a paper bag. HeLLOOOOO!
aHUUUMM HELLOOOO?!!
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is that alex mccleish ?
TBF Nick Cage was okay in Leaving Las Vegas. I could kill his mother for having him in anything else.
Caruso for sure, Keano and Ben Stiller, who couldn't even act properly terrified if a terrorist held an AK47 to his head. Utterly useless waste of studio time.
Nice one Dunt! 😆
is that alex mccleish ?
You know, now you mention it....
Would it be harsh to say that all of the actors in the new BBC series: White Van Man?
In reality they are struggling actors who'll take any work that comes their way, duff script or not!
In truth, the crass White Van Man script is a product of an extremely marrowminded discriminatory twunt who was considered by someone in the BBC to be a creative talent!
It really pisses me off to think we all pay good money for such banality!
Defo Cage, who doesn't really act at all.
On the other hand I think Statham is superb at cheesy action stuff.
Antony Hopkins
Keanu Reeves
Tom Cruise
lol at Pacino, Walken, Eastwood and Nic Cage has managed a few good performances: Adaptation, Leaving Las Vegas and Wild at Heart.
I'm so glad to have found others who think Tom Hanks is shit.... Seriously this man can't act. He is utterly bobbins in everything he has been in and I can't watch any films of his anymore as they make me want to cry (in a bad way). Everyone else I know thinks he's great, I was beginning to think it was just me. Thank You
I never had time for either Tom Hanks or Leonardo DiCaprio, yet I find Catch Me If You Can strangely watchable. 🙄
yet I find Catch Me If You Can strangely watchable.
+1
Shows that a good script and a good director is what makes a film watchable. A lot of actors named here have been good in one or two films. Blame the producers and the great unwashed cinema-going public for shit films.
the CG Jeff Bridges in Tron, Pinocchio has more facial expression.
I can't believe that Clint and Christopher Walken have been mentioned.
I like Nic Cage. He's been decent in some stuff.
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Do you mean the one with the sexy southern drawl? Who cares about acting, I could listen to that all day long.
She sounds like she's constantly on helium.
Can't stand Nicole Kidman or Russell Crow. Oh and while i'm on about Russell's how the **** has Russell Brand got into acting he sucks imo as a comedian and even more so as an actor.
Catherine Zeta Jones - rubbish in everything except Intolerable Cruelty.
Owen Wilson
So annoying
Christopher Walken? Legend really. As for Leonardo DiCaprio well he's one of the recent Hollywood stars who lives up to the hype, was great in What's Eating Gilbert Grape and many times since.
Personally I think Cage is great.
Certainly not the best actor, but generally love his films.
Julie Walters - massively overated.
Charlie from Casualty. Please note that I don't actually watch that piffle, I've only noticed how wooden he is when Mrs MM watches it.
Agree with Jason Statham, shocking!!
Most British soap actors.
Clive Owen was mentioned up there... Not seen much of him but he was excellent in Children of Men.
Clint and Walken are SOOOOO one dimensional daaaahhhling
Just watched Deathrace.
Statham may only have one act but he's damned good at it!
As is Clint & Connery..
The thing with Nic Cage is, he's basically in one of two modes.
You've got 'regular' Cage, who's a tedious by-the-numbers actor who spends the entire movie wondering if he's left the gas on. However, you've also got 'batshit insane' Cage who's actually really rather entertaining.
Is it just me that doesn't get Orlando Bloom, incidentally? I just find him weary and dull.
I'm running out of patience with "Comedy" actors as well. I've always found Gervais to be about as funny as hemorrhoids, and every time I see Seth Rogan on screen I wish someone would invent slap-o-vision (though to be fair, I've not seen 'Paul' yet).
When Nick Cage is doing his whimsical and/or vulnerable act I could quite happily throw acid on his face.
To this considered list of "actors" I feel obliged to add;
Any professional wrestler who's made a movie.
Universally rubbish.
However, you've also got 'batshit insane' Cage who's actually really rather entertaining.
I think Raising Arizona is a good example of this. I though this film was fantastic and couldn't imagine anyone else playing that role.
Agree generally though about Nicolas Cage, very hit and miss.
John travolta just gets on my nerves. Pulp Fiction would have been as good without him - that part was so well written.
Raising Arizona and Wild At Heart redeem Nick Cage.
Worst actor of all time: Ben Affleck. I just want to give him the stink hand every time.
Tom Cruise is actually a very good actor - he just gets up people's noses because he specialises in playing cocky, arogant, alpha male types (this is taken to its logical conclusion with his part in Magnolia).
As for the over actors - this is not always their fault. Al Pacino is more than capable of giving a subtle performance (see Godfather 1 and 2) - it's just that after Scarface every director decided they wanted "crazy Al",all the downplayed takes probably get left on the cutting room floor. I expect he's bored of it too.
Charlie from Casualty doesn't look anyone in the eye - I can't work out if he is a good actor playing someone who can't look anyone in the eye, or a bad actor who can't look anyone in the eye
Agree about Pacino - but when was the last time he was actually watchable? Hmm. Carlito's Way, I guess.
Trouble is Devil Advocate made me never want to watch him again!
[i]I can't work out if he is a good actor playing someone who can't look anyone in the eye, or a bad actor who can't look anyone in the eye[/i]
Reminds me of the bloke who played Terry Duckworth in Corrie. (Yeah, what was I doing watching Corrie?) He always used to look at people's mouths when they were talking. He was utterly hopeless.
Agree about Pacino - but when was the last time he was actually watchable? Hmm. Carlito's Way, I guess.
Scent of a woman?
he is good in Insomnia - seems to be making less films these days. i know he made another film with DeNiro recently (not Heat) - reviews were so bad that I can't bare to watch it
agree Davil's Advocate is awful, and Carlito's way is completly brills
Jesus wept.
Is this a competition to see who can come up with the most controversial selection?
On a thread about actors who can't act the STW massive have managed to list:
Al Pacino
Clint Eastwood
Leo DiCaprio
Christopher Walken
Anthony Hopkins
Tom Hanks
Jeff Bridges
John Malcovich
This place baffles me at times.
Oh yeah, can't stand Hopkins after he did the bank adverts! "BIG"!
It never baffles me that people have different opinions on stuff.
Yeah and that Robert De Niro bloke! Rubbish! (only jokin!)
Robert De who?
What are you ladies smoking,have you not seen Cage in Raising Arizona, genius, have to admit his more recent performaces leave a little to be desired, to say the least.
Brad Pitt is an awful actor, he ruins everything he has been in.
Plus, who on earth would cry if they found Gwyneth Paltrow's head in a box?
Thought Cage was good in Kickass, but he was kind of playing Cage.
I quite like Matt Damon post-Bourne just seen the Adjustment Bureau and he's good in that, liked Green Zone as well (which is the only film I've enjoyed Russell Crowe in incidentally)
DiCaprio is good in Body of Lies and The Departed.
+1 for Pacino in Insomnia